artist bio & resume

current projects:

-artist inspired and designed for function, urban boutique shoe designers Shane & Shawn in Soho are collaborating with Alessandra to create a one of a kind line of womens and mens shoes for spring of 2009. The artist will create two large paintings that will be used as textiles and sent to a factory where they will take the paintings and literally create shoes out of the artwork. This brings the creation of art back into the boardroom, as is Shane & Shawn's business philosophy. Shane & Shawn have been featured in dozens of magazines including People, Oprah, Mens Health & Style.

check out:

www.shaneandshawn.com


group exhibitions:

"Dialogue 23," The Great Hall, New York City, May 7-19 2009
"Fine Art vs. Illustration," 2/20 Gallery, New York City, April 23 2009
"Antagonist Art Movement," Antagonist Gallery @ Niagra, New York City, April 16 2009
"Bamboo Pool Installation," Art Basel, Miami Florida, December 3-7, 2008
"50 Unspoken Words; Emerging Artists," M55 Gallery, formerly Mercer SoHo, New York City December 13, 2008
"KAI Event Space Opening," KAI Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y., October 11, 2008
"October Guerilla Art Show," Fashion Institute of Technology, 2007
"November Guerilla Art Show," Fashion Institute of Technology, 2007
"December Guerilla Art Show," Fashion Institute of Technology, 2007
"Sandrine, Alessandra, Ina & Marcin," Fashion Institute of Technology, september 2007


solo exhibitions:

"Alessandra DeLaCruz, selected works," Cornichon wine bar & cafe, brooklyn, N.Y., July 9, 2008-October 9, 2008.
"Union Square Street Artist," Union Square park, N.Y., January 2007-May 2008

private collectors & commissions:


Persiana Cota
Anthony Lenzo
James Mastrangelo
Brent Neale
KC Neill
Zach Secri
Didi Smith
William Schreier
Allen Willcox




artist bio:


right on the brink of graduating from art school, alessandra delacruz is a brooklyn based emerging painter who knew she was in fine arts for the long haul when her frustration with technology quickly ended her 2 week stint as a communications design major in 2005. after selling her first painting after her second year at college, alessandra was inspired that there was an interest in her work. she then decided to start trekking her 7 feet long paintings with her and her friends to union square to gain some more public attention. since then she has completed private commissions, shown at M55 and 2/20 Gallery, and held a solo exhibition at a williamsburg restaurant in the summer of 2008.

after a narrative painting phase in 2006-07, alessandra discovered texture and never looked back, moving onto a more intense color palette and exploring more interesting woven surfaces that conveyed a similarly heavy message like her other pieces without being figurative. now without the confines of an educational institution, alessandra paints in her back yard in bushwick, brooklyn, and hopes on a daily basis it doesn't rain when her pieces are left outside.

her paintings are extremely physical, by painting them on the floor in 360 degrees, constantly moving around them; lifting them, tilting them until the get the right movement of paint and texture on the canvas or wood is achieved. when the paintings get more developed, each stage of movement is more difficult because they become heavier, especially the really large pieces. both the demise and the success of the visual and emotional elements of each painting relies greatly on this physicality.

she is continuing on that note, experimenting with new mediums, mixing things together that shouldn't be mixed, and whole heartedly trying to express the beauty behind oil paint by allowing the paint to feel and move across the surface interacting with each bump of texture purely and abstractly.