portafolio alejandra rojas contreras

ALEJANDRA ROJAS CONTRERAS´S

PORTFOLIO

CHILEAN VISUAL ARTIST

Title: "Sky blue landscape"Dimensions and medium: 21 x 40 cm., wood engravingDate: 2002

In my artistic development I have had several experiences withprinting and the colour has always been a protagonist.

I. PRINTINGS

Title: "Mountain"Dimensions and medium: 15 x 21 cm., wood engravingDate: 2002

Title: "Whirl I"Dimensions and medium: 30 x 35 cm., wood engravingDate: 2002

Title: "Whirl II"Dimensions and medium: 30 x 35 cm., wood engravingDate: 2002

Title:"Malamadre I"Dimensions and medium: 40 x 60 cm., silk-screen printingDate: 2006

Title:"Malamadre II"Dimensions and medium: 40 x 60 cm., silk-screen printingDate: 2006

Title:"Malamadre III"Dimensions and medium: 40 x 60 cm., silk-screen printingDate: 2006

Title:"Malamadre IV"Dimensions and medium: 40 x 60 cm., silk-screen printingDate: 2006

Title: "Cabbage"Dimensions and medium: 70 x 240 cm., oil on canvasDate: 2002

During this period, I worked intensively regarding the microcosm that is possibleto be found in nature. For this reason my models were some vegetables or some plants.

II. PAINTINGS

Title: "Oranges"Dimensions and medium: 90 x 110cm., oil on canvasDate: 2001

Title: "Tomato"Dimensions and medium: 50 x 70 cm., oil on canvasDate: 2001

Title: "Onion"Dimensions and medium: 90 x 130 cm., oil on canvasDate: 2002

Title: "Lemon"Dimensions and medium: 22 x 30 cm., oil on canvasDate: 2002

Title: "Grass I"Dimensions and medium: 22 x 30cm., oil on canvasDate: 2002

Title: "Grass II"Dimensions and medium: 22 x 30cm., oil on canvasDate: 2002

Title: "Grass III"Dimensions and medium: 22 x 30cm., oil on canvasDate: 2002

Title: NoDimensions and medium: 100 x 400 cm., paperDate: November 2003

I worked for ten years carrying out monthly murals for the school entrance (ColegioInstitución Teresiana), and this summary shows their evolution across time.

III. MURALS

Title: NoDimensions and medium: 100 x 400 cm., paperDate: November 2004

Title: NoDimensions and medium: 100 x 400 cm., paperDate: May 2006

Title: NoDimensions and medium: 100 x 400 cm., paperDate: March 2007

Title: NoDimensions and medium: 100 x 400 cm., paperDate: October 2008

Title: NoDimensions and medium: 100 x 400 cm., paperDate: July 2009

Title: "Universe"Dimensions and medium: 1000 x 2500 cm., tempera on canvasDate: Dicember 2009

This mural had been accomplished with my students at school.

Some DetailsTitle: "Universe"Dimensions and medium: 1000 x 2500 cm., tempera on canvasDate: Dicember 2009

Title: "Orange"Dimensions and medium: 30 x 40 cm. oil on canvas and

130 x 170 cm., papersDate: 2004-2007

After I graduated. I started to work exclusively with not typical materials, such assome papers, wrappers and others, which have extremely strong visual textures. Also,I researched on how one module is related to the whole.

IV.EXPERIMENTAL WORK

Some DetailsTitle: "Orange"Dimensions and medium: 100 modules of 10 x 14 cm., papersDate: 2004-2007

This work was shown in Monochrome exhibition.

Some DetailsTitle: "Orange"Dimensions and medium: modules of 10 x 14 cm., papersDate: 2004-2007

Title: "Aralia"Dimensions and medium: 17 x 20 cm., oil on wood

100 modules of 10 x 11 cm., watercolor on paperDate: 2005-2007


Some DetailsTitle: "Aralia"Dimensions and medium: 17 x 20 cm., oil on wood

100 modules of 10 x 11 cm., watercolor on paperDate: 2005-2007

Some DetailsTitle: "Aralia"Dimensions and medium: modules of 10 x 11 cm., watercolor on paperDate: 2005-2007

Title: "Malamdre"Dimensions and medium:140 x 160 cm., wappersDate: 2009

Some DetailsTitle: "Malamdre"Dimensions and medium:140 x 160 cm., wappersDate: 2009

Title: "Trompe l´oeil"Dimensions and medium: 25 x 40 cm., oil on woodDate: 2002

V. INSTALLATIONS

I have slowly gone from very shy images to a more developed conceptin the process of creating installations. Still, this process is a good reflection of colour researches.

Title: "Enredaderas"Dimensions and medium: 25 x 40 cm., oil on woodDate: 2002

Title: "Aralia"Dimensions and medium: 17 x 20 cm., oil on woodDate: 2002

Title: NoDimensions and medium: 4 columns of 90 x 140 cm., oil on canvasDate: 2003

This work was based on a citation by Christo Javacheff.

Title: "Unity Awareness"Dimensions and medium: variables dimensions, oil on woodDate: 2004

These images show the space before and after of the installation.

Some DetailsTitle: "Unity Awareness"Dimensions and medium: variables dimensions, oil on woodDate: 2004

Title: "Raw Material"Dimensions and medium: 300 x 1500 cm., toilet paper on wallpaperDate: 2004-2008


Some DetailsTitle: "Raw Material"Dimensions and medium: 300 x 1500 cm., toilet paper on wallpaperDate: 2004-2008

Title: "Raw Material"Dimensions and medium: 300 x 1500 cm., toilet paper on wallpaperDate: 2004-2008

Title: NoDimensions and medium: variables dimensions, wood and watercolourDate: 2008

In this piece of work I incorporated some images showing artwork that had been accomplished with my students at school.

Title: NoDimensions and medium: variables dimensions, wood and watercolourDate: 2008

Title: FountainDimensions and medium: variables dimensions, cement and stainless steelDate: 2009

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