Join us at MOLAA for a special presentation of the Crossborder Women: Alejandra Phelts exhibition catalog. Gabriela Urtiaga, MOLAA Chief Curator, will lead an engaging in-person conversation with artist Alejandra Phelts, offering insight into her creative process and the stories behind her work. Following the talk, guests are invited to participate in a Q&A and meet the artist during an exclusive catalog signing.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect with one of today’s most compelling crossborder voices in contemporary art!
ALEJANDRA PHELTS (Mexico, 1978)
She began her studies in 1998 at the Institut Privé de Philosophie et Théologie Saint Jean in Saint Jodard, France. In 2007, she got a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Autonomous University of Baja California UABC.
Since 2001, Phelts has used painting and other artistic languages such as installation, photography, video, and performance to explore the female condition. Her proposal records daily experiences that link intimacy, affective relationships, and attitudes of empowerment.
Phelts has participated in more than 60 exhibitions in France, Italy, Spain, Monaco, Japan, the United States, Canada, Indonesia, China, Japan, Korea Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Abu Dhabi, and Oman.
She has been selected to represent Mexico in exhibitions such as the XX Japan International Art Exchange 2021, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; The Salon des Beaux Arts 2018, Salle le Nôtre, LOUVRE, Paris, France and the G20 Hangzhou China Global Arts Agenda, Hangzhou Qianjiang Museum of Art, China in 2016.
In 2017 she obtained the 1st Prize Honored Artist at the Latin American Art Fair, San Diego, California, USA.
Complementing her artistic projects, Phelts also participated as a speaker at TED Talks at the Universidad Iberoamericana and CETYS Universidad. She was invited as an art expert at Frontera Women of the Wall by the World Building Institute of the University of Southern California, and has also collaborated in the conception and logistics of the SINERGIA International Art Symposium of CETYS University.