Alessandra
Brown

Alessandra Brown was born in the UK on 24/04/1992.

She has a BA in History (University of Bologna, 2010-2013), an MA in History and Philosophy of Art (University of Kent, 2013-2014) and an MA in Visual Arts (Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna 2015-2018).

The exploration of the effects of time and space are key elements in her artistic process. She is drawn to images that contain a sense of loss and disintegration, caught between being simultaneously present and absent, real and imagined, in the past and in the present.
In the way she conducts her research and in her choice of media the outcome is nostalgic yet unsentimental, and in her recent projects she has used a combination of digital processes, photography, drawings and found objects to create installations and montages.

She has been selected for the Artist-in-Studio 2020 Residence Program “Impronte”, organised by the Lercaro Foundation in Bologna, and has been chosen for a solo show ("Hostages”) at Curva Pura gallery in Rome, curated by Andrea Romagnoli and Vittorio Beltrami.
She was among the winners of the “Premio Ora” prize, the “Arcipelago” prize and the “Malamegi Lab II” prize in 2019 and was selected for the residency program “Vis-à-Vis - Fuoriluogo 22”. The same year she was shortlisted for the “Ashurst Emerging Art Prize” in London and the “ASPA awards”. She was selected for a solo exhibition curated by Federica Fiumelli (Waiting for Venus, at Officina15) and participated in group exhibitions, such as: “Geografie della Memoria”, curated by Katia Baraldi, “Sedimenti” and “Binomi”, curated by Alessandro Mescoli and was selected for the festival “Camera Work - Circuito OFF” organised by Denis Curti in Ravenna, Italy.
She was shortlisted for the “National Art Prize” in 2018 and was chosen for the group exhibition “Ai Piani Intimi”, curated by Luca Caccioni and Irene Fenara. The same year she opened an artist-run-space called “SottoSuolo” in Bologna.