Alexandria Deters
Born in 1992 in San Jose, California, Deters is currently a Bronx, New York based artist. In 2016 she graduated with a MA in American Fine and Decorative Art from the world-renowned Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York. She first began her embroidery practice in 2010 at San Francisco State University, where she received her BA in Art History and Women and Gender Studies in 2015.
Deters uses the medium of embroidery as a form of meditation. Her practice is deeply rooted in consent and with her own struggles with body positivity and her continual research on queer and erotic art. Recent Group exhibitions include: MALE GAZE: Life, Legend, Legacy, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NY, NY (2018); The Every Woman Biennial, New York, NY (2019); and Idol Worship, curated by Emily Colucci, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York (2019).
Photo by Alix Kramer, 2019.
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Exhibitions
2020
-SUPERFINE! NYCx 3 Magick E-Fair, Online Viewing Room, Superfine! HQ, Brooklyn, NY
-Postcards From The Edge, Annual Benefit for Visual AIDS at Bortolami, New York, NY
2019
-Idol Worship, curated by Emily Colucci, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
-Subversive Stitch, curated by Kimberly Reinagel, WhiteBox Harlem, New York, NY
-Le Bleu, Galerie Anne-Claire Simon, Paris, France
-Biennial: I Wanna Dance With Somebody, The Every Woman Biennial, La Mama Galleria, New York, NY
-LHOOQ, presented by Galerie Anne-Claire Simon at Castel, Paris, France
-Postcards From The Edge, Annual Benefit for Visual AIDS at Bortolami, New York, NY
-MALE GAZE: Life, Legend, Legacy, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY
2018
-Aqua Art Fair, Miami, Fl
-UNCOMMON BEAUTY: Launch Party and Inaugural Exhibition, Uncommon Beauty Gallery, New York, NY
-CATFIGHT: Crowdfunding Launch Party, Little Skips, Brooklyn, NY
-SPECTRUM: exploring gender identification, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
-SHAKERS: Women Who Shake Things Up, The Living Gallery Outpost, New York, NY
-IN·SPIRE: Leigh Bowery Silent Auction at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY
-22 Two’s presented by 383 Gallery, New York, NY
-Postcards From The Edge, Annual Benefit for Visual AIDS at Gallery 524, New York, NY
2017
-Salon Show at 383 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
-11/11 at 383 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
-One Year Anniversary Show, Head Too Heavy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
-Postcards from the Edge, Annual Benefit for Visual AIDS at Metro Pictures, New York, NY
2013
-Writing as Art, Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
-DAM KIDS, Pop-Up Exhibition at a building in San Francisco, CA
2010
-Into the Woods, Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
-The Salon Undergraduate Student Art Show, Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA