Alexandra Eldridge

Born of artist parents, Alexandra Eldridge received her BA in art and literature at Ohio University. She then continued her education at University of Cambridge, Santa Reparata Graphic Workshop in Florence, Penland School of Craft, and most recently The Photographers' Formulary in Montana. She co-founded an establishment for the arts, Golgonooza, based upon the philosophies of William Blake. She has had more than 40 solo shows, and has participated in many group shows throughout the United States, as well as many international exhibitions.

Eldridge has exhibited in Paris, London, Belgrade, Ljubljana, New York, California, and Santa Fe. She has been commissioned to paint murals in the Place de Vosges, Paris, and her work has been used for the covers of 24 books of poetry. Traveling, as an important part of her inspiration, has led her to artist’s residencies on the Mediterranean island of Elba and the Valparaiso Foundation in Almeria, Spain.

Art News, art ltd., Art on Paper, New American Paintings, and One Hundred Artists of the Southwest are just a few of the publications that Eldridge has been featured in. William Hurt, Steve Buscemi and Edie Falco are among her collectors.

"My paintings emerge from a place where contradictions are allowed, paradox reigns and reason is abandoned," she says. "My search is for the inherent radiance in all things ... the extraordinary in the ordinary. As the process of painting parallels the movement of psyche, it helps me to understand the world as a deeper reality. The rich soul experiences of my life become tangible.

"Each painting is a small acknowledgment of the inner life that can perhaps reveal its own share of soul, and that share of soul may connect to someone else's share of soul. Then perhaps beauty may be granted."

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