Alexandra Gelis Lombana
Birthdate: 1975
Birthplace: Colombia-Venezuela
Based location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Social profiles
Alexandra Gelis artist website
Alexandra Gelis profile by Cecilia Araneda
Alexandra Gelis profile at Sur Gallery
Alexandra Gelis profile at Arts Front
Alexandra Gelis contributor profile at Taking Measures International Video Symposium
Biography
Alexandra Gelis Lombana (born 1975, Colombian-Venezuelan)
Alexandra Gelis is a Colombian-Venezuelan interdisciplinary visual artist based between Toronto, Panama, and Colombia. Alexandra’s academic journey began in 1991 when she studied photography with Esteban Eljaiek and Abdu Eljaiek in Bogota, Colombia. In 1998 Gelis completed a bachelor of fine arts from the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogota. In 2011, Alexandra completed a master of fine arts from York University. She is a PhD candidate in environmental studies at York University in Toronto. In 2020 she was awarded the Grace and David Taylor Graduate Scholarship in Caribbean Studies.
Alexandra Gelis’s studio work is in new media technology, installation, photography, and video. Her practice is based on ecological research to address social displacement and environmental politics in Latin America, including the Caribbean. Alexandra’s work has been extensively showcased in North America, Latin America, Africa, and Europe. She has showcased in the screenings Entradas y Salidas (2021), Festival de Cine Corto de Popayán, Colombia, Traces (2020), curated by Jorge Lozano, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, and at the London Ontario Media Arts Association (2018). Her work has also been part of the collective exhibitions With-Living: Migrant Relations (2022), curated by Claudia Arana, at the Cloverdale Mall, Etobicoke, and Queer Art Festival: Evolution (2019), curated by Elwood Jimmy, Vancouver.
Corredor: The big picture
2013
Interactive video installation
Image from collective exhibition Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities, curated by Claudia Arana, Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2021. Photograph credit Ready2Post
Solo exhibitions
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Collective exhibitions
Alexandra Gelis programming Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, 2022
Alexandra Gelis art installation With-Living: Migrant Relations, curated by Claudia Arana, at the Cloverdale Mall, Etobicoke, 2022
Alexandra Gelis press release art installation With-Living: Migrant Relations, curated by Claudia Arana, at the Cloverdale Mall, Etobicoke, 2022
Alexandra Gelis collective exhibition Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities, curated by Claudia Arana, Sur Gallery, 2021
Alexandra Gelis collective exhibition Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities, curated by Claudia Arana, Sur Gallery, 2021
Alexandra Gelis artwork details, collective exhibition Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities, curated by Claudia Arana, Sur Gallery, 2021
Alexandra Gelis screening Entradas y Salidas, Festival de Cine Corto de Popayán, Colombia, 2021
Alexandra Gelis short film screening Traces, curated by Jorge Lozano, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, 2020
Alexandra Gelis catalogue collective exhibition Queer Art Festival: Evolution, curated by Elwood Jimmy, Vancouver, 2019
Alexandra Gelis curatorial statement collective exhibition Queer Art Festival: Evolution, curated by Elwood Jimmy, Vancouver, 2019
Alexandra Gelis collective exhibition The Recipe: Making Latin American Art in Canada, curated by Analays Álvarez and Daymi Coll Padilla, Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2018
Alexandra Gelis film screening at the London (Ontario) Media Arts Association, 2018
Alexandra Gelis press release by Josh Siegel, Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia, 2012
Alexandra Gelis press release Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia, 2012
Interviews
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Presentations
Alexandra Gelis presentation Latin American Media Art Symposium, panel On Loss: Migrant Relationalities, aluCine Latin Film + Media Festival, Toronto, 2023
Alexandra Gelis artist talk Border Crossing: The Dream Medicine of Alexandra Gelis, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, 2015
Alexandra Gelis programming colloquium Encuentro, Creacion y Pedagogía, Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia, 2012
Published work by Alexandra Gelis
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Published work about Alexandra Gelis
Alexandra Gelis and Carlos Martiel article by Eugenio Viola, Art Forum, 2023
Press release
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List of Grants, Awards and Projects
Alexandra Gelis youth workshop overview conSECUENCIAS project, Panama, 2017