Biography
Alexandra Hayes is a London based artist. She received her BA in Fine Art from City and Guilds of London Art School in 2021. Her work analyses how belief systems function in history and contemporary society. Through visual comparisons of religion, politics, news cycles, and historical art movements, Hayes dissects how these authorities can convince or convert. Today’s society is bombarded with information via the internet, which makes fact and fiction seem interchangeable. In our visually saturated culture, authenticity and reliability come into question when we are reliant on the fast and easy. Hayes deconstructs these ideas through collaging contemporary symbols with historical artworks. The opulence of Christian iconography, the manipulation of political propaganda and the bluntness of photojournalism are some of the subjects which are cut up and displaced. These ideas translate as paintings which at first read as familiar landscapes. However, with a closer look, they unsettle us with strange and twisted views of everyday signs and images. The paintings link a history monopolised by political, religious, and moral narratives with today’s anxiety-provoking abundance of often biased information.

Education
2018 – 2021 City and Guilds of London Art School, BA Fine Art, London UK
2017 – 2018 University of Leeds, First year of BA Fine Art with Art History, Leeds UK
2017 Charles Cecil Studios, Portrait Panting Short Course, Florence Italy
Exhibitions
2023 ‘Valve’ Group Exhibition, Lambeth North, London UK
2023 ‘Patterns and Structure’ Group Exhibition, Gallerie V, Cambridge UK
2023 ‘Body and Mind Charity Fundraiser’ Group Exhibition, Gallerie V, Cambridge UK
2022 ‘Home’ Group Exhibition, Gallerie V, Cambridge UK
2022 ‘Young Blood Vol. II’ Group Exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London UK
2021 ‘Degree Show’ Group Exhibition, City and Guilds of London Art School, London UK
2020 ‘ESOP End of Year Online Exhibition’ Group Exhibition, Essential School of Painting, Online
2019 ‘Interim’ Group exhibition, Art Hill Gallery, London UK
Curatorial
Awards
The David Ballardie Memorial Award, 2020
50 Children 50 Artists Portrait Competition