Alex Dimercurio

Alex DiMercurio, is a French-born artist based in Wellington, New Zealand. She has recently garnered national acclaim for her unique artistic voice, which seamlessly merges elements of post-impressionism, fauvism, and abstract realism. With a career spanning over 20 years, she has built meaningful connections with curators and collectors globally, steadily earning her place in the contemporary art world.

DiMercurio's work is a profound exploration of nature's inherent beauty, rendered through a distinctive painterly style that combines bold textural impasto paint with fluid translucent brushwork. Celebrated for her unique colour palette and dynamic interplay of light and shadow, each work invites viewers into an immersive experience, encouraging a deeper contemplation of the natural world and the ephemeral passage of time.

Renowned for her award-winning treescapes, DiMercurio captures the essence of nature's interconnectedness with a blend of energy, nostalgia, and serenity. Her recent focus on abstract cloudscapes continues this exploration, delving into the emotional resonance of refracted light and colour relationships in dramatic hues. These works, characterized by their textural depth and intensity, seemingly float off the w...

2020-2023 Association des beaux-arts de Cannes, France.
2019 Studio Escalier, Montmatre, Paris, France.
2010-2013 Inverlochy Art School, Wellington.
1998-2002 Massey University, Wellington.
1991 Visual Communication and Design, Massey University, Wellington

Alex graduated from Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand in 2002, and has more recently studied fine arts at private art schools in France including Studio Escalier in Paris and the Cannes Beaux Arts institute.

Notably, in 2019 she realised her lifelong artistic aspirations of studying in Montmartre Paris and had the privilege of painting within the historic faculty residence of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec where his friend Vincent van Gogh would often frequent and share the art studio together.

During her six-month residency in Paris, she also devoted herself to weekly artistic visits at the Louvre, which is a treasure-trove of art history. And where she engaged herself in intensive drawing and immersive study sessions alongside the masters of classical, neo-classical, Hellenistic, Renaissance, and Baroque art.

2024 NZ Academy of Fine Arts (May) - AWARD WINNER
2024 Wellington Art Show (Apr)
2024 Several commissions for collectors
2023 Auckland Art Show (Apr)
2023 Several commissions for collectors
2022 Several commissions for collectors
2022 - 2015 Several commissions for collectors
2014 NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, Art on the Wharf (Dec/Jan)
2014 Wellington City Life Education Trust Art Exhibition, Academy Galleries (Nov)
2014 NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, Naked (Mar/Apr)
2014 The New Zealand Art Show, Wellington (Jul)
2014 The Art Sale, Hamilton (Sep)2023
2013 NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, An Artist’s Guide to Summer (Dec)
2013 a+e Gallery, Napier, Group Show (Sep/Oct)
2013 HCR Art Awards and Exhibition 2013
2013 Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, Group show (Aug)
2013 The New Zealand Art Show, Wellington (Jul)
2013 Thorndon Charity Art Auction, Wellington (Jul)
I2013 lluminate Magazine, Artfind, Featured Artist (May)
2013 The Original Art Sale, Auckland (May)
2013 Inverlochy Art School, Wellington, Group Annual Exhibtion (Feb)
2013 Artists Den & Gallery, Auckland, Kiwiana Art Exhibition (Jan/Feb)
2012 NZ Art Show, Wellington (upcoming Aug)
2012 The Museum Hotel, Wellington, NZ Art Show Preview (upcoming Apr)
2012 Pear...