Mardi De Veuve Alexis

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area imbued with the love of art from an early age. My mother was an artist and both of my sisters were also talented and creative. I remember drawing and painting from an early age. While years ago I started out in a more representative style, I found my voice as an abstract artist working with color, line, shape and texture, mixed media and collage. My new body of work is inspired by an evolving local urban environment, urbanization as a condition, and contemporary culture. Working for the past three years from my Venice, CA studio, I was viscerally impacted by the changing neighborhood and demographics: There is the noise and energy of new construction. Resulting structures are rising vertically to unexpected new heights, marginalizing once amply sun lit creative spaces. Graffiti of all shapes and sizes most often depicted on the grey backdrop of concrete, has become rampant as an exciting urban art form communicating an evolving cultural diversity. This is change and evolution, disturbing and exciting at the same time.

As an abstract artist, I typically communicate a theme and tonal palette with pattern, mark making, layering and textural effects through mixed media and collage. I strive...

I first studied art in Alexandria, Virginia and Washington, D.C., where I was living during the 70"s and 80's, while working and raising my two children. Later I returned to California where I studied art at UCLA in the School of Architecture and Design. Subsequently, I have continued to develop my skills as an artist by working and studying with other professional artists and mentors in the Los Angeles area.

Recent exhibitions:

Annual UC Riverside-PD/PSAM AC Juried Exhibition
Artistic Expressions of the Coachella Valley
March 1 – April 29, 2018

Bold & Bright
2018 Palm Springs Annual Juried Art Show
February 2-February 25, 2018

Solo Exhibition –Urban Extraction
January 3 – February 23, 2018
City of Fontana
Fontana, CA

Lights Out
October 7 – November 5, 2017
JTAG, Joshua Tree, CA

Annual Palm Springs Art Council Exhibition
October 7 through December 10, 2017
Palm Springs Art Museum
Palm Springs, CA


Line and Form
November 11- December 23, 2017
Izen Miller Gallery
Palm Desert, CA


California Dreaming
April 1- May 3, 2017
Izen Miller Gallery
Palm Desert, CA

Gallery 62
Members Gallery Exhibition
February 28 – March 28
Joshua Tree, CA

Artistic Expressions of the Coachella Valley
University of California Riverside-Palm Desert Center
March 3 - April 23, 2017
Curated by Palm Springs Art Museum – Artist Council

Desert A-Z
Annual Palm Springs Juried Art Show
February 3-25, 2017
Curated by the City of Palm Springs Public Arts Commission

Personal Narrative
February 28-June 4, 2017
Annenberg Community Beach House
Santa Monica, CA
Curated by Sheli Silverado and Diane Williams

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