Alexandra Pacula

Polish-born, New York-based artist Alexandra Pacula (b. 1979) paints large-scale works that explore the dynamic energy of cities at night. With virtuosic brushwork, vibrant color, and fluid gesture, Pacula captures the motion and chaos as well as the sublime beauty of urban space. Her streets are filled with light that travels almost of its own accord within the compositions, and she has developed a nontraditional style of painting that combines impressionism, expressionism, and photorealism. The resulting paintings ensnare the eye and transport the viewer to another dimension, reminiscent of the fleeting yet mesmerizing moments that take place only in the big city.

Pacula's work has been exhibited throughout the US as well as Russia, Spain, London, and Paris. In 2010, she was the recipient of a Fellowship in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts as well as a one-year residency at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, sponsored by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. Pacula was also the 2008 winner of the Saatchi Showdown Competition.

Pacula received her MFA at Montclair State University in 2006 and her BFA from Rutgers in 2002. She works and lives in Brooklyn.

2006 MFA- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ2002 BFA- Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJSolo Exhibitions:2010 Turbulent Utopia, Mighty Tanaka Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY2009 Mighty Tanaka Presents: Alexandra Pacula and JMR, Dapper Dan Imperial Gallery, New York, NY2009 Hasty Metropolis, BOS, Brooklyn, NY2008 Evocations of the Night, BOS, Brooklyn, NY2007 After Dark, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ Nightlife, Bushwick Open Studios and Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY2006 Barscapes, 27Mix, Newark, NJ2005 Bemused Satisfaction, MFA Gallery, MSU, Montclair, NJ Reflections, 169 Broadway, New York, NY Anywhere but Here, MFA Gallery, MSU, Montclair, NJGroup Exhibitions:2010Alexandra Pacula and Fedele Spadafora, C2 Gallery, Long Island, NY2009 Carnival, Gitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2009 Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY2009 From Here to There, Arts Council of Morris Area, Morristown, NJ2009 Lilliput, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ2009 SAATCHI GALLERY, London, UK2009 Artlog, Gallery Bar, New York, NY2009 In the Raw, Mighty Tanaka, Brooklyn, NY2008 Th...