Alexia McKindsey
@mlexia

Alexia McKindsey is a Montreal-based artist born in 1996 whose work explores the potential of domestic life and its artifacts. Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University (Montreal, QC) in 2020, her work has been exhibited in several exhibitions and resides in collections across Canada. She participated in the Art Souterrain Festival (Montreal, QC) in 2017, ARTCH (Montreal, QC) in 2019, and presented solo exhibitions with AVE in 2020 and with the Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – Monkland in 2022.

Artistic approach
​"My practice derives from the spaces I’ve lived in; spaces I find rich in familial narrative, heritage, and history. I’m interested in the way our homes reflect the collective identity and mythologies spanning the generations of a family. Pulling from the physical facades, archives, and relics found in these spaces, I map out the physical progression of time and tradition that have passed through these dwellings. Incorporating painted collaged fragments and craft-based processes allows for the embodiment of the whole of the archives I’ve collected along the way and for reflection on the legacies of the generations that have come before me and that have helped form my identity. Contrasting and combining these elements allow for nonlinear and cyclical representations of memory, space, and experience spanning multiple eras and members of a family."

Photo : Jose Guillermo Garcia Sierra 

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Selection of artworks

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Press and media

Press
First Edition Magazine, Ladies Drawing Clüb, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2021.
Nobel Artist Profiles, FC Art & Nobel, Montreal, QC, 2020.
The Domestic Home and Family Narratives, Jano Lapin Media, Montreal, QC, 2020.
Trois artistes visuels émergents ayant exposé à la galerie AVE durant l’été 2020, Magazine, 2020.
Radio In situ with Chantal L’Heureux, Montreal, QC, 2020.
Issue 45, Scrivener Creative Review, Montreal, QC Vol. 8, Yiara Magazine, Montreal, QC, 2020.
Issue #3, Ladies Drawing Clüb, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2020.
Feature & Interview for ARTCH 2019, Christine Long, CTV News, Montreal, QC Language, The Void Magazine, 17.2, Montreal, QC, 2019.
Labyrinth, Artist Book, Realized by Penelope Stewart, Dawson College, Ontario Arts Council, 2016.
Penelope Stewart: Projects, Curated by Natalie Olanick, Ontario Arts Council, 2016.  ISBN 978-1-5501650-4-3.
VISION(S), Introduction by Maimire Mennasemay, Kenneth Milkman, Aaron Krishtalka, Andrew Katz, Edited by Frank Mulvey, 2016. ISBN 978-55016-996-6 (pbk.)
2015 The TRANS- Exhibition, Introduction by Maimire Mennasemay, Kenneth Milkman, Aaron Krishtalka, Andrew Katz, Edited by Frank Mulvey, 2015. ISBN 978-1-55016-643-9 (pbk.)

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Collection

Clyde & Co International Law Firm, Art Award recipient & part of private collection, Montreal