about
I works across a number of styles and mediums, including drawing, painting, photography, collage and large wall works. My practice is characterized by a willingness to try new approaches in the ongoing investigation into new materials and visual languages. My painting practice emphasizes the importance of failure as a way of moving forward, and challenging established structures.
I use the space and exploration the work provides to visualize the visceral nature of the human experience.
Stella Alesi has resided in both Austin, Texas for the last 32 years and Asheville, North Carolina for 14 years. Their work has been purchased by many private and commercial collections throughout the country.
Alesi is represented by Artspace111 in Fort Worth TX, Commerce Gallery in Lockhart, TX, Northern-Southern Gallery in Austin, TX and the Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville, NC.
A recent career highlight includes working with the Austin based Northern-Southern gallery in 2019, to permanently install the large scale art piece , “Simplify" in the lobby of The Foundry in Austin, TX.
Born on Long Island, New York in 1963, Alesi was raised in New Jersey. They began their undergraduate work at Parsons School of Design in New York City, with stints in Paris and Los Angeles, and finished at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. Their graduate work was completed at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.