Alexa Hawksworth
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Hot Pepperette
2022
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.) -
Pledge
2022
Oil on canvas
40.64 x 30.48 cm. (16 x 12 in.) -
Lazy Susan
2022
Huile sur toile
183 x 152 cm (72 x 60 in.)
Photo: Theta, New York. -
Performance Red Integra
2023
Oil on canvas
152.40 x 304.80 cm. (60 x 120 in.) -
Stall, 2023
Exhibition view
Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)
Photo: Paul Litherland -
Obsidian Green Pathfinder
2023
Oil on canvas
152.40 x 304.80 cm. (60 x 120 in.) -
Cherry Surgeon
2022
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
27.9 × 21.6 cm (11.0 × 8.5 in.) -
Blow Out I
2022
Oil on canvas
107 x 51 cm (42 x 20 in)
Photo: Theta, New York. -
Julienne
2022
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8.5 cm) -
Exhibition view: My Wishlist
2022
Theta, New York
Photo: Theta -
Exhibition view: My Wishlist
2022
Theta, New York
Photo: Theta -
Exhibition view: Semi-Detached New Build
2021
Pangée, Montreal
Photo: Pangée -
Stroke
2021
Oil on linen
91.4 x 121.9 cm (36 x 48 in.)
Photo: Pangée, Montreal -
Cycle Goddess
2022
Oil on canvas
91.44 x 121.92 cm. (36 x 48 in.) -
Blow Out II
2022
Oil on canvas
107 x 122 cm (42 x 48 in.)
Photo: Theta, New York. -
Bordeaux Red
2023
Oil on canvas
76.20 x 60.96 cm. (30 x 24 in.) -
The Spirit of Ecstasy
2023
Oil on canvas
152.40 x 76.20 cm. (60 x 30 in.) -
Graphite Blue
2023
Oil on canvas
71.12 x 55.88 cm. (28 x 22 in.)
Biography
Alexa Hawksworth populates her oil paintings and graphite drawings with both fantastical and realistic characters unique in their exaggerated gestures and expressions: grimacing teeth, elastic limbs, and unhinged cackles show a dizzying range of physical and psychological states. Her scenes are often imbued with an innovative sense of movement and time, as bodies and objects are propelled across the canvas or captured by the whims of a powerful environmental force. Together, her work shows an imagined, off-kilter world in which desire and emotion burst from the body and collide with the physical realm with maximum, high-velocity impact. Drawing from theatre, performance, and film sources, Hawksworth’s distinct illustrative style combines meticulous rendering with bold painterly gestures, set to an electrifying colour palette.
Alexa Hawksworth (b. 1994; Hamilton) is a painter and illustrator based in Montreal, Canada. Hawksworth received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University in 2020. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Bradley Ertaskiran (Montreal), Theta (New York) and Pangée (Montreal), and recent group and duo exhibitions include Franz Kaka (Toronto), Sibling Gallery (Toronto), Projet Casa (Montreal), and Afternoon Projects (Vancouver).
Born in Hamilton, Canada, 1994
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada
