Welcome to the Bunker Questionnaire, a series in which we ask Bunker Projects residents and exhibiting artists three questions from Marcel Proust’s famous Proust Questionnaire, a survey that purported to reveal a person’s true nature. We hope their answers and the accompanying photos allow you to get to know them and their work a little bit more.
Steve Alexis is an artist whose work focuses on framing and conveying emotive transference through abstraction. He employs mark making, bold color, and large-scale to create works that speak to the idea of connecting to beauty. His works follow a framework of loose autobiographical messaging, in response to internal and external pressures. Placing emphasis on the tension between handmade objects and the role of a maker, Alexis values the physical evidence indicative of the two forces in collaboration. His approach to working, attention and references to the human body, is influenced by a background in metalsmithing/ jewelry making. Alexis works across the modalities of jewelry, painting, sculpture, performance, and ceramics. Alexis was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in the city of North Miami. He received his BFA in Studio Art: Concentration in Metals and Contemporary Art Jewelry from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. His work has been exhibited in Brazil, Austria, and across the United States.
Describe yourself in three words.
“Black male creative.”
Who are your favorite artists/the ones who’ve influenced you most?
“Sam Gilliam, Thaddeus Mosley, Karl Fritsch.”
What is your idea of happiness?
“Satisfaction of the present, past and future.”
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