Aleja is a visual/street artist, creative director and curator based in Meanjin. In her studio she is primarily an oil painter, however uses mixed media such as acrylic and aerosol on canvas. Her style involves a form of realistic composite art with enhanced and abstracted colours, drawing from the ideas and style of surrealism. She plays between the boundaries of traditional and digital art. Using traditional realism juxtaposed against bold block imagery in thought provoking ways to depict modern ideals of beauty aesthetics, sexual freedom and fluidity. Her work largely focuses on depicting women in unique ways to tell stories about the world.
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