Caitlin Alexandra is an interdisciplinary artist from North Yorkshire, UK. She studied at Leeds College of Art before achieving a first class degree from Glasgow School of Art in 2014 and participated in the Phoenix Bursary funded by the Scottish government. In 2017, Caitlin completed a Masters degree in Fine Art at the University of Brighton.
Caitlin's work is performative, using her own body, and incorporates film, photography and elements of sculpture. Her main themes of research centre around the identity, hybridity, gender and fantasy. She takes inspiration from both contemporary and historical sources, referencing popular culture, literature and mythology in her work.
Education
2015-17 MA Fine Art, University of Brighton
2011-14 BA(hons) Fine Art: Sculpture and Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art
2010-11 Foundation Diploma in Fine Art, Leeds College of Art
Residencies and Awards
2018 Finalist in the FiLiA Emerging Female Artists Prize
2014/15 The Phoenix Bursary, Leeds College of Art and Glasgow School of Art
Publications
2019 Issue #6, Pastel Magazine
2018 Spring Issue, The Passage Between
2018 'Psycho' by Broken Grey Wires
2017 November Issue, Average Arts Magazine
2017 Issue V, A Feminist Thread
2015 Issue #5, The Riveter Review
2015 Issue #24, Girls Get Busy Zine
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Ciclo #3: Arquivo Arquipélag, Planta Baja, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2019 I SPMAV Video Art Festival, Pelotas, Brazil
2019 Loading Festival, Porto, Portugal
2019 Stream, WET Productions, Wharf Chambers, Leeds
2019 Maker and Producer (Sustainable Textiles), CCA, Glasgow
2018 FiLiA100 Showcase, Ateliê 397, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2018 SheShows, by Desperate Artwives, Leyden Gallery, London
2018 Open Art Exhibition, WeWork, London/Online
2018 FiLiA Conference, Lighthouse Venue, Manchester
2018 Designed Howlings: Radical Jokes and Secrets, Ugly Duck, London
2018 Rebel Daughters, The Point, Doncaster
2018 Fe/male, Air Gallery, Altrincham
2018 SXRVXVE, The Centre at West Park, New York
2018 Tomorrow's World, Atom Gallery, London
2017 Nasty Women International Conference, Thought Foundation, Birtley
2017 Deep Trash: In The Underworld, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, London
2017 Modern Panic VIII, Apiary Studios, London
2017 Before Words, Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton
2017 MA and Other Postgraduates, The Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
2016 MA Fine Art Degree Show, Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton
2015 Phoenix Bursary Exhibition, The Reid Building, Glasgow
2014 Ex, Blip Blip Blip Gallery, East Street Arts, Leeds
2014 Showcase, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
2014 Drawing Show, Wimbledon College of Art, London
2014 Feminine Mystique, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
2013 I in ICafe, ICafe Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow