Nadine Alexeev is a Russian/Ukrainian contemporary painter and textiles artist based in Toronto.
She is a first generation Canadian whose parents grew up in the USSR. As a result of this displacement and loss of ethnic identity, her work aims to connect to the physical body as the homeplace.
She sees the body as the vessel for embodied identity and lived experience, translating these concepts into paint and other medias. Nadine hopes that in sharing her work, she can challenge viewers’ own perceptions of reality and highlight the subjectivity of art.
Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Painting) at OCAD University, she enjoys surrounding herself with other creatives and engaging in dialogue that contextualises the diverse perspectives of artists and art lovers in Toronto.
Her art practice is informed by the distortion of reality to her own warped perceptions, blending a grotesque surrealist style with vibrant colour palettes, in an attempt to visually convey her feelings of a distorted personal identity.
