Alexia Brehas is a contemporary artist living and working in Melbourne / Naarm.
With a background in graphic design, fine art, and social media, Alexia’s work aims to create elevated expressions of style to suit any space.
Alexia’s digital designs, planners, social tiles, and design work is a culmination of her love of style, organisation and ease. Her aim is to transform the everyday space (both in-person and online) into a sophisticated, chic, and organised curation.
Working with ink stippling and classical charcoal techniques, Alexia’s fine art draws inspiration from realism, chiaroscuro, and classical portraiture.
Alexia’s fine art work has been exhibited and held in private collections, securing finalist placings in numerous awards, and propelling her from the coastal surrounds in her hometown of Melbourne to the far reaches of northern Iceland.
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Alexia Brehas
(b.) Johannesburg, South Africa, 1995
EDUCATION
2018 Bachelor of Creative Arts with Distinctions, Deakin University
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Rave In Paradise, Off The Kerb Gallery, Collingwood, AUS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Winter Days, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, AUS
2018 Sphere, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, AUS
2017 Opið Hús, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, IS
2016 Shark Week, Enough Space, Prahran, AUS
2015 40 x 40, Brunswick Street Gallery, Brunswick, AUS
2015 Drawing Group Show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Brunswick, AUS
2015 Current, RAW Natural Born Artists, Melbourne Pavillion, AUS
2014 Portraiture Group Show, Deakin Phoenix Gallery, Burwood, AUS
2006 Ceramics Group Show, ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr, AUS
AWARDS
2015 Finalist, 'Contemporary Art Awards'
RESIDENCIES
2019 Arctic Circle Residency (selected, deferred)
2017-2018 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2017 Introduction To Logo Design, Class of Erasmus, Arskoli, Sauðárkrókur, Iceland
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2018 Aaron Palabyab Studio
2017 Nes Artist Residency, John Safran, Joey Cirillo, The Daily Edited
2016 Express Media, Voiceworks, Made In Melbourne Film Festival, Tsuno
2016 International Women's Development Agency, Soxy Beast
2015 Seth Sentry, Deakin University Student Association, BioCup, Mango Retreat
SELECTED FEATURES (linked)
2020 British Vogue, Artists’ Gallery (print edition, June anniversary issue)
2020 The World of Interiors, Artists Impressions (print edition, April & May issues)
2018 Weekend Notes (Sphere Exhibition - Off The Kerb Gallery)
2018 Create Magazine (Alexia Brehas)
2017 NES Artist in Residence feature (Artist in Residence - Alexia Brehas)
2016 Melbourne Arts Club (Artist Inquisition - Alexia Brehas)
2016 Contemporary Art Awards (exhibition catalogue, print edition)
2016 Art Almanac (February print edition, pages 127 and 150)
2015 Maggie Journal (contributor spotlight)
2015 The Eye Creative (print edition, Issue 1)
2015 Buzzfeed, SBS, Distractify, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald
2014 Feminartsy (Alexia Brehas - Intricacies)
2014 Phantasmagoria Magazine (Issue 5, 'Who Is Alexia Brehas?)
2014 Undercoat (Monochromatique)
2014 The Weekly Review (Street Art Livens Up Laneway)
RELATED WORK
2019 Photography for The Age, Urban, Domain, Herald Sun, Frankie, Asian Executive
2018 Contributing editor, Iceview Magazine, volume 3
2017 Art and design, Nes Artist Residency November Open Studios flyer
2017 Commissioned blog posts, content creation, marketing for The Daily Edited
2016 Collaboration, Soxy Beast x Olivia Newton John Cancer Research Centre
2016 Fundraising and art exhibition, Tsuno x IWDA
2016 Reporter, Buzzcuts x Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival
2015 Assistant art director, Safe (dir. Christopher Kay)
2015 Founder, Deakin Visual Art Society
2014 Executive Visual Coordinator, Feminist and Equality Network Deakin
2014 Street art, Hosier Lane, Rutledge Lane, and Tunstall Square, Signal Street Art