1987, born in Caracas, Venezuela
currently lives and works in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Alejandra Loreto’s artistic work deals with our relation to the physical and built environment. Her great source of inspiration has been travelling, living abroad and different cultures. Through architecture and photography, she has found different ways of understanding how the urban and geographical environment influence our "identity" and the meaning of “home”.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Arlequin Cafe. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (04.2021)
Solo exhibition 'A place I call Home'
Galería Beatriz Gil. Caracas, Venezuela (10.2019)
Group exhibition 'Tierra de Gracia'
IoA Angewandte. Vienna, Austria (10.2019)
Group exhibition ‘Structures of displacement’ [a]FA
Goethe Institut Namibia. Windhoek, Namibia (02.2019)
‘I am blind’ , interactive exhibition as part of the Blind Photography Project
Galería Tres y 3. Caracas, Venezuela (11.2017)
Solo exhibition 'El otro lado del mar'
Nota Bene. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (11.2017)
Group exhibition with FLASH ABIDJAN photography collective
LUMINA Galerie. Vienna, Austria (01.2017)
'I am blind' interactive exhibition as part of the Blind Photography Project
Cultural Center El Hatillo. Caracas, Venezuela (03.2016)
Foto Feminas: ‘A showcase of women in contemporary photography in Venezuela’
VBKÖ - Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs. Vienna, Austria (12.2015)
Weihnachtsschau, as part of the exhibition: ’Die Kunst der Frau. Freundinnen und Komplizinnen’
Immuna Old Town, Beach Front. Immuna, Ghana (09.2015)
'To like the Sea is not an Option’ with [applied] foreign affairs
photo::vienna werkschau MAK Museum Vienna, Austria (October 2014 and 2015)
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia MACZUL (11.2014)
Foto Feminas: ‘A showcase of women in contemporary photography in Venezuela’
Bienal 67 Salón Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela (11.2014)
Museo de Arte Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela (11.2014)
Foto Feminas: ‘A showcase of women in contemporary photography in Venezuela’
E D U C A T I O N
2014 - 2017 Master in Social Design, University of Applied Arts Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
2006 - 2012 Architecture, Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela)
2010 – 2011 Architecture, Stuttgart University (Stuttgart, Germany)
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Printed: Flowers in the Desert project at ‘Structures of Displacement’ book edited by Baerbel Mueller, Frida Robles (Birkhäuser)
Wird Wirt Stuttgart (DE) "Gespräche mit Stuttgarter Gastronomen" / Garten + Landschaft (DE) "Platz für alle" by Anja Koller / Revue Exé (FR) / Wall Street Journal (US) / Miami Herald (US) / Habitat Plus (VE) / Río Verde (VE)
Digital: Wallpaper* magazine / Garten + Landschaft (DE) "Raum Verstehen" by Anja Koller / National Geographic / The Guardian / Europaconcorsi / Designboom / Archello / Design-porteur / Architravel / Architektur.mapolismagazin / Arhitext
A W A R D S
• Grand Prix De La Decouverte 2012 _ Final Jury Round Selection
• National Geographic Photography Contest 2011 _ Viewer’s Choice Winner
• National Geographic _ Photo of the day (online magazine 12/29/11)
I N T E R V I E W S
“Los Rostros del Futuro” (Faces of the future) publication, dedicated to 25 emergent photographers of Venezuela
“A Lens on Better Representation” Instagram Live by SPACE10