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ALEXANDER WESSELY, BORN IN 1989, IS A SWEDISH-GREEK ARTIST ADEPT AT EXPLORING THE MEETING OF ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND SPIRITUALITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF MODERN CULTURE. HIS WORK SPANS A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS, INCLUDING SCULPTURE, FILM, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PERFORMANCE. INFLUENCED BY HIS EXPLORATION OF HUMAN WORSHIP, WESSELY'S PRACTICE EXAMINES THE INTRICATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SELF AND THE EVOLVING NARRATIVES OF SOCIETY.

KNOWN FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO ARTISTIC COLLABORATION, WESSELY HAS CREATED A WIDE CIRCLE OF MUSICIANS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, LEADING TO UNIQUE SCENOGRAPHY AND INSTALLATIONS THAT MERGE ART WITH LIVE PERFORMANCE. HIS WORK, WHICH BALANCES HISTORICAL AND MODERN AESTHETICS, INVESTIGATES IDENTITY AND SPIRITUALITY. DISPLAYED IN VARIOUS VENUES, FROM MUSEUMS LIKE FOTOGRAFISKA TO VENUES LIKE THE ROYAL DRAMATIC THEATRE OF SWEDEN AND ARENAS LIKE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, HIS ART FOSTERS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND CURRENT SOCIAL THEMES, DEMONSTRATING ART'S ROLE IN PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE GROWTH.




WESSELY’S BODY OF WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DEEP FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITIES OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE. THROUGH A LENS THAT FUSES HISTORICAL MOTIFS WITH CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES, HIS CREATIONS INVITE AUDIENCES INTO A ENVIRONMENT OF INTROSPECTION AND DIALOGUE. HIS ARTISTIC TRAJECTORY, CONTINUALLY PUSHING AGAINST THE CONFINES OF TRADITIONAL MEDIUMS, EXEMPLIFIES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION IN THE ARTS.

                       

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES:


REMS AT BERDWALDHALLEN WITH JACOB MÜHLRAD (2023), KORTEX AT FOTOGRAFISKA MUSEUM (2023), COACHELLA WITH 070 SHAKE (2023), PARADISE AGAIN WITH SHM MADISON AT SQUARE GUARDEN (2022), COACHELLA WITH THE WEEKND AND SHM (2022), CHIMI AT THE ROYAL DRAMATIC THEATRE (2021), TIME AT KONSERTHUSET WITH JACOB MÜHLRAD (2019), PURGATORIUM AT FOTOGRAFISKA MUSEUM (2019), CORPUS AT ENESKJOLD PALAZZO (2017).