BIO
b. 1997, Mesa, Arizona
Alexandria Trudgen is a fine artist living and working out of Southern California. She grew up being creative and continues to create daily. Her body of work includes oil paintings, drawings, and sculptures. She makes it a goal to explore other ways of being creative as well.
Alexandria starts off planning a piece by collecting references and drawing it out. She is inspired by finding the colorful nature and likeness in each subject. She uses many different techniques to approach her art. Each piece and medium calls for something different. She may build up layers of paint over time or use the Alla Prima method. She works from life, photos and imagination. Alexandria is passionate about creating varied beauty with reference and symbolism to spirituality, deeper meaning, and captured moments. As a multifaceted fine artist she desires to create work that can communicate in unique ways to diverse people. She believes people thrive when they are surrounded by beauty and connected spiritually. Alexandria’s goal as an artist is to bring beauty, diversity, feeling, peace and connectedness into the world. Each work may be done using different methods and subject matter.
In the beginning of her college journey she attended art classes at her local Arizona community college that opened her eyes to the possibilities of choosing a creative career. She explored many mediums including printmaking at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska. Alexandria then chose the path of acquiring a BFA and moved to Laguna Beach, California to attend Laguna College of Art and Design. She is studied painting, drawing and sculpting. She graduated in May of 2021.
Since graduating she has been working as an artist for a custom shoe company, doing commissions and continuing to create. She is a part of the California Art Club and has a mentor through their mentorship program, Christopher Slatoff. Through this program she continues to learn about sculpture, helping with Slatoff's commissions, and gaining the knowledge he shares. Through this club she has opportunities to exhibit her art in their shows and competitions. She will continue to exhibit and create commission work as well as personal work.
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Alexandria Trudgen
alex.trudgen@gmail.com
alexandriatrudgen.com
www.linkedin.com/in/alexandria-trudgen-312a66204/
Education
2021 BFA, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2017-2018 University of Fairbanks Alaska, (printmaking, drawing, painting, sculpting courses)
2015-2017 Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ (drawing courses)
Exhibitions
2018 University of Fairbanks Alaska Student Exhibition, Printmaking sale, Painting sale
2021 LCAD Gallery Mentorship Program with Debilzan Gallery
2021 April + May Laguna Art Walk
2021 May LCAD Senior BFA gallery exhibition
2021 Alaska Breastfeeds Annual Art Show Honorable Mention
2022 Young Sculptors Exhibition at National Sculpture Society, NYC
2023-24 California Art Club Feast for the Eyes at the Old Mill
2024 Las Laguna Gallery Women in Art
2024 California Art Club Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition Signs of Spring
2024 Laguna Beach City Hall Art That's Small
2024 Botanical Art Las Laguna Gallery
2024 California Art Club’s 113th Gold Medal Exhibition at the Hilbert Museum
2024 California Art Club’s Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco exhibition and sale at La Casita Del Arroyo
Commissions
2019 Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
2020 Book cover for The Playful Dad by Stephen Floyd
2021 Portrait of Mark
2021 Wedding father + daughter dance
2023 Pacific Beach Sunset
2024 Floral
2024 horse portrait
Murals
2018 Interactive mural for kids at a regional worker conference, Hua Hin Thailand
2021 Assistance on Wilmington CA mural by Timothy Robert Smith
2023 Assistance on Community Roots Academy murals by Emily Bertucci
Clubs
2023-current California Art Club
2023-current The Ebell Los Angeles
Events
2023 Live painting at The Ebell Los Angeles open house
2024 Live painting at Castle Green Pasadena
2024 Live painting at the Autry Museum of the American West Annual Block Party