Jessica Alfonso
Jessica Alfonso was born a fraternal twin, in 1977 in Montreal, her heritage is Cuban artist/musician father (born in Miami) and Irish mother, growing up in the Laurentians. Her website is called Studio Diaz; the name 'Diaz' is actually the true name of her Cuban grandfather (Boulivar Diaz) who, upon fleeing Castro's regime, purchased the papers of a man named Tony Alfonso. 'Studio Diaz' is a tribute to her true paternal heritage.
Jessica's adventures in artistic creations were cultivated by her father’s skilled guidance from age 3. She has garnered high-profile artistic awards, winning the Barbara Foreman Art Award in 1987-88, and the L.R.H.S. art award in 1994. She is a Concordia University Fine Arts graduate; learning under such notable artists as Leopold Plotek, François Morelli and Russel Gordon. She worked in new media and advertising for five years; returning in earnest to pursue her artistic career; along with being a Marketing Director at Virtus International, an event/conference planning company in downtown Montreal.
She is drawn to large and medium scale works on paper, mixed media, sculpture and installation. Themes that currently draw her interest are issues surrounding the struggles of Africa, violence (or violent objects) displaced and re-examined; a new series that re-conceptualizes carousels; and large' improvisational socio-cultural-political' paintings; and the issue of (in)visibilty/identity and fame of the visual arts in an entertainment, ad-saturated culture.
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