Alexandra McGowan’s canvases bleed, pulse, and blend; their marks scintillate and vibrate and morph and meld. Using watered down acrylic on super absorbent cotton bedsheets, she layers staccato dapples of color and wider washes of paint repeatedly across her surfaces. McGowan's abstracted representations of light are rooted in nature as they are in the body and home.
Alexandra McGowan (b. 2001, Providence, RI; Lives and works in Richmond, VA) holds a BFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has been included in group shows at Megan Mulrooney, CA; Capital One Arts, Henrico, VA; Bond Millen Gallery, Richmond, VA, among others. She has had work featured in New American Paintings Issue 178, and Flat Rate Contemporary's FRC19. She held a Residency at VisArts Studio in Richmond, VA.
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Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #48, 2026Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton36 x 24 in
91.4 x 61 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #24, 2025Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton48 x 36 in
121.9 x 91.4 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #25, 2026Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton36 x 24 in
91.4 x 61 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #30, 2024Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton30 x 30 in
76.2 x 76.2 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #35, 2025Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton36 x 36 in
91.4 x 91.4 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #45, 2026Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #46, 2026Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #47, 2026Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton36 x 24 in
91.4 x 61 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #52, 2026Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton24 x 20 in
61 x 50.8 cm -
Alexandra McGowanshadow 2 , 2026Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm -
Alexandra McGowanShadow Shift Ephemera, 2024Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton20 x 16 in
50.8 x 40.6 cm -
Alexandra McGowanImprovisation; Flow Series #37, 2025Acrylic and chalk pastel on stretched cotton36 x 12 in
91.4 x 30.5 cm
