Alexandra Peters

Born 1990 War­rnam­bool, Aus­tralia
Lives and works in Mel­bourne, Australia

Alexan­dra Peters’ prac­tice spans the medi­ums of paint­ing, print, sculp­ture, and assem­blage, often tak­ing the form of an instal­la­tion. These arrange­ments explore the field of expand­ed paint­ing through the inter­ro­ga­tion of sup­port struc­tures and fram­ing devices. This process guides and restricts how the view­er is sub­sumed with­in a cur­ren­cy divid­ed between the two-dimen­sion­al­i­ty of pic­to­r­i­al space and the three-dimen­sion­al­i­ty of sculpture.

Peters com­plet­ed a Bach­e­lor of Fine Art (Hon­ours) at Monash Uni­ver­si­ty, Mel­bourne (2022) where she was the recip­i­ent of the Monash Uni­ver­si­ty Muse­um of Art Award and the Mega­lo Print Award. She has under­tak­en sev­er­al res­i­den­cies includ­ing Perth Insti­tute of Con­tem­po­rary Arts, Perth (2023) Mega­lo Print Stu­dio, Can­ber­ra (2023) and AqTushetii, Tusheti, Geor­gia (2018). She is cur­rent­ly part of the stu­dio pro­gram at Gertrude Contemporary.

Peters’ recent solo and two-per­son exhi­bi­tions include The Graven Image, War­rnam­bool Art Gallery (2025); As of hor­nets Smoked out of their nest, 1301SW, Mel­bourne (2025); and Blow­back, Asbestos, Mel­bourne (2024). Recent group exhi­bi­tions include Pri­mav­era 2025: Young Aus­tralian Artists, Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary Art Aus­tralia, Syd­ney (2025); Var­i­ous Small Fires, Gertrude Con­tem­po­rary Mel­bourne (2025); Future Remains: The 2024 Mac­far­lane Com­mis­sions, Aus­tralian Cen­tre of Con­tem­po­rary Art, Mel­bourne (2024); And This Time the Well Is Alive, Gertrude Con­tem­po­rary, Mel­bourne (2024); Mil­du­ra Atroc­i­ty Exhi­bi­tion, NAP Con­tem­po­rary, Mil­du­ra (2023); Hatched: Nation­al Grad­u­ate Show, Perth Insti­tute of Con­tem­po­rary Art (2023); A Strange World is Afoot Here Already, Pro­pa­gan­da Net­work, Tbil­isi (2020); and 100 Years of Piros­mani, Niko Piros­mani State Muse­um, Mirza­ani, Geor­gia (2019).