Join us for a live minting session with Kenneth Alexander x Blackdove marketplace as part of the Metaversal_Language Exhibition, curated and organized by Jess Conatser for Miami Art Week.
About the Artist:
Born in Memphis, TN, Kenneth Alexander is an artist who fused traditional, and digital art styles to create a new vision. With his love for creating music and having synesthesia, he wanted a healthy merger between what he created artistically and sonically. Thus, NOVI arts was born, and from this merge, it has grown into its own landmark name. An alumnus of Overton high, Kenneth has had a passion to create at a very young age. As he progressed in his style, so did his imagination. When he attended Tuskegee University, college expenses got too high to continue working in his traditional medium. So, he applied the digital aspect of motion and collaging to make his own signature style. Curating and features in shows garnered him attention from around the nation. The Brooks Museum has also shown their support for his work. “Surreal Kingdoms”, an exhibition by Kenneth himself, was shown in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s “The Art of Video Games” in 2015 for 6 months. As the keynote speaker for the 2016 Scholastic art competition, he helped inspire a new generation of artists to pursue their dream and make it a reality. Kenneth has really set a new path for artists to follow and succeed. Alexander also wanted to show the good qualities in people throughout his work and motivate others to create their own art business. In other layer of his work, he wants to give trauma other universes to live in and the black experience propel to the future. He uses mixed media within his pieces by combining acrylic paint and digital collage to create a stop motion effect. This multi-media artist has created a new way view surreal realms by depicting different universes that he has seen through vivid dreams, depression, anxiety and imagination. As the artist continues within his medium, it increases his surreal thoughts to new heights.