Biography & Art shows
for videos about the artist click here
Daniel Besikian
Alexandra Mas
biographie
30 ans d'art
Née en Transylvanie, Alexandra Mas vit et travaille entre Paris et Bordeaux.
À quatorze ans, elle intègre le Collège des Beaux-Arts et rencontre, la même année, le célèbre graveur Marcel Chirnoaga, qui deviendra son mentor. Après ses premières expositions, dès l’âge de dix-sept ans, dans son pays natal puis à l’international, elle poursuit ses études à l’Université des Beaux-Arts de Bucarest, dans l’atelier du professeur Mihai Manescu.
Très tôt, elle s’installe en France, en quête de savoir, et voyage abondamment. Elle y obtient un diplôme en design et architecture d’intérieur avant de se consacrer à divers projets pour le musée du Louvre, la maison Christian Dior, Marsu Productions et plusieurs collectionneurs privés. En 2006, elle part en Californie pour diriger une école de talents à Beverly Hills, où elle travaille avec de jeunes enfants.
De retour en France en 2009, elle se consacre entièrement à sa pratique artistique. Son inspiration plonge ses racines dans la nature, la mémoire collective et les questions sensibles, tissant un univers éclectique à l’image de ses origines. Sa recherche intellectuelle ouvre sur un monde de complexité sensorielle. Sa peinture, expressive et tendue, déploie un geste puissant, en équilibre entre force et délicatesse. La pictographie, la vidéo, la performance et la réalité virtuelle sont autant de médiums qu’elle explore pour créer des images à la fois énigmatiques et poétiques, mais le dessin demeure le fil rouge de tout son parcours.
Aujourd’hui, Alexandra Mas est représentée par la galerie HOHENTHAL UND BERGEN et la galerie Laurence PUSTETTO.
Depuis 2016, elle collabore avec le photographe et docteur en droits de l’homme Marco Tassini au sein du Mas Tassini Studio et du magazine The EDGE.
En 2020, elle a cofondé les Artivist Awards avec Peter Hopkins, fondateur de Shim Art Network. La Biennale Artivism, organisée avec Diana Hohenthal et Shim, met en lumière des artistes engagés dans une démarche socio-écologique.
Avec Diane Pernet devant Vanitas Nostrum, Place Vendôme, Paris, 2018
biography
30 years of art
Born in Transylvania, Alexandra Mas lives and works between Paris and Bordeaux. At the age of 14, she entered the College of Fine Arts.The same year she met the renowned engraver Marcel Chirnoaga, who became her mentor. She began exhibiting at 17, both in her native country and internationally, before continuing her studies at the University of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the studio of Professor Mihai Manescu.
She soon settled in France in pursuit of knowledge and travelled widely. There she earned a degree in design and interior architecture, embarking on projects for the Louvre Museum, the house of Christian Dior, Marsu Productions, and private clients. In 2006, she moved to California to direct a talent school in Beverly Hills, where she worked with young children.
Returning to France in 2009, she devoted herself entirely to her artistic practice. Her inspiration draws on nature, collective memory, and sensitive subjects, creating an eclectic universe reflective of her origins. Her intellectual enquiry plunges the viewer into a world of sensory complexity. Her painting is expressive and her gesture forceful, maintaining a constant tension between strength and delicacy. She also works with pictography, video, performance, and virtual reality to create poetic, intriguing images — but drawing remains the guiding thread throughout her career.
Today, Alexandra Mas is represented by HOHENTHAL UND BERGEN gallery and Laurence PUSTETTO gallery. Since 2016, she has collaborated with photographer and human rights scholar Marco Tassini through the Mas Tassini Studio and within the framework of The EDGE magazine. In 2020, she co-founded the Artivist Awards with Peter Hopkins, founder of Shim Art Network. The Artivism Awards Biennale, organised in collaboration with Diana Hohenthal and Shim, highlights artists engaged in socio-ecological art.
film cut from Be The Change, performance at Thetis, Venezia, 2022
SOME ART SHOWS
1995 Small Etching Biennale, group show, Uzice 31 (present in catalogue)
1997 Autumn Show, UAP, National Theatre Museum, Bucharest
1998 Autumn Show, UAP, National Theatre Museum, Bucharest
1999 Etching Triennial show, Kanagawa T2
Autumn Show, UAP, National Theatre Museum, Bucharest
2000 Solo show, etching, hosted by HVB, Bucharest
2002 Atelier 35, group show, Constanta 70 (present in the manifest)
2006 Performance & Solo show, “Ballet d’esprit” paintings, Paris 02
2011 Solo show, Pop Experience or “BodyPaint” pictographs, Cielo Gallery, London W1
Body painting performance “The Self Portrait”, Festival des Passages, Paris 02
Solo Show, “Dancers”, NK Gallery, Paris 03
Solo show, Pop Experience or “BodyPaint” pictographs, Memmi Gallery, Paris 08
2012 “The Portrait” groupe show, Claire Corcia Gallery, Paris 03
“Nude” groupe show, Claire Corcia Gallery, Paris 03
2013 Solo Show, “Auroe des Temps”, C.Bortone Gallery, Paris 06
(writer Jean-Roger Geyer makes a lecture of his text about the artist during the opening)
Le Salon d'Automne, group show, Grand Palais, Paris 08 (present in catalogue)
Gemluc Art, humanitarian group show, Monaco (present in catalogue)
Paris Photo off, groupe show, Be Space Gallery, Paris 11
Fine Art Academy Museum of Saint Petersburg
2014 Permanence, Be Space Gallery, Paris 11
Solo Show, Ticolas Gallery, Paris 08
2015 Solo Show, Bordeaux 33
Permanence, Ticolas Gallery, Paris (three pictographs selected)
Préconçue, Art&Miss Gallery, Paris 03
GOLD, Art&Miss Gallery, Paris 03
2016 "Segesse", groupe show, Bernard Magrez institut, Bordeaux 00
"Dance, Music, Theater", groupe show, Art&Miss, Paris 03
"TransArt", works & performance, Twin Studios, Paris 16
2017 Performance, MNAM - Centre Pompidou, Paris 04
Romanian Graphic Arts, October 25th-November 9th, private viewing October 26th
Solo show, Saint James, Bordeaux, june 12th 2017- January 10th 2018
Clouzot-une suite Contemporaine: VR experience, Nov. 2017-Jan.2018,Topographie de l'art, Paris
2018 Clouzot et les arts plastiques, une suite contemporaine, VR experience, Espace Grappelli, February to March
Clouzot et les arts plastiques, une suite Contemporaine: VR experience, Luxe Valence, May to June 30th.
Vanitas Nostrum, sculpture, Place Vendôme, Paris, July 2018
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest - from 7 to 18th of October
Solo Show, October 2018, Artifact Gallery, New York - Private viewing October 10th
2019 Screening - art shorts selection - from 2009 to 2019 at Silencio, curated by Gwenael Billaud, for La Galerie, February 19
Screening - No - an ugly story- part 1 & Selva Obscura -prolog, curated by Gwenael Billaud, for La Galerie, July 2nd
Performance "Unveil" , Montana, curated by Gwenael Billaud for La Galerie Paris, September 21st
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, October 17th to 30th
Performance "No - an ugly story" Venice, curated by Venezia da Vivere and Venice Fashion Week for La Biennale, October 19th
Performance & screening "No - an ugly story" , at Aqua Art for Art Miami official calendar, December, Miami
Performance & screening "No - an ugly story" , at Pinta, December, Miami
2020 Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais Paris, curated by Francois Fasnibay, Art Capital, February 11th to 16th
Performance Venice Carnival stage & Art Show, Espace Vidal, February-March, Venice
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, October 17th to 30th
2021 Salon des Artistes français, Art Capital, February (online)
Shim_Eco international eco artivism hosted by ARTSY, starting with April (online)
4 Spre Digital, curateur Ioan Cuciurca, Galeria Simeza, Bucuresti, May
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, October
URSA gallery, Shim-Eco : THE CORAL PRINCIPLE, group show October 2021 to march 2022
2022 Art Capital, Salon Comparaisons, La vie en Instantané, group show February
Salon des Artistes Francais, Sculpture, Grand Palais Ephemere
Artivism Biennale 2nd edition - Venezia & Sornao, June to September (billboard cover)
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, October
2023 Art Capital, Salon Comparaisons, La vie en Instantané, group show February
Artivism Berlin, hosted by HOHENTHAL UND BERGEN at Blah blah project room, from June 16th to July 2nd
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, October
ART MIAMI FAIRS - Aqua Art, performance, live action painting and drawings, 5 exhibited pieces
2024 ARAPL Nouvelle Aquitaine, Bordeaux, January to Mai
ART CAPITAL, salon comparaisons , February 13th to 18th - Grand Palais Ephemere
ARTIVISM Biennale, Bordeaux, centre Manpaï , June to October
ARTIVISM Biennale, Venezia , September to November - action painting
Homo Faber in cita, installation Palazzo Pisani Revedin
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, November
2025 ART CAPITAL, salon Comparaisons, chef du groupe Expressionnisme Abstrait, Grand Palais, Paris
Art Gotham New York - June
Romanian Graphic Arts, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, November
ART MIAMI FAIRS - Aqua Art, performance, live action painting.
future art shows
Romanian Graphic Arts, XIV th edition, Caminul Artei, Bucarest, curated by Ioan Cuciurca, November
ART MIAMI FAIRS - Aqua Art, December
performance, live action painting
ART CAPITAL - Salon COMPARAISONS
group Expressionnism Abstrait
Le Grand Palais, Paris
February 2026
contact the artist to join the Abstract Expressionism group
permanance
HOHENTHAL UND BERGEN, Berlin
CIFRA - the video and VR art platform, world
Galerie Laurence Pustetto, Libourne
Form Art, Bucharest