About

Alexandra Woods began painting as a means of drawing attention to international social injustices and human rights violations. This preoccupation led Woods to study Human Rights at Carleton University, where she acquired further knowledge of the conflicts surrounding the establishment and application of universal human rights, which is reflected in her artistry.

Her early work consists of large-scale acrylic paintings that focus on international social and political issues and events. Though Woods' early work is often seen as 'left-leaning', she is not a social reformer. Her art is intended to reveal hidden hypocrisies through reflection: "Art is always moving. It is a particular individual's response to a particular issue at a particular time. This response is not permanent but represents a fleeting moment, a changing opinion for a changing world." Woods does not paint to resolve, but to present the irresolvable -the paradoxical nature of modern society.

Her recent work focuses on art as a means of personal momentary expression. In it, the essence of the subject is revealed through reaction: her own reaction to the subject and the spectator's reaction to her piece of art. Presently, Woods is completing a Directed Interdisciplinary Studies program at Carleton University and is in the process of creating an installation project. Through this latest endeavor, she will focus on the realignment of art as the reaction to a subject rather than to the physical piece of art.