Alex Close
Alex Close is an artist interested in visual communication and perceptual distortions in complex environments.
Her diverse influences stem from projects both in Canada and abroad, including research into virtual collaborative brainstorming.
Currently, she is interested in movement in digital space, like the memory of zooming in and out, shifting focus, and breaking attention.
Alex earned her BFA from OCADU in 2015, followed by an MLitt from the Glasgow School of Art in 2017, and MDes from Carleton University in 2020.
She is connected to U of T through family members having attended the school, including her sister, Melanie.
Cathode Ray Meets Lotus Mirror
2023
Print on canvas
Find this artwork: Event Space, Level 2
artist insights
This painting began as a sketch in 2018. The idea made its way back in 2023 as I began to create a miniature diorama that reminded me of the drawing.
At the time, I revisited the initial idea of a meeting point between two elements – the idea of a cathode ray, and a lotus mirror (I imagined both as abstract forms), as if they were meeting for the first time in nature without human context.
I also combined this with the interest I had at the time in illusions and imagining distortions of temperature and electricity in nature.
