Alexandria Deters

Alexandria Deters, born in 1992 in California, is a Bronx, New York based artist. In 2016 she graduated with a MA in American Fine and Decorative Art from the world-renowned Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York. She first began her embroidery practice in 2010 at San Francisco State University, where she received her BA in Art History and Women and Gender Studies. Deters uses the medium of embroidery as a form of meditation. Her practice is deeply rooted in consent and with her personal experience successfully fighting eating disorders and mental health issues. She specializes in portraits that reveal the beauty inherent in the vulnerability of sexuality expression. While continually working on her practice, Deters is a free-lance writer that interviews artists, writes art reviews, and writes on the queer art world and has written for EL CHAMP, eazel.net, POZ.com, and Gallery Gurls. She currently works as the Gallery & Publications Associate at the renowned Peter Blum Gallery in New York City.