Alexandria Douziech (b. Los Angeles, CA) is a research-based artist, educator, and the founder of the Center for Plants & Culture. Across practices, Alexandria’s work is deeply rooted in her family’s history with cash crops and plantation labor, situating her interests at the intersection of environmental and human resilience against exploitation.
She holds an MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and a BFA in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). Her art and community-based projects have been exhibited nationally, with recent solo shows at the Los Angeles Valley College Art Gallery, Blue Roof Studios, and the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA. She has received numerous awards and residencies, including the California Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship, a Puffin Foundation Grant, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, and residencies at Blue Roof Studios and Fernland Studio. In 2025, she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and has been selected as a 2026 Artist-in-Residence at the Jan van Eyck Academie.
In addition to her art practice, Alexandria has led education programs across Los Angeles, working with major museums such as the California African American Museum (CAAM), the Underground Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). At MOCA, she served as a lead educator, overseeing adult education and launching community tours that built partnerships with local nonprofits.
In 2020, Alexandria founded the Center for Plants & Culture, a BIPOC-centered educational platform (plantsandculture.org, @plant.and.culture). The initiative examines how politics, economics, and culture are shaped by plants, highlighting underrepresented narratives and histories often excluded from Western botanical discourse.