Alexandria Douziech is a research-based artist and art educator. Drawing inspiration from her familial connection to cash crops and plantation labor, her work centers on themes of nature, exploitation, and resilience. Alexandria holds a BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited her work nationwide, with recent solo exhibitions at Blue Roof Studios and LAVC Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2023, she received the California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship for Emerging Artists.
In addition to her artistic practice, Alexandria has made significant contributions to art education in Los Angeles. She has worked with various museums including the California African American Museum (CAAM), the Underground Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). As a lead educator at MOCA, she led adult education initiatives and launched community programs that fostered connections between the museum and local nonprofits such as the Downtown Women’s Shelter, My Friend’s Place, and Skid Row Housing Trust. Currently, she teaches courses like “Visual Art and the Human Experience” and “Seminar in Critical Race Theory” at AMDA College of Performing Arts in Hollywood, CA.
She is also the founder of the Center for Plants & Culture, a BIPOC educational initiative and social media account (@plant.and.culture). This platform explores how politics, economics, and culture are shaped by plants, highlighting marginalized narratives and histories often excluded from Western botanical institutions.