MFA - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sculpture Department
BFA - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Painting Department
Founder
2020 - Center for Plants & Culture (@plants.and.culture)
Selected Teaching and Museum Education:
2022-Present - Graduate Faculty (Critical Race Theory), AMDA College of the Performing Arts
2018-Present - Adjunct Faculty (Art History), AMDA College of the Performing Arts
2018-2020 - Education Consultant, The Underground Museum
2019-2020 - Lead Educator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
2016-2019 - Educator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
2016-2019 - Gallery Educator, California African American Museum
2014-2015 - Teacher’s Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2009-2012 - Art Instructor, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art
Solo Exhibitions and Public Projects:
2024 - Carriers. LAVC Art Gallery. Los Angeles Valley College. Los Angeles, CA
Upcoming - Jatropha curcas (or what my auntie calls the physic nut tree). Various locations in Los Angeles, CA.
2023 - For protection, with love. Arts at Blue Roof. Blue Roof Studios. Los Angeles, CA.
2022 - Jatropha curcas (or what my auntie calls the physic nut tree). Various locations in Los Angeles, CA.
Los Angeles Valley College (Oct. 5, 2022). Van Nuys, CA.
Latinx with Plants (Oct. 22, 2022). Boyle Heights (East LA), CA.
2021 - Whitewashed Botany. Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions (Abbreviated):
Upcoming - In Community. USC Fisher Museum. Los Angeles, CA.
2019 - Against One, One Again. Human Resources Gallery. Curated by Hugo Cervantes-Flores. Los Angeles, CA.
2019 - Fracture. Kirkland Arts Center. Kirkland, Washington.
2018 - Ghost in the Machine: Video in the Realm of Objects. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Curated by CJ Stahl,. Philadelphia, PA
2017 - Animal Farm. Dalton Warehouse. Los Angeles, CA.
2016 - Emerging Illinois Artists. McLean County Arts Center. Curated by Kelly Shindler. Bloomington, IL.
2016 - The Black Experience. LeRoy Neiman Center. Curated by Sadie Wood, Norman Teague, and Da’Niro Elle Brown. Chicago, IL.
2016 - MFA Thesis Show. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
2014 - Annual Student Exhibition. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Philadelphia, PA.
2012 - em.bod.y Group Show. James Gray Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
2010 - Pop-up Group Show. Downtown Art Walk. Los Angeles, CA.
2008 - Group Show. Gallery Nucleus. Los Angeles, CA.
Awards and Residencies:
2024 - Foundation of Contemporary Art Emergency Grant
2024 - Puffin Foundation Grant
2024 - Artist-in-Residence, Fernland Studios
2023 - California Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship, Los Angeles County
2023 - Artist-in-Residence. “A Room of One’s Own” Artist Residency at Blue Roof Studios
2014 - J. Henry Scheidt Memorial Travel Scholarship
2014 - Charles E. Dutrow Award for Sculpture
2014 - Faculty Award at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2014 - Fine Arts Venture Fund Grant
2012 - Maguire Full-Tuition Scholarship through the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Artist Talks and Speaking Events:
2024 - Guest Lecturer. Decolonizing Botany Creature’s Plants & Coffee
2023 - Artist Talk with Sela Kerr. Blue Roof Studios
2023 - Artist Talk. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA
2022 - Caribbean Women for Climate Justice (CW4CJ) Convention
2022 - Artist Talk. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA
2021 - Guest Lecturer. UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
2021 - Artist Talk. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA
2021 - Guest speaker. Cr8te Vision podcast
2021 - Artist Talk. University of Memphis, Sculpture II
2021 - Artist Talk. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2016 - Guest Speaker at the Mount Morris Artist’s Summit, White Planes, IL
Additional Public Programs and Workshops:
2024 - Artist Talk with Miguel Sbastida, Center for Plants & Culture
2024 - Self-Portraits in Art. G.IRL Compton Girls Club
2021 - In Conversation: Shruti Tharayil and Alexandria Douziech, Center for Plants & Culture
2021 - Science, Racism, and Linnaeus with Derek Haynes, Center for Plants & Culture
2021 - Collage Inspired by Kuba Cloth with Anthony Folks, Center for Plants & Culture
2020 - In Conversation: Christine Samwaroo and Alexandria Douziech, Center for Plants & Culture
Published Works:
2022 - “Flowers of Empire: Victoria amazonica.” Garden Era Magazine. Spring Issue 1.
2022 - “Colonialism’s Hidden Collectors.” Florxl Zine. Issue 3. pp 12-14
2021 - “Sugar Barons of Art” Food that Eats the Soul, Issue 16. Arts of the Working Class.
Press/Publications:
2023 - Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Meet Cultural Cultivation Artist Alexandria Douziech” LA WEEKLY. 2023
2021 - “Whitewashed Botany” UCLA Sustainability
2019 - “One, Again/ Against One” Human Resources, Los Angeles
2018 - "Ghost in the Machine: Video in the Realm of Objects” Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
2016 - “MFA Show 2016” School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2016 - “Emerging Illinois Artists” The McLean County Arts Center
2014 - “113th Annual Student Exhibition” Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts