Alexis de Chaunac is a Mexican-French interdisciplinary visual artist working between painting, drawing, collage and installation. His body of work is the result of his personal connection to his Mexican and French heritage, as well as his interwoven cultural histories as he uncovers layers of the collective transcultural experience and explores the spiritual dimensions of everyday materials and surfaces. With a background in painting and drawing and an affinity for the tactile, his work has been recognized for its ability to imbue common materials with a sense of the sacred. Alexis holds a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the Jumex Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Dedalus Foundation Fellowship and was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at SAIC in the Painting and Drawing department. He has completed residencies at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy and a BOLT residency at Chicago Artists Coalition in the Kinzie Industrial Corridor. His practice has been featured in exhibitions at galleries and museums including Galleria Ramo, Como, Italy; Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY and Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico. He has also collaborated with institutions like Publican Quality Bread in Chicago, where he transformed discarded bakery materials into evocative works. Currently, Alexis is expanding his exploration of shared spaces, collective memory, and the sensory connections between humans and their environments.
