Work — ALEXANDRA KISS

Trees_Bark Surface

Surface. Bark_Black Cherry

30”x21”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Rosedale Valley, Toronto

Commissioned

Surface. Bark_ Oak

30”x21”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Ravine, Toronto

Commissioned

Surface. Bark_ Crack Willow

30”x22”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Toronto Necropolis, Toronto

Commissioned

Surface. Bark_Maritime Pine

20”x29”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, OR

Commissioned

Surface. Bark_Ash

23 1/2”x22”, pen on paper

Location: Taylor Creek, Toronto

Sold

Surface. Bark_Birch

30”x22”, archival pen and gouache on acid free paper

Location: Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto

Available

Decomposing Mass_ Unrolled

26”x20”, pen on paper

Location: Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto

Sold

Decomposing Mass_ Projected

40”x29”, archival pen and gouache on acid free paper

Location: Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto

Not Available

Surface. Bark_Pin Cherry

29”x40”, archival pen and lead pencil on acid free paper

Location: Sunnybrook Park, Toronto

Available, Framed

Tree Elevations, Plans, and Details

11x14, gouache on vellum layered over lead pencil on paper

sold

11x14 black pen on acid free paper

sold

11x14 black pen on acid free paper

sold

11x14 black pen on acid free paper

sold

11x14 black pen and gouache on acid free paper

sold

11x14 black pen on acid free paper

sold

11x14 black pen on acid free paper

sold

11x14 black pen on acid free paper

sold

Trees_Buds and Nodes

Components. Buds and Nodes_Oak

22”x30” archival pen on acid free paper.

Location: Corktown Park, Early April 2020.

Sold

Components. Buds_Tamarack

22”x30” archival pen on acid free paper.

Location: Corktown Park, Early April 2020.

Available

Trees_Rings

Surface. Bark_Cross Section Crack Willow

29”x40”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Toronto Necropolis

Sold

Surface. Bark_Cross Section of Balsam Poplar

22”x22”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Leslie Spit, Toronto

Sold

Surface. Bark_Cross Section_Pine

22”x30”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Leslieville, Toronto

Available

Surface. Bark_Cross Section #2

22”x22” archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Massey Creek Park, Toronto

Available

Surface. Bark_Cross Section #3

22”x22” archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Leslie Spit, Toronto

Sold

Surface. Bark_Cross Section #4

22”x30”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Milkman’s Lane, Toronto

Framed, Available

Surface. Bark_Cross Section #5

22”x30”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Milkman’s Lane, Toronto

Available

Trees_Lenticels

Components. Lenticels_Birch #1

22”x30”, archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Sunnybrook Park, Toronto

Available

Components. Lenticels_Birch #2

22”x30” archival pen on acid free paper

Location: Sunnybrook Park, Toronto

Not Available

Leaf Skeletons

Aspen Leaf Skeleton

26x40, Ink on Mylar

Sold

Aspen Leaf Skeleton Detail

Aspen Leaf Skeleton #2

30x40, Ink on Mylar

Sold

Aspen Leaf Skeleton #2 detail

Maple Leaf Skeleton #1

30x40, Ink on Mylar

Sold

Maple Leaf Skeleton #1 Detail

Balsam Poplar Leaf Skeleton

30x40, Ink on Mylar

Available

Balsam Poplar Leaf Skeleton detail

Maple Leaf Skeleton #3

30x40, Ink on Mylar

Available

Maple Leaf Skeleton #2

30x40, Ink on Mylar

Available

Maple Leaf Skeleton #2 Detail

Leaf Littler

Fragmentation #1

16”x16”

ink on mylar

Available

Fragmentation #2

16”x17.5”

ink on mylar

Not Available

Leaf Remnants #1

11x14 gouache and lead pencil on acid free paper

Available

Leaf Remnants #2

11x14 gouache and lead pencil on acid free paper

SOLD

Leaf Skeleton lead pencil

Aspen Leaf

32x40, lead pencil and black pen, on acid free paper

Available

Aspen Leaf Detail

Unexpected Landscapes

Garlic #1

12”x24”, charcoal, oil bar, and gesso

Available

Garlic #2

22”x30”, ink and gesso

Available

Garlic #3

22”x30”, ink and gesso

Available

Garlic #4

22”x30”, charcoal, acrylic, and gesso

Available

Garlic #5

9 1/2”x 10 3/4”, charcoal, acrylic, and gesso

Sold

Garlic #6

9 1/2”x10 3/4”, charcoal, acrylic, and gesso

Available

Garlic #7

9 1/2”x10 3/4”, charcoal, coloured pencil, and gesso

Available

Garlic #8

9 1/2”x10 3/4”, ink and gesso

Available

Unexpected Landscapes_misc

Kale #1

22”x30”, charcoal, and gesso

Available

Kale #2

22”x30”, charcoal, and gesso

Available

Sophie Series-portraits

11”x14”, lead pencil, ink, and gouache

11”x14”, pen and whiteout

11”x14”, ink and gouache

11”x14”, pen, collage

11”x14”, pen, gesso, and gouache

Sophie Series-toddler games

8”x10”, gouache

11”x14”, pen, and gouache

11”x14”, pen, and gouache collage

11”x14”, pen, and gouache

Sophie Series-toddler games 2

11”x14”, pen, and gesso

11”x14”, pen

Sophie Series-Self Portraits

11”x14”, lead pencil, and gouache

11”x14”, pen, and gouache

11”x14”, lead pencil, and gouache

Sophie Series- blue ink

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11”x14”, pen

Traces and Shadows

Wall traces #1

15 1/2”x22”, charcoal and gesso

Available

Wall traces #2

13”x22”, charcoal, and gesso

Available

Leaf accumulation #2

22”x30”, charcoal, and marker

Framed, Available

Leaf accumulation #1

22”x30”, charcoal

Available

Leaf accumulation #3

10”x22”, ink, charcoal, oil bar, and gesso

Available

Leaf accumulation #4

11”x22”, charcoal, and gesso

Available

Life Drawing -oil bars

22”x30”, oil bar and charcoal

22”x30”, charcoal and gesso

22”x30”, oil bar and charcoal

22”x30”, charcoal and gesso

22”x30”, charcoal, gesso, and ink

22”x30”, oil bar and charcoal pencil

22”x30”, oil bar and charcoal

18”x24”, charcoal

Life Drawing-charcoal

18”x24”, charcoal

18"x24”, charcoal

22”x30”, charcoal

18”x24”, charcoal and gesso

18”x24”, charcoal

Life Drawing-b/w reverse

18’x24”, charcoal

18”x24”, charcoal

18”x24”, charcoal and gesso

18”x24”, charcoal

Diagrams

Spaces of Violence

Reverse Precedent -Olafur Eliasson, Reimagined, 2002

A Timeline of the Romanian Revolution and how it was reported in the Foreign Press

Ekistics Research

CERN New Campus

Regional Attractor SMRN

Interpretive Center for the Mnjikaning

Commissioned Portraits

Maggie and grandparents

11”x14” lead pencil and acrylic gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Josie, Sage, and Maggie

11”x14” lead pencil and acrylic gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Josie and Sage I

11”x14” lead pencil and acrylic gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Josie and Sage II

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Lillian and Russell

11”x14” lead pencil and acrylic gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Ida and Alex

11”x14” acrylic gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Nathalie's Brother

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Engagement

11”x14” lead pencil and acrylic gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Sasha, Mila, and Quinny

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Campground

11”x14” gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Henry

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Evan II

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Evan I

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Mila

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Mila

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Freya

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on Strathmore acid free paper

Freya in motion

11”x14” conte, on strathmore acid free paper

Commissioned Portraits Pets

Aube's Flock

18”x24”, gouache and lead pencil on Strathmore archival paper

2022

Cooper

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache on strathmore acid free paper

Siggis

11”x14” gouache on strathmore acid free paper

Miles I

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache, on strathmore acid free paper

Miles II

11”x14” lead pencil and gouache on strathmore acid free paper

Commissioned Drawings

Crack Willow Bark

22”x30” pen on acid free paper

Form/Formless

Figure/Ground Mother

11”x14”, gouache on paper

Figure Ground Mother asks an open-ended question: does my body have a figure, or has it become formless and shape shifting, permanently altered by the labour that comes with raising a child? Will it be intact and what form will it hold once completely severed from this connection?

Figure/Ground_Self Portrait with Laundry Ball Gown

11”x14”, gouache on paper

Figure/Ground -Wants and Needs

11”x14”, gouache on paper

Looking for Form

24”x16”, Collage, giclee print

Looking for Form explores the nightly ritual of comforting my child by rubbing her back.

The collage is a constructed underside view of my daughter’s blanket covering her during sleep.

The blanket is the medium that is reimagined as both the recording of form and the agent of comfort activated by a mother’s hands. It is the threshold where both mother and child have equal presence.

The image forms a topographical view of the underside of the blanket, whereby the form of the child in repose is reconstructed and anthropically measured by the mother’s hand.

Blind Form

24”x29” Digital collage

Blind Form is a drawn recording of the nightly act of rubbing my daughter’s back. Through a series of blind drawings informed by touch, the tracking of the motion of the hand made visible a new kind of ephemeral figure, that is neither body of the mother nor the child. The tracing is what the form of comfort looks like on a given night.