Alexandra Makhlouf was born in 1987.
In 200ì, she completed her BA in Fine Art at Wits University.
She says that she needs to listen to something while she works as it informs the subject matter of her artwork. She doesn’t listen to her favorite tracks or even emotive background music to set the mood, as one might expect. Her choice of audio material consists of media tribunals and audiobooks such as the dystopian Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Brandbury. Her works are also very personal, drawing on her own emotions and experiences.
Another major influence for Alexandra is Surrealism, especially during the time that she was working on her drypoint and spit bite prints. “It’s a juxtaposition of random things”, she says. In the same way, her work became a layering and juxtaposing of various stories and information. She tried to capture the importance of the stories she was reading at the time and to give them a place in the images that she was creating.