Alexandra Diez de Rivera is a Spanish-Argentine visual artist based in London working with photography. Her work is characterised by images of psychologically ambiguous objects and spaces that are empty but charged and marked by the passage of people and time. Diez de Rivera’s work has been featured in publications such as Vanity Fair, FT Magazine, Vogue, and Le Point and exhibited in galleries both nationally and internationally. She is represented in collections in Europe, China, the US and UAE. Diez de Rivera’s work was selected for the 2022-2023 edition of 'Small is Beautiful’ at Flowers Gallery, RWA Bristol’s ‘Photo Open 2023’, 'London Grads Now 21' at the Saatchi Gallery and 'After the High Tide' at Cromwell Place in London.
Diez de Rivera holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Communications from Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London and a Master’s degree in Photography from the Royal College of Art.
Prior to her Master's at the RCA, Diez de Rivera developed The Alternative Portrait Project
EDUCATION
2018 - 2021 Royal College of Art, London. MA Fine Art Photography
2003 - 2005 Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London. Post Graduate degree Communication
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Art on a Postcard. 5th Annual Summer Auction. Hoxton Gallery, London
2023 RWA Photo Open Exhibition 2023. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2022 Small is Beautiful. Flowers Gallery, London
2022 The Winter Gala for Save the Children exhibition, Guildhall London
2022 PHotoESPANA Discoveries Portfolio Exhibition, Madrid
2022 LONDON GRADS NOW 21. Saatchi Gallery, London
2022 Travers Smith CSR Art Programme Exhibition, Travers Smith HQ London
2021 December Exhibiton. NOUA Gallery, Bodo Norway
2021 Fair Art Fair Curated I. Unit 1 Gallery, London
2021 After the High Tide, RCA Degree Show. Cromwell Place, London
2021 Selected 2021 Art Graduates. Dyson Gallery, Royal Collge of Art, London
2021 Can We Dance Again? Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, London
2021 Final, Not Over. Unit 1 Gallery, London
2021 Always Present. Void Collective (online)
2020 A Pervading Absence. Windows 187, Greenwich Studios, London
2019 Offprint. Tate Modern, London
2019 Royal College of Art WIP Show. Dyson Building, RCA, London
AWARDS
2023 Nominee in Fine Art Photography Awards (Open theme)
2021-2022 Selected for the Travers Smith CSR Art Programme
2021 Selected for The Pupil Sphere Showcase
2021 FAPA Awards - Nominee in Fine Art Photography
2020 Critical Mass Competition - Finalist
2020 Fine Art Photography Awards - Nominee in Conceptual Photography
2019 Fine Art Photography Awards - Nominee in Portrait Photography
2019 UAL Chinese Scholar Association - Winner
2019 Fine Art Photography Awards - Nominee in Portrait Photography
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (ONLINE)
Art on a Postcard, June 2023
Royal College of Art Online Show 2021
The Pupil Sphere, August 2021
Source Magazine, Autumn 2021
Vogue Italy, July 2021
Photograd, July 2021
Void Collective Interview, 30 April 2021
Travers Smith Art Programme 2021-2022 (page 31)
Lens Culture, January 2020
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (PRINT)
Terra Firma Magazine, July 2023
The Pupil Sphere, 2021 Graduate Zine, December 2021
Travers Smith Art Programme 2021-2022, September 2021
Photograd Zine, August 2021
EVENTS & TALKS
2022 'Theatre Box' offered to 'The Winter Gala' at Guildhall, London. Fundraising event for Save the Children
2021 'In The Darkroom' talk with Ajamu X and Martin Seeds
2020 'Lightscape' offered to 'We Give Collab'. Fundraising sale for Covid- 19 nurses and doctors