Alien Jolie
Born in 2002 in Moscow.
Graduated from the Joseph Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art. A nominee for the Art Theater Prize in the contemporary art section for her solo exhibition “Dry Nettles” at MMOMA.
Jolie combines her art studies with a career in the fashion industry, participating in shows for such brands as Valentino, Off-White, Jil Sander, Paco Rabanne, Prada, Vivienne Westwood, Simone Rocha and others. She has starred in international advertising campaigns for Mango, Fendi and Adidas. The rights to use the image of her work “Whirpool” were acquired by Mango for a collection of T-shirts worldwide. She has been featured in Document Journal, Vogue.com, InStyle, Elle and Badlone.
The artist works with eye-catching imagery, simple subjects, framed compositions and expressive drawing. Jolie's visual language weaves together surreal imagery, geometric patterns and brightly colored lettering to create a collage effect reminiscent of graffiti. Jolie outlines a youth to which she has direct access and which is closed to the adult world. As an artist, she values and prioritizes perception over reflection, the intuitiveness and automaticity of her paintings kin them to the art brut and works of Jean Dubuffet.
Her works are in the museum collections of the Siyaniye Center, Apatity, MMOMA (Russia), as well as in private collections in Russia, China, Japan, Belgium and America.
She lives and works between Moscow, London and Tokyo.
SELECTED PROJECTS:
- 2024 — Blazar, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow
- 2024 — Support - Surface, Frédérick Mauraux gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- 2023 — Blazar, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow
- 2023 — “Private Chaos” solo exhibition, Salahin gallery, Paris, France
- 2023 — Nomination for the Art Theater Prize in the field of art in the section of contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
- 2023 — Opening exhibition at Serene gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
- 2022 — Amici / Friends, Serene Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
- 2022 — “Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls!” Exhibition of contemporary art by Russian female artists, Vladey, Winzavod, Moscow
- 2022 — Cosmoscow art fair, stand “Made in Moscow”, a—s—t—r—a gallery Moscow
- 2022 — Dry Nettles, MMOMA (Petrovka, 25), Moscow
- 2022 — a—s—t—r—a Open.Vol 1, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Winzavod, Moscow
- 2022 — Collective self-fulfilling prophecy about our beautiful tomorrow, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Winzavod, Moscow
- 2022 — Art Moscow program within the 48th Russian Atiquarian Salon, a—s—t—r—a gallery. Gostiny Dvor, Moscow
- 2021 — Blazar, a—s—t—r—a gallery, Moscow
- 2021 — Program Art Moscow within the framework of the 46th Russian Antique Salon, a—s—t—r—a gallery. Gostiny Dvor, Moscow
- 2021 — Solo show “Symbiosis”, Peak Moscow by a—s—t—r—a gallery
- 2020 — Cosmoscow Art Fair, Moscow, Russia, a—s—t—r—a gallery
- 2020 — ENTER Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark, a—s—t—r—a gallery
- 2020 — “I Lost Track of the World”, curated by Irina Shulzhenko, Richter Space
- 2019 — Group show “One, Two, Three”, curated by a—s—t—r—a, space Cube.Moscow
- 2019 — Solo show “20.11”, curated by Irina Shulzhenko and Dmitry Yanchoglo, Richter Space 2019
- 2019 — Solo show “1367 number of my tick - what to do?”, curated by a—s—t—r—a, space Cube.Moscow
live performance at the opening of a—s—t—r—a LAB, “Tsvetnoy” (creating a five-meter wall painting) - 2018 — “I Wanted”, Kino Gallery
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- The Blueprint - A brand with a big future: Jolie Objects
- The Blueprint - Artist Jolie Alien on art and modeling career
- The Blueprint - Art Gifts in the online gallery THE BLUEPRINT
- The Blueprint - Art + Fashion in Russia
- InStyle - Ours in business: what you need to know about model Zhenya Makarova
- Kommersant - Models from the new Loewe collection travel around Moscow with artist Jolie Alien
- Sportchic - Model and artist Jolie Alien opens her second exhibition in Moscow
- Typical Moscow - Jolie Alien exhibition at the Ritz-Carlton.
- Document - Model Jolie Alien discusses her first solo art exhibition
Works
Alien Jolie
Chair without support covered with a bouquet, 2023
Canvas, oil, acrylic, pastel
120 х 90 см
Alien Jolie
A shadow in the dark shines brighter than a lantern, 2023
Canvas, oil, acrylic
120 х 150 см
Alien Jolie
Ish stone that broke your window but turned out to be a bird, 2021
Canvas, acryl
200 х 150 см
Alien Jolie
And as the Antichrist, and as the first letter of the alphabet, and as the first word, 2022
Acrylic, oil pastel, canvas
98 х 175 см
Alien Jolie
A dialog with a doll assembled from the bones of a likeness of himself in a dark forest, 2023
Canvas, oil, acrylic
70 х 50 см
