Alien Jolie
Jolie Alien was born in 2002 in Moscow.
An autodidact artist, she works with catchy images, simple plots, cropped compositions and expressive drawings.
Each of Jolie's works is introspective, connected with personal memories, which partly explains her visual language, which is intertwined with surreal images, simple geometric patterns, catchy inscriptions made with paint and spray.
Jolie's works resemble a wall that has been covered with graffiti for a long time: the figures float on top of each other, creating a collage effect. Jolie outlines youth, which she has direct access to and which is closed to the adult world.
The artist finishes her studies at the Moscow art INSTITUTE, combining a career in the fashion industry, participating in shows of such brands as Valentino, Off-White, Jil Sander, Paco Rabanne, Prada, Viviene Westwood, Simone Rocha, etc. Starred in international advertising campaigns Mango, Fendi, Adidas.
The rights to use the image of "Whirpool" were acquired by Mango for use in the release of a collection of t-shirts around the world. She was the subject of articles about her work in Document Journal, Vogue, InStyle, Elle and models.com.
Preparing for admission to Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
Complementary colors, expressive drawing and collage compositions of her paintings may seem confusing to many, but this confusion, ambiguity is a special feature of Jolie's works that distinguishes them from many others. As an artist, she values and puts perception above reflection, intuitiveness and even a certain automaticity of her paintings are related to art Brut and some of the works of Jean Dubuffet.
Jolie's language is highly subjective and even introspective. Perhaps only classical techniques can now allow the artist the luxury of speaking out about himself and capturing the reality around him as an enduring impression.
Her works are in collections in Russia, China, Japan, Belgium and America.
Lives and works between Moscow, London, and Tokyo.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
- 2021 — Symbiosis, solo exhibition, Peak Moscow by a-s-t-r-a gallery, Moscow, Russia;
- 2020 — Cosmoscow Art Fair, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Moscow, Russia;
- 2020 — ENTER Art Fair, a-s-t-r-a gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark;
- 2020 — I Lost Track of the World", curated by Irina Shulzhenko, Richter space, Moscow, Russia;
- 2019 — One, Two, Three, curated by a-s-t-r-a, group exhibition, Cube.Moscow space, Moscow, Russia;
- 2019 — 20.11, curated by Irina Shulzhenko and Dmitry Yanchoglo, solo exhibition, Richter space, Moscow, Russia;
- 2019 — 1367 Number of My Tick - What to Do?, curated by a-s-t-r-a, solo exhibition, Cube.Moscow space, Moscow, Russia;
- 2019 — Color, live performance (creating a five-meter wall painting) at the opening of a-s-t-r-a LAB, Moscow, Russia;
- 2018 — Wanted, Kino gallery, Moscow, Russia.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- www.vogue.com/article/model-jolie-alien-russias-youngest-rising-artist
- theblueprint.ru/culture/art/art-podarki
- sportchic.ru/fashion/model-i-hudozhnitsa-jolie-alien-otkryvaet-svoyu-vtoruyu-vystavku-v-moskve/
- www.documentjournal.com/2018/11/model-jolie-alien-discusses-her-first-solo-art-exhibition/
- theblueprint.ru/culture/interview/jolie-alien
- www.vogue.ru/fashion/model-business/kto_takaya_zhenya_makarova
- instyle.ru/moda/nashi-v-dele-chto-nuzhno-znat-o-modeli-zhene-makarovoy/
- www.mhpi.edu.ru/all_news/jolie-alien/
- typical-moscow.ru/vystavka-jolie-alien-ritz-carlton/
- www.kommersant.ru/doc/4550243
- theblueprint.ru/fashion/industry/art-fashion-russia
- m.vk.com/@storagemag-jolie-alien
- models.com/oftheminute/?p=99486
- models.com/oftheminute/?p=114030
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
