About the artist
Aleka Corwin is influenced by the folk art boxes of Latin America, as well as tourist boxes from the U.S., in the fifties and sixties. She captures both the innocence of childhood memories and the wit of Pop Art and DaDa. She uses toys, found objects and craft materials to tell stories of magical worlds.
Aleka Corwin grew up in New York City the child of an artist and a scholar, creating art out of the materials around her. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a double major in Painting and Folklore & Mythology. She studied in Paris, was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, West Africa, and received her M.A. in Art Education from Goddard College, studying with artist Judy Chicago. She worked as a set decorator for film & television, and as an art teacher for children and adults. She worked as a mask/puppet/prop/set maker for theatrical production around the world. She teaches Parent/Child Art classes in Glendale, CA. She makes masks, drawings, sculptures and collages, take photos, and creates dioramas. During Covid19 quarantine she is working with paper maché to create a series of masks entitled “Crazy Covid Clown Masks”.
Aleka lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband Bill and within driving distance of her two grown daughters who are both artists.
Education
Light Into Magic Artists Residency, Benabbio, Italy 2019
Lemon Tree Artists Residency, Le Piazze, Italy 2018
M.A. Art and Feminist Art Education, Goddard College
The Feminist Studio Workshop, Los Angeles
Atelier 17, Paris - Printmaking Studio
B.A. Painting, French, and Mythology, Sarah Lawrence College
Philadelphia College of Art, Printmaking
The High School of Music and Art, New York, New York
