Alexandra Bryksa is a Ukrainian-Czech artist, designer, illustrator, watercolour teacher, founder of the non-profit organization Mezinárodní organizace akvarelistů pro Českou republiku, z.s., owner of the La Lesia gallery in Barcelona, organizer and curator of the 1st International Watercolour Festival IWS in Prague, Czech Republic.
Alexandra graduated from the Pedagogical College as a primary school teacher and from the Ukrainian Academy of Printing in Lviv with a master's degree.
Since 1993,Alexandra Bryksa has been living in Prague. Her first series of works was a collection of watercolours “Mysterious Corners of Prague”. The artist worked in various techniques, her paintings were displayed in many local galleries. Alexandra's paintings are kept in private collections as well as in public institutions: Embassy of the Czech Republic in New Delhi, India, Embassy of Pakistan in Prague, Czech Republic, Embassy of Ukraine in Prague, Czech Republic, Museum of Paper and Watermarks in Fabriano, Italy, Municipal Art Gallery in Urbino, Italy, Museo de Arte Watercolour in Tlaloca, Mexico, Museo Nacional de Arte Watercolor Alfredo Guati Rojo in Mexico City, Mexico, Bicultural Center of the United States-Costa Rica, San Jose Watercolour Museum and Hong Kong Watercolor Museum, Zhuji, China.
In 2015, Alexandra Bryksa joined the International Watercolour Association and on 02.11.2016 was elected as the chairman of the IWS Czech Republic. She has received international awards: FACE International Women Leadership Award 2017, India, Honored Artist Award, Kosovo, “Happiness in Watercolour” Award, Dubai, Special Guest Prize, Costa Rica, Honorary Award “Pearls of Peace”, Pakistan.
Each of the artist's works is full of refined taste, special style, and deep philosophy. Watercolour painting, according to the artist, has no boundaries and allows you to create masterpieces that cannot be compared with other techniques. Watercolour is light and transparent, it requires a lot of patience from the artist and does not allow mistakes, because white paint - is paper.
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“The contemporary environment gives me endless opportunities to reflect my artistic expression of emotions. Through my art, I build my world between myself and the environment.” - Alexandra Bryksa.
The artist organized the first watercolour festival in the Czech Republic dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Czech-Ukrainian relations. Artists from 64 countries took part in the festival, including 13 watercolorists from Ukraine, namely: Ihor Yurchenko, Helen Panasiuk, Halyna Otchych , Ihor Mosiychuk, Maksym Kisilov, Natalia Kudryavtseva, Pavlo Hladkov, Volodymyr Stasenko, Victoria Hryhorieva, Natalia Kulikovska, Roman Opalynskyi, Olha Klochko, Mariana Bryukhanova, and Tetiana Karpechenkova.
ROSA in collaboration with the artist created two author's sets of paints with a color palette selected and recommended by Alexandra and incredible packaging designs, with paintings by the artist.
1. A set of 24 colors in 10 ml tubes in a wooden case depicting a gentle and romantic portrait of a daughter - “ Spring Poem”.
2. A set of 14 colors in 10 ml tubes in a wooden case depicting a deep symbolic work “Infinity”.
Carefully selected watercolor palette by Alexandra Bryksa is the perfect solution for artists who want to achieve high colorfulness, noble mixtures and convey the depth of color, create accurate accents in their works.
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Alexandra Bryksa's favorite colour in the palette is Indigo.
“This paint is very rich with excellent pigment, which can achieve any kind of expected result.”
In 2019, Alexandra Bryksa visited ROSA's production facility and got acquainted with the process of manufacturing ROSA paints, canvases, stretchers, and easels. She also visited the heart of the production - the laboratory where products are developed, created and tested. One of Alexandra's incredible works - “The Labyrinth of the Time” - now adorns the ROSA gallery. We were pleasantly surprised by the gift we received from the artist.
We thank Alexandra Bryksa for her cooperation, support and trust! We appreciate it and together with enthusiasm and inspiration we are building the artistic history of Ukraine!
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