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About Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi de Veuve Alexis is a California abstract artist born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. She took classes at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia and in Washington D.C. at the Corcoran School of Art. Upon returning to California, she studied at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) at the School of Architecture and Interior Design. Mardi has been painting professionally for a more than a decade, experimenting with combinations of various media and textural effects, mixing charcoal, ink, pastel, acrylics and collage. Her current body of work is inspired by urbanism and street art.

9 mixed-media pieces by Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Urban Beat (detail) by Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi’s current body of work is inspired by an evolving local urban environment, urbanization as a condition, and contemporary culture. Working for several years from her Venice, CA studio, she was … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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