Alejandra Álvarez Polanía

Visual artist and poet. Works and lives in Paris.

Founder and head of the Flowerbed Art Collective.

Director of El Jaguar Poetic Magazine.

Host of The Unicorn Poetry Circle at Mundolingua, Paris. A weekly poetry open-mic.

Graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, School of Painting. (Honorable mention Cum Laude.) 2021.

Studies

[2023-2024] MBA arts and cultural management IESA art&culture, Paris, France.

[2021] First Degree diploma in visual arts, painting, Accademia di belle arti di Firenze, Italy.

[2017] High School diploma, Colegio San Mateo Apóstol, Bogotá, Colombia.

Publications- Press

[2025] Diario La Nación- La Casa del Huila en Bogotá abrió sus puertas con la exposición ‘Materia de Retorno’,Bogotá, Colombia

[2024] “Miro’Art” : une exposition photographique organisée par La Sorbonne Nouvelle -Vanessa Humphries - ArtistikRezo

[2024] Visual Arts, Alejandra Álvarez - Ines Auffray for Miro’Art

[2024] UN World Oceans Day - Curated byAlfaaz

[2024] Volume 3 Issue 5 of Gypsophila. Published December 1, 2024. - Poetry

[2021] Rodolfo Badel - Cantos Cruzados, Bogotá,Colombia.

[2021] Alejandra Álvarez Polanía - Poesie per una Fenice, Firenze, Italia.

Performances

Ongoing - The Unicorn Poetry Circle

[2025] Live art is not dead - Live painting - Poetry performance avec Noémie Ochoa, Espace Ochoa, Paris, Fr

[2024] 2ème Cercle de Littérature, Cri de Femme- par MLDLN - Paris, Fr

[2024] NUIT EUROPÉENNE DES MUSÉES - Artiste invitée - Fondation Renaud, Lyon, Fr

[2024] Encuentro poético - Exposición Arte y Botánica - La Botánica, Barcelona, Es

[2024] Artist talk and poetry performace,held as part of the closing program of the KETEMU Artist Residency, Bali, In

[2023] The night of the Unicorn - Les Arches Citoyennes - SOIRÉE POÉSIE

Residencies

[2024]- R.A.R.OBarcelona, 04.24, Barcelona,Sp

[2024]- KETEMU Project,08.24, Bali, Indonesia

Exhibitions

Solo

[2025] -The Bird Within, Solo show, cur. Pedro Vargas, Espace Ochoa, Paris, Fr

[2024] - Flower Power,Solo show, UMA SEMINYAK, cur. KETEMU, Bali, In

[2023] - Ainsi je résiste,Solo show, IESA Gallery, Paris,Fr

Group

[2026] - Open House at Charles Hermite for Nuit Blanche, group show, cur. Be-Cosmo, Paris, Fr

[2025] - Exposition, Vente Caritative, group show, cur. Maison Bailly, Paris, Fr

[2025] - YOUMARES 15,group show, hosted by Kiel Marine Science (KMS), cur. Alfaaz Collective, Kiel, Ger

[2025] - Portraits of the artists, group show, Alchemy Cork, cur. Andrew Tobin, Cork, Ir

[2025] - Materia de Retorno, group show, Casa del Huila, cur. Jorge Rodríguez Nieto, Bogotá, Col

[2025] - Lune Collective, group show, La Tour Orion, Montreuil, Fr

[2024] - Les voix des Paramos, group show, cur. Festival Tissant la Paix, Mains d’Œuvres, Saint-Ouen, Fr

[2024] - Casa R.A.R.O Open Studio, group show, Casa R.A.R.O on-site projects, Barcelona, Sp

[2024] - Arte y Botánica, group show, LaBotànica Art Space, Barcelona, Sp

[2024] - Miro’Art Show, group show, Sorbonne Nouvelle, cur. Miro’art, Paris,Fr

[2023] - FLOWERBED, a visual conversation between Mahmoud Khattab and Alejandra Álvarez, cur. Laura Arens - Lei Zhenchuan, Paris,Fr

[2023]- En el corazón de la selva-Festival “Tissant la paix” , group show, La Parole Errante, cur. Carolina Rodríguez, Montreuil, Fr

[2023]- Miradas Latinoamericanas, group show, cur. LAC, Reprographie des Arches Citoyennes, Paris, Fr

[2023] - Heart of the underground, Live painting, cur. Vienna I.R Cohn, Paris, Fr

[2023]- “The land” - poetry performance at L’impasse, cur. Heart of the Underground, Paris,Fr

[2023]- La Force Paris, on stage intervention, cur. LF, Paris, Fr

[2022]- Painting in Bogotá, Site-specific intervention, Bogotá, Col

[2022]- Incontri creativi, Florence art deposit gallery, cur. Yuliya Savitskaya, Florence, It

[2021]- Re-Blossom, NumeroVenti, cur. Patrizio Travagli, Florence, It

[2021]- Ridare l'acqua al popolo, Performance, cur. ABAFI, Florence, It

[2021]- Ponte all'indiano street art, Site-specific intervention, Florence, It

Seminars and workshops in academic settings

[2026] - Protective creatures Project, quarterly animation for the Mom'artre 18 antenna, Paris, Fr

[2026] - Project: Me, Us, and Our Universes, quarterly animation for the Mom'artre 18 antenna, Paris, Fr

[2026] - Recognizing Oneself Art Workshop, 14th arrondissement City Hall, Paris for the 14 a Table association, Paris, Fr

[2026] - Feeling the Mind through the Heart, Poetry workshop in Collaboration with Alfaaz, Paris, Fr