Pia Oste-Alexander

Pia Oste-Alexander studied Drawing & Tapestry Weaving at Konstfackskolan, State School of Applied Arts, Stockholm, Sweden; Painting at Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna, Austria; Textile Printing at the State Institute of Art, Florence, Italy; Japanese Wood-Block Printing & White Line Wood-block at Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York.  

Alexander’s work has been exhibited internationally and received many awards. The most recent are the Pollock-Krasner Award, 5th Biennial Miniature Print Show - Juror's Prize; Kyoto International Woodprint Association Triennial, Japan; Belmont Towbin Annual Award; Print Council of New Jersey, National Exhibition; Yasuo Kuniyoshi Award; & the Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, NY, NY.

"To me it is important to see the mark of the hand in works of art. The combination of the wood and brush applied watercolor is satisfying."