"To me it is important to see the mark of the hand in works of art. I find the combination of carved wood and brush applied watercolor satisfying."
Pia Oste-Alexander studied Drawing & Tapestry Weaving at; Konstfackskolan, State School of Applied Arts, Stockholm, Sweden; Painting at; Kungstgewerbeschule, 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, NY. Oste-Alexanders work has been exhibited internationally and received many awards, the most recent being 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 Kunioshi Award; & the Ruth Cherven Foundation, NY, NY.
