Alexa Meade

About Alexa Meade

Alexa Meade is an award-winning artist celebrated for her work that makes real humans and three-dimensional spaces appear to be two-dimensional paintings. The New York Times has called her art \"lushly hypnotic.\"Among Alexa’s portrait subjects is Ariana Grande who she body painted for the iconic “God is a Woman” music video with over 400 million views, and according to ELLE, “broke the internet.”Alexa is a TED Speaker and has lectured at Apple, Stanford, and Princeton. She has held the position of Artist-in-Residence at The World Trade Center, Google, and The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Her art has been exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, Art Basel, and the Grand Palais in Paris. Alexa’s work has been exhibited alongside notable artists from Banksy to Basquiat and auctioned at Sotheby’s and at The World Economic Forum in Davos, where Snoop Dogg placed the winning bid. Her work has been on billboards from Times Square to Tokyo and even on a SpaceX rocket orbiting the Earth. As the Founder & CEO of Wonderland Dreams, Alexa took over a former Best Buy on Fifth Avenue and turned it into an immersive solo exhibit that had visitors. She has been commissioned by Adidas during Coachella, Meta at Cannes Lions, BMW for their launch in China, Apple at their Fifth Avenue flagship store, and The City Beverly Hills for a solo exhibition on Rodeo Drive.Honored with the \"Disruptive Innovation Award\" by The Tribeca Film Festival, Alexa’s trailblazing work is shaping art history. She has been recognized by Google Arts & Culture for embodying the spirit of Frida Kahlo, one of history’s most groundbreaking female artists. As a notable American figure, Alexa has been invited to The White House by several Presidents.

Experience

1. Artist

   Alexa Meade Art

   Jan 2009 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• Vassar College

  B.A.

  2004 — 2009