Alexandra Grant (born April 4, 1973) is an American visual artist who examines language and written texts through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and other media.
[8] Her mother was an American political science professor,[9] foreign-service diplomat, and educational administrator[10] based in Africa[11] and the Middle East.
[16] In 2007, Grant had her first solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, curated by Alma Ruiz.
[17] Grant's artworks joined a multi-artist show in Tel Aviv in 2008, titled "From and About Place: Art from Los Angeles".
The "Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest” exhibition first took place at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, and at Mains d’Oeuvres in Saint-Ouen, France.
The exhibit was a community-based project installation held at The Eastern Star Gallery at The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles.
[citation needed] In 2015, as part of a residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, Nebraska, Grant directed a documentary film called Taking Lena Home.
[27][28][29] In 2016, Grant and Reeves reunited for their second collaboration, Shadows, a book and suite of photographic images printed by Steidl in Germany.
[30] As part of the release of the book, Grant did a collaboration with artist Alia Raza for Issue magazine that featured fashion and shadows.
[31] In 2017 Grant, alongside designer Jessica Fleischmann and Keanu Reeves, established a small publishing company called X Artists Books, sometimes abbreviated XAB.
[32][29] In November 2019, Grant and Reeves appeared as a couple on the red carpet of the LACMA Art + Film Gala, prompting media coverage of their romantic relationship.