Alexandra Riesco is an artist and printmaker from Miami, Florida. She received a B.A. in Studio Art and Biology modified with Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College in 2017, where she won the Robert Read Prize for work in the graphic arts and the Artist’s Book Prize. Riesco’s work is heavily influenced by the natural world and the dynamic processes that drive it. After completing a semester-long geology field program, she discovered the parallels between the forces that shape the planet and the slow, physical processes of printmaking. Her interest in the sciences and deep love for the outdoors feeds into her practice, which incorporates drawing, printmaking, and papermaking to explore the bodily experience of the landscape, mapmaking, and the possibilities of a reciprocal rather than controlling relationship with the environment.
After spending two years working in outdoor education, Riesco returned to printmaking and has worked as an assistant printer, workshop instructor, and manager of a fine art print publisher. She is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she received the Graduate Research Scholars Fellowship from the School of Education.
Presentations & Exhibitions
Oscillation: A Year in Motion, Art Lofts Front and Back Space Gallery, UW Madison, Spring 2025.
Interdisciplinary Connections: Works in Printmaking, Book Art, Papermaking & Beyond, Back Space Gallery, UW Madison, Summer 2025.
The Art of Printmaking: Process and Passion, Steamboat Art Museum, May 31-Aug 31, 2025.
2024 INSIGHT: ART FOR CLIMATE ACTION, The Depot Art Center, Steamboat Springs, CO.
Rethinking Process – Print Area Exhibition, Art Lofts Front Space Gallery, UW Madison, Fall 2024.
Relief Demo for Art 212: Drawing 2
Assisting with Art 336: Serigraphy