Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow, Pratt Institute
Alex Strada is an artist, educator, and lifelong New Yorker. Her practice spans installation, film/video, sound and orality, printed media, participatory workshops, and public practice. Through a research-based approach grounded in transdisciplinary collaboration and public engagement, her projects reimagine systems of power and create platforms for collectivity, civic agency, and political transformation. Since 2022, she has served as the inaugural Public Artist in Residence with the NYC Department of Homeless Services and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Her work has been shown internationally including at the Queens Museum, NY; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Project Row Houses, Houston, TX; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT; Aurora Biennial, Dallas, TX; Times Square Arts, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; Museum of Moving Image, NY; Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Italy; and MuseumsQuartier, Vienna. Her work has been supported through artist residencies at Artist Alliance Inc., LMCC, Triangle Arts, Wexner Center for the Arts, and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center and through grants/fellowships from the Graham Foundation, Artadia, NYFA, NYSCA, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Strada holds an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from Columbia University and is a studio alumnus of the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program. She is Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow and faculty at the Pratt Institute.
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