Segments

A few weeks ago I discovered why it has always been important for me to fill the spaces of a paper or a canvas without leaving blank areas for the work to breathe when I have painted colour abstracts. Perhaps discovering the reason was the key to understanding the meaning of my work. I went from colour to black and white slowly, and little by little, I realised that this absence of colour calms my soul and balances my mind. But with the process, I also realised that spaces are key to being able to flow with the work and evolve as an artist and as a person. Cramming the space was creating confusion, stress, and crowding in me. When I have a blank paper or canvas, by itself it means nothing. Is nothing. It is a simple and lifeless material. But when I make a mark on paper or canvas, that first insignificant mark that does not symbolise anything is the most human abstract act that an artist can create. Because it is the beginning. Because what this means is me saying to the canvas ´I am here, with my total vulnerability, in front of you´. And I'm here painting my mark, letting you accept me without judgment. I am activating new energy on the surface that expands across the surface asking for more from this moment on. And that energy created as a shape, a line or an abstract mark, ceases to be a simple mark to become the first protagonist who asks me to paint more energy around that first mark. That space between the marks is the necessary space that creates a rhythm and a vibration in the composition. This is where my work contains meaning and where I feel completely satisfied. This painting is part of a series I am developing.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- Acrylic on canvas.
- Free-hand artwork.
- A Certificate of Authenticity is attached to the image.
- Ready to hang
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MEASUREMENTS:
145cmW x58cmH.
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SHIPPING:
- Wrap in a box. Ready to hang.
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COMMISSIONS:
If you want something special, different or similar to my paintings but in another colour or size, I am more than happy to do a beautiful and stunning commission for you. Let's talk and see what your project is, and I will do my best to make you happy and blow your place with colour and happiness.
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© 2022 Alejandra Sieder
Purchase of this artwork does not include reproduction rights. Artwork cannot be copied or used without my express permission.

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Alejandra Sieder is a Venezuelan-born, Australian and Spanish contemporary artist based in Sydney. Trained in Graphic Design at the Hans Neumann Design Institute in Caracas, her visual language was shaped by the legacy of Latin American masters Jesús Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez, whose work taught her that art is not simply observed—it is experienced.

Having lived in Venezuela, Spain, Norway and Australia, Sieder draws from contrasting landscapes, cultures and emotional experiences. Her practice moves between geometric precision and organic expression, exploring perception, memory, movement and transformation. Through layered textures, monochromatic structures, expressive gestures and light-reactive pigments, she creates abstract works that shift with their environment and invite a personal emotional response.

Her recent Australian exhibitions include Affordable Art Fair Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Internationally, her work has been presented at Affordable Art Fair Berlin, Austin and Hong Kong, as well as Spectrum Miami, where she received the Best International Exhibitor Award in 2024.

Sieder was a finalist in the 2025 OMNIA Art Prize in Melbourne and has received multiple finalist selections associated with the Lethbridge Art Prize. Her work has also been exhibited in Singapore, London, Edinburgh, Madrid and Norway and is held in private collections internationally.

Each painting is conceived as an emotional map—a meeting point between structure and intuition, stillness and movement, the visible world and the inner landscape.