Alexis Anne was born and raised in the Midwest, then moved to Vermont and is now based in San Francisco, where she's been living for 6 years. She's an interesting collage artists that has exhibited her works worldwide and that has a cool client's roster (The New York Times, PBS, Condé Nast...): Alexis has just completed her first book "On Wonderland & Waste"(Sidebrow Press) and she's also having two solo shows this spring, one in Los Angeles (from March 13th at POVevolving Gallery) and one in Chicago (from April 23rd at Ebersmoore Gallery), so if you are in the area...

Could you please tell us more of your background and career?

I began making collages in high school, and they remained my focus even as I studied other creative processes throughout college ~ first at the Aegean Center for Fine Arts in Italy & Greece, and then at Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I loved photography and drawing and watercolors, but collage always felt like the most effective way of communicating my ideas and aesthetic. I love the meditative process of searching, finding things that belong together, cutting meticulously, and putting new worlds together like puzzles.