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by Alejandra Ruiz Suarez
HELLO ALEGRIA
Inserting waste materials into life cycles through arts, biodesign, science & education.
Currently based in Fairfield, USA
METHODOLOGY + DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Research-based
Repurposed
Material-driven
Expertise
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Transmitting and communicating complex concepts in creative ways, and encouraging critical thinking through workshops, technical training and curriculum design in formal as well as informal settings.
Clients
Pascual Bravo, Museo Universidad de Antioquia, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Consultorias De La Mano, Docena Chile, Arte+Ingenieria, Universidad de California Davis, Universidad del Desarrollo Chile, El Taller Ambulante, Fashion Revolution
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Upcycling waste streams into functional materials with unique aesthetic qualities in collaboration with designers, engineers and scientists.
Clients
Acres Lab + Sandia National Laboratories
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Diagnosing, envisioning, planning and implementing circular economy economy practices. Working with businesses and designers on sustainable corporate culture & strategy. Performing waste streams assessment toward the reduction of environmental footprint, and waste stream revalorization through materials and product upcycling.
Clients
Adrissa, La PopUp Medellin, Consultorías De La Mano
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Repurpose-driven, resource efficient and circular design solutions characterized by their uniqueness. Design and development of special editions and singular objects. Garments and jewelry design incorporating circular design principles.
Clients
Sociedad Colombiana de Geologia, Me Reuso, Consultorias De La Mano, Helena Aguilar Studio
EXHIBITIONS
June 2023 - Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Museum of Art Davis, California, USA. “Sustainable Pathways for Repurposing Textile Waste” MFA Graduate Exhibition for Design MFA.
June 2023 - UC Davis Bodega Bay, California, USA “Nicrocosms, Studies on scavenging and renewal", collective exhibition in collaboration with Tracie Hayes, UC Davis PhD in Ecology and Billinski Fellow.
2022 - ISEA22 in Barcelona, Spain - Arts Santa Monica in Barcelona, Spain - Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. “Waste Atlas Project” in the collective exhibition Tools for a Warming Planet.
2020 - Brazil Jewelry Week Online “Soft Logics”
July 2018 - Simposio de Joyeria Contemporanea En Construcción III Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
2017 - De La Mano Gallery Medellín, Colombia “Pétreo”, an individual exhibition.
2017 - Gallerie Terre d'Aligres Official selection of Parcours Bijoux Paris, France
2016 - “Jugaad Conmigo” in collective exhibition El Dorado SXXI - La colecta MX. Puebla, Mexico.
2016 - “Post-fosil” in a collective jewelry exhibition organized by La colecta MX. Puebla, Mexico.
2015 - Lecture “Contemporary jewelry: discourses under construction” in Knowledge Pabillion during Colombiatex de las Américas 2015. Medellín, Colombia.
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