Dancing in the Sky, Waiting for the Sunset - Solo exhibition at Ione & Mann - London May 2022 - Photos by Matt Spour

An intimate and deeply personal body of work created over a period of more than a year following the loss of the artists parents in 2020.

In this series of paintings, predominately works on paper, Alegre used the make-up and brushes her mother left behind. What started initially as an attempt to keep her close and a way to process the unassimilable void, gradually evolved into a symbolic exploration of what ‘makes-up’ who we are, our beliefs, and the links to the world around us.

Alegre approaches the subject with authenticity and grace, making no demands for resolution or redemption. Following a path through grief, loss, love, acceptance and hope, this poignant body of work is a celebration of life, affirming an all-encompassing sense of connection, gratitude, presence and belonging: a tribute to those who walked before us, those who walked beside us and, ultimately, ourselves.

IONE & MANN, London May 2022