As a multidisciplinary visual artist, Alexey explores different facets of queer identities and migration: conflicts between personal and collective memories, formation and evolution of hybrid identities and the emotional side of belonging to a marginalized community. He investigates these themes using personal and found archives consisting of objects, sketches, drawings and interviews with immigrants, queers and artists. Fascinated by how centuries-old methods of imagemaking adapt to the needs of contemporary society, in his projects Alexey examines the interplay between traditional printing techniques – woodcut, intaglio, lithography – and new technologies – laser engraving, scanning and computer-generated graphics. He focuses on the unorthodox application of print media: alternative ways of editioning, the use of 2D prints to create 3D installations and relief transfer on surfaces such as clay or plaster. Alexey works in figurative style, mixing drawing from imagination with academic renderings – creating a visual language with its own gravity, language and rules.
Alexey Lazarev is a Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist. Born in Saint Petersburg (Russia), Alexey has lived and worked in Montreal since 2012. Alexey holds a BFA with distinction from Concordia University and University of Hertfordshire, he is currently completing his MFA in Studio Art at Concordia supported by a fellowship from SSHRC. Recipient of multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), he completed artist residencies in Japan and Germany and has exhibited his works in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Russia, United States and Spain. Alexey is a member of Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture & Technology. Upcoming shows include Mint Forest at Atelier Galerie 2112 in May 2024.
