Alexandra Kehayoglou

Alexandra Kehayoglou who works primarily with textile materials. She creates her pieces in her studio in Buenos Aires, utilizing a wide array of technical skills with which she produces works combining textiles, sculpture and installation. She is primarily interested in production processes bringing together art and craft, and develops functional works as complete works of art, in which knowledge of the materials, the technique, and spectator are inseparably intertwined.

The pieces are made with surplus materials from the Kehayoglou family factory, which has been manufacturing industrial carpets and rugs for more than sixty years. The weaving is done by machine (handtuft pistol), that the artist manipulates upon vertical frames, in order to weave, stitch by stitch, the final work. The production process is arduous and long, requiring much physical effort and a very precise technique.