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18th September – 15th October, 2023 Print room For four weeks between September and October I am the featured artist at Chalk Gallery. If you would like to attend the Private View event on Saturday 23rd of September just rsvp to aljguez@gmail.com or get in touch For the title of my show I reference the … Read more
Athens – a record of classic landscapes and arts. September 2023 Earlier this year I found myself reading every book I could find on Greek culture: the Classic Myths – The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jennifer March – with the gods and heroes; books on pottery, on sculptures – Six Greek Sculptors by … Read more
Glyndebourne Range & Glyndebourne Festival Mug in 2023 I have worked for Glyndebourne to design a first and new Glyndebourne Range of lovely beautiful products. Thank you Glyndebourne and Phillipa MacDermott. What a wonderful project that I have named ‘Unheard Melodies’. Additional to the mug you can buy many other beautiful things I have also … Read more
In September 2022 in joined Chalk Gallery Lewes. Every member of this extraordinary art cooperative has different roles to run, promote and grow the art business. Also, each one of us has to dedicate a few days a month to open the gallery to greet customers, talk art and make sales for everyone. Chalk Gallery … Read more
Artists Open Houses in Brighton is a festival that started in 2004, I have participated in so many occasions, The first time back in 2010. This year for the first time I am opening my own flat and Artists Open Houses have approached me with a few questions for their blog. Please read below the … Read more
In August 2022 I joined The Sussex Arts Collective, an arts and crafts cooperative run by Phil Duncan that exhibits at Gallery Uno in Seaford High Street. In October 2022, Phil chose me as the featured artist and below you can read the unedited interview that was published at Seaford Scene magazine. Alej ez Oct … Read more
Seaside Art Studio Greenhouse 2022 This spring from 1st April to 4th July at West Pier Centre and for Brighton Artist Open Houses festival in May I have gathered the members of the art cooperative I have belonged to since 2017, Studio Greenhouse, to put together a show with the West Pier Trust at the … Read more
“O people of the earth, men and women born and made of the elements, but with the spirit of the Divine within you, rise from your sleep of ignorance! Be sober and thoughtful. Realize that your home is not on the earth but in the Light. Why have you delivered yourselves unto death, having power … Read more
‘Moments of the West Pier Captured in Art’ In September 2023 Jackie Marsh-Hobbs, a historian expert in Brighton Seaside and the West Pier subjects, was putting together a a talk titled ‘Moments of the West Pier Captured in Art’. For which I was asked to provide and describe some of my prints that depicts the … Read more
‘And let the silver music of the luteAttend our going, as a sure road-mark, And that which fills the cup be substitute For stars to guide our journey in the dark.’ My heritage. Islamic culture. Islamic art. I was born in Granada, a historic town in the South of Spain, also known as the Nasrid … Read more