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Living Paintings in Wonderland Dreams

Alexa Meade paints on the human body and three-dimensional spaces, creating the illusion that our reality is a two-dimensional painting. Alexa painted over 100 live models in the Wonderland Dreams exhibit during the year it was open on Fifth Avenue in NYC.

 “Awash with colorful brushstrokes, think of it as a Van Gogh — that is, if one of his paintings were brought to life . . . Lushly hypnotic.”

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Broadway x Alexa Meade

Alexa painted dozens of Broadway actors, producers, composers, and costume designers into the Wonderland Dreams exhibit. Many of them were interviewed about their experiences of becoming living art in features in Playbill, Broadway World, and Broadway News.

“They’re living canvases,” Meade said of her work. “What greater characters and performers to embody the painting than people who are really good at transforming themselves onstage?”

“When I saw myself with all the colors and textures pouring out of me, it felt like my heart had exploded outside of me, like all the fire and feeling inside myself had somehow landed on my skin and I had bloomed like a flower. She painted me on the outside how I feel on the inside, an explosion of color and feeling.”

- Gus Birney, Broadway Actor


Kolton Krouse, Broadway Actor

“As a dancer, my body paints a space similar to how an artist paints a canvas. And being here — actually being the canvas is wild.”

J Harrison Ghee, Broadway Actor

“Give into this moment, the beauty that comes from it, the transformation, the release. It is an opportunity to really free yourself, from the canvas point of view.”

Justin Sylvester, TODAY Show Host

“When Alexa offered to paint me, how could I say no? Now Ariana Grande and I finally have something in common!”

Famed Model and Photographer Ruby June Painted by Alexa Meade

After being painted by Alexa Meade, Ruby June photographed herself with a camera on a tripod and a remote control shutter release for a series of self-portraits in the Wonderland Dreams exhibit.