Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Meet the Artist
Nadine
Alexeev
Contemporary Artist & Painter
“The self does not split cleanly; it replicates with the quiet distortion of each iteration. What remains of the original is only the ghost of a signal, flickering beneath a version that has already taken its place. I am searching for the source, the faint signal that lingers. . .To return here is not to escape reality but to remember what reality was before we replaced it.Aura Farm explores the fracturing of human identity in the virtual realm, that warps and redefines reality itself. Observing the growing dissonance between the perceived self and its digital other: the work exposes the dystopian qualities of a chronically online world, consumed by digital identities, false reflections, and the transformation of our own bodies.”

Nadine Alexeev is a contemporary artist based in Toronto, graduating from OCAD University in 2026 with a BFA in Drawing & Painting. Working primarily in oil paint, she explores sites of warped reality in a post-internet era through portraiture and distorted representation. Her current work navigates metaphysical questioning within the domination of virtual realms and simulacra. Her work plays in the space between the perceived self and the other, as we filter through digital identities, false reflections, and the transformation of our own bodies.
OCAD U - Faculty of Design
Material Art & Design
Minor Completed, 2025
Oil Painting Textiles & Ceramics
2025, Clone, Real or Fake?
RCHIVE, Toronto, ON
2025, Awenda Inspired
Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2024, Myths & Legends
Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2024, Its Not Easy Being Green
Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
2024, Just Portraits Exhibit
Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2024, Fleshly Desires
Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2024, Face Value
Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2026, Career Launcher Fund
RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers, OCAD University
2026, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Career Launcher Recipient
RBC CEAD, OCAD U x Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF)
2024, Partial x OCAD U Artist Showcase Selected Artist
OCAD University x Partial Gallery
