About



Alejandra Alarcon (she/her) is a Mexican interdisciplinary designer/artist based in Helsinki working at the intersection of food and art. Her practice often includes walking, writing, drawing, baking, and cooking for/with others.  

For more info and complete CV contact me through email.

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Selected Exhibitions, Events, and Performances𓇢𓆸Upcoming
2025
A Forest Feast in drifts festival—installation & performance—Helsinki, Finland—August 14
Edible Landscape for SLOW|The Price of Bloom—installation—Helsinki, Finland—August 24
Grounded Gatherings in EKA Gallery—duo exhibition—Estonia, Tallinn—September 26-October 19 

𓇢𓆸Past
Exploring Edible Ecologies in Titanik Gallery—solo exhibition—Turku, Finland—July 29-August 3 2025
Exploring Edible Ecologies publication—launch in Fair Enough Book Fair—Tallinn, Estonia—May 2025
Edible Playscapes—performance events in Mediamatic—Amsterdam, Netherlands—April to May 2025
Everlasting Soup—edible installation as part of group exhibition in Sinne Gallery—Helsinki, Finland—February 2025
Emma Kreativzentrum—group exhibition—Pforzheim,Germany—June 2025
Junk Mail Series #1—publication launch by EiM,K! in Maa-Tila gallery—Helsinki, Finland—February 2024
Intento: A Decolonial Attempt—group exhibition curated by Somos SUR collective—Helsinki, Finland—October 2023
Artefakti Graduation Showcase—group exhibition in Helsinki Design Week—Helsinki, Finland—September 2023
Lumbre: Ilustradoras en México—group exhibition in Museo Universitario del Chopo—Mexico City, Mexico—August 2023 to April 2024
Queremos Pastel: A Sensuous Act of Remembrance—installation and performance in Asbestos Art Space—Helsinki, Finland—April 2023

ResidenciesArtist in residence in Mediamatic—Amsterdam, Netherlands—April to May 2025
Artist in residence in TUOTUO—Joutsa, Finland—September 2024
Designer in residence in Emma Kreativzentrum, Pforzheim, Germany—April to June 2024

Education Gramounce Alternative Food and Art MA—online—2024-2025
Master’s Degree Program in Contemporary Design in Aalto University—Espoo, Finland—2020-2023
Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design in Universidad Iberoamericana—Mexico City, Mexico—2014-2019

Publications + Press
Seven student furniture designs that convey unusual concepts featured in Deezeen—October 2024
Emma Kreativzentrum exhibition featured in Dezeen—July 2024
Austellung Designers in Residence in PF Stadt Pforzheim—July 2024
Interview in Here, Not. Dialogues on art and the making_Published by Micol Curatolo—2024
Aromas From Home: Cooking memories through Complex Salsas featured in Astra Issue #1 on “Eating”—March 2024
Lumbre, Ilustradoras en México exhibition featured in Coolhuntermx—October 2023


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