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Alexandra "Weld Queen" was born in Kislovodsk, Russia in 1985. Since 2007. Since 2008, she has lived and worked in Moscow. She studied at the Institute of Contemporary Art. From 2010 to 2012, she received education at the Moscow Polytechnic College, specializing in welding technology. In 2015, she created her first large sculpture, “Meditating Cat Tikhvami,” From 2017 to 2018, she studied at the "Workshops” at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Moscow MoMA). Since 2015 the Weld Queen has realized more than 40 sculptural projects, including major public art works such as: “Brothers” (2017) and “Rooster Candy” (2016) at Kudykina Mountain Park in Lipetsk region, “Mother” (2019) at Mira Park in Novosibirsk, “Airfield for Walking in the Clouds” at Burning Man (2019), and “Sun Drum” in Murmansk (2021) and "High 6" at Burning Man (2024). Her works are in private collections in Russia, France, and the USA.

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