About the Artist

Lexow Studios

About the Artist

Bio

Angela Lexow was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1974. She studied studio art and art history at Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. She graduated in 1995 with a degree in Art History. After graduation, she began working in a prestigious downtown Kansas City gallery as an assitant director. Although it was great experience, she also knew the retail side of the art world was not where she belonged.

Lexow married in 1996 and shortly after moved to Wichita while her husband attended medical school. In 1999, they moved to Topeka for medical residency training. In 2000, Lexow began teaching at the Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, where they eventually moved. She recently moved back to Topeka, Kansas.

Lexow has had shows around Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky and New Mexico. Currently she is represented by Taos Blue in Taos, New Mexico; the Collective Gallery in Topeka, KS; and the Upstage Gallery, also in Topeka. She is a member of the American Gourd Society, and the Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association. Her studio in Studio 831 can be found in the historic NOTO district of North Topeka.

Artist's Statement

I grew up in Topeka, Kansas where I was constantly drawing, painting or doing some other form of arts and crafts. I graduated from Baker University with a degree in Art History, although I probably spent more time in the studio painting than anything else. After graduation, I married and moved to Kansas City. While there, I worked in an upscale gallery, which was great experience, but also taught me that I preferred the creative side of art, rather than the business side. After leaving Kansas City, we moved to various cities in Kansas before finally settling in Topeka, Kansas.

I do what I do because I love nothing more than to create art. Art has always provided me an escape - a space where I can recharge. Although it requires concentration, it is relaxes me in a way that nothing else can.

I've dabbled in many mediums, but most of my work is either acrylic paintings or more recently, fine art gourds. I painted for over 10 years and began to develop “artist's block”, so I began working with gourds instead. I found I love working in three dimensions, and the variety of gourd shapes is an endless source of inspiration for me. Over the past year I have begun painting again. I paint images that inspire me or intrigue me. I am especially drawn to the colors and images of the Southwest and various religious iconography of that region.