Alejandra Montoya (she/her) is a multidisciplinary visual artist, born and raised in Mexico City, currently based in Berlin. Her work weaves spirituality with artistic practice, exploring identity and self-reflection as powerful forms of political positioning. Alejandra embodies and empowers ancestral practices as forms of resistance that exist on the margins, outside conventional institutional frameworks. Through the lens of feminist decolonial thought from Abya Yala, she navigates the spaces between imagination and physical existence, between ordinary and non-ordinary (spiritual) realities, and between memory and ecocentric narratives. Her work holds space for critical intimacy, manifesting through films, performances, installations, rituals, and tarot practices.

Alejandra has gained broad experience in the artistic field, showcasing her work at various film festivals, where she was nominated for the Golden Herkules at Kasseler Dokfest and awarded exceptional merit for her graduation show. Her art has been exhibited in both institutional and non-institutional spaces across Mexico, Germany, Ireland, and France. As a founding member of the collective TERRARISTA TV, she plays a pivotal role in organizing, curating, storytelling, filming, live VJing, and video editing. TERRARISTA TV was recognized by the HessenFilm und Medien GmbH funding program to develop a multi-sensory, audiovisual installation in the colonial archive in Witzenhausen, exploring the ongoing impacts of colonial heritage.

In her recent work, Alejandra integrates AI-generated imagery into her practice. She developed a visual show and video mapping for the Detect Classic Festival 2024 and is currently creating a visual live performance for Diana Mora’s ballet, Le printemps du Sacre, set to premiere in Autumn 2024.