Alessandra Meskita was born in São Paulo, Brazil to a family of artists and at 15 she began painting, weaving, and working with textiles. In 2007 she started the fashion line MESKITA in New York, placing collections in luxury department stores worldwide. That background in fabric, texture, and structured movement stayed with her and in 2016 she shifted her career toward fine art.
Meskita's practice centers on a distinctive interplay of fabric cords and painted canvas. She creates pieces that are responsive to the viewer's angle of vision, the surrounding light, and the space they occupy. Each work begins with a painted canvas onto which cords are meticulously layered, producing soft compositions where color transforms and lines expand and contract. The result is more than a painting; it is a site-specific installation.
Meskita has exhibited her works at Art Basel Miami, the Armory Show NY and recently she held a solo exhibition at The Vault during Art Basel Miami 2024. Her works are part of many private collections worldwide. Today she resides between Palm Beach and Miami.