Maddie Alexander

Maddie Alexander (They/He) is a trans artist, archivist, and arts worker based in Halifax, NS. He holds a BFA from OCAD University (2016), and an MFA from NSCAD University (2020), where they received The Reznick Family Fund for Student Creativity. Their work has been exhibited locally and internationally, with participation in residencies such as CSAV– Artists' Research Laboratory at Fondazione Antonio Ratti (Como, Italy), and Vermont Studio Center (Vermont, USA). He is currently a 2025 AGO x RBC Emerging Artist-Researcher, as well as an Artist in Residence at the SPAO Photographic Arts Centre. His practice has been supported by Arts Nova Scotia, and the Canada Council for the Arts. In addition to their artistic practice, Maddie is a Research Assistant and Public Art Manager with IOTA Studios.

His artistic practice explores lived queer and trans experiences through an autoethnographic approach, blending archival materials and personal records. Their research based projects centre themes of desire, failure, care and dissonance and are often site responsive and rooted in community collaboration. While his work reflects contemporary concerns, it frequently draws on the visual and cultural histories of 1980s and ‘90s queer activist aesthetics, primarily the DIY print and installation practices of that era. Blending analogue and digital processes is a reflection on the fluid and layered nature of their trans experience, coming together to construct something that feels real and whole. His current work uses sunprinting and video documentation as a medium to explore his research into the historic and ongoing barriers trans folks face in accessing care. Using medical ephemera and documentation, this work is deeply informed by their own experiences accessing care as a trans person.