Reality-Disrupting Art

Artist Alexa Meade Turns Her Subjects into 2D Paintings

Alexa Meade is a body painting artist who disrupts reality by painting her subjects and their surroundings in a way that makes it look as if they were in a 2D painting.

Alexa Meade began by painting fruit in her parents' basement and was recently honored at the 2017 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards for her work. Covering her subjects in acrylic paint and placing her work alongside unaltered reality makes for a visually compelling composition. Her work becomes a trick of the eye. By painting her subjects as a 2D painting, she relinquishes a certain amount of control over her work. Expression, movement and viewpoint become controlled by the subject and their surroundings. What makes her work so compelling is the disruption it causes in reality. Her works blur the lines between reality and a 2D painting.

Reality-disrupting Art
Alexa Meade's body painting technique disrupts reality by turning subjects into 2D paintings.
Visually Compelling Composition
Meade's use of acrylic paint and unaltered reality creates visually compelling compositions.
Blur of Reality and 2D Painting
Meade's work blurs the lines between reality and a 2D painting, creating a captivating disruption.

Sectors Adopting This

Art and Design
Meade's innovative body painting technique presents disruptive opportunities for the art and design industry.
Entertainment and Media
Meade's visually compelling compositions can disrupt the entertainment and media industry by offering unique and surreal experiences.
Marketing and Advertising
Meade's technique of blurring reality and 2D painting can inspire disruptive approaches in marketing and advertising, creating attention-grabbing campaigns.
SCORE
3.7 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 72%
Activity 32%
Freshness 8%