Jacksonville, FL b. 1991

Alexander Zastera (he/they) was born in Jacksonville, Florida and has worked all over 'The Sunshine State.’ He is currently based in Seattle, Washington, where they oversee the arts programming for the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. Zastera has 10+ years of public education experience; a master's in environmental studies from Florida International University (2023) and has a BFA in Studio art and BA in art history from Florida State University (2014). They are an award-winning artist known for their quiet nightscapes, large-scale hyper surreal mystical paintings, found object installations and public performance centered around the environment. 

They have been a resident artist in the Miami-Dade Library system with ProjectArt USA, the Deering Estate (2024), and the Grass Stains dance residency at Vizcaya (2024). They have been awarded an Ellie through Oolite Arts (2023), the Xavier Cortada "Power of Art" award by the village of Palmetto Bay (2023) and Green Space Miami’s Open Call (2024). Their work has been featured at Vizcaya Museum (2024), MOCA Nomi (2021), Deep Space Gallery (2018), Superfine! Art Fair: NYC (2018), and & Gallery (2017).