Born in Richmond and now living in Annandale, VA, Alexandra Chiou explores healing and transformation through sculptural paper compositions. Her work involves carving hundreds, sometimes thousands, of precise knife cuts into hand-painted paper. She has recently exhibited at institutions including The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia MOCA). Her work is held in public collections including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, and has also been featured through the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.