About me

Short Bio

Alexandra Aquilina is a screen printer and creative from Malta having moved to Berlin in 2015. She graduated in Psychology at the University of Malta while undertaking studies in Fashion and Costume design at the Malta Society of Arts, Manzoni Fashion School and Malta Drama Centre, before focusing on Graphic Design at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology where she graduated in 2011. It was during her studies that she was introduced to screen printing, a technique that she taught herself through books, trial and error and later at Print Club, London. Today her profession is that of a screen printer and creative. In the last years she has been shifting her artistic trajectory from primarily commercial art to fine art, honing her own style, aesthetic and taste to express her inner observations.  She created the Moon Crystal Tarot – a fully illustrated tarot deck inspired by Sailor Moon and based on A. E. Waite imagery. She also offers screen-printing workshops for beginners. She works very closely with the Maltese and Berlin music, art and activist scenes having also been in a number of bands as well as leading the Berlin-Malta Women’s Rights Solidarity group.

Looking for

Collaborations. Group exhibitions and exhibition opportunities.

Other Roles Creative Entrepreneur, Digital Artist
Skills Activism Teaching Concept Building Design Pop Art Print Making

Education

Education History

November 2019: CMYK Screen Printing Workshop (Print Club, London)

August 2019: UDK Summer Courses: Berlin Appeals 2019 – Poster Design Workshop (Universität der Künste, Berlin)

April 2014 – August 2014: Intensive Drawing Course (Private Tuition by Chris de Souza Jensen, Malta)

2009 – 2011: BTEC Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design (MCAST Art and Design, Malta)

2005 – 2008: Bachelor of Psychology (Hons.) (University of Malta, Malta)

2004: Fashion Design Course (Manzoni Fashion School, Malta)

Experience

Exhibitions

2020: Protest & Protect (December 2020, Feminist Art Museum)

2020: Mini/Maxi Prints (November 2020-March 2021, Galleri Heike Arndt DK, Berlin)

2020: Spread the Ink (Desko, Malta)

2020: 20×20 (ChristineX Art Gallery, Malta)

2020: Artna  (Malta Community of Illustrators, Malta)

2014: Malta Design Week (Fort St. Elmo, Malta)