Rewiring

About Rewiring

This colourful contemporary abstract painting is by Alice Teichert.

The complex lacework of soulful elements in Alice Teichert’s art is rooted in a life spent embracing the arts—playing music, writing and drawing. Alice’s mother was an accomplished pianist, and once, while she was playing, an artist and family friend encouraged a 12-year-old Alice to draw the sound of her mother’s music. Teichert’s own poetic visual language is designed to evoke emotion and invite the viewer into another world.
With Rewiring, Teichert is, once again, using colour to create ‘shape’—a central glowing image that appears as a fluid sphere in a rich red against a field of deep blue, framed by panels of melon and yellow. Throughout the canvas, the many layers of pigment give glimpses of other colours, and subtle markings add complexity and palpable energy to the work.

“Each work has its own unique pace in time, some are on high speed, others are very slow … my assignment is to make sure to show up to face these works in process as often as possible until they are ready to tell me STOP!” Alice Teichert

“Within the cacophony of colour, there’s a sense of organization, but there’s an accord. We’re tuned in.” Fish Griwkowsky, Arts Writer, Edmonton Journal

Alice Teichert was born in Paris, France, in 1959. She studied music, philosophy and visual arts in Belgium and France. Teichert’s degree in printmaking and subsequent work solidified a lifelong fascination with text, another signature element of her artwork. Teichert moved to North America in the mid-1980s, living between New York City and Toronto. There, she met some of the most respected abstract expressionist artists of the time, including Jules Olitski and Kenneth Noland. Helen Frankenthaler, a major player in the history of American post-war painting, was highly regarded for her spontaneous approach and fluid, lyrical style and became a mentor to Teichert.

Since 1989, Alice Teichert has built an international career with over 40 solo exhibitions in Canada, France, Switzerland, Germany and Australia. The recipient of numerous awards, in 2024, she was inducted into the prestigious Royal Academy of Canadian Arts (RCA) in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the visual arts. Alice Teichert’s paintings are held in many private, corporate and public collections worldwide.