








Fly on the Wall - Alexina joins our UK Team! Apr 11 2019
Meet the agentsAdvocate Art is excited to welcome another new and talented artist agent into the Advocate family, allowing us to grow and expand as an
agency! Alexina, who is originally from Belgium and who works in our UK office, has previously worked for a gallery in Brussels and as
an intern for a textile design studio in London, where she still does
occasionally freelance work. Her creative
background, means she has a good eye for detail and is good at fitting artists
to briefs. Having lived in Japan for 3 years, Alexina is fluent in Japanese,
French and English.
Why did you become an Illustration agent?
While studying my MA in Japan at Tokyo University of
the Arts, I started to learn more about the collaborative process between
artists, agents and galleries. I also had the honour to participate at a
symposium where I advised Japanese lacquer-ware craftspeople on the European
market trends and how to be more successful abroad. This sparked my interest in
helping artists, particularly helping Japanese artists showcase their work in
Europe leading me to do some work for a gallery in Brussels, assisting with the
relations between gallery and artist. Through this job, I learnt just how much
I love helping artists and how gratifying it can be to help them achieve their
dreams. By becoming an agent, I’ve been able to implement this on a much larger
scale, helping our amazing artists from all over the world work with our
clients. As a designer and self-proclaimed bookworm, it is so rewarding to have
a job that allows me to oversee and assist with various parts of the
collaborative design process.
What do you love most about the role?
What I love most about the role is being able to
build a relationship with our artists and to help them develop their styles. I
also really enjoy going to meet our clients and helping find artists that best
suit their briefs. watching projects develop from a concept and flourish into
beautiful books is a really rewarding process and I can’t wait to do more!
What do you hope to accomplish here at Advocate?
Having a background in fashion textile design as
well as art, I hope to bring some more decorative elements to Advocate’s
artwork. There is a lot of correlation between publishing and textiles,
particularly regarding trends and colours. I hope to bring a bit of insight and
stylistic input from the fashion world into the world of publication and
licensing.
What do you like to do in your spare
time?
In my spare time I enjoy going to galleries,
cultural events and language exchange groups. London has so much to offer with
all the great museums, musicals and performances available!