Biography

Alexandra Albertsen is a contemporary Danish/Romanian artist whose work is inspired by her own dreams, fantasy stories and creatures. Each painting is a gate to the fantasy world created, and is guided by the vibrating spirit of Ligia, her alter-ego into the fantasy world of A Sleepy Spirit Art.

Her artworks are defined by vivid and unexpected combination of colors while underneath each shape and line, lies a symbolic meaning. Most of her artworks are inspired by initial sketches with focus on a simple message with a strong impact both visually and emotionally, seeking to guide the viewer into the fantasy world and open their heart to a new and unique way of living and breathing through colors and symbols.

Each piece is a carrousel of dreams and an expansion of the artist’s soul into reality, bringing happiness and opening up for fantasy, not only for the living space itself but also for the viewers visual experience.

Alexandra’s exhibits her work since 2013 in Denmark and her latest feature was into the Visual Art Journal in 2025.

ARTISTS’ STATEMENT & STORY

I’m Alexandra Albertsen — a painter, a dreamer, and someone who has never stopped believing in her dream of showing her art to the whole world. I started creating art because I wanted to show the world how art inspired by dreams looks like.

I left my home, Bucharest, Romania, to study in Denmark. I took with me to Danmark, all my sketches and ideas on paper, including the famous drawing of Ligia and here I started to evolve as an artist, starting to post on my blog, http://www.asleepyspiritart.com. My dream experiences have always been the base of my work along with a deep interest in the moon and the celestial cycles. I am self-taught artist that learns by doing (painting, in my case) and never stops challenging herself.

I paint with acrylic colors on canvas, rocks, wood, cardboard and ceramics. Each small piece of material inspires me to create a fantasy universe. My main themes are darkness and light, especially the infinite connection between the moon and the sun, feminine fairytale figures that represent a life or nature symbol and a slight touch of abstract with deep and sometimes quite funny meanings.

Some people may assume that my works are children’s stories due to the variety of colors used, however they do have a deeper symbolistic meaning, and each painting has its own story to tell, behind the colors and the characters.

I want to be known for being the creator of a fantasy world, called A Sleepy Spirit Art that invites people to experience the art of dreams. My intention is to create an artwork that has a small story, or simply warms up the viewers’ heart with a beautiful feeling. My legacy is the world my dreams painted on artwork with their message and symbolistic meaning.

I wish to inspire future artists to first look into their inner self before they start painting, because they might be surprised of the worlds that lay within their souls.