Alessandra Albin
DÉJAME que te cuente
Exhibition Details
On view
October 26, 2026 – January 14, 2027
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 10 AM–5 PM
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 5, 2026
6:00–9:00 PM
Artist Talk with Alessandra Albin
TBD
Location
Galeria Casa Mexico
Consulate General of Mexico
3200 Rogerdale Rd, Houston, TX 77042
Déjame que te cuente… [Let Me Tell You…] is an invitation to draw near, to observe, and to listen.
The work of Alessandra Albin stems from a constant exploration of the human figure, memory, and what remains when something appears incomplete. Her characters do not seek to recount a story from beginning to end; rather, they emerge as fragments—a gesture, a posture, a gaze, an absence. Each one holds something within, while simultaneously inviting us to complete its narrative.
Born in Mexico City to Italian parents, Albin carries an identity shaped by both Mexico and a profound European heritage. This coexistence of cultures manifests naturally in her visual language, which resonates with echoes of ancient forms of representation—from Mexican *amate* (bark paper art) and Byzantine icons to Roman frescoes—all while remaining deeply contemporary.
A multidisciplinary artist fully committed to her practice, Albin works across sculpture, painting, drawing, and installation. In *Déjame que te cuente…*, she presents sculptures in bronze and other materials, inks and paintings on panel, as well as multimedia works and installations.
In her work, a crack does not necessarily signify a rupture, and a fragment does not represent something in need of repair. The incomplete can, in fact, contain its own totality.
Albin works like an archaeologist of memory. She constructs characters that seem to have existed long before we stood before them. Some appear vulnerable; others are silent, ironic, or contemplative. Her figures have no need to raise their voices.
They speak to us through gesture.
*Déjame que te cuente…* proposes precisely that: pausing before the work long enough to allow a conversation to begin.
Alessandra Albin's work can be viewed at www.alessandraalbin.com
and at Silver Street Studios, Houston.
In her studio at Houston's Silver Street Studios, sculptor and painter Alessandra Albin works like an archaeologist of memory: “Each character I sculpt or paint is a shard, part of a vessel that once held something whole.” Her work honors the power of absence, where cracks are revered rather than hidden, and loss itself becomes presence.
Sculptures such as Nia (wood), On and Off (gesso impalmato torso), and Cap (sculpture of a man in a suit wearing a cap) are not broken things awaiting repair, they are complete in their incompletion.Born in Mexico City to Italian parents, Albin carries a diasporic legacy reaching Italy, Austria, Germany, and the Czech lands. Working in bronze, terracotta, stone, gesso, light metals, and ink on wood, she renders the human form in its gestures, reaches, folds, and silences. Trained at La Esmeralda and the Centro Universitario de Teatro, she brings a performer's ear and a director's eye to her sculpture; her figures murmur rather than shout.Her work has been shown at the Holocaust Museum Houston and across the city, winning Second Place at Archway Gallery's 14th Annual Juried Exhibition (2022) and Honorable Mention at its 17th Annual Exhibition (2025). Her solo show Let Me Tell You a Story…(December 2024) recalled Mexican amates, Byzantine icons, and Roman frescoes. In 2026, she has participated in two exhibitions at Silver Street Studios, and her work is currently on view at its East Gallery in “Houston Plays the World.”
