Alex Coma

Alex Coma’s multidisciplinary practice investigates the architecture of the unconscious, alchemical transmutation, and the liminal thresholds of perception. Operating within the conceptual framework of the "Blue Hour"; the twilight convergence between waking rationality and the nocturnal psyche - Coma translates rigorous meditative inquiry and depth psychology into physical form. Rather than treating the esoteric as mere subject, the work approaches sacred geometry, cosmic cycles, and archetype as structural languages capable of mapping the invisible forces governing collective existence.

Bridging classical rigor with elemental materiality, Coma’s paintings and sculptures deploy Renaissance chiaroscuro across raw silk, steel panels, and mineral substrates. The integration of rare, labor-intensive pigments; most notably hand-ground lapis lazuli, treats the studio process as an operative alchemy where matter and perception transform simultaneously. Within these compositions, sacred architectures, celestial mechanics, and cosmological figures such as the sky deity Nuit function as ontological portals that interrogate material ephemerality and the cycles of dissolution and renewal.

Expanding into site-specific installations, Coma reconfigures the exhibition space into a total ritual vessel. Synthesizing raw earth, sculptural monoliths, engineered soundscapes, and bespoke botanical olfaction within precise geometries, these environments engage the somatic body to construct contemplative thresholds where the intimate psyche confronts the vast, impersonal rhythms of the cosmos.


Alex Coma is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist based in Courtenay, British Columbia, working across oil painting, sculpture, and multisensory installation. He holds a BFA in Studio Arts and Photography from Concordia University (Montreal) and is a graduate of the Montreal Fine Arts Academy. Selected institutional and gallery presentations include his solo exhibition Aeon of the Black Sun at the Comox Valley Art Gallery (2026), Real Fiction at Centre des arts actuels Skol (2024), and Tabula Rasa at Galerie Popop (2022, curated by Rad Hourani). In 2023, he founded Roze Umbra, an international research platform and grant initiative whose archival podcast (The Blue Hour) features long-form dialogues with figures including sculptor David Altmejd and ambient pioneer Laraaji.