Alexej Savreux
Poet I Satirist I Journalist I Artist I
theartistalexej@gmail.com
Kansas City, MO
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Technical Theatre & Sound Design, University of Missouri-Kansas City
BA, Communications, cum laude, Ottawa University
Additional training
Kansas City Art Institute
2011 - Photography
The Maryland Hall For the Creative Arts
2001-2002 - Filmmaking, Darkroom Photography
EXPERIENCE
Author, Bottlecap Press - US
CEO & Producer, Brain Sex Records, LLC - Global/Internet
Author, Spartan Press - Kansas City, MO/Global
Sound Technician - A1/A2, Kansas City Fringe Festival - West Bottoms, Kansas City, MO
Lighting Assistant, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory - Kansas City, MO
Lead Artist, Fear No Artist Studio VII - Kansas City, MO
Graphic Artist, Small Time Shirts, LLC - Kansas City, MO
Owner/Operator, Illogical Conceits Publishing & Multimedia - Kansas City, MO
Artist-in-Residence, Unlucky Rabbit Art Studio - Kansas City, MO
Humorist & Graphic Artist, Cracked Magazine - Kansas City, KS
Cyber Artist-in-Residence, Jones Gallery - Kansas City, MO
Contributing Writer/Photojournalist, JAM Magazine - Kansas City, MO
Instructor, Art History, Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center - Mission, KS
Communications Specialist - United Kingdom, Sabati Group
Book Author, Illogical Conceits Publishing & Multimedia - Kansas City, KS
Visual Effects Artist, Revolutionist Projections - Lawrence, KS
Freelance Editorialist, Publisher, & Essayist, Self-Employed - Leawood, KS
A/V Technician, City of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD
Stagehand, Revolta & CO Hardcore and Metalcore Bands - Baltimore MD & CO
Screenwriter, Self-Employed - Annapolis, MD & Colorado Springs, CO
Director, HCR Productions - Annapolis, MD
VOLUNTEER WORK
Studio Artist - Johnson County Developmental Supports - Mission, KS
"Expressions" Art Exhibit Volunteer - The Whole Person - Kansas City, MO
Pro Bono Desktop Publisher & Social Justice Artist - Cosecha KC - Kansas City, MO
OTHER RELEVANT WORK
ESL Consultant - Global Arena - Kansas City, MO
Art Critic/Blogger - Illogical Conceits Art Crit Journal - Global
Special Correspondent - The Kansas City Star - Kansas City, MO
Arts Journalist - The Pitch - Kansas City, MO
Contributor/Arts Journalist (Visual Art/Music) - KC Studio - Kansas City, MO
Collaborator/Contributor - SEAC Journal - Kansas City, MO & Chicago, IL
Advisory Board Member - Kansas City PBS - Kansas City, MO
Artistic Committee Member - Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance - Kansas City, MO
Critic-at-Large, Editor, & Blogger - Illogical Conceits Publishing & Multimedia
Assistant Poetry Editor - No. 1 Literary Journal - Kansas City, MO
Board Member/Artistic Committee Member - NoDivideKC - Kansas City, MO
Judge - Short Fiction Category - 2020 Ageless Authors Competition - Dallas, TX
Committee Member - Expressions 2020 Art Exhibition - The Whole Person - Kansas City, MO
Literary Editor - Poetry/Fiction - 2020 Mind's Eye Literary Magazine - Overland Park, KS
Judge - Humor/Memoir Category - 2019 Ageless Authors Competition - Dallas, TX
Freelance Desktop Publishing & Multimedia Artist - Overland Park, KS
Literary Critic - TidBits of Southern Colorado - Monument, CO
Industrial Painter - Monument Town Hall - Monument, CO
Portrait Artist - 50th Anniversary Festival at The Shelburne Museum - Shelburne, VT
COLLECTED PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS
"Moonshine Ethics For a New Humanity" - Spartan Press - (2025)
"The Neo-Expressionist Mathematica" - Write Brain Publishing (2024)
"Blue Coffee" (chapbook) - Bottlecap Press (2024)
"A Beautiful Headache" - (2018-2024) (in development)
"The Ballad of Lady Vigilance" (poetry) - Spartan Press (2022)
"the arithmetic of <3" - (poetry) - Lulu Publishing (2018)
"Asoak in the Knight's Moat" - (poetry/satire) Independently Published (2017)
"The Symmetry of Schizophrenia and the Anti-Symmetry of Schizophrenic Life" (satire/radio play) - Scholarspace (2014-2016)
"Eat Me & Other Short Poems" (poetry) - Wilshire Press (2015)
"Paragon of Multifaceted Dialectic Cryptography" (thesis) - in development (2013-2014)
"Graffiti on the Window" (poetry) - Illogical Conceits/MinAvenue (2014)
SELECTED INDEPENDENT PUBLICATIONS
CatheXis Northwest Press - (Poetry/Spoken Word)
Kent State University Blog - (Poetry)
Mind's Eye Literary Journal - (Criticism and Poetry)
Ageless Authors - (addendum) (Acknowledgements/Criticism)
Ink & Voices - (Visual Art)
Illogical Conceits Publishing & Multimedia - (Poetry)
Brain Sex Press - (Satire)
The Pitch (Arts Journalism)
The Pikes Peak News - (Arts and culture journalism)
JAM Magazine/Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors (Music Journalism)
City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture - (Literature and mixed media art)
PEER-REVIEWED WORK
Savreux & University of Missouri-Kansas City. (2022). A Representation of Musical Possibilities as Permutations in a Matrix. MOSpace, https://hdl.handle.net/10355/92221 https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/92221
Savreux, A. (2021). A Summarization of the Aspects of The Symmetry of Schizophrenia and the Anti-Symmetry of Schizophrenic Life. MOSpace, https://hdl.handle.net/10355/80822 https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/80822
Savreux, A. (2020). Quantum Consummation. Tommy Aqua’s Journal of Philosophy & Hot Takes, 1, 45–47.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8iygd3bwr51omg/Tommy%20Aqua%27s%20Journal%20Vol%201.pdf
Savreux, Alexej, "UnHiNgEd: The Symmetry of Schizophrenia and the Anti-Symmetry of Schizophrenic Life" (2015). Sociology Student Papers and Presentations. 2. https://scholarspace.jccc.edu/soc_stu_pp/2
Savreux, Alexej, "Meta-Analysis of the Book: "Privilege, Power and Difference" -- A Review of the Dimensions of Institutional Segregation as Psychological Paradox" (2013). Sociology Student Papers and Presentations. 1. https://scholarspace.jccc.edu/soc_stu_pp/1
SELECTED MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS
I Realized Something (2022-2023) - InterUrban ArtHouse - Art Heals 2023 - Special Project - Video Art - Visual Effects Artist/Writer
Music Video For Nebular Blue’s Remedies (2022) - Cinematographer
Kaczynski Composite Sketch - Initial Recordings - Demo (EP) (2021) - Sound Engineer A1
Antigonick (2021) - Zoom Webinar Live Play - University of Missouri-Kansas City Theatre - Sound Designer & Composer - A1
Cabin B-13 (2020) - Radio Play - Kansas City Actor's Theatre - Assistant Sound Designer/Second Sound Engineer - A2
Joy of Life (2020-2021) - Video Art - Video Artist/Filmmaker/Writer
Ok, it’s OK, it’ll be OK (2021) - Short Film - Writer/Self
People Who Get Ph.D.s Have WAY Too Much Time on Their Hands (2019) - Spoken Word / Podcast / Executive Producer
X7A012N (2017) - Illogical Conceits Publishing & Multimedia - Spoken word & Music Composition/Arrangement/Production
Atonement (2013) - Revolutionist Projections - Visual Effects Artist/Executive Producer
Disc of Revelations (2012) - Revolutionist Projections - Visual Effects Artist/Executive Producer/Writer
Arkova (2002) - HCR Productions - Writer/Co-Director/Executive Producer/Actor
ART COLLECTIONS
Mic Czech & thankful 2021 (2020-2021)
Because Art (2020)
A Silent Sermon (2019)
4 tha WORLd (2018)
I.Q. Dope (2018)
Holofrenias cont'd (2018)
Artzkiphasia (2017-2018)
Math Iz the Language of God - Street Art Campaign (2017)
Brains & Pharmaceuticals (2016)
Schizoid Sketches (2014-2015)
Oddskull (2014)
Tha Neo-Expressionist Mathematicae Notion (2014)
MURAL WORK
Circle of Light (w/ Michael Toombs) - Interactive Digital Community Mural - Internet
Obey - An Homage to Shepard Fairey - Unlucky Rabbit Art Studio - Kansas City, MO
detail work
Eating Vegetables & Contemplating Forms - Mission, KS
GALLERY SHOWINGS
Beco-se of You - 2025 - The Waiting Room Gallery - Kansas City, MO
Art Heals Exhibit - 2023 - Centerpieces For Social Justice - InterUrban ArtHouse - Overland Park, KS
Temporalis Rite - Video Art - 2021 - Beco Gallery - Kansas City, MO
KCAC Art For All 2020 - October/November 2020 - Kansas City, MO
Salon Show - August/September 2020 - Beco Gallery - Kansas City, MO
"Faith" Art Show Dec - 2019 / Jan 2020 - El-Scari Harvey Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Abstract Art Show August 2019 Gallery Showing - El-Scari Harvey Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO
July First Friday's Gallery Art Show - 2019 - The MOD Gallery - Kansas City, MO
May First Friday's Gallery Art Show - 2019 - The MOD Gallery - Kansas City, MO
Expressions 2019 Art Exhibit - Jury Selection - Kansas City Young Audiences, Kansas City, MO
February 2019 First Friday's Gallery Showing - Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Artist's Member Holiday Showcase - 2018 - InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS
October First Friday's Gallery Showing - 2018 - Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
ART SHOWS
2021 - Kansas City Fringe Festival - Visual Arts - International/Kansas City, MO
2021 - JCCC Video Installation Exhibit, "Joy of Life" - Overland Park, KS
2020 Kansas City Artist Coalition Annual Art Auction - Kansas City, MO
2020 Kansas City Fringe Festival - Visual Arts - online - Kansas City, MO
2020 - First Friday's Unlucky Rabbit Art Studio Debut Opening Show - Kansas City, MO
2019 - 29th Annual UNPlaza Art Fair - Spoken Word Artist - Kansas City, MO
2019 Our Lady of Good Counsel Art Fair - Kansas City, MO
2019 KC Zine Con - Kansas City, MO
2019 Main Street Music Festival - Kansas City, MO
2019 Kansas City Fringe Festival (visual arts) - Kansas City, MO
2018 Annual Activity Scholarship Fundraiser - Shawnee, KS
2018 Our Lady of Good Counsel Art Fair - Kansas City, MO
2018 Midwest Ability Summit - Overland Park, KS
2018 Kansas City Fringe Festival (visual arts) - Kansas City, MO
2018 Open Air Art Exhibition (w/ Darkhand Artisanz) - Kansas City, MO
2017 Midwest Ability Summit - Overland Park, KS
2016 Annual Activity Scholarship Fundraiser - Shawnee, KS
2016 Midwest Ability Summit - Overland Park, KS
2015 Annual Activity Scholarship Fundraiser Art Show - Shawnee, KS
2015 KC Ability Expo - Overland Park, KS
2014 Annual Activity Scholarship Fundraiser Art Show - Olathe, KS
FILM FESTIVALS
2021 Kansas City Underground Film Festival - Charlotte Street Foundation - Kansas City, MO - Official Selection - Joy of Life
2021 Kansas City Fringe Virtual Film Festival - Kansas City, MO - Joy of Life/Ok, it's Ok, it'll be Ok
2020 Kansas City Fringe Virtual Film Festival - Kansas City, MO - Because Art
PROFESSIONAL/EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ArtsKC
Buttonwood Art Space
City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture [Literature & Media Arts]
Fear No Artist Studio VII
InterUrban ArtHouse
Kansas City Artists Coalition
Kansas City Electronic Music & Arts Alliance
The Kansas City Star
KC Studio
Nelson-Atkins Artist File Initiative
The Sourze Entertainment Agency
Troost Market Collective
LECTURES
Guest Lecturer - Redefining Literary Criticism - Johnson County Public Library - Overland Park, Kansas
Guest Lecturer - What is Generative AI? - Johnson County Public Library - Overland Park, Kansas
Panelist - Generative AI and the Future of Language - Johnson County Public Library - Overland Park, Kansas
Visiting Artist - Kansas City Art Institute - Kansas City, MO
Panelist - AI Labor Force Discussion -- The Chicago Council on Global Affairs - Chicago, IL
Guest Lecturer - University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - Department of Neurology - Kansas City, MO
Presenter - Is There Such a Thing as an Objective Translation? -- 2021 University of Missouri-Kansas City SGS [Symposium] -- Kansas City, MO & UMKC A/V Archives
Guest Lecturer - Johnson County Mental Health Center & CSS - Mission, KS
Visiting Artist - Johnson County Mental Health Center - Mission, KS
Guest Lecturer - Johnson County Community College - Active Minds - Overland Park, KS
Panelist - Cleveland University-Kansas City - Overland Park, KS
Visiting Artist/Teaching Artist - Johnson County Developmental Supports - Mission & Lenexa, KS
Art History Instructor - Sylvester Powell Jr Community Center - Mission, KS
Guest Lecturer - Cleveland University-Kansas City - Overland Park, KS
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Microsoft Office Suite, FinalDraft, FinalCut FinalCutPro, Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCAD, Pro Tools, GarageBand, Audacity, Logic, QLab, and RAW
AWARDS & HONORS
2025 - Heartland Arts Fellowship - HE[ART]LAND Arts Fellow - Satire & Literature
2022 - NEA Centerpieces for Social Justice - Special Project Grant - Literature and Humanities Designation - National Endowment for the Arts
2021 - Audience Choice Awards - Favorite Spoken Word Film -"Joy of Life/Ok it's Ok it'll be Ok" Kansas City Fringe Film Festival
2021 - 2021 Shakespeare Poetry Prize Winner
2020 - Rocket Relief Grant - Charlotte Street Foundation - Multimedia Art/Literature
2020 - The Pitch's Best of Kansas City - Like, Totally KC - Top 3 Finalist - Best Poet/Spoken Word Artist
2020 - University of Missouri-Kansas City - Best Poet Competition - 4th Place
2019 - The Pitch's Best of Kansas City - Guide to the GalaK.C. - Finalist - Best Local Artist (Living in KC)
2019 - University of Kansas Small Business Center Grant Recipient - Visual Arts Practice
2019 - Award & Honorarium - 2019 Expressions Art Exhibit Spoken Word Artist
2018 - Finalist - 2018 Red City Review Literary Contest - the arithmetic of the heart (Poetry)
2018 - 3rd Place - Kansas City Fringe Festival Iron Artist Competition
2018 - Appointment - City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture - Representative to Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Boston, MA - Literature/Media Arts (appointment 2018-2026) - Boston, MA
2018 - Artist’s Certificate, City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture [Literature/Media Arts]
2016 - Top 10 Winner - 2016 Writer's Digest International Poetry Awards
2015 - National Indie Poetry Finalist - Graffiti on the Window
2015 - Finalist - 2015 Red City Review Literary Contest - Graffiti on the Window (Poetry)
2002 - The Washington Post Local Review - (feature & review) - Directorial, DP, & Production Work
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