Alexandra Grant explores of the use of text and language in various media—painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and photography—probes ideas of translation, identity, dis/location, and social responsibility. Grant regularly collaborates with other artists, writers, and philosophers, resulting in creations that embody the synergy between words and visuals.

She has exhibited at international institutions such as the Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA (2023); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA (2016); 20th Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala (2016); The Broad Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2014); The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD (2007); and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA (2007). Her work has been written about in the Los Angeles Times, White Hot Magazine, Frieze, Art in America, and Artforum amongst others. Awards include the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her works are included in museum collections such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; the Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA; and the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.