Alejandra Salinas Pérez is a metalsmith and contemporary jeweler who creates objects and jewelry that draw from her experiences as a Mexican woman living in the United States, her childhood and formative years in Monterrey, Mexico, and her complex relationship with assimilation while raising her children in Texas. Standing between two cultures, she explores how culture, language, traditions, and family histories are preserved and passed from one generation to the next. Themes of motherhood, care, and cultural inheritance inform a practice rooted in storytelling and lived experience. As a mother and community arts educator, she approaches making as a means of connection and cultural preservation. Her work has been exhibited in Under Fire 3, The Earring Show, Wear/Ware, Alchemy 5, Metal Complexions, and La Frontera. She earned her BFA in Metals from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Her work examines what is lost, preserved, adapted, and carried forward in the process of building a life between cultures.

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