Artist Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves first went public with their relationship in 2019.
Grant, 50, is a visual artist whose works have been exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles, Paris, and New York.
Here's an overview of Grant's life and career.
Visual artist Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves first went public with their relationship during a red carpet appearance in 2019.
The two, who were friends for years before they started dating, previously attended public events together, and even collaborated on several books. The duo also cofounded a publishing house together.
Grant herself is a celebrated painter and multimedia artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles, Paris, New York, and other cities. In addition to visual art, she also founded a charitable organization that raises funds for arts-based non-profits.
Here's everything you need to know about Grant.
She's a visual artist whose work has been widely exhibited.
According to her website, Grant is a visual artist who explores "the use of text and language in various media," including "painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and photography." Grant's art has been written about in publications like the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and Artforum.
The artist has exhibited her work at a variety of galleries and institutions, including ones in Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore, and Paris. Several of her works are also included in museum collections around the world.
Per her website, Grant has won several awards, including a grant from the Pollock-Krasner foundation, and the COLA individual artist fellowship.
Grant founded a charitable organization that helps fund arts-based non-profits.
According to her website, in 2008 Grant founded the grantLove project, "an artist-owned and operated project that produces and sells original artworks and editions to benefit artist projects and arts non-profits."
She's based in Los Angeles, but has lived all over the world.
Based in Los Angeles, Grant has also lived in several other countries throughout her life, including Mexico, France, and Spain.
The artist can also apparently officiate weddings.
According to an Instagram post of hers from August 2019,Grant officiated a wedding in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
She also posted a photo of her clergy badge to Instagram earlier that month.
Grant frequently collaborates with other artists and writers.
Per her website, Grant has worked with author Michael Joyce, artist Channing Hansen, and philosopher Hélène Cixous, among others.
She and Reeves have been friends for several years, and have worked together on past projects.
Grant and Reeves are frequent collaborators, and have reportedly been friends since 2011, when the artist illustrated Reeves' book "Ode to Happiness," published that year. She also illustrated his book "Shadows" from 2016.
Additionally, the duo co-founded X Artists' Books in 2017, an art-book publishing house that aims to produce "thoughtful, high-quality, artist-centered books that fit within and between genres."
They were first spotted together at Miami's Art Basel in 2016, and have since appeared in public together a handful of times.
After attending Art Basel together in 2016, Grant and Reeves have attended numerous public events together, including the launch of X Artists' Books in 2017, and a benefit for the MOCA in May. The duo even held hands while at the Saint Laurent men's fashion show in Malibu in July 2019.
Grant and Reeves have kept their relationship largely under wraps.
Since debuting their relationship status on the red carpet in 2019 , the two have only appeared together publicly a handful of times, most recently in April 2023.
Neither Grant nor Reeves share a lot of intimate details about their romance in interviews, but their responses to occasional questions about their partner suggest that they're in a happy, healthy, and creatively fulfilling relationship.
But the artist shared in September 2023 that she and Reeves inspire one another creatively.
Grant said building her career before meeting Reeves made it easier for her to share the spotlight.
"The good news about falling in love as an adult is that I had built my own career by the time that my relationship had begun. I feel very confident in the relationship on the red carpet. I feel confident on it alone," she told People.
Grant also praised Reeves' creativity, and said it inspires her own creative process.
"What I love about Keanu and our exchange is that we're pushing each other to build new roads. Seeing the other person's problem-solving is inspiring, like, 'Oh, well, okay, this one, that's a cul-de-sac. How do I try this other thing?'" she said, adding of Reeves: "He's such an inspiration to me. He's so creative, he's so kind. He works so hard."
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