Who is Alexandra Grant? Career and relationships explored as visual artist spotted with partner Keanu Reeves in London

Alexandra Grant, 52, was spotted enjoying a lunch date with her boyfriend, Keanu Reeves, 60, in London. With wide smiles on their faces, the loving couple had delectable oysters and sashimi at Mayfair's Scott's seafood restaurant on April 6.

Netizens are swooning over the couple's gentle PDA as pictures making rounds on social media show them sharing a kiss and holding hands. While Grant and Reeves usually keep their relationship away from the limelight, fans are elated to see glimpses of their rare date in London.

Seeing the actor and his girlfriend having a PDA-filled great time, netizens are keen to know more about Alexandra Grant. According to her Instagram bio, she is a "Los Angeles and Berlin-based visual artist." She has been romantically involved with Keanu since 2011, as per a People Magazine report.

Everything we know about Alexandra Grant

As a professional visual artist, one of Grant's focuses is working with texts and language through different media forms such as video, painting, sculpture, and more, according to Wikipedia. In the past, she has professionally collaborated with the John Wick star. According to People Magazine, they worked on Ode to Happiness together. She curated the eye-catching illustrations for the actor's debut as a writer.

A few years later, they joined hands again. In 2016, Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves collaborated on the art book Shadows. She contributed by clicking 54 pictures for this book.

Recalling her experience of photographing Keanu and his movements, Grant shared,

"No one can move the way he can. He's a really extreme performer," according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.

The skillful visual artist further continued,

"That's a huge piece of why those images are so interesting. I knew that if I moved the camera as we danced together, as photographer and subject, we could create these wonderful optical illusions."

From a platonic friendship to a romantic relationship with business partners, they partnered for different phases of their lives. Along with Alexandra Grant, Keanu Reeves launched a publishing company named X Artists' Books in 2017. According to the publishing house's official website, its emphasis is on "thoughtful, high-quality, artist-centered books that fit within and between genres."

Apart from the actor, Grant has collaborated with renowned personalities from different spheres of life. She has worked with Hélène Cixous and Michael Joyce.

Her impressive professional achievements include teaching students as a college professor. In 2009, she joined Pasadena's ArtCenter College of Design as an adjunct professor. She worked there until 2011. Meanwhile, in 2010, Alexandra also worked at Cal State Northridge for an MFA seminar.

In 2013, Alexandra Grant shifted to the Pacific Northwest College of Art's Distance MFA program. She worked there as a mentor until the next year. In 2015, she was hired at Syracuse University for the same job. Interestingly, both her parents were professors.

Though Alexandra and Keanu started dating years ago, they publicized their relationship officially in 2019 at the LACMA Art + Film Gala. Walking hand in hand, they attended the event and shared their wonderful news with the world. After their grand debut on the red carpet together, an insider revealed to People Magazine,

"Keanu wants to openly share his life with her."

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In a conversation with Vogue, Alexandra Grant expressed her thoughts about letting everyone know that she is dating her boyfriend.

"I think every single person I knew called me in the first week of November, and that's fascinating, but the question I've been asking in all of this is: 'What is the opportunity for good?'".

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