Alexander Augustus
Alexander Augustus (born Cardiff, 1988) is a visual artist, known predominantly for the A Dangerous Figure series[1] and the OH MY GOD sculpture and film series.[2] Alexander had his first solo show at Somerset House at the age of 24,[3] before co-founding the visual art studio The Bite Back Movement, launching a career which mainly spans South Korea, the UK and Germany.[citation needed] Alexander has been represented by Beaux Arts Gallery (Mayfair, London) since 2017[4] where he is regularly exhibited alongside other associated artists such as Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Henry Moore, Elizabeth Frink, David Bomberg, Jacob Epstein, and Walter Sickert.[5]
Early life & Career[edit]
Born in Cardiff, UK, Alexander moved to Brighton aged 3 with his family. Alexander started his career in the arts early, moving to the U.S. at the age of 19 to intern as a designer at The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., where he also studied sculpture.[6] During this year Alexander visited New York city to assist in installing exhibitions for the nonprofit arts organisation No Longer Empty, working with contemporary artists such as Cal Lane and Jordan Seiler.[7]
Alexander was trained in Anthropology, Art History and Archaeology at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, at the University of East Anglia, before studying an MA in Spatial Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Between 2011 and 2013 Alexander worked on the EUPA project, designing installations and artworks for Camden and Islington local councils, Eurostar, Argent Group, and the cities of Jesolo (Italy) and Maribor (Slovenia).[8][9]
Career[edit]
At the age of 24 Alexander exhibited his first solo show at Somerset House, being one of the youngest visual artists historically to have been invited to show at the London Gallery. The artwork, titled A Dangerous Figure : Young and Unemployed in the UK (2013), was funded by O2 : Telefonica[10] and involved the participation of over 10,000 young unemployed people in the UK.[3] Following the show's success, Alexander's work was featured on the cover of Art Monthly Magazine, was featured in Frieze Magazine[11] and became a viral article in The Verge. In the following year Don't Panic Magazine sponsored a UK-wide series of urban installations and released over 15,000 posters of the project in their magazines.[12]
In 2012 Alexander co-founded The Bite Back Movement,[13] an art and design studio which functions mainly between South Korea and the UK. The studio is best known for its artwork relating to social issues such as employment rights and religion.[14][15] The Dajeon Culture and Arts Foundation selected The Bite Back Movement as one of the resident artists of Daejeon Temi Art Center for 2015,[16] and as part of that residency, the Daejeon Temi Art Center exhibited their work that year.[17] 2015 also saw The Bite Back Movement exhibited in the grand opening of the Asian Culture Centre (Gwangju South Korea) alongside artists such as Lim Oksang, Lu Yang and Wan Lee. In 2016 The Bite Back Movement were selected to exhibit at La Nuit De L'Instant, Les Ateliers de l'Image, Centre Photographique de Marseille, in France, alongside artists such as Nan Goldin. The Bite Back Movement have also been exhibited at Seoul Culture Station 284,[18] Tate Modern and featured in biennales such as Gwangju, Daegu and Cheongju.[19]{[dead link}}
in 2016 Alexander became an artist fellow at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (Germany),[20] and in 2020 an artist fellow of Seoul National Museum of Art (SeMA, Korea).[21]
In 2016 Alexander became a Lecturer of Art History at Digital Chosun Ilbo school (Seoul, South Korea).[citation needed]
As of November 2018, Alexander's solo work has been exhibited thrice in London Art Fair.[22][23]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Alexander Augustus: A Dangerous Figure | Art in London". Time Out London. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "Speisekino Moabit 2017 #13 / Food & Footage - ZK/U Berlin". www.zku-berlin.org. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Souppouris, Aaron (2013-07-25). "'A Dangerous Figure': this is the face of Britain's unemployed youth". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "Vertretende Künstler bei Beaux Arts auf artnet". www.artnet.de. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "Artists". www.beauxartslondon.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ https://www.alexanderaugustus.com/
- ↑ "No Longer Empty". nolongerempty. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "EUPA publication". Smallfury. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "EU-PA - Urban interventions". Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "Machen". Think Big - Telefónica o2 (in Deutsch). 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ Mills, Jack. "A Dangerous Figure | Frieze". Frieze. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "A Dangerous Figure". Don't Panic UK. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "The Bite Back Movement". thebitebackmovement.com. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "TBBM". A R T I C U L A T E. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ https://www.alexanderaugustus.com/
- ↑ 최, 신웅 (2014-12-31). "대전문화재단, 테미예술창작센터 입주예술가 선정" [Daejeon Cultural Foundation Selects Resident Artists]. 대전일보 (in 한국어). 대전일보. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ↑ "대전테미예술창작센터 <2015 프리뷰> 전시 개최" [Exhibition held at Daejeon Temi Art Center <2015 Preview>] (Press release) (in 한국어). Daejeon Cultural Foundation. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ↑ "대전테미예술창작센터". www.temi.or.kr (in 한국어). Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ 권세진 (2016-11-15). "Y.A.P 15 'The Twinkle World', Exco, Daegu 2015.11.4-11.8". egloos.zum.com (in 한국어). Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ "Stipendiaten 2016 - Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen". Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ Nanji, Sema (April 8, 2020). "Seoul National Museum of Art Korea (SeMA)". SeMA. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Beaux Arts London". London Art Fair. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ↑ https://www.alexanderaugustus.com/
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