b. 1993, Lagos, Nigeria
Lives and works in London, UK
Alexander Ikhide is a multidisciplinary visual artist working in photography, collage (analogue/digital), painting and drawing, exploring ideas of the body as well as a merging of photography and painting to produce mixed media works on paper. Through a method of gestural abstraction and mark making with paint, reminiscent of abstract expressionism. The tensions that arise between photography and painting as both distinct forms of representation in art become blurred and indistinguishable. By disrupting an expectant representation of the figurative in his work, and instead opting for a more investigative narrative into an interiority that is fundamentally human and of shared experience, tapping into the subconscious and conscious drives that are both visceral and intuitive in nature to explore new forms and approaches to image making.
EDUCATION
2022 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 BA (Hons) Contemporary Art & Professional Studies, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
EXHIBITIONS
2022 In Conversation, Shapero Rare Books Gallery, London, UK
2021 KingDom, Arts Hub Studios, London, UK
2018 Afropunk x 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Zine Launch Exhibition, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London, UK
2017 Diaspora Dialogue, Winn’s Gallery, London, UK
2017 Unhinged: Ain’t I Beautiful? III, Project Mission Gallery, London, UK
2017 People of Colour : Colouring, Forty Seven Ldn Gallery, London, UK
2014 Past, Present, Future, AACDD (African and Afro Caribbean Design Diaspora) Festival, London Design Festival, Oxo Tower, London, UK
2014 The Lonely Londoners: Keep the water Coloured, Trispace Gallery, London, UK
2013 Moving on, AACDD (African and Afro Caribbean Design Diaspora) Festival, London Design Festival, Oxo Tower, London, UK
AWARDS
2021 Imperial College EDI Portrait Prize
COMMISSIONS
2021 Black Britain : Writing Back, Penguin Books UK, Cover Art Commission
2020 Kensington and Chelsea Art Week (KCAW) x High Street Windows, Window Installation
2018 AFROPUNK x 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning : People – Art – Resistance, Zine Commission
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Musée Magazine, Issue No.25 - Curation, New York, United States
2020 Portrait of Humanity Vol 2, Hoxton Mini Press, London, UK