Image credit: Laurin Gutwin
Midpoint II has been selected for the Wells Art Contemporary 2020 (virtual) exhibition launching this October.
Congratulations to all the artists who have been shortlisted. Alex is looking forward to seeing/ sharing/ being a part of the line up.
Painted musings/ selected studies from Alex’s adapted kitchen corner.
SOLD - huge thanks to the generosity of the buyer!
Surface I (left), Surface II (above), 2020
Watercolour and pencil on translucent paper/ Aquarell und Stift auf Transparentpapier, 17 x 12cm
Surface IV (above), Surface VI (right), 2020
Starting sketches, new series, collecting transient observations, investigating the spectacle and non-reveal of human trace.
Discarded Landscape I, 2020
Watercolour, pencil and pastel pencil on recycled packaging/ Aquarell, Stift und Pastellstift auf recycelten Verpackungen, 18.5 x 34cm Private Collection
Further studies, ‘on the brink’, hovering, suspended, transitional tensions - the Midpoint series #artistsupportpledge
Midpoint IV, 2020
Watercolour and pencil on translucent paper/ Aquarell und Stift auf Transparentpapier, 23 x 15cm
Midpoint VIII C, 2020
Watercolour, pencil and pastel pencil on translucent paper/ Aquarell, Stift und Pastelstift auf Transparentpapier, 23 x 15cm Private Collection
Midpoint VI B, 2020 Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper, 24 x 17cm
SOLD - huge thanks to the generosity of the buyer!
Credit: Matthew Robertson
Alex’s work, Midpoint VI B, 2020 joins the international online exhibition/ auction launching on Monday 8 June 2020 for three weeks. Through a shared love of visual art, the showcase and silent auction, Choose Art | Give Light to Refugees invites all international art patrons, curators, gallerists and art lovers alike to attend and help raise funds to support refugees affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
All funds received from the sales of artworks will be donated directly to the pioneering charity organisation helprefugees.org
Registrations and viewing of all artworks will be available from Monday June 8 2020 via the auction website app.galabid.com/choose art/info
To follow the benefit auction please follow Instagram: @ngartcreativeresidency @chooselove
#artistsupportpledge £200/ €200 each (unframed) plus P&P - please DM if interested.
Midpoint VII D, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper, 24 x 17cm (top left) - SOLD.
Midpoint VII C, 2020. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 24 x 17cm (top right)
Midpoint V, 2020. Watercolour, pencil and pastel pencil on paper, 24 x 20cm (second row left) - private collection.
Midpoint VI A, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper 24 x 17cm (second row right) - SOLD
Midpoint VI B, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper, 24 x 17cm (third row bottom left) - part of Choose Art | Give Light to Refugees, the international online exhibition/ auction launching on Monday 8 June 2020. Artwork available for sale via the silent auction. To follow the benefit auction please visit @ngartcreativeresidency @chooselove - SOLD.
Midpoint VI C, 2020. Watercolour and ink on paper, 24 x 17cm (third row right) - private collection.
Midpoint VI D, 2020. Watercolour, ink and pastel pencil on paper, 17 x 17cm (bottom left) - private collection.
Midpoint VIII A, 2020. Watercolour, ink, wax and pastel pencil on paper, 21.5 x 17cm (bottom right) - SOLD.
Although I cannot access my studio at present (DE's sensible guidelines) I hope to create some sketches, doodles, works on paper at home & add to the support of this brilliant idea over the coming weeks. Thank you @matthewburrowsstudio for your collective insight & generous spirit.
#GuteGesundheit #artistsupportpledge #artists #kunst
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#Repost @matthewburrowsstudio
Yesterday I instigated the #artistsupportpledge
Within hours I had multiple pledges and hope to be able to report the first completion today. It's a simple concept, you post images of your work you are willing to sell for no more than £200/ €200 each (not including shipping). Every time you reach £1000/ €1000 of sales you pledge to buy another artist's work for £200/ €200.
This creates a small but dynamic market where all can contribute whatever their level of success. This is a culture dependent on the honesty and generosity of our artistic communities at every level. So, make a pledge, post your work with the #artistsupportpledge Please repost this and make a pledge. I look forward to seeing your work.
@matthewburrowsstudio #supportartists #art #culture #kunst #generosity #artists #artworld #artcommunities #artistsupportpledge #artistcommunities
WIP Alex Roberts Studio. Photo credits, Laurin Gutwin & Tudoran Andrei
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#painting #transparency #layers #colour #playwithpaint #paintedmarkmaking #immediacyofmarks #encounters #transient #perceivedidentity #humantrace #palpableessence #humantangibility #figurativepainting
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Summer is here, atelier doors are open!
Alex is pleased to be showing new works, part of KUNST: OFFENE in Marzahn-Hellersdorf on Sunday 16 June 2019 at the Altes Kesselhaus. The open studios, workshops and galleries day is open 10 - 6 with free entry.
Alex nimmt teil am Tag der offenen Ateliers, Werkstätten und Galerien in Marzahn-Hellersdorf am Sonntag, den 16. Juni 2019, 10 - 18 Uhr - der Eintritt ist frei.
The Kesselhaus is located amid Berlin’s secluded Lichtenberg/ Marzahn-Hellersdorf borders, just off Beilsteiner Str. please see detailed directions. The converted retreat houses a collective of approx. 14+ artists, performers and musicians who are opening their doors to offer an opportunity to see their work, chat and enjoy some ‘al fresco’ downtime. For further info please visit the FB event page
For those interested to see Alex’s new paintings but are unable to attend, please get in touch to arrange an alternative studio visit.
Photography credits: Laurin Gutwin.
Thanks to FAD Magazine and Tabish Khan for listing Happy Hour as their TOP 7 MAY exhibitions to visit. The exhibition has been extended until 9 July. Please contact Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery for viewings.
Image credit Alex Roberts, image use courtesy of Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.
Artists’ Talk: Saturday 27 April 1-3pm RESERVE a place
Curated by EKCO London/Roberto Ekholm at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, 2 Melior Place, London SE1 3SZ
Opening hours: Fridays 12-5pm, Saturdays 12-4pm, or by appointments.
Swipe left/right to view the documented carousel. Image credits: Laurin Gutwin, selected photos courtesy of Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.
The Curator’s Salon recommends - full review FAD Magazine and others list
Curated by EKCO London | Roberto Ekholm
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London Bridge), 2 Melior Place, London, SE1 3SZ
HAPPY HOUR brings together eight artists to exhibit at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery's London Bridge project space.
The Melior Place project space is housed within the building's glasshouse architecture and reverberates with the city's unique histories and energy. Sculpture, painting and video work are installed throughout the building to activate a dialogue between the artworks and the architectural space.
HAPPY HOUR allows us to glimpse a space of possibility between work, leisure and the domestic, an example of how this performative cross-boundary 'being-together' can come about through the communal or collective.
From origins dating back to the USS Arkansas American Navy in 1913, the term 'happy hour' derived from The Happy Hour Social, a place for those on board to drink, box and dance. The club addressed the very real need for conviviality, escapism and release from workaday realities.
By the same token, HAPPY HOUR offers a similar invitation to let loose and unwind, and to explore what connects the worlds of politics, work and pleasure.
“Your work was one of 421 selected out of an incredible 5366 entries. You can view the entire long list here on Jackson’s Competitions website.
The long list will now be presented to our expert panel of judges who will decide upon the Shortlist. This Shortlist will be announced on Friday 12th April.
Public voting for the People’s Choice Award closes on Wednesday 24th April”.
Please take a few minutes to register and vote here”.
Follow the progress via:
Facebook: Jackson's Art Supplies
Instagram: @jacksons_art @jacksons_competitions
Twitter: @jacksonsarttalk
10 Uhr, 11B nach London I, 2018. Pigment, oil, pastel pencil on silk, 80 x 70cm. Image credit: Laurin Gutwin
Stockpile exhibition at Drawing Projects UK continues until 23 December. Opening hours on Saturdays from 12-4pm and Sundays from 11am-1pm, by appointment, and during events
Images below, courtesy of Drawing Projects UK, Michael Angove, Sandra Porter and Pauline Scott Garrett.
Artists’ work, in view (left to right): Sandra Porter & Pauline Scott Garrett, Carole Pearson & Neil Fuller, Michael Angove, Mike Collier & Alex Roberts, Alex Roberts, Mairead McClean, Mairead McClean, Anita Taylor, Michael Angove & Mike Collier, Mike Collier, Carole Pearson, Eleanor Bartlett.
10 Uhr, 11B nach London VI, 2018. Image credit: Laurin Gutwin
This new and last study from Alex’s nach London series is included in the Painting Open.
Launching: Deptford Main Event Preview, Thursday 6th December 2018 from 18:00 with complementary rickshaws between galleries.
Closing Party: Saturday 15th December, 14:00 - 18:00 with complementary rickshaws again! Thanks to Anthology.
Opening Times
no format Gallery
7 - 9th Dec 13:00 - 18:00, 13 - 16th Dec 13:00 - 18:00
Deptford does Art Gallery
Wednesday - Sunday, 12.00 - 20:00.
For further information please visit the SFSA website
10Uhr, 11B nach London II, 2017. Image credit: Laurin Gutwin
“Stockpile is our Christmas exhibition - opening on Saturday 8 December from 10am to 5pm as part of Explore Art Trowbridge, when our studio residents will also take over The Drawing Centre Project Space for a pop up show.
Stockpile showcases work by a range of artists and makers and includes ceramics, collage, drawings, paintings, prints and sculpture by Michael Angove, Eleanor Bartlett, Hannah Beickhorasani, Mike Collier, Alice Couttoupes, Yvonne Crossley, Gerry Davies, Wayne Elkins, Neill Fuller, Kendra Gare, Jin Eui Kim, Anthony Mansfield, Mairead McClean, Geraldine Pictor, Sandra Porter, Grahame Riley, Alex Roberts, Andrew Roberts, Pauline Scott Garrett, Philippa Sutherland, Anita Taylor, Sally Taylor, Michele Whiting.
Explore Art Trowbridge (EAT) is a collaboration between Town Hall Arts, Drawing Projects UK, Court Street Gallery and Trowbridge Museum. EAT aims to showcase the amazing and growing cultural and artistic offer in Trowbridge, the county town of Wiltshire, and takes place three times per year.
Stockpile is open on Saturdays from 12-4pm, Sundays from 11am-1pm, by appointment, and during events at Drawing Projects UK until 23 December 2018. Works are for sale and Studio Cafe will be open throughout. Drawing Projects UK is a non-profit initiative and any proceeds from sales support our programmes.
We look forward to welcoming you to Drawing Projects UK”. Drawing Projects UK
Alex has a new work included in this painting open.
Deptford Main Event Preview: Thursday 6th December 2018 from 18:00 with complementary rickshaws between galleries. For further information please visit the SFSA website
The Berlin exhibition and Painters in Conversation programme will be documented with a photo gallery and some recordings at PaintLounge
Images below, courtesy of PaintLounge Berlin, Wendy Saunders, Paula MacArthur, Linda Hemmersbach and Casper White.
Die PaintLounge bringt Maler aus Großbritannien und Deutschland für eine Ausstellung im Salon Style zusammen. Diese Ausstellung und eine Serie von 'Painters in Conversation’-Künstlergesprächen sind Teil der Sluice Exchange Berlin @sluice__, die im Kühlhaus Berlin stattfindet. Der Austausch gehört zum diesjährigen Großbritannien/Deutschland-Programm des British Council, mit dem die kulturellen Beziehungen zwischen beiden Ländern gefeiert werden. PaintLounge Berlin und Sluice Exchange Berlin sind am Samstag, 17.11. und am Sonntag, 18.11.2018 für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Wir laden alle herzlich ein, vorbei zu kommen und gemeinsame Interessen mit den Malern international zu erforschen.
PaintLounge is bringing together painters from the UK and Germany for a salon style exhibition. The exhibition and series of 'Painters in Conversation’ talks are part of @sluice__ Sluice Exchange Berlin hosted in the Kühlhaus Berlin. The exchange is part of the British Council's UK/Germany season, celebrating the "cultural connections between the UK and Germany". PaintLounge Berlin and Sluice Exchange Berlin will be open to the public on Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 November 2018. We warmly invite everyone to come along and explore interests common to painters internationally.
PaintLounge is artist-curator run initiative organised by Paula MacArthur & Wendy Saunders, generously supported by Arts Council England’s Artists’ International Development Fund. @aceagrams
PaintLounge
Sluice Exchange Berlin 2018 at Kühlhaus Berlin, Luckenwalderstraße 3, 10963, Berlin @kuehlhausberlinofficial
Vernissage: Friday 16 November 2018, 6pm - 10pm
Exhibition dates: 17 & 18 November 2018, 11am - 7pm
Bucks New University © Bucks New University
November 2018 starts... Alex has been selected as part of the @aa2aproject placement at Bucks New University. A supportive platform enabling Alex to use university facilities to stretch her painting practice. She will be working amongst the hub of the university's textile dept, The Red Shed Workshops & Studios @bucksnewuni
Alex aims to test dye-methods, mark marking, staining and dying, plus applying, embedding colour with transparent fabrics for painting.
Resulting outcomes will be shared with fellow aa2a artists, Bucks students and the community. To follow Alex's progress please keep an eye on her aa2a profile/blog https://aa2a.biz/network/user/alex18
Arts Council of England assisted, the AA2A project (Artists Access to Art Colleges) provides placements for visual artists and designer makers in Higher and Further Education institutions across England. https://aa2a.biz/
Alex Roberts studio, in progress.
Danke an alte und neue Freunde, die gestern unseren offenen Ateliers-Tag unterstützt haben. "KUNST: OFFEN" Offene Ateliers In Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf hat Spaß zwischen den sporadischen Duschen gemacht! 'Come again - willkommen'!
Thank you old and new friends for supporting our open studios yesterday. "KUNST: OFFEN" Offene Ateliers In Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf had fun amongst the sporadic rain showers! 'Come again - welcome'!
To quote an upbeat, new visitor:
“Inside the Kesselhaus - noch ein Hotspot in der Beilsteiner Straße.
Was Altes, was Blaues, was Neues: Das Atelierhaus KATAPULT/KESSELHAUS bietet den besten Rückzugsort, während gerade der Platzregen Pfützen produziert.
Künstler aus verschiedenen europäischen Ländern haben hier ihre Werkstatt bezogen. Eine Mischung aus stylish, trash und mit super netten Typen! Wir freuen uns sehr über die Entdeckung!
Jessie Keane... mit ihren keramischen Arbeiten.
Alex Roberts mit sehr mystischen Suchbildern nach dem Verborgenen... Sicher nicht das letzte Mal hier gewesen ! Tradtion der Beilsteiner Strasse wird hier weiter geführt...”
“Inside the Kesselhaus - another hotspot … Beilsteiner Street.
Something old, something blue, something new: the Atelier Katapult/Kesselhaus offers the best retreat while the downpour is producing puddles.
Artists from different European countries have sourced their workshop here. A mix of stylish, trash and with super nice guys! We are very happy about the discovery!
Jessie Keane... with her ceramic work.
Alex Roberts with very mystical paintings searching for the hidden... certainly we will come back again! Tradition of Beilsteiner Street is continuing here…”
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Alex nimmt teil am Tag der offenen Ateliers, Werkstätten und Galerien in Marzahn-Hellersdorf am Sonntag, den 10. Juni 2018 – der Eintritt ist frei.
Alex will be taking part in day of open Studios, Workshops and Galleries in Marzahn-Hellersdorf on Sunday 10. June 2018, free entry.
Kesselhaus MAP
Beilsteiner Str. 109, 12681 Berlin Tram M8 Beilsteiner Str. S-Bahn S7, S75 Springpfuhl
Von der Beilsteiner Str. biegen Sie rechts ab in den Merler Weg und überqueren den Bim & Boom Kinderspielland Parkplatz. Nehmen Sie dann die kleine Straße neben dem Rollmops-Gebäude. Die Auto Mobil Werkstatt erscheint zu Ihrer Rechten, das Kesselhaus befindet sich am Ende dieser kleinen Straße. Kontakt
From Beilsteiner Str. turn right (Merler Weg) entering Bim & Boom Kinderspielland car park. Walk across the car park, taking the road next to the Rollmops building, Auto Mobil Werkstatt will appear on your right. The Kesselhaus is at the end of this small road. Contact
Offen 13 - 18 Uhr/ Open 1 - 6pm
Kunstaustellung in der Gemeinschaftshalle, im Atelier Sándor Barics und im Atelier Alex Roberts
Painting Live Demo (Sándor Barics) 14 bis 15 Uhr / 17 bis 18 Uhr. Artist talk: 16 bis 17 Uhr.
Musik und Performances dazwischen
Midpoint I, 2017-18 (detail, in progress, studio view) Image credit: Laurin Gutwin
