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Giles Alexander

Giles Alexander

PhD Candidate
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Art & Design

Website: www.gilesalexander.net

Email: giles.alexander@unsw.edu.au

Supervisors: Emma Robertson, Oliver Bown

Giles Alexander’s PhD research sits at the intersection of 14th century devotional aesthetics and Music Evoked Autobiographical Memories. Over the past two decades, his practice has critically reimagined the traditions of oil painting, integrating contemporary technologies and narratives to explore shifting perceptions of space and time. These pictorial explorations have been recognised in Australia and internationally by award winning cultural commentators and arts writers alike. His work has been the subject of essays by John Mcdonald, Alison Kubler, Dr Ashley Crawford, Kate Bryan, Louis. K Meisel, Giles Sparrow, Dr Naomi Riddle, Peter Hill, Ceridwen Dovey and Dr Michael Hill and has been featured in publications such as Australian Art Collector, Artist Profile, Vault and Sky at Night magazines as well as ABC Arts documentaries.

Giles has an MFA in Painting from the National Art School (Sydney) where he also taught as a sessional academic in painting and drawing. He was awarded a five year scholarship for painting at Bishop’s Stortford College in his country of origin, the UK and completed his undergraduate studies in painting at Central St Martins (London).

Reinterpreting 14th century devotional aesthetics to investigate and illuminate contemporary musical communion

Notable solo exhibitions include The Fine Art Society, London, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York as well as GRANTPIRRIE and Olsen Gallery Sydney.

Giles has also presented at numerous group shows including Miami Basel, The Hong Kong Art Fair, The London Art Fair, Sydney Contemporary and Spring 1883, Melbourne with MARS Gallery, Louis. K Meisel, New York as well as Martin Brown and Mori gallery Sydney.

Additionally Giles’s work has been included in curated exhibitions at regional galleries in Australia, museums in the United States and selected in numerous major prizes including the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman at AGNSW, The Moran prize, Blake, Paddington and Mosman Art Prizes.