Courtesy of the artist and Mine Project.
Alex Gardner
Born in 1987, Los Angeles, United States
Lives and works in Long Beach, United States
Overview
Alex Gardner (b.1987, Los Angeles, USA) is a figure painter working in acrylic to make intense and memorable scenes. He finds meaning, artistic and emotional value in the human figure, which he depicts in a minimalist manner, often through a powerful contrast between the dark skin and white clothing, with no environment to reveal a certain context but rather a mood, inspired by real life experiences. Alex’s paintings have a cold, surreal feeling upon first glance but as one engages the work f...Read more