Alex Price takes inspiration from the natural world to create pared-back paintings that hold an assertive, visceral presence. Working ‘wet on wet’ on small wooden boards, he treats each brushstroke as both image and substance, evoking elements of landscape that never fully settle into depiction. Some areas accrete, drip and congeal, while others expose the unprimed surface beneath. Suspended between balance and collapse, the resulting compositions quietly challenge the viewer into a new relationship with material reality and other realms of experience.
Alex Price (b. 1989, UK) lives and works in London. His work has been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), Drawing Biennial (Drawing Room, London), ING Discerning Eye Exhibition (Mall Galleries, London), and Lido Open (The Lido Stores Gallery, Margate). His work has been exhibited at Glasshouse Contemporary (London), Terrace Gallery (London), Southwark Park Galleries (London), and with Coat Collaborative (London). He holds a BA in English Literature, an MA in Film and Literature, and is currently studying on the Turps Correspondence Course.
Image: John Moores Painting Prize 2025, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool