Alex Price’s work explores the mechanics of painting: the materiality of paint, the behaviour of brushstrokes, and the impulse to discern what something might be or become. Through intersecting lines and gestures, he builds provisional structures in which brush marks gather, lean, and press against one another, acquiring a palpable sense of weight and gravity. Resisting resolution, the resulting compositions inhabit a space between substance and suggestion, where the physical reality of paint gives rise to the possibility of meaning.
Biography
Alex Price (b. 1989) is a contemporary British painter based in London. His work has been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize 2025 and the Aesthetica Art Prize 2026.
Exhibitions include Silent Disco ‘26, curated by Graham Crowley, Greystone Industries, Suffolk (2026); Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London (2026); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2026); Five times five, Coat Collaborative, London (2026); ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, curated by Polly Morgan, Mall Galleries, London (2025); Lido Open, Lido Stores, Margate (2025); Glimpse [Solo Show], Glasshouse Contemporary, London (2025); Annual Open, Southwark Park Galleries, London (2024); Every Day We Play, Glasshouse Contemporary, London (2024); It Rose And It Fell, Terrace Gallery, London (2024).
He holds a BA in English Literature, an MA in Film and Literature, and is currently completing the Turps Art School Correspondence Course.
Exhibitions
2026
Aesthetica Art Prize - Longlisted (Group), York Art Gallery, York, UK
Silent Disco ‘26 (Group), curated by Graham Crowley, Greystone Industries, Suffolk, UK
Summer Exhibition (Group), Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Drawing Biennial (Group), Drawing Room, London, UK
Five times five (Group), Coat Collaborative, London, UK
2025
John Moores Painting Prize (Group), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition (Group), curated by Polly Morgan, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Lido Open (Group), The Lido Stores Gallery, Margate, UK
Glimpse (Solo), Glasshouse Contemporary, London, UK
2024
Annual Open (Group), Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
Every day we play (Group), Glasshouse Contemporary, London, UK
It rose and it fell (Group), Terrace Gallery, London, UK
Publications
2026
‘Aesthetica Art Prize’ online artist profile
‘Drawing Biennial 2026’ exhibition catalogue
2025
‘John Moores Painting Prize’ exhibition catalogue
‘Artevol: Voices from the Undefined’ exhibition catalogue
Education
2026
Correspondence Course, Turps Art School, UK
2012
MA in Film and Literature (Distinction and AHRC Scholarship), University of York, UK
2011
BA in English Literature (First Class Honours), University of York, UK
