Alex Price creates process-led paintings built from intersecting lines and gestures. Throughout his work, loaded brushstrokes give rise to unstable compositional structures that suggest fragments or frameworks in space without resolving into fixed forms. Varying in scale, density, and tension, his marks produce an evolving system through which each painting unfolds as image, object, and event.

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); 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.

Image: John Moores Painting Prize 2025, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool


Exhibitions

2026

Aesthetica Art Prize - Longlisted (Group), York Art Gallery, York, UK - July 2026

Silent Disco ‘26 (Group), curated by Graham Crowley, Greystone Industries, Suffolk, UK - June 2026

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