Statement

Movement, understood as any kind of change, is the universal cause of all things. My subjects are an embodiment of this phenomenon. They are strangers I pass on the street and people whose stories I have come to know. Their portrait, blurred and distorted by the superimposition of fleeting moments, depicts an image caught between the physical being and the transcendental. Drawn large scale, and wraithlike in appearance, the figures become an invitation to apprehend our collective state—the state of being in constant motion.

Biography

Alex Carroll is an internationally recognized visual artist and experienced traveler. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri (USA), Alex received his Master of Fine Arts degree from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. While attending RMIT, Alex began developing the conceptual base for his most recent work and, upon graduation, was awarded for his outstanding efforts by the faculty of the School of Arts. He was invited to continue his research as an artist in residence at RMIT’s printmaking department. Prior to receiving his MFA, Alex established himself in the city of Chicago becoming an active member of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative. He consistently exhibited his prints throughout the city including an exhibition of artists’ books at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Arts.

It was during his ten years of living in Shanghai, China that Alex began exhibiting extensively.  His work has been displayed in galleries at Shanghai’s Art  District (M50), Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum, and Tong Ji University. His solo show at Noeli Gallery in Shanghai’s Former French Concession was praised as one of the top exhibitions to see by That’s Shanghai and CNCreate during its run. He has been published in a variety of local media including a feature of his work in Chic, a Shanghai lifestyle magazine, and he completed a successful six month residency at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel located along Shanghai’s historic Bund.

Currently residing in South Orange County, California, Alex Carroll creates art that is predominantly figurative working across the disciplines of drawing, printmaking, photography, and painting. His latest series of work consists of labor-intensive, large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings that explore the relationship amid body, movement, and duration.