Archive 2011-12

Alex Frost

  • Venue: Fine Art Lecture Theatre
  • Start: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:00:00 BST
  • End: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:00:00 BST

Born in London in 1973, Alex Frost studied fine art at Staffordshire University (BA 1995) and Glasgow School of Art (MFA 1998). His recent solo shows include: 'The Connoisseurs' (Dundee Contemporary Arts); 'Adults' (Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin/Milton Keynes Gallery); 'BBQ' (Artsway, Hampshire); 'Compassion Fatigue' (Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow), and 'Format Wars' (Tramway, Glasgow). Selected group shows include 'Modern British Sculpture' (Gimpel Fils, London), 'Drawn In' (Travelling Gallery, Scotland), 'Gesehen & geliebt #4', (Museum Ludwig, Cologne), 'ArtSway's New Forest Pavillion' at the 53rd Venice Biennale, 'Scala Paradisi' (Schurmann, Berlin), 'Friends and Family' (Anton Kern, New York); 'To Bring Forth and Give' (Glasgow Print Studio), and the Annual Members show at Studio Voltaire, London.

Frost has also devised and run a number of projects collaboratively, notably, the artist-run radio station Radio Tuesday (1998 - 2002) with Duncan Campbell and Mark Vernon. He has also curated a number of exhibitions including 'run run' at the Collins Gallery, Glasgow (curated with Sorcha Dallas), for Glasgow International Contemporary Art Festival (2008). Frost was awarded the Glenfiddich Residency in Banff, Scotland in 2009. Forthcoming projects include the exhibitions 'You, Me, Something Else' at The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GoMA) and 'Industrial Aesthetics: Environmental Influences on Recent Art from Scotland' curated by Darren Jones, at the Hunter College Art Galleries, New York. He is also working on a public art commission for Glasgow International 2012. He lives and works in Glasgow.

 

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