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Surface VI, 2020

Surface II, 2020

CONNECTED, the University of Reading’s, alumnae magazine interviews Alex and shares insight on her recent artistic endeavours. To read the full article please click here.

The Wells Art Contemporary exhibition is still live and open until 28 February 2021. Winners will be announced at the end of December - leaving just a few weeks to vote for the People’s Choice Award, and or buy artworks should you feel inclined! To view the exhibition please visit the WAC website

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TORN Contemporary opening 9th November

Alex joins TORN Contemporary as it launches this November

Surface VII, 2020
Watercolour and pencil on translucent paper/ Aquarell und Stift auf Transparentpapier, 17 x 12cm
Image credit: Laurin Gutwin
SOLD - huge thanks to the generosity of the buyer!

Wells Contemporary 2020 is now open!

Viewable online and on screen in Wells Cathedral, Midpoint II is part of the exhibition, in view within the Painting Room.  If inclined the People's Choice Award is open to receive votes and taking time to explore the exhibition via the four virtual viewing rooms is accessible via the WAC website

"For its 2020 edition, Wells Art Contemporary received a record-breaking number of entries from 50 different countries around the world.  Out of all the submission, 128 pieces by 122 artists were shortlisted bu our selectors, renowned artists Lisa Wright, Neville Gable and Phillip Allen".

Exhibition dates: 1st October - 28th February 2021

Following the latest news via 

Instagram: @wellsartcontemporary @parker.harris @alexroberts975

Twitter: @wellscontemp @parkerharrisco @alexroberts9

At Last The Little Book Heads Off To NYC…

Mid Sept, snatched insights, more to follow… The Sketchbook Project Vol 16 – AlexRoberts9

Human Tangibility - observations, inquiries, musings (an adapting 2020)

@thesketchbookproject @brooklynartlibrary #paintingcommunities #drawingcommunities #artlibrary #observations #doodles #musings #NYC #Kunst #Malgemeinschaften #gemeinschaftenzeichnen #visualinquiries #creativesharing

#painting #transparency #layers #colour #paintedmarkmaking #playwithpaint #transient #encounters #perceivedidentity #humantrace #worksonpaper #figurativepainting #britishartistinberlin #berlin #berlinkunstlerin

Wells Art Contemporary 2020 - shortlisted!

Midpoint II has been selected for the @wellsartcontemporary 2020 (virtual) exhibition launching this October. Congrats to all the artists who have been shortlisted.  Alex is looking forward to seeing/ sharing/ being a part of the line up.

Photo credit: Laurin Gutwin

#wellsartcontemporary2020 #wellscathedral #visualartsopencall #WACawards @parkerharris

August studies

Painted musings/ selected studies from Alex’s adapted kitchen corner. Watercolour and pencil on translucent paper/ Aquarell und Stift auf Transparentpapier, 17 x 12cm.  Image credits: Laurin Gutwin

Surface I  SOLD

Surface II

Surface IV

Surface VI

New works on paper - July/ August 2020

Starting sketches; part of a new series of works shaped by collecting, transient observations that aim to investigate the spectacle and non-reveal of human trace.  

All works available via #artistsupportpledge £200/ €200 each (unframed) plus P&P - please DM if interested.

Discarded Landscape III, 2020

Watercolour and pencil on translucent paper/ Aquarell und Stift auf Transparentpapier, 19 x 30.5 cm

Discarded Landscape I, 2020 

Watercolour, pencil and pastel pencil on recycled packaging, 18.5 x 34cm

Discarded Landscape II, 2020

Watercolour, oil pastel, pencil and pastel pencil on recycled packaging/ 

Aquarell, Öl-Pastell, Stift und Pastellstift auf recycelten Verpackungen, 18.5 x 19.5cm  

SOLD

Further explorations of poised, ‘on the brink’, hovering, suspended, transitional tensions - the Midpoint series:

Midpoint IV, 2020

Watercolour and pencil 

on translucent paper, 23 x 15cm

Midpoint VIII C, 2020

Watercolour, pencil and pastel pencil 

on translucent paper, 23 

Choose Art Give Light to Refugees - online exhibition/ silent auction, only 10 days to go!

ONLY 10 days to go! Bidding is open to take hold of an artwork and support much needed action for refugees during our present Covid-19 backdrop.

There is an array of drawings, paintings, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics and prints to choose from. If able, please make a bid!

The online auction website is accessible here app.galabid.com/choose art/info

To follow the benefit auction please follow @ngartcreativeresidency @chooselove

#chooseartgivelight #ngartcreativeresidency #contemporaryart #internationalart #contemporarydrawing #artcanhelp #museumfromhome #virtualexhibition #onlineart #artauction #helprefugees #chooselove #benefitauction #onlineauction #artcollectors #contemporarypainting #artonline #virtualartexhibition #silentartauction #CV19

Choose Art Give Light To Refugees - 140+ International Artists Give Light

Credit: Matthew Robertson

Alex’s work, Midpoint VI B, 2020 joins the international online exhibition/ auction launching on Monday 8 June 2020 for three weeks. Through a shared love of visual art, the showcase and silent auction, Choose Art | Give Light to Refugees invites all international art patrons, curators, gallerists and art lovers alike to attend and help raise funds to support refugees affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

All funds received from the sales of artworks will be donated directly to the pioneering charity organisation helprefugees.org 

Registrations and viewing of all artworks will be available from Monday June 8 2020 via the auction website app.galabid.com/choose art/info To follow the benefit auction please follow @ngartcreativeresidency @chooselove

Midpoint VI B, 2020
Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper, 24 x 17cm 

Bauhaus Summer School 2020 - cancellation but join us next year!

Looking forward to returning to BSS but sharing my painting course in Weimar 2021 instead... adapting, watch this space, keep an eye out for those ‘silver linings’! Bleib bitte in sicherheit!

#Repost @bauhaus_summer_school Cancellation 2020 – join us next year!
With regard to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus in Europe and across the globe, it is with heavy heart that the Bauhaus Summer School has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel our this year’s summer school in August.

We understand and share the disappointment this may cause, but the health and safety of all who make the summer in Weimar so amazing every year is our highest priority.

However, we already have plans for this year and next year!
We will stay in touch with you via our Social Media channels and keep you informed about our course offers for 2021. Plus: Exciting virtual activities await you, stay tuned!

If you have already applied and/or paid for the 2020 programme, please check your email inbox for further information.

More information on our website: https://www.uni-weimar.de/summerschool/en/covid-19/

#artistsupportpledge campaign

#Repost

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists around the world have found themselves without work, teaching, technical support, gallery work, exhibitions and sales have disappeared. In an attempt to help alleviate some of this stress @matthewburrowsstudio has instigated the #artistsupportpledge
The concept is a simple one. You post images of your work to sell for no more than $200 (£200, €200) each (not including shipping.) Anyone can then buy the work. Every time you reach $1000 of sales you pledge to buy another artist's work for $200.

This creates a small but dynamic market where all can contribute whatever their level of success. This is a culture dependent on the honesty and generosity of our artistic communities at every level. So, make a pledge, post your work with the #artistsupportpledge
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Alex's latest new works on paper, recalling studio wip from my adapted kitchen corner

Midpoint VI B, 2020

Midpoint VI C, 2020

#artistsupportpledge £200/ €200 each (unframed) plus P&P

Midpoint VI B, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper/ Aquarell und Pastellstift auf Papier 24 x 17cm
part of Choose Art | Give Light to Refugees, the international online exhibition/ auction launching on Monday 8 June 2020. Artwork available for sale via the silent auction. To follow the benefit auction please visit @ngartcreativeresidency @chooselove - SOLD 

Midpoint VI C, 2020. Watercolour and ink on paper/ Aquarell und Tinte auf Papier 24 x 17cm

Midpoint V, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper/ / Aquarell und Pastellstift auf Papier  24 x 20cm

Midpoint VI A, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper 24 x 17cm

Midpoint VII C, 2020. Watercolour and graphite on paper 24 x 17cm

Midpoint VII D, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper 24 x 17cm - SOLD 

Midpoint VI D, 2020. Watercolour, ink and pastel pencil on paper/ Aquarell, Tinte und Pastellstift auf Papier 17 x 17cm. This one exclusively: £175/ €175 (unframed) plus P&P

Midpoint VIII A, 2020. Watercolour, ink, wax and pastel pencil on paper 21.5 x 17cm - SOLD

Please DM if interested - alexroberts975@gmail.com

 

Midpoint VI A, 2020

Midpoint V, 2020

Midpoint VII C, 2020

Midpoint VII D, 2020

   

Midpoint VI D, 2020

Midpoint VIII A, 2020

Bauhaus Summer School August 2020 - courses are live!

Following last year’s success of delivering a drawing course at Bauhaus Summer School, this year Alex would like to share summer 2020’s knowledge.  Alex will be returning to Bauhaus Universität-Weimar to impart a two-week painting course this August.

Free Your Painting! The Bauhaus and Kandinsky inspired course will confront paintings’ agency, palpability, perceptibility, physicality, materiality and reflexivity (02 - 14 August 2020).  

Bauhaus Universität-Weimar speaks for itself, along with BSS’s strength of attracting and hosting a rich international mix of students from Fine Art to Architecture.  There are only fifteen places available and it is competitive, so swift submissions are encouraged.  

·       All Bauhaus Summer School – 2020 courses, 02 – 28 August 2020 are live.  Accessible via the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar website.  Instagram: @bauhaus_summer_school @bauhaus_uni. FB: @bauhaussummerschool

·       January 2020 - students can inform themselves and register for courses.  Registration and applications are open until 1 May 2020.  Early registration is advised.

Weimar August 2020 here we come!