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installation view, People Need People autumn salon exhibition 2022 at Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat, Oman
Autumn Salon 2022
Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat, Oman
Featuring new works in the abstact-figurative style by emerging and established local and international artists.
Read more8.7.–6.10.2022 @ Tripla Urban Art Wall
Vernissage takes place 8th of July from 5pm to 7pm. Welcome!
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Reactivity 2.0 is a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Alex Markwith, highlighting the artist’s spontaneous and intuitive approach to abstraction.
Starting with a blank canvas, Markwith begins without a specific idea of how the finished work will look. Each painting is built up in layers using acrylic, spray paint, marker, chalk and other mixed media...
Read moreTwo of my paintings will be exhibited through Matti Sirvio Art Galleria at the 10th edition of SIKKA Art & Design Festival in Dubai, UAE.
SIKKA ART & DESIGN FESTIVAL
Al Fahidi Arts Center, House 13, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Read moreTaidemaalariliiton Teosvälitys /
Association of Finnish Painters Sales Exhibition 2022
Five of my recent paintings are now available to view and purchase online.
Two paintings will be exhibited at Kaapelitehdas March 12 - 20.
Read moreSuper excited for my upcoming collaboration with Fat Lizard restaurant (Helsinki City location).
Recent paintings will be on display, including many created specifically for this show.
FAT LIZARD HELSINKI CITY
Mannerheimintie 3, 00100 Helsinki
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Alex Markwith, Transmitter (Yellow, Black, Blue, Red), 2021, acrylic on wood, 30x12x7cm, 12x5x3 inches
“Color in the Dark” is the 2021 holiday exhibition organized by Helsinki Artists’ Association at Galleria Katariina.
The theme is the primary colors: red, blue and yellow. Smaller sized works in a wide range of media and styles are included.
Thursday December 16, 14:00 - 17:00
December 17, 2021 - January 2, 2022
Tues - Fri 11:00-17:00
Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00
Rikhardinkatu 1, 00130 Helsinki
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Gallery Katariina will open the Christmas exhibition "Color in the Dark" by The Helsinki Artists' Associations'. The theme of the exhibition is the main colors: blue, red and yellow. The exhibition is a wide range of works by HAA’s member artists: e.g. paintings, drawings, sculptures, graphics and photographs. The exhibition operates on a take-away principle, you can buy or lend works from the exhibition while the exhibition is running.
We will open the exhibition on Thursday 16.12. The exhibition is then open from 2 pm to 7 pm. We follow RSAA’s current guidelines. Please come healthy and using mask. We check the corona passport for everyone. A warm and safe welcome to the world of color and light at Gallery Katariina!
In Finnish
Galleria Katariinassa avautuu Helsingin Taiteilijaseuran joulunäyttely "Väriä pimeyteen". Näyttelyn teemana on päävärit: sininen, punainen ja keltainen, joiden pohjalta taiteilijat ovat luoneet mitä moninaisimpia ja kiehtovimpia teoksia. Näyttely on laaja kattaus HTS:n jäsentaiteilijoiden eri tekniikoin toteutettuja töitä: maalauksia, piirustuksia, veistoksia, grafiikkaa ja valokuvia. Näyttely toimii take away-periaatteella eli näyttelystä voi ostaa tai lainata suoraan teoksia näyttelyn ollessa käynnissä.
Avaamme näyttelyn torstaina 16.12. Näyttely on silloin avoinna klo 14-19. Noudatamme AVI:n ajankohtaisia ohjeistuksia. Tulethan terveenä paikalle maskia ja käsidesiä käyttäen. Katsomme kaikilta koronapassin. Lämpimästi ja turvallisesti tervetuloa värin ja valon maailmaan Galleria Katariinaan!
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Three of my sculptures are included in the group exhibition “Kiertokulku” at Galleria Ronga, Tampere, Finland.
Alex Markwith, Totem with Gray Bar, 2020, acrylic and found wood, 53 x 12 x 35cm
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FEATURING WORKS BY:
Marjo Hallila, Anssi Hanhela, Taru Happonen, Sini-Meri Hedberg, Sofi Häkkinen, Helena Kaikkonen, Mira Kankaanranta, Satu Kiuru, Kaisu Koski, Appe Leppänen, Alex Markwith, Anni Mikkonen, Rasmus Mäkelä, Hans-Peter Schütt, Sami Sänpäkkilä, Sanna Ulvila, Mirimari Väyrynen
curated by Emmi Kallio
Rongankatu 1 C 9, 33100 Tampere
Puh. 045 268 1022
Tues - Fri 12 - 18 | Sat - Sun 12 - 16
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Alex Markwith, Ventricle, 2020, acrylic and found wood, 46 x 18 x 10cm
Artistic work supported by funds from Taike.
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Exhibition on view November 6 - December 2, 2021
Opening reception November 6th, 7:00pm
Matti Sirvio Art Galleria
Muscat, Oman
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Alex Markwith, Imaginary Architecture, 2021, found wood and metal
My work above was created on-site in Oman during my visit for the I See Music salon exhibition. The sculpture is made entirely of materials scavenged on Al Ghubrah Beach after tropical cyclone Shaheen.
Artistic work for this exhibition supported by funds from Taike.
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Alex Markwith
ELEMENTAL TRANSMISSIONS
on view January 13 - 30th, 2021
Gallery Hours:
Mon - Fri 10 - 5
Saturday 10 - 3
Sunday closed
LATERNA MAGICA
Rauhankatu 7, 00170 Helsinki, Finland
PRESS RELEASE
Elemental Transmissions is a solo exhibition of new work by Alex Markwith created for Laterna Magica. On view from January 13 – 30, the exhibition includes installation pieces, works on paper and wall-hung assemblages which combine aspects of painting and sculpture while incorporating found materials.
Tree branches, cut plywood, chains, plastic, metal, tape, fabric and concrete are collaged together in irregular compositions. Different characteristics of chosen materials result in a play of opposites - natural vs. man-made, light vs. heavy, hard vs. soft, masculine vs. feminine – orchestrated playfully and experimentally within each work to create a sense of unbalanced order. Primarily abstract, many pieces resemble totemic structures. They relate to the human body through their scale, and flirt with representation via recognizable components which occasionally appear unobscured.
This series was created alongside the artists’ investigation into alchemy and the classical elements. The concept of “transmission” or “transition” refers to the new patterns of thought brought on by the changing year as well as the artist’s change of environment. As we leave 2020 behind, there is a longing for a better future which can be likened to the desired alchemical change of transmuting a lesser metal into gold.
Alex Markwith (b. 1988, Kingston, PA) is an American visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland, where he moved in September 2020 after living and working for nine years in New York City. He holds a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and is a member of Taidemaalariliito. His works are included in numerous private collections, as well as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX).
Elemental Transmissions is the artist's first solo exhibition in Finland and is supported by funds from Taike.
Laterna Magica, Rauhankatu 7, 00170 Helsinki
https://www.laterna.net/exhibitions/elemental-transmissions
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Alex Markwith, Totem with Blue, 2020, acrylic, wood and reflective fabric, 76 x 60 cm
Alex Markwith, Fire Totem with Moonrise, 2020, acrylic, wood, plastic, metal, wire and fabric, 90 x 50 cm
Alex Markwith, Continental Drift, 2020, acrylic, concrete, plastic, wood, fabric, metal and found objects (two panels)
Alex Markwith, Utopia and Black Hole
Stepping into local artist Alex Markwith’s apartment on 33rd Street feels like entering a very private gallery. “Curated” with intention, the focus is on Markwith’s paintings -- ranging from large-scale abstracts with hundreds of brush strokes to 3D works jutting out from the walls. One walk around the apartment tells me more about its owner than any other space I’ve visited.
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Alex Markwith, Quadruple Void (Black, Orange, Caution), 2019, 20 x 16”
Alex Markwith, Orange Void (Black, White, Grey), 2019, 20 x 16”
Alex Markwith, Plaxall Gallery, installation September 2019
CREATIVE MOSAIC
Artists Working in Queens
A juried exhibition curated by Osman Can Yerebakan, conceived and developed by Carol Crawford
LIC–A’s aim is to increase awareness and appreciation of the richly diverse art produced throughout Queens.
Exhibition on View: September 5 – October 13
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 8, 1-4pm
Day of LIVE PERFORMANCES: September 14, 2-6pm
Closing Reception & Artist Talk: October 13, 2-5pm
Facebook page for Opening Reception:
facebook.com/events/516405309120015
Facebook page for Creative Mosaic LIVE:
About the Curator
Osman Can Yerebakan is a curator and art writer based in New York. His writing has appeared on T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The Paris Review, Vulture and The Cut (both New York Magazine), The Brooklyn Rail, BOMB, Village Voice, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Wallpaper*, L’Officiel, Flaunt, Galerie Magazine, Cultured, and elsewhere.
Osman previously organized exhibitions at The Clemente Center (Residual Impression; A Room of One's Own), La MaMa Galleria (Party Out Of Bounds: Nightlife As Activism Since 1980), Radiator Gallery (Works: Reflections on Failure), Equity Gallery (Like Smoke), AC Institute (My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days), Center for Book Arts (En Masse: Books Orchestrated), Local Project (Hopscotch), UrbanGlass (Glass Ceiling: Art of Resilience and Fragility), Leslie Lohman Museum Project Space (Alternate Routes), the Queens Museum (Executive (Dis)Order: Art, Displacement & the Ban), and Residency Unlimited (Contingencies).
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