Alexandra Gallagher

Born: UK, 1980.  Based in Manchester

University of Manchester (BA Hons Painting , 2009)

Award winning Alexandra Gallagher is a multidisciplinary artist, whose work takes the form of collage, street art, prints, photography and painting. Her work celebrates the surreal and sublime. ­Between the realms of memory, dreams and experience, her work looks beyond our subjective limits and often tells a story of inner imagination and thought. Often working within a series, each piece is visceral and organic, the artist never knowing how each piece will transform. 

Exhibiting and selling both across the country and internationally, Alexandra Gallagher has been nominated for a number of awards. Shortlisted for the Zealous X, she was awarded the Saatchi Showdown Surrealism Second Place Winner and the Secret Art Prize Runner Up Winner 2016. Her recent achievements include being a London Contemporary Art Prize 2018 Finalist and being shortlisted for the Rise Art Prize.

EDUCATION

2009        University of Manchester, BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting

RESIDENCIES / AWARDS

2018        Finalist in the London Contemporary Art
2017        Shortlisted for the Rise Art Prize
2016        Secret Art Prize Runner Up Winner
2015        Shortlisted Zealous X
2012        Saatchi Showdown Surrealism Second Place Winner

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2018        Winter Exhibition, London City Island
Ace Club, London
Fantasia, Spoke Art Gallery, San Diego
Castle Fine Art
LCA Exhibition
BOW, Blackburn
Art on a Postcard, London
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Atlantic Contemporary Art Fair
The Art of Protest Gallery, York
Contemporary Art Fairs, Surrey
2017        Art For Youth at the Mall Galleries, London
Rise Art Exhibition with CP Hart, London
Leontia Gallery, London
Secret Art Prize 2017 Exhibition, London
BoW Limited Edition ll, Blackburn
Flora & Fauna, London
Wall to Wall Gallery, Liverpool
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2016        Secret Art Prize Winners Exhibition, Curious Duke Gallery, London
Monker Art Fair
ES-SEX-HIBTION
Limited Edition, Blackburn
The Bowery, Leeds
Well Hung Gallery, London
Open Art Show, The Bureau, Centre for the Arts
2015        Pistol Art Gallery, Glasgow
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
Unique L.A - Sociale Revolution, L.A
Best Of Britannia, Preston
Blackburn Printfest, Blackburn
Pixel Lust, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2014        PaperGirl, Blackburn
Salon De Street Art II, London
Best of Salon des Refusés
PaperGirl, Belfast
Salon de Street Art Exhibition
Bradley Street Stores, Blackburn and Liverpool
BIC Sculpture - 40th Anniversary, London Victoria Station
Lincoln Art Works
2012        LAN Open Exhibition - Oxheys Mill Studio, Preston
Saatchi Gallery, London
Midlands Art Exhibition - Sprout Cafe, Blackburn
2010        Cruel and Tender Art Exhibition, Bricklane Art Gallery, London

PRESS / PUBLICATIONS

Cover art for Melissa Lee Houghton's book Patterns of Mourning, Artist & Illustrators Magazine, Saatchi Online From the Studio of..."​, Open College of Arts, FAD Website, Catapult Art Magazine issue 26, Cover art for Melissa Lee-Houghton book 'Beautiful Girls' through Penned in the Margins, Artnois Magazine, By Skill & Hard Work Zine, Social Revolution, LandEscape Art Review, Estila Magazine, Tie the Knot ScotlanD, Stubborn Magazine.

COLLECTIONS / COMMISSIONS

Sculpture for BIC for the 40th Anniversary of making lighter, Bradley Street clothing stores, The Mall Blackburn Bee Trail Sculpture, Blackburn Is Open, Blackburn Open Walls - Street art event, Urban Rooms, Symphony of the Seas, ASK Italian, BiC