Alex Frost: CV

Born: 1973, London

Based: Glasgow

Represented by: Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow; Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin

Education
1996–1998
Masters of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
1994–1996
BA Fine Arts, Staffordshire University
1991–1992
Foundation Course, Camberwell College of Art
Current & Forthcoming Exhibitions
2010
The Connoisseurs, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee 13th Mar–16th May
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Compassion Fatigue, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow (with launch of new publication in conjunction with Artsway and Milton Keynes Gallery, supported by The Henry Moore Foundation,Tramway and The Scottish Arts Council. Commissioned text by Will Bradley.)
BBQ, Artsway, Hampshire
2007
Adults, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
Format Wars, Tramway, Glasgow (Project Space)
Adults, Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin
2004
1973, The Changing Room, Stirling
Solo, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
2002
For Example, Spike Island, Bristol
1999
Solo, Habitat, Glasgow
New Work, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
1998
Drop City, The Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
Theme Show, Transmission, Glasgow
1997
Black Box, The Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
Group Exhibitions
2010
Hotpot [art, food + people], Kinburn Gallery, St. Andrews Museum, St. Andrews, Fife
You Shalt Not Make Yourself An Image For Thyself, Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin
2009
Artists at Glenfiddich 09, The Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Banffshire
Artsway at Venice, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice (ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion at the Venice Biennale)
Liste Art Fair, Liste, Basel
Group Exhibition, Sandra Burgel at 7 x 2, Berlin
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2008, Jerwood Space, London
Finger Buffet, The Travelling Gallery, Edinburgh
2008
‘To bring forth and give’ Sorcha Dallas Artist’s Print Project, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (curated by Sorcha Dallas)
Conjunction 08, Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Frieze Art Fair, London
100 Years 100 Artists 100 Works of Art, A Foundation, London
Rhys and Hannah Present, 15 The Arcade, Bristol (curated by Jamie Bracken Lobb, with Myles Donaldson, Jamie Bracken Lobb, Tim Machin and Martine Myrup)
Annual Members Exhibition, Studio Voltaire, London (selected by Michael Bracewell and Linder)
Friends and Family, Anton Kern, New York
Wilkommen to reality!, Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin (Franziska Cordes, Raphael Danke, James Evans, Alex Frost, Thomas Schroren, Paul Snowden, Klaus Winichner)
run run, Collins Gallery, Glasgow (Curated by Sorcha Dallas and Alex Frost for Glasgow International)
Scala Paradisi, Schurmann Berlin, Berlin (with Alex Frost, Eleana Egan, Roseline Rannoch, Diango Hernandez, Joanne Greenbaum)
2007
Art Forum, Berlin
design by accident, Dover Publications, Inc., NY, 1968, FLACA, London (with Ernst Caramelle, Oliver Croy, Raphael Danke, Karl Holmqvist, Marie Jager, Dani Jakob, Alice Könitz, Josef Strau, Danh Vo, Klaus Weber, Claudia Wieser and Christine W?ºrmell. Presented by Croy Nielsen)
2006
NADA Art Fair, Ice Palace Studios, Miami
Frieze Art Fair, London
60th Anniversary Show, Gimpel Fils, London (curated by Des Hughes)
If Not Now, Broadway 1602, New York (Curated by Sorcha Dallas. Supported by the British Council.)
First Call, Art Brussels, Brussels
2005
The Owl of Minerva, f a projects, London (curated by Sally Shaw)
Prisms & Shadows, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (curated by Toby Paterson)
Frieze Art Fair, London
Off Site Project, Glasgow International Festival, Glasgow
Solo Commissioned Public Art Project, Artstars, Luxembourg
2004
Group Exhibition, Temporary Office Space, Glasgow
Country Grammar, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Group Exhibition, Centre de Creation, Bazouges la Perouse
Group Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
The Rheinschau, Art Cologne, Cologne
Meeting Room 101, Round Foundry Media Centre, Glasgow
Spacemakers, Lothringer Dreizehn, Munich
Synth, B2 Kunstlerhaus, Leipzig
The Birthday Party, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2003
Group Exhibition, Temporary Space, Sword Street, Glasgow (curated by Switchspace, with Sally Osborn)
Afterlife, VANE, Newcastle
An American Conversation, Cooper Gallery, Dundee (with karla Black)
Corpa Nova, 27 Spittal Square, London
EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich (curated by Toby Webster and Eva Rothschild)
Nth, Ols & Co Gallery at London Arts, London
2002
Group Exhibition, The Chateau, Glasgow (with Switchspace)
Group Exhibition, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (with Transmission)
Half the World Away, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo
Happy Outsiders from London and Scotland, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw (and Sztuki Gallery, Katowice)
Hero, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
Presence, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
2001
Primarily Structural, Generator, Dundee
2000
Fear of Jazz, Deutsche Britishe Freundschaft, Berlin
Good Luck for You, Transmission, Glasgow
Museum Magogo, Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Tonight, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
1999
Austrotel, Vienna Art Fair, Vienna
Free Tutorials, All Horizons Club, Glasgow (UK-wide touring project)
Misty in Roots, Fly, Glasgow (curated by Alex Frost and Alan Michael)
Museum Magogo, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
You Are Very Important, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1998
MFA Exhibition, Tramway, Glasgow
Mountain Madness, The Independent Art Space, Glasgow
1997
Harthill, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
My Funky Arsehole, The Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
Young Parents, The Annual Programme, Manchester
1996
Code Names, Three Month Gallery, Liverpool
Outside Now, Three Month Gallery, Liverpool
1995
Hung, Drawn and Quartered, The Custard Factory, Birmingham
No Exit, Visionfest, Liverpool
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2010
Residency, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
The Glenfiddich Artist in Residency Programme (14 June-14 August)
2007
Residency, Artsway, Hampshire
2006
CCA 6-month Residency
2005
Scottish Arts Council Artists Award
2004
Hope Scott Grant
Scottish Arts Council Assistance Award
2003
Glasgow City Council Visual Arts Award
2002
Residency, Spike Island, Bristol
Scottish Arts Council Assistance Award
2001
Royston Road Project, Glasgow (with Radiotuesday)
Scottish Arts Council Research & Development Award
2000
Residency, Grizedale Arts, Cumbria
Scottish Arts Council Assistance Award
1999
Scottish Arts Council Small Assistance Award
1998
Habitat Art Award & Commission
1996
SAAS Bursary
Publications
2008
Supplements (Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow)
2004
1973 (The Changing Room, Stirling)
Synth (Kunstraum B/2, Germany)
2003
Norwich Gallery East (Norwich Gallery, Norwich)
An american Conversation (Cooper Gallery, DJCAD, Dundee)
2002
Presence (The Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh)
Happy Outsiders from London and Scotland (Zacheta Panstwowa Gallery, Warsaw)
Hero (Unknown)
(Hallwalls contemporary Arts Center)
For Example (Spike Island, Bristol)
Press
2009
Laura McClean-Ferris, ‘The Dangerous Supplement’, Wound 6, April 2009
Anna Millar, ‘Picture Perfect’, The List, 5th March 2009
Laura Allsop, ‘Review’, Art Review 30, March 2009
2008
Jack Mottram, ‘When Exhibitions Hang Together’, The Herald, 12th December 2008
Susan Mansfield, ‘Works in Progress’, The Scotsman, 5th December 2008
James Garner, ‘Review’, The Metro, 27th November 2008
‘Review’, The List, 13th November 2008
Laura McLean-Ferris, ‘Review’, Guardian Unlimited, 7th November 2008
Liz Shannon, ‘Review’, The List, 30th October 2008
‘Art World Recommends’, Art World, October 2008
‘Alex Frost’, Elle, October 2008
Martin Vincent, ‘Glasgow International’, frieze, June 2008
Laura McClean-Ferris, ‘Glasgow International’, Art Review 23, June 2008
Alexander Kennedy, ‘Review’, The List, 24th April 2008
Alexander Kennedy, ‘The art if science’, The List, April 2008
2007
John Quin, ‘Alex Frost’, The Map 11, 1st August 2007
Jack Mottram, ‘Format Wars’, The Herald, 28th July 2007
‘Format Wars’, The Big Issue Scotland 638, 5th July 2007
Alex Kennedy, ‘Interview’, The List 90, 21st June 2007
2006
Jasper Hamill, ‘Glasgow International Art Festival’, The Skinny 7, April 2006
The Skinny 7, April 2006
Victoria Miguel, ‘If Not Now’, The Map 7, 2006
2005
Jack Mottram, ‘Free Association’, The List, 3rd November 2005
Alexander Kennedy, ‘Glasgow International’, The Map 2, August 2005
Neil Mulholland, Flash Art, July 2005
Alexander Kennedy, ‘Heads Will Roll’, The List, 9th June 2005
Vicky Davidson, ‘Does anyone know why this ‘big head’ is lying on a piece of east end wasteland?’, Evening Times, 29th April 2005
Catriona Black, ‘The Big Event Glasgow international’, Sunday Herald, 24th April 2005
2004
Catriona Black, ‘Minimalism to the max’, Sunday Herald, 10th October 2004
‘Hit List’, The List, 7th October 2004
Graham Domke, The List, 7th October 2004
Alexander Kennedy, ‘Visual Art’, The List, 7th October 2004
Catriona Black, ‘This is the modern world’, Sunday Herald, 3rd October 2004
Gale Iain, ‘Revolution in their Heads’, Scotland on Sunday, 25th September 2004
Helen Monaghan, The Herald, 16th September 2004
Moira Jeffrey, ‘When a picture paints …’, The Herald, September 2004
Sarah Lowndes, ‘Alex Frost’, frieze, June 2004
Susan Mansfield, ‘One to Watch’, The Scotsman, 24th April 2004
Lucy Gibson, The List, April 2004
2003
‘Hit List’, The List, 3rd November 2003
2002
Neil Mulholland, ‘Knowing Your Audience’, The Scotsman, 10th December 2002
Laurence Figgis, Untitled 28, June 2002
Neil Cameron, ‘Wise Heads on Young Shoulders’, The Scotsman, May 2002
Neil Mulholland, ‘Aperto Scotland’, Flash Art, January 2002