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| Username | AlexHarwoodArtist |
| Profile Type | Artist and Educator |
| First Name and Last Name | Alex Harwood |
| City | Hebden Bridge |
Art Style
| Art Style | Visual/Digital Arts & Film |
Biography
| About | Alex is a Lancashire born visual/digital artist and filmmaker based in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, UK. His multidisciplinary practice has an experimental approach often combining 2D and digital media, exploring making processes in abstract painting, drawing, mixed media, collage, assemblage, digital arts and animation, photography and video. His current work explores autobiographical themes framing personal and family histories within the context of the current socio-political climate, exploring relationships between the past and present.
Alex’s practice as a mixed media artist and filmmaker explores social, cultural and political themes through the act of storytelling, often involving a participatory and collaborative element to document both his own and other’s personal histories. Working in prisons, homelessness shelters, care homes, refugee services and various local communities Alex spent three years compiling almost thirty digital stories. He has held several public screenings of these works, including two short videos created for the Stories of Chrisp Street heritage project.
Previously a member of the Islington Mill Arts Academy and Mirabel Studios artist collectives in Salford and Manchester, Alex exhibited art works in several group shows. He has also shown works at Salome Gallery, Lovely Art Gallery and First Floor Space in London. He has been a resident artist at First Floor Space since September 2019.
As an artist educator Alex has worked for over ten years in a variety of capacities for numerous galleries, charities, NHS services, and educational organisations. Alex also works as an independent tutor and mentor providing one-to-one support to both academic students and adult learners. |
Exhibitions
| Exhibition History | Solo Exhibitions 2017 The Heartstone Odyssey, Tower Hamlets City Hall, London, UK Group Exhibitions 2019 Layered Interpretations, First Floor Space, London, UK 2017 Stories of Chrisp Street, Brownfield Community Cabin, London, UK 2016 Makeright, HMP Thameside, London, UK 2015 SLaMAdArt: 10 Years In Process, Maudsley Long Gallery, London, UK Summer Open Exhibition 2015, The Lovely Gallery, London, UK 2014 Hidden Gems, Salome Gallery, SHARP, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK FLOW (with SLaMAdArt), Tate Modern, London, UK 2011 Selling Studio, Mirabel Studios, Manchester, UK Open Studio, Mirabel Studios, Manchester, UK 2010 Open Studio, Mirabel Studios, Manchester, UK 2009 Open Studio, Mirabel Studios, Manchester, UK 2008 BA (Hons) Visual Arts Degree Show, University of Salford and CUBE Gallery, Manchester, UK 2006 In the Absence of Truth, There is Only Art, Chapman Gallery, Salford, UK |
Education
| Education History | 2012 – 2013 MA Participatory and Community Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK 2005 – 2008 BA (Hons) Visual Arts, University of Salford, UK 2000 – 2002 Certificate of Higher Education in Computer Arts, University of Abertay Dundee, UK |
Teaching Experience
| Current Role | Sessional Tutor in Visual/Digital Arts & Filmmaking, Swarthmore Education Centre, Leeds, UK |
| Course 1 | Digital Storytelling |
| Course 2 | 2D Digital Animation |
Employment History
| History | 2020 Enrichment Tutor, Archer Academy, London, UK 2019 – Digital Media Workshop Leader, Holborn Community Association, London, UK 2019 Arts Practitioner, Creative Futures, London, UK 2019 – Tutor, First Take, Liverpool, UK 2018 Workshop Assistant, Sparks Film and Media Ltd, London, UK 2018 Artist Educator, Croydon Restorative Learning School, Surrey, UK 2018 – Arts Coach, Surrey Clubs for Young People, Surrey, UK 2017 Artist Educator, Phoenix Place, London, UK 2017 Creative Artist, Artisan Kidz, London, UK 2017 Lead Artist, Community Focus, London, UK 2017 Digital Artist, HEC Global Learning Centre, London, UK 2016 Artist Educator, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK 2016 Tutor, The Complete Works, London, UK 2015 – Visiting Digital Arts Tutor, Sydenham High School, London, UK 2015 – Arts Practitioner, STRETCH, London, UK 2015 Lead Artist, Leo Ward, The Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital, London, UK 2013 – 2015 Arts Facilitator, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK 2013 – 2014 Gallery Assistant, Cultural Institute, King’s College London, UK 2013 Workshop Facilitator, King’s College London & Wellcome Trust, Barbican Centre, London, UK 2012 – 2013 Project Coordinator/Workshop Facilitator, Headway, London, UK 2012 -2013 Creative Assistant, Community Focus, London, UK 2008 – 2010 Workshop Assistant, Venture Arts, Manchester, UK 2007 Workshop Facilitator, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK |
Associations
| Member of | 2019 – First Floor Space, London, UK 2009 – 2012 Mirabel Studios, Manchester, UK 2008 – 2009 Islington Mill Art Academy, Salford, UK
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Additional Information
| Additional Information | Alex has over thirteen years experience working as a community artist, artist educator and tutor in a variety of educational settings, with hundreds of clients spanning an array of ages, abilities, social and cultural backgrounds. A passionate advocate of socially engaged arts practice, Alex has actively sought out opportunities to collaborate with various community groups, designing and delivering arts projects for various charities, NHS services, prisons, homeless shelters, refugee services, care homes, and various galleries, educational and community arts organisations. Alex has also taught in both mainstream schools and alternative education provisions, pupil referral units and youth services, and provided digital media training for various commercial enterprises. He has also run his own arts tutoring and mentoring business since 2015, working with both academic students and adult learners. |
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