Alex McLeod

Details

Nationality: Canada
Url: https://instagram.com/alex_mcleod_
Url: https://www.alxclub.com/

Description

Artist making 3d renderings.

From website:

McLeod (1984) is an artist concerned with simulation and the transition of matter.

CV:

Born 1984, Canada

Education

Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University, Master of Digital Media 2016 Ontario College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts 2007

Integrated Art

GREEN HILLS DISCOVERY, The Bentway, Toronto, 2018 PATHWAYS - CAMH, Toronto, 2018 SECRET PARK GATE - Metrolinx, Davenport Diamond, Toronto, 2018 AQUATICA - Dream, 150 York Street, Toronto, 2018 PASSAGE - TD Bank, 394 Bay Street, Toronto, 2017 ANCIENT HILLS - Drake Hotel Inc, Drake Commissary, Toronto 2017 UNTITLED - TD Bank, TD Tech Hub, Waterloo, 2015

Screening

READY TO DIE - TRANSFER DOWNLOAD, NADA, New York, 2018 - Thoma Foundation, Santa Fe, 2018-19 Reality Bytes - RedLine, Denver 2018 ELEVATION - DESIRE LINES, Nuit Blanche, Toronto 2017 SISYPHUS - In/Future Cinesphere, Toronto 2016 CONVERGENT EVOLUTION - The Banff Centre, Banff 2016 Otherworld - Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga New Zealand, 2016 FINAL FANTASY - Nuit Blanche, Drake Hotel, Toronto 2015 Penetrating Surfaces - The Austrian Film Museum, Vienna 2014 Postcards from the Future - Nuit Blanche, Drake Hotel, Toronto 2013 Frozen Cascades - Leap, Berlin 2011 Artpad SF - Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco 2011 ROJO nova - Museum of Images and Sound, Sao Paulo. Full Pull, Sweden 2010

Solo

GLAMOUR MODELING - Postmasters, New York 2018 PHANTASMAGORIA - Art Gallery of Surrey UrbanScreen, Surrey 2018 HISTORY OF THE WORLD - Galerie Division, Montréal 2017 SPOTLIGHT - Harbourfront Centre, Toronto 2016 HONEYMOON - Division Gallery, Toronto 2015 MYTH - Galerie Trois Points, Montréal 2014 Fan Fiction (w/ Brendan Tang) - Gallery Jones, Vancouver 2014 OUTWORLD - Angell gallery, Toronto 2013 The Future is Already Here (w/ Brendan Tang) - Art Gallery of Surrey, Surrey 2013 Legendes Oubliees - Galerie Trois Points, Montréal 2012 Distant Secrets - Angell Gallery, Toronto 2011 Imperial Lands - ROJO artspace, Barcelona 2010 Spectral - Angell Gallery, Toronto 2010 Estates of the Splendorous & Secret - Anno Domini, San Jose 2010

Group

Multi Layered Surfaces - Prince Takamado Gallery, Denchu Hirakushi House, Nihonbashi Institute of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 2018 Lacroix Digital Oasis - Ancienne École des Beaux-Arts, Montreal 2018 Simulation(s) - Mécènes du Sud, Montpellier 2017 12 Trees - Gardiner Museum, Toronto 2017 Felled Trees - Canada House, London 2017 Ways of Something - The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. The Photographers' Gallery, London 2016 the real-fake.org.02 - Bronx Art Space, New York 2016 Lovechild - Red Deer Museum, Red Deer 2014 Unbound - Arvada Center, Arvada 2014 Glam North - Doris Mccarthy Gallery, UTSC, Toronto 2014 Curiosity - MASS MOCA, Massachusetts 2013 Live-Love-laugh: Field Trip Project - Roppongi Art Night, Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Tokyo 2013 Summer Spirit - Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary 2013 Mirage - Plus Gallery, Denver 2013 Field Trip Project - Hiyori Art Center, Joshibi Art Museum, Enokojima Art Center, Japan 2012 Tree Project - McMichael Collection, Kleinburg 2012 Brave new worlds - Museum London, London 2012 New Landscape - The Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph 2011 Real Fake - California State University, Sacramento / William Paterson University, New Jersey 2011 Another Universe - University of Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand, 2011 Empire of Dreams - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto 2010 Six Degrees of Separation - Claire Oliver, New York 2010

Fair booths

Expo Chicago, Division Gallery, 2018 Dallas Art Fair, Division Gallery, 2017/8 NADA New York, Transfer Gallery, 2018 ZⓈONAMACO, Division Gallery, 2018 Art Toronto, Division Gallery, 2014/8

Collections & Commissions

The Whitney Museum of American Art, Global Affairs Canada, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Surrey Art Gallery, Fidelity International, Capital One, Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank, BMO Financial Group, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts,

Lectures

The Art Institute of Chicago 2018 Nihonbashi Institute of Contemporary Arts 2018 Ontario College of Art and Design 2017 George Brown College 2017 Ryerson University 2017 University of Toronto 2015 FITC, Toronto 2014 Design Exchange 2014 University of Denver 2013 Art Gallery of Surrey 2013 Hiyori Art Center 2013 Digifest 2012 University of Waikato, Waikato Museum 2011 Pratt Institute 2011 William Patterson University 2011 Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art 2010

Bibliography

With integrated artwork, Alex McLeod polishes Metrolinx’s Davenport Diamond, Chris Hampton, The Globe and Mail, March 29, 2018 New York's March fairs aim to seize market moment, Gabriella Angeletisarah P. Hanson James H. Miller Ivy Olesen, The Art Newspaper, March 2018 Interior Design, Volume 88 Number 10 August 2017 Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905-2016, Whitney Museum of American Art, Chrissie Iles, Yale University Press, 2016 Research Methods for Digitising and Curating Data in the Digital Humanities, Matt Hayler, Gabriele Griffin, Edinburgh University Press, 2016 Collins Leah, Alex McLeod's wild fantasy landscapes, CBC, October 16 2015 Corsano Otino, All That Is Solid, MOMUS, October 7 2015 Beckett Mufson, If 'Skyrim' Were a Fine Art, It Might Look Like This, The Creators Project, September 2 2015 Murray Whyte, At the galleries: Alex McLeod,... Toronto Star, August 26 2015 Mallika Rao, The Kids are ALL-CAPS, The Huffington Post, April 8 2015 Beckett Mufson, Snow Falls Like Gems, The Creators Project, March 4 2015 Jessica N. Bloom, Alex McLeod Digital, Studio Beat, November 23 2014 Eric Clement, Alex McLeod et Vicky Sabourin: La Presse, September 13 2014 Kevin Holmes, Explore Psychedelic 3D Chambers, The Creators Project, August 20 2014 Yannick LeJacq, Psychedelic Art , kotaku, August 20 2014 Marina Galperina, ARTIST'S NOTEBOOK: ALEX MCLEOD, Animal New York, May 27 2014 Leigh Silver, The Funniest Artists to Follow on Twitter, Complex Magazine July 23 2013 Rea McNamara, An Artist Through the Mirror: Five "Selfies", ArtInfo, April 26 2013 Jared Leto, Alex McLeod’s Digital Landscapes, Notes from the Outernet, April 23 2013 Priscilla Frank, Uber Art-Savvy Tweeters to Follow in 2013, The Huffington Post, December 28 2012 Paddy Johnson, The 10 Best Exhibitions of 2012, The L magazine, December 17 2012 Whitney Kimball, This Weeks Must See Art Events, Art F city, November 14 2012 Sky Gooden, Alex McLeod Talks "Stoner Art" on the Eve of Montreal Solo Show, Artinfo, May 26 2012 Somewhere Over The Rainbows, idn, 2012 Hybrid Spaces From Another Universe, Art News New Zealand, 2011 Kevin Holmes, A Tech Q&A With Alex McLeod, The Creators Project, October 19 2011 Hyperrealistic 3d Lansdscapes, Computer Arts, October 2011 Kevin Holmes, Step Into A Kitsch Animated Wonderland, The Creators Project, September 20 2011 Cliff Kuang, Gorgeous Dioramas You Can Control With Your Mind, Fast Company, September 15 2011 Leah Sandals, Breathing New Life, National Post, May 21 2011 RM Vaughan, The Familiar Transformed Into The Mysterious, The Globe & Mail, May 6 2011 Canadian Press, TTC to Display Artists Work On Screens, CBC, April 25 2011 Alex McLeod's Dark and Whimsical Worlds, The Huffington Post, February 28 2011 Ten Artists First Time Buyers Should Invest In Now, Toronto Life, 2010 David Liss, Empire Of Dreams, Canadian Art, 2010 QBN, Alex McLeod, 2010 Peep Show: New Artists Exposed!, Canadian Art, August 27 2009 Michael De Feo and Alex McLeod from the Streets to Self-Portraiture, Canadian Art, August 20 2009 Murray Whyte, Manufactured Landscapes and Dark Transparency, Toronto Star, August 13 2009 3D Work of Alex McLeod, Kanye West blog, May 22 2009

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