ALEX RENNIE | STUDIO 312
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Alex’s work invites the viewer into an illusionary space within the canvas on which he manipulates the paint to become luminous and tactile, visceral and ethereal. His latest artworks explore his childhood fascination with outer space. From painstakingly rendering starfields to playfully colliding imagined worlds, Alex is inspired by the research of cutting-edge cosmologists and the unbounded curiosity of his two young daughters.
Alex Rennie was born in London in 1977. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art from 1996 to 1997, and Cheltenham & Gloucester CHE (1997-2000). His paintings have been exhibited widely, both internationally and domestically, including a solo Cork Street show with Waterhouse & Dodd. Rennie’s work was selected for the BP Portrait Award 2005 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. A new painting was shown in this year’s Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize and another has been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize 2016.
Education:
1997-2000 BA(Hons) Fine Art Painting, Cheltenham and Gloucester CHE
1996-1997 BTEC Foundation, Art and Design, Wimbledon School of Art
Selected Exhibitions:
2021 Contemporary art 20/21 - Waterhouse and Dodd gallery
2019 Solo show, Home from home, Frestonian Gallery, London
2019 Port of Art VII, Nassau 42 Fine art, Antwerp
2018 Surface Tension, D-Contemporary, Mayfair, London
2017 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2016 John Moores Painting Prize (Selected Artist) Walker Gallery, Liverpool
2016 ART16, Olympia, London
2016 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Art Wynwood Miami
2015 London Art Fair (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2014 Art Miami (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2014 Karen Gunderson and Alex Rennie at Waterhouse and Dodd, Albermarle Street
2014 Pulse, New York (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2014 LAF London, Islington (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2013 Art Miami (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2013 Waterhouse and Dodd, Albermarle Street, London| Opening show
2013 Art Palm beach (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2013 London Art fair (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2012 Scope Miami (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2012 Solo show, Cork St, London – Waterhouse and Dodd gallery
2012 Scope Basel (Waterhouse and Dodd)
2007-2016 Wimbledon Art Studios, Summer and Winter Open Studio Exhibitions
2005 BP Award- Selected artist. National Portrait Gallery, London
