Alec Von Bargen
Alec Von Bargen

About

Artist by profession, photographer by inspiration, playwright by 'obstination', actor by dedication and world traveller by addiction. Born in New York, grew up in England and Mexico, German parents, 5 and 1/3 languages plus a healthy passion for all things Asia. Carbon footprint's off the chart yet recycling is fundamental as are all things green. Human rights are an obsession: live and let live.

Some use the term ‘Wanderlust’, others claim to be “In search of”, many are clearly running away from and quite a few are simply lost. I can’t relate to any of the above and yet I’m guilty of all four. I’m somewhat the consequence of a lifestyle-inherited… the by-product of a set of circumstances… all I know is that my life is one long journey and that I spend most nights dreaming on foreign bedsheets, conversing with fragrances of adopted pillowcases many.

Am I exhausted? At times. Do I complain? Almost always. Would I change it all? Never!

I’m not trying to create a reality, I simply document mine.

I do not prep, stage, light or pre-produce. My only instrument of choice: a Canon point and shoot camera.

I work all over the world then I rest my head whenever I can at my hideaway in the Mayan jungle near Akumal, Mexico.
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Location
Akumal Norte, Mexico
Website
http://www.alec360.com
Work
Most recent exhibitions:
-The 54th Venice Biennale - Official Selection - Pavilion of Costa Rica
-Galerie Huit - Penang, Malaysia
-Les Recontres des Arles - Arles International Photography Festival - Arles, France
-The Mall Galleries, Pall Mall – London, England
-The Victoria and Albert Museum – London, England
-Guest Artist – Basel Hot Art Fair – Basel, Switzerland
-The Soncino Biennale – Soncino, Italy
-The Center for Fine Art Photography – Colorado, USA
-The National Gallery of Zimbabwe - Harare
-The Agora Gallery – New York City, USA
-Arte Padova, Arte Verona and MiArt Art Fairs represented by Galleria Polin, Treviso, Italy
-The Queen’s Complex in Bagh-e-Babur – Kabul, Afghanistan
-Alte AEG Fabrik – Berlin, Germany
-Art Space Beijing – Beijing, China
-Ana Tzarev Gallery – New York City, USA
-LACDA – Los Angeles, USA
-ArtPrize – Grand Rapids, USA
-The San Diego International Art Fair – San Diego, USA
-NES - Skagaströnd, Iceland
-The Brooklyn Art Library – New York, USA

Awards
-PX3 2011 Prix de la Photograpie - ACCIDENT-ALLY from the series CRASH-ED awarded first place in the people's choice 'Fine Art Book (series only) pro', second place in both the people's choice 'Fine Art Abstract (series only) Pro' and the 'Fine Art Other (single image) pro'. EVERYONE IS GONE won third place in the people's choice 'Fine Art Other (Series Image) pro' and the series KAFFI won third place in the people's choice 'Fine Art Portraiture Culture (series only) Pro.'
-Finalist at the 2011 Renaissance Photography Prize, London, UK
-Jury selection winner and Director’s honorable mention at the ‘Blue’ Competition and Exhibit at The Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft. Collins, Colorado
-Bronze medal winner at the International Aperture Award in Melbourne, Australia
-Commended winner at London Photographic Association’s ‘Urbanscape 3’, London, UK
-Winner at the 2010 LACDA Top 40 Visual Artists, Los Angeles
-Winner at the 2010 Chelsea International Art Competition, New York
-Finalist at the 2009 International CELESTE.PRIZE, Berlin
-Finalist at the 2009 Freedom to Create Prize, London
-Scholarship/Grant NYArts Beijing Residency
-Fellowship at NES residency, Iceland
-Selected artist for the LIA (Leipzg International Artist Programme)

Catalogues/Publications:
-PX3 2011 Prix de la Fotographie Book
-Transciense - Exhibition Catalogue - Galerie Huit - Arles, France
-Illuminazione - 54th Venice Biennale
-Rooms Art Uncovered - March 2011
-ArtIsSpectrum - Issue 23 - 2010
-Hot Art Fair 2010 Catalogue
-The Silent March – Publication for Hot Art Fair Basel
-Chelsea International Art Contest Catalogue – Agora Gallery, New York
-ZOOM 96 – 2010 – May Edition – Alec Von Bargen, Photographer
-CELESTE.PRIZE Catalogue 2009
-The Self-Portrait Project – Catalogue – Brooklyn Library
-Remedy Magazine UK – Issue 7 – June 2010
-‘ONE’ – Photography by Alec Von Bargen
-‘In.Residence’ – Alec Von Bargen – Photographs
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Education
Studies:
-Iberoamericana University – Mexico City, Mexico
-Centro de Estudios Artisticos – Mexico City, Mexico
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