Artist

Alex Gough

Born

  • Finnish, b. 1981

Education

  • 2009–2011 MA Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School
  • 2002–2005 BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell College of Art, London

Exhibitions

  • 2025 Distant Voices, Fiumano Clase & Cadogan Fine Arts, London, UK
  • 2024 Christmas Exhibition, Cadogan Fine Arts, London, UK
  • 2023 In being Double, Pace Gallery, New York, USA; A Little Closer, Aleph Contemporary, London, UK; Artist's Artist, OHSH, London, UK
  • 2021 Finnish Soul Garden, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK
  • 2020 Yoga Amongst the Houseplants, Aleph Contemporary, Online
  • 2019 Prologue, Offshoot Gallery, London, UK
  • 2018 Experiment|Control, Blyth Gallery, London, UK; Dialogues, GASK Museum, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
  • 2016 Multiple Choices, Simmons and Simmons Contemporary, London, UK
  • 2015 Erämaa (solo), Block 336 Gallery, London, UK; START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK; Wilderness in Paint, Twelve Star Gallery, London, UK
  • 2012 Erämaa – Wilderness (solo), Orion Contemporary, London, UK
  • 2009 Arctic Blue (solo), JP Jahan Fine Art, London, UK
  • 2006 Sininen Syvyys (solo), The Arts Gallery, London, UK

Work in Collections

  • The Victoria and Albert Museum; Soho House; Simmons and Simmons; The University of the Arts London; City Financial; Pinsent Masons; Barclays; Lloyds TSB; and other international private collections.

Residencies

  • 2011–2023 Resident Artist and Gallery Manager at Block 336, London
  • 2009–2011 Resident artist at The Centre for Recent Drawing, London
  • 2007 Storefront Artists Project, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA; RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London