Alex Richardson is a young emerging photographic artist in Naarm Melbourne. Born in Brisbane, Alex moved to Melbourne to study a Bachelor of Fine Arts (photography) at the Victorian College of Arts in 2021. Whilst studying Alex has received the Ormond College Art Excellence Award in 2022 and shown works in various group shows. At the Victorian College of Arts, Alex has developed an advanced knowledge of darkroom processes to create works on large-scale black and white darkroom prints.
Biography
Artist Statement
“My abstract photographs aim to challenge the distinction between ‘artwork’, and image. Rethinking what makes an image, an image? Due to mass-media, the overconsumption of images has become an addiction. I aim to create images that aren’t consumed, to make viewers linger.
Inspired by abstract expressionistic painting, landscapes, and sculptural forms, I’m drawn to organic arrangements of reflective materials. With light as my medium, capturing these reflective materials on black and white film distorts the original material into an abstract compositional form of grain and texture. My process of making is centred around a fascination of textures and light. My aim is to present works that are visually atmospheric, ethereal, and evocative.”
Artistic Intent
A creative artist, designer, and writer I work across broad spectrums of the creative industries with a motivation and drive to become successful in such a competitive industry. As such, my artist practice despite being a large part of my life and an expression of my own interests is not founded on individualistic experiences. In an effort to create something more accessible and enduring.