Bio

Alexandre Prado’s practice explores themes that are concerned with the human condition and relationships with the natural and built environment. His work is concerned with the micro-macro relationships that occurs in nature. By removing natural objects from their environment and displaying them in constructed spaces, Alexandre's work questions the status of these objects and our perceptions of the natural world.
Alexandre works across a variety of media including video, photography, sculpture and installation art. His practice is influenced by ecology, sustainability and Zen Buddhism. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and has been based in Melbourne for the past 20 years. A recipient of an ArtStart grant for professional development from the Australian Council of the Arts, Alexandre has been involved in many collaborations with indigenous and culturally and linguistic diverse communities through various artist residences in Australia.

solo exhibitions

Upcoming   Stockroom Gallery (Kyneton) - April 2013
Upcoming Shelf Life Gallery (Taradale) - August 2012
2012          Incinerator Gallery (Melbourne) - Squares of Nature # 4
2011          Gallerysmith (Melbourne) - The Smallest of Things
2009          Gallerysmith (Melbourne) - Squares of Nature
2009          Gallerysmith (Melbourne) - Bus Stop
2008          Gallerysmith (Melbourne) - Hidden Life
2007          First Site Gallery (Melbourne) - End of Transcript
2005          First Site Gallery (Melbourne) - Emotional Conduits in Psychologically Charged Spaces

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011          Lot 19 (Castlemaine) - Spring Sculpture Prize (Highly Commended)
2011          Kobro Gallery - Next Identities (Lodz, Poland)
2011          International ArtExpo - Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities (Zabok, Croatia)
2011          Incinerator Art Complex (Melbourne) - ARtECYCLE Prize (finalist)
2010          Gallerysmith (Melbourne - Group Show
2009          Artbank Australia (Sydney) - Artbank’s Video Art Collection Exhibition
2009          Frankston Art Centre (Melbourne) - Sound/Silence Award (finalist)
2009          Immigration Museum (Melbourne) - Voices of Young Australia
2008    Incinerator Art Complex (Melbourne) - ARtECYCLE Prize (finalist)
2007          RMIT Gallery (Melbourne - Siemens - RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards (finalist)
2007          RMIT Sculpture (Melbourne) - RMIT 3rd Year Graduate's Show
2004    RMIT Faculty Gallery (Melbourne) Sculpture Group Exhibition

Collections

Artbank Australia Collection

Grants

2010 Recipient of an Australian Council ArtStart Grant for $10,000
2007 RMIT University Union Arts Grant

Screenings

2009 ACMI - Stories From Near and Far
2009 Channel 31 - Stories From Near and Far - weekly screenings

Artist Residences

2010           Menzies Artist Residence (Shire of Menzies – WA)
2008           Centre for Multicultural Youth - Residency funded by Arts Victoria
2007           AMES - ‘Bringing Colour to Australia’ Community Arts Project
2007           Debney Park Secondary College - Community Arts Project exploring identity
2005           Maribyrnong City Council - Public Sculpture Commission