Lonesome Corporal Painting

Born in 1999 in Lagos, Nigeria, Alexander is a self taught Nigerian Painter, He lives and works in Abuja, Nigeria, He studied Architecture between 2016- 2022, he has been painting since 2022 and has his works in private collections across Nigeria. His works have been viewed privately by a community created in 2022 and shows his paintings to the audience annually in organized exhibitions. Ranging from stylized abstracted portraits to Landscapes and Cityscapes Alexander’s paintings explore his personal experiences, spiritual growth/enlightenment and the political scene of his immediate environment, it highlights the murky expressions of inner feelings like grief, healing, self- love, channeling, and commentates on the Nigerian political stage. Alexander channels his personal state of mind into paintings by conceiving ‘ideas’ sketching and painting, this practice has helped him to ‘Let go’ of the feelings of emptiness, pain and frustration. Delving through different artistic periods, the artist expresses different emotions with various media and techniques. He focuses on the use of acrylic to render paintings with an ashy/aged effect on canvas, cloths and any object he lays his hands on. A recurring theme in his works is the repeated appearance of soldiers in uniforms, he utilizes this to showcase strength in his otherwise vulnerable pieces. Cityscapes and Landscapes also reoccur in a period of his practice deeply influenced by his Architectural practice. A shift in the direction of his work came very recently with a collaboration to create a painting commissioned by a Non-governmental organization that centres on charity and provision of resources to rural communities, the commission aims to inspire change and support for the less priviledged.