Alex Hubbell

Alex Hubbell cherishes the Art of Simplicity. Originally from the United States, she trained as a Zen painter before beginning to use watercolor and ink. Much of her work contains a single pigment: Indigo.

True to the Zen ethos of transparency, Alex prefers using large brushes and bold brushstrokes to define her subject, wishing to capture the essence of nature through the purest of gestures. Although she loves all animals, Alex often paints creatures who fly. To her, flight is a symbol of freedom and hope. Says the artist, “To me there is something magic in the moment of flight: What was once tethered to the ground is now free to fly.”

Alex earned her MFA from the Royal College of Art, London, where she used watercolor paintings to develop Art Therapy methods. Her work has been featured in the Victoria & Albert Museum, sold in Selfridges London and selected for the HAY International Talent Award and the MUJI 04 Award. Her research into the art of dreams was nominated for a Helen Hamlyn Design Award.

Royal College of Art

“Ecphrasis”, Gallery Blue, Taos, NM 2018

Selected Artist, Zurich Artist Residency, Zurich, Switzerland 2018

Solo Show, S Callipyge Gallery, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France 2017

Salon René Clement-Bayer, Fountainbleau, France 2017

Bushwick Open Studios, 56Bogart Studio, Brooklyn 2016

Hakata Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan 2015

Grand Front Gallery, Osaka, Japan 2015

Atelier Shanghai IAPM, Shanghai, China 2014

Huashan 1914, Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan 2014

Big Small Show, London Design Festival, London 2014

HAY Talent Group Show, Formland Herning, Denmark 2014

Show RCA, Royal College of Art, London, 2014

The Poetry of the Functional, Industrial Museum of Chemnitz, Germany 2013

Calling the Future, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2012

Expedition Exhibition, Gallop Gallery, London 2012