Alec Cumming

Alec is an artist who works internationally, having spent several years working and living in Delhi, India.

Now back in the UK, he is developing and processing the vibrant multi-sensory stimulus that he discovered whilst living in such a vivid place, as well considering other places he has spent lengths of time in throughout his life, such as California and Sri Lanka. This multi-sensory sense of movement within place translates into a ‘pan global’ vocabulary evident in his mixture of Western/Eastern influence in his painting style.

His practice, oil on canvas, is traditional in medium, although the images that jump in and around the canvas are vibrant and playful, exploring the concept of fleeting moments. Within his abstracted painting style there are shapes and forms that lead to suggestions of 'things'. This idea of semi-recognisable forms can suggest a narrative throughout the painting, these forms or shapes can appear through drawings, thoughts, ideas and lived or imagined experiences.

The paintings he creates may suggest spaces he knows, vibrant fabrics or places, or perhaps a moment glimpsed whilst laying poolside, or even a collection of observed objects, such as tyres stacked on the road or a table laden with d...

• Ba (hons) Fine Art, Norwich School of Art and Design 2004-2007
• BTEC National Diploma Fine Art, Norwich City College 2002-2004

Residencies
June 2020, The Banditto Residency, Tuscany, Italy
October 2017 - December 2017, Dove Street Studios, Norwich, UK
June - July 2017, Goa Chitra Museum, Benaulim, Goa, India
July 2015 – July 2016, Norwich Cathedral School, Norwich, UK
November 2011 – November 2013, NIV art Centre, Delhi, India
October – November 2010, ICA Gallery, Jaipur, India

August 2024, The originals, Print Club London, London

May 2024, The Other Art Fair , Brooklyn NY, USA

May 2024, Sensations of being, Diss Corn Hall, UK

September 2023, The other Art Fair LA, USA

May 2023, The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, New York, USA

December 2022, ‘Contemporary Now’, The Edit Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

September 2022, The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, USA

June 2022, The Other Art Fair New York, Knockdown centre, Brooklyn, NY, USA

March 2022, The Other Art Fair London, Truman Brewery, London, UK
December 2021, ‘The Other Art fair x The Hoxton’, The Hoxton Holborn, London, UK

November 2021, Footprints, Pilgrims Contemporary, Art Hub Studios, London, UK (GROUP)

October 2021, The Other Art Fair London, Truman Brewery, London, UK (GROUP)

July 2021, HOPE, Fitzroy Modern Art, Norton Subcourse, Norfolk UK (GROUP)

April 2020, The Other Art Fair LA, Barker Hanger, SM, Los Angeles, USA (online)

March 2020, The Other Art Fair London, Truman Brewery, London, UK (online)

October 2019, 'Perfect Adventures' The edit Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus (SOLO)

October 2019, The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London

September 2019, The other Art fair, the barker hanger Los Angeles.

July 2019, Summe...