Alex Slade

Born in Toledo, OH

Lives and works in Los Angeles. CA

Alex Slade completed a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and a Master of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. Slade’s photographs chronicle his own wanderings and define a narrative in U.S. cities where corporate capitalism dominates the urban fabric. He has had solo exhibitions at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA; Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA; Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Els Hanappe Underground, Athens, Greece; Wienowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany, and Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. Group exhibitions include Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge MA; Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; and Artists Space, New York, NY. Slade received a City of Los Angeles, Individual Artist Fellowship (2008), and a California Community Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship (2006). His work is included in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.

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