ALEX CYRESZKO

Alex is an Australian artist/educator who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors) (1998), Bachelor of Art Education (2005) from the College of Fine Art, University of NSW and is currently a Visual Arts & Photography teacher at Glenwood High School. In 2020 the Monash Gallery of Art Collection acquired two of Alex’s from the Abandoned Car Series 2000 (2000 – 2010). He was included in the online exhibition Directors cut – Blake Prize in 2013. Alex was an artist in Residence, Blacktown City Council Art Studios,  and featured in group exhibitions To Show and Some other Place. In 2011 Alex exhibited in the Blake Prize: National Art School, had work in the National Photographic Portrait Prize in Canberra at the National Portrait Gallery and also had the Photographic series Abandoned Car Series 2000 exhibited at the Gippsland Regional Gallery. Alex’s work was exhibited in the 2003 Schatz Newteed- Supported by First Draft Gallery Group Exhibition, The Mop Group Exhibition, and the 2003 Hobart City Art Prize where Alex was invited to submit work. In 2001 activity included the Stella Centre for Contemporary photography, LEICA/CCP Documentary Photography Exhibition & Award, Suspended – First Draft/Australia Council, Helen Lempriere Traveling Art Scholarship Exhibition, and Urban Documents (Curator and Participating Artist). Alex exhibited Works on Paper at The Academy of Fine Arts, Trieste, Slovenia in 1999.

>>> Q&A with Alex Cyreszko – 9 October 2021