Alexandre Singh is an internationally renowned visual artist, born in Bordeaux, France, to Indian and French parents. He was brought up in Manchester, UK, before studying Fine Art at the University of Oxford, UK.
Singh’s work is inspired by a love of imaginative storytelling. Encompassing such diverse practices as writing, collage, installation, and performance, his work often consists of absurdist fables in which, for example, Adidas founder Adi Dassler is re-imagined as Faust; Piero Manzoni creates a camera that eats the Universe; and Molière’s send-ups of 17th century snobbery are translated to modern-day New York.
His work has been exhibited in venues throughout Europe and the United States, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; The Serpentine Gallery, London; and Witte de With, Rotterdam.
In 2013, Singh’s theatre play, The Humans, was staged at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, before traveling to the Festival d’Avignon, France, in 2014.
Singh’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris.
He is the recipient of the 2011/12 Prix Meurice for contemporary art and the 2016 Feature Expanded: Distribution Award.
Singh is represented by Sprüth Magers Gallery (Berlin, London, Los-Angeles) and Metro Pictures (New York).
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