alex sarkisian
lives and works in Glasgow, UK
[email protected]
SCREENINGS/ TALKS/ PUBLICATIONS
2024 kar, Institute for Contemporary Art, Yerevan AM
2024 kar, Art Basis, Gyumri AM
2024 kar, ACSL, Yerevan AM
2021 a many voiced argument with life, Market Gallery, Glasgow International 2021
2019 everything but the bathing suit with Bahar Yürükoğlu, COPY pages publication
2019 everything but the bathing suit Publication Launch, The Art House Wakefield, Index Festival
2019 Unintimacy screening, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle UK
2019 Backend x Transmission, with Camara Taylor & Tako Taal, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow UK
2018 Transmission Talk + Q&A, with Camara Taylor & Andrew Black, Glasgow Zine Fest, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow UK
2018 Bone Meal Performance Night, Hidden Gardens, Tramway, Glasgow International 2018
2016 Artist Talk, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland UK
2015 Artist Talk, Moray School of Art, Elgin, Scotland UK
2014 Stayin, Publication in Collaboration with Jack Cheetham, London UK
2015 Artist Talk, Sheffield College, Sheffield UK
2013 Jamie, MFA Publication launch, Old Hairdressers, Glasgow UK
2012 Lights Out Listening, Mackintosh Building Lecture Theatre, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow UK
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Sanatçılar ve Konuk Sanatçılar, artSümer, Istanbul TU
2018 -ian (solo), Intermedia Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow UK
2018 i can’t open the can because my nails are painted, in collaboration with Bahar Yürükoğlu, Bothy at House for an Art Lover, Glasgow International 2018, Glasgow UK
2016 BlackCrammHuftonLilloMajaliMcCarthySarkisianTanselWilmshurst, Market Gallery, Glasgow UK
2016 Bradley xx, with Neoterismoi Toumazou, Crownpoint, Glasgow International 2016, Glasgow UK
2016 Lair, VoidoidARCHIVE, Glasgow UK
2016 í drögum, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri IS
2015 Prehistoric Loom III, Glasgow Open House Festival, Glasgow UK
2015 FOKUS, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen DK
2015 Prehistoric Loom II, Yada Shimin Gallery, Nagoya, JP
2015 Prehistoric Loom I, No Toilet Space, Seoul KR
2014 A Union of Voices, Horatio Jr, London UK
2014 Endurance, Govanhill Baths, Glasgow UK
2014 MFA Degree Show & MFA at citizenM, The Glue Factory/ citizenM, Glasgow UK
2014 If I Had It, I Would Give It To You, Upominki, Rotterdam NL
2013 How Many Shades Would an Artist Pack for Holidays?, Neoterismoi Toumazou & Αλάς, Nicosia CY
2013 MFA Interim Show, Mackintosh Building Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow UK
2013 Mirrors of the Mind, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh UK
2012 MFA Auction, SWG3, Glasgow UK
2012 BA Degree Show, Nelson Gallery, Davis CA USA
RESIDENCIES
2024 Nest Art Residency, Institute for Contemporary Art, Yerevan Armenia
2024 Gyumri AiR, Art Basis, Gyumri Armenia
2024 'Art Commune' Artist-in-Residence, Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory, Yerevan Armenia
2023 Film research/production, Western Armenia, Gomidas Institute & the Armenian Film Foundation
2017 Film Residency with Bahar Yürükoğlu, Darién Province, Panama
2015 The Arctic Circle Residency, International Territory of Svalbard
2014 Hospitalfield Arts Graduate Residency, Arbroath Scotland
2013 Ffffast Summer Residency, Neoterismoi Toumazou & Αλάς, Nicosia Cyprus
2012 Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Reserve Residency, Mojave Desert, CA USA
AWARDS
2024 Hope Scott Trust Visual Art Grant
2017 Hope Scott Trust Visual Art Grant
2014 Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust Grant
2014-16 Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneurship Visa, University of Glasgow
2013 Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust Scholarship
2009 University of California Fine Art Travel Award to Pieve International School, Corciano
PROGRAMMING
2020- Programme Producer, Glasgow Zine Library, Glasgow UK
2017-20 Student Engagement Programme Coordinator, The Art School, Glasgow School of Art
2015-17 Transmission Committee Member, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow UK
EDUCATION
2012-14 Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow UK
2013 Master of Fine Art Exchange, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam NL
2008-12 BA Technocultural Studies and Art Studio, University of California, Davis USA
2010 BA Exchange, University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow UK
TEACHING
2020-23 Lecturer/ Digital Content Development, International Foundation, Glasgow School of Art
2016 Visiting Artist, Gray’s School of Art
2015 Visiting Artist, Moray School of Art
2014-15 Visiting Artist & Workshop Instructor, Sheffield College
2014 Teaching Assistant, Photography Dept., Glasgow School of Art
2013 Visiting Lecturer & Review Panel Member, Delft University of Technology, Master of
Science: Architecture