About Gary Alexander
I am a Photographer and teacher. I have exhibited in group shows and also produce small editions of photographic books. Artist Statement.
I am a regular Associate Lecturer for the School of Theatre at Wimbledon College of Art and have done one day per week for over 10 years. This mainly involves teaching BA level students who are working with computer based design and visualization as well as those who are making short films and animations. Along with the conceptual and design help, I teach Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, After Effects and 3D software. I also teach digital photography at Photofusion.
I also teach one-to-one, helping people with digital cameras and Photoshop and as a longer term, photography mentor.
Recent
• Cornershop - a series of photographs.
• Small Book Big City - Handmade, limited edition book of panoramic photography (2006).
• KEEP LEFT - a 3-minute video on DVD. With Jawed Ashraf (2005).
• Pavemental - Limited ed. book of photography with introduction by Edward Nixon (2005).
Group Exhibitions - Photography
• Onto the Streets - Photofusion, London (July 2006) touring to Thessaloniki, Greece (Dec. 2006), Dubrovnik and Rijeka, Croatia (Feb / Mar 2007), Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia (15-25 March 2007).
• Snapping Little Britain - Orleans House Gallery, Richmond (March / April 2006)
• London Independent Photography - London (2002, 2003 and 2005, 2007)
• Arrested Art - London (May and December 2002).
Book
I co-authored and designed a book on making simple mechanisms and automata. This was published in 1998, reprinted a number of times and still available (Cabaret Mechanical Movement ISBN: 0952872900). more…
Television
I directed Machinations, a series of four short films for Channel 4 about making things move in entertaining ways. The series was first broadcast in 1995. more…
Video
The movies page lists the currently available videos I’ve made. I’m in the process of finishing From Clay to Bronze and I have also shot and edited a number of short drama, promotional and documentary videos. more…
Previous
Interactive exhibits for the Science Museum, London - video editing and interface design using Director (1998-99).
I’ve been freelance since 1992. Before then I worked for Cabaret Mechanical Theatre; maintaining exhibits, making videos and building their web site. In the late eighties I was also the Project Manager on a large CMT art project called ‘The Ride of Life’.
I first trained and worked in Telecommunications, then retrained in Computing and worked for a couple of years as a Software Engineer.
Qualifications
MA Screenwriting and Screen Research (London College of Printing 1996)
HND Computer Studies (Gloucestershire College of Arts 1983)
