About
Alexander Mourant (b. 1994, UK) is an artist based in London. His work has been included in publications such as FT Weekend Magazine, British Journal of Photography, Photograph, Unseen Magazine and The Greatest Magazine. Recent solo shows include Aomori at The Old Truman Brewery and Unseen Amsterdam, alongside group shows at Jersey Arts Centre and Peckham 24. Mourant is a recipient of grants from ArtHouse Jersey, Jersey Bursary and Arts Council England. He has won the Free Range Award and was recently nominated for Foam Paul Huf Award.
Education
2018 - 2020 Royal College of Art, MA Photography
2013 - 2017 Falmouth University, BA (Hons) Photography, First Class Honours
2008 - 2013 Bryanston School
Solo Exhibitions
2018 - Unseen Amsterdam, Aomori, Seen Fifteen Gallery
2018 - The Old Truman Brewery, Aomori
Group Exhibitions
2019 - Copeland Gallery, Where You Are Not: Tess Williams, Alexander Mourant, Maddie Rose Hills, Matilda Little, Florence Sweeney, Tom Pope, Simone Mudde and Katrina Russell-Adams
2019 - Unseen Amsterdam, To Feel its Touch, Seen Fifteen Gallery: Marianne Bjørnmyr and Alexander Mourant
2019 - Peckham 24, For Those Who Could See Beyond The Surface: Marianne Bjørnmyr, Tenzing Dakpa, Maja Daniels, Katrin Koenning, Raymond Meeks and Alexander Mourant
2019 - Royal College of Art, WIP
2018 - Chelsea Arts Club, Garden of Earthly Delights
2018 - Jersey Arts Centre, Retrospective Exhibition
2018 - The Old Truman Brewery, Photoworks presents ‘Collaborate’ at Free Range
2017 - The Old Truman Brewery, South West Graduate Photography Prize
2017 - CCA Galleries International, Summer Exhibition, with work from Aurelian
2017 - Royal Geographical Society, RAW Truth, Alexander Mourant and Andy Hughes for RAW Foundation
2017 - The Old Truman Brewery, Free Range
2016 - Mall Galleries, Bryanston Today
2016 - NCVO, London, The National Council for Voluntary Organisations and PhotoVoice Photography Prize
2015 - Berni Gallery, Jersey, The Original Student Art Exhibition
2015 - The Poly, Falmouth, End of Year Show
2015 - theprintspace, London, PhotoVoice Awards
2014 - CCA Galleries International, Jersey, Gallery Magazine: Student Awards
2014 - The Fish Factory, Falmouth, with Illumination Space and Modernist Ceramics
2014 - The Photography Gallery, Falmouth, with Illusionist Paradise and Illumination Space
Awards / Commissions
2019 - FT Weekend Magazine / Photo London, My London
2019 - Foam Paul Huf Award - Nomination
2017 - Free Range Award - Winner
2017 - Metro Imaging Award - Winner
2017 - South West Graduate Photography Prize - Finalist
2016 - The National Council for Voluntary Organisations and PhotoVoice Photography Prize - Finalist
2015 - Jersey Arts Centre's, Original Student Art Award - Winner
2015 - theprintspace, PhotoVoice Awards - Finalist
Lectures / Talks
2019 - Kingston University, Visiting Lecture
2019 - Copeland Gallery, On Blue and Photography: Panel discussion with Duncan Wooldridge, Tom Pope and Simone Mudde
2019 - Falmouth University, Visiting Lecture
2019 - University of Huddersfield, Visiting Lecture: Photography and Lived Experience
2019 - Peckham 24, Visualising Community: Panel discussion with Karen McQuaid, Marianne Bjørnmyr, D Wiafe and Max Miechowski
2018 - Kingston University, Visiting Lecture
2018 - The Old Truman Brewery, Aomori, In conversation with Professor Steve Macleod
2018 - Bryanston School, Visiting Lecture
Grants
2018 - ArtHouse Jersey - www.arthouse.je
2018 - Jersey Bursary - www.gov.je
2018 - Arts Council England - www.artscouncil.org.uk
2017 - ArtHouse Jersey - www.arthouse.je
Publications
2019 - Photograph, Jan/Feb, 30th Anniversary Special
2018 - The Greatest Magazine, Issue 14, The Lightness
2018 - Unseen Magazine, Issue 5, Aomori
2018 - Penguin Random House, Notes from the Fog: Ben Marcus
2017 - Source Photographic Review, no. 90, Aurelian
2017 - British Journal of Photography, no. 7862, Aurelian
2016 - Gallery Magazine: The APPETITE issue, no. 128, Out of Africa
2016 - Gallery Magazine: The PARTNERSHIPS issue, no. 127, Ethiopia and Kenya
2016 - Gallery Magazine: The SOLO issue, no. 126, Cairo to Cape Town: Africa's Plastic Footprint
2016 - PhotoVoice: Issue 3, Africa's Plastic Footprint
2015 - Gallery Magazine: Evolution Issue no. 116, Beauty in Rumination
2014 - Gallery Magazine: Jersey Style Magazine no.110, Blue Railing
Online Press (click to view)
British Journal of Photography - I
British Journal of Photography - II
PhotoVoice: Reaching Cape Point
PhotoVoice: Masai: Africa's Plastic Footprint
PhotoVoice: Sudan: Africa's Plastic Footprint
PhotoVoice: Cairo to Cape Town: Africa's Plastic Footprint
Experience
2018 - Bill Brandt Archive / Archivist
2017 - Michael Hoppen Gallery / Archivist
2017 - Todd Hido, JH Engström and Margot Wallard. Atelier Smedsby / Paris
2016 - Simon Roberts / Studio Assistant intern
2015 - Nadav Kander / Studio Assistant intern
2014 - 2017 Andy Le Gresley / Assistant and Digital Editor
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