Qualifications and training
1992 - Postgraduate, Royal Academy Schools, London
1989 - Diploma in Painting, The City and Guilds of London Art School
1986 - Art Foundation, Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology
Solo exhibitions
2007 - Alex Calinescu - New Paintings and Prints, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Brigstock, Northamptonshire
2007 - New Work, Delfina, Full Circle Contemporary Art, London
2006 - The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Residency 2006 New Work, W1, London
2005 - Éigse Carlow Arts Festival 2005, St Patricks College, Ireland
2003 - "From Three Lines", Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
Group exhibitions
2011 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2011, Royal Academy, London
2010 - Éigse 30 Year Retrospective, Visual, Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland
2010 - Summer Exhibition 2010, Royal Academy of Art, London
2009 - Four Days Long, Centre For Recent Drawing (C4RD), London
2009 - The Northern Print Biennale, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
2008 - Edition 1, Centre For Recent Drawing (C4RD), London
2007 - Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
2006 - International Artists II, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2005 - Artonomy Fine Art, Truro, Cornwall
2005 - Eagle Gallery, London
2005 - "Print Works", Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
2005 - International Artists, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2005 - Jerwood Drawing 2004, mac-Birmingham, EICH Gallery-Hull, The Lowry-Salford Quays
2005 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2004 - Line and Form, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
2004 - London Art Fair 2004, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
2004 - The Art Alliance Auction 2004, London
2004 - The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004, Jerwood Space- London, Pittville Gallery-Cheltenham, Bayart-Cardiff
2003 - John Jones, Finsbury Park, London
2003 - 20/21 British Art Fair, Rosanna Wilson Stephens, Commonwealth Institute, London
2003 - Art 2003, Stephen Lacey Gallery, and Rosanna Wilson Stephens, BDC, London
2003 - Gallery Artists 1, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
2002 - 20/21 British Art Fair, Rosanna Wilson Stephens, Commonwealth Institute, London
2002 - Art 2002, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Business Design Centre, London
2002 - Drawing, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London W1
2002 - Drawings for All 2002, Gainsborough House, Suffolk
2002 - From the Eagle to the Star II, Emma Hill at the Star Gallery, Lewes, East Sussex
2002 - Gallery Artists, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art at Reid Minty, London
2002 - Open 2002, The Gallery, Southwark Park, London
2002 - Size Matters, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
2002 - Wall to Wall, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2001 - Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London
2001 - Open 2001, The Gallery, Southwark Park, London
2001 - Square Route, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2001 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (Selected by Robert Hiscox and Quentin Willson)
2000 - Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, Barbican, London
Residencies
2006 - Albers Foundation, Connecticut, America
Competitions, prizes and awards
2006 - The Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA
2004 - Big Art Challenge, Channel 5, finalist
1996 - Bayer Earth Art Award finalist
1995 - Bayer Earth Art Award finalist
1992 - The David Murray Travel Scholarship
1992 - The Vincent Harris Award
1991 - The David Murray Travel Scholarship
1991 - The Landseer Scholarship
1989 - The City and Guilds Drawing Prize
1989 - The Richard Ford Award for Travel
1988 - The Aidan Threlfall Trust, Goldsmiths Company Travel Bursary
1988 - The City and Guilds Drawing Prize
1988 - The Knights of the Round Table Painting Award
1988 - The Philip Connard Travel Award