TRAINING
2012-14 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2009-11 BA (Hons) Fine Art (First), Hereford College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 The Oath of The Great Order of Emancipists. Confinement, Crossings and Conditions. Carceral Geography Conference, Birmingham University
2013 Empty Chairs, The Institute of Art and Ideas- Hay Festival, Hay on Wye
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
New voices, New conversations, Recent acquisitions of the New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge University
Storyboard, Lubmirov/ Angus Hughes Gallery, London
Nasty Women, Cambridge Literary Festival, curated by Eliza Gluckman
Hokey Cokey, Universidad de la Comunicacion and Chalton Gallery, London and Mexico
Real Lives, Painted Pictures, The Cut, Halesworth
2016
Working From Home, AMP Gallery, London
On the Shore Alone at Night, Chalton Gallery, London
Art Car Boot Fair (with Huguenot Editions), London
Real Lives, Painted Pictures, Crypt Gallery, London
Oriel Davis Open, Newtown, Wales
2015
Random Selection, Division of Labour, London and Manchester Contemporary
Salon, Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Sluice (Day and Gluckman) London
Material Tension, Collyer and Bristow Gallery, London
2014
A Union of Voices. Horatio Junior Gallery, London
Beryl, Neat 14- Theatre Royal, Nottingham
The Twelve Apostles as Babies, RCA Degree show, London
2013
Pntg Nov, Henry Moore Gallery, London
REACT, Dilston Grove Gallery, London
Diseased Brethre,n Art Licks- at Asylum, London
2012
Candid arts, Universitat der Kunste, Berlin
Ludlow Open, Ludlow
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2015
Catlin Art Prize (panel- Justin Hammond, Aaron Cezar, Charlotte Schepke, George Vasey)
2014
Saatchi New Sensations- nominated
John Moores painting prize- shortlisted (panel- Chantal Joffe, Tom Benson, Zeng Fanzhi, Tim Marlow and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye)
Jerwood drawing prize- shortlisted (panel- Gavin Delahunty, Dr Janet McKenzie and Alison Wilding)
Exeter Contemporary Open- Public Choice award, Pheonix Arts Centre (panel- Matt Burrows, Ceri Hand, David Shrigley)
2013
New Contemporaries- shortlisted, ICA (panel- Ryan Gander, Chantal Joffe and Nathaniel Mellors)
Anthology 2013, Charlie Smith Gallery, London (panel- Ian Davenport, Zavier Ellis, Hélène Guérin, Ceri Hand, Max Presneill)
W-ca Open- highly commended, Worcester Art Gallery (panel- Juneau projects, Meadow Arts, Nada Prija and Gavin Wade)
Derwent Drawing Prize, Mall Galleries, London (panel- Yvonne Crossley, Fisun Güner and Stephen Farthing)
2012
Windsor and Newton scholarship, RCA
Elmley Foundation Award to study at the RCA
Hereford Open- overall winner (panel- Andrea McLean and Clare Woods)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2017 Real Lives, Painted Pictures - Book accompanying exhibition of same title
2016 Spears Magazine
2016 Birmingham Mail- 21 Leading Young artists in the West Midlands
2015 Studio International filmed interview- https://vimeo.com/128992151
2015 Apollo Magazine
2015 Wall Street International
2015 3rd Dimension magazine
2015 Huffington Post
2015 A-N magazine
2015 The Catlin Art Guide
2014 The State of Art, Barehill Publishing
2014 Jerwood Drawing Prize
2014 John Moores Painting Prize
2014 ARTUPDATE
2013 ARC magazine 17.2
2011 Roves and Roames, issue III
Performances/ screenings
2017 Summer Salon, Lubirimov/ Angus Hughes, London
2017 Domino Open Film Screening. The Shoe Factory Social Club, Norwich
2016 Ghost Sheet Interviews, AMP Gallery, London
2015 Jamboree, Plymouth Arts centre
2014 CINARS Performing Arts Bienniale, Montreal
2014 Neat 14. Nottingham
2013 Womens Werk, Division of Labour. Worcester Art Gallery
Lectures/ Tutorials/ Presentations
2014-17 Hereford College of Art. Various lectures/ tutorials for Fine Art and Art and Design
2016 Eastside Projects, Birmingham. Presentation on outcomes of Radical Sabbatical
2016 University of Birmingham. Symposium talk to School of Government and Social policy
2016 University of Northumbria. Verbatim conference, talk on the politics of verbatim practice
2015 University of Worcester. Film Production, lecture and workshop on art practice
2015 Eastside Projects, Birmingham. Presentation on practice
2014 Jerwood Space, London. Presentation on practice
2014 John Moores, Walker Gallery, Liverpool. Presentation on art practice
2014 University of Gloucester, Fine Art. Presentation and tutorials on art practice
2014 Wolverhampton University, Fine Art. Presentation and tutorials on art practice
COLLECTIONS
New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge
Various private collections
RESIDENCIES
2017 Resort/ Open School East Residency, Margate
2016 Radical Sabbatical, University of Birmingham and Eastside Projects
WEBSITE AND EMAIL LINKS
www.lexistrauss.com
lexistrauss@hotmail.com
