ALEXANDER BOYNES
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CULTURAL SECTOR PANEL SPEAKER
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Alexander Boynes is an Artist, Curator, and Program Manager at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space. He received his Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) at the ANU in Gold and Silversmithing in 2004; however, his practice has evolved to include drawing, painting, photography, print media, light-based work and video installation.
Recent exhibitions include Hi-Vis Futures (Canberra Museum + Gallery, 2019-2020), Slow Hope (Beaver Galleries, 2019), Rewriting the Score (Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2019) , Gaia Hypothesis (Belconnen Arts Centre, 2019), Sydney Contemporary (Carriageworks, 2018), and As Above, So Below (MAY▲SPACE, 2018).
He is represented in the collections of the Center for Art + Environment, Nevada Museum of Art (USA), Artbank Australia (VIC), the ACT Legislative Assembly (ACT), the University of Canberra (ACT), the Macquarie Group Collection (NSW) and numerous private collections throughout Australia and in the UK. Alexander Boynes is represented by Beaver Galleries in Canberra.
Boynes is a Curator and Program Manager at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space. His most recent curatorial projects include BLAZE FOURTEEN (CCAS East Space), Unfinished Business (CCAS Gorman Arts Centre, 2019) and Straight Outta Canberra (MAY SPACE, Sydney, 2018).
In 2013 Boynes established PRAXIS a multidisciplinary art collective with choreographer/dancer Laura Boynes, and cellist/composer Tristen Parr to explore the link between visual art, performance, and sound. Their most recent work Dark Matter was presented at the State Theatre of Western Australia in 2016.
Boynes has also produced a series of major collaborative painting, moving image and sound works with Mandy Martin and Tristen Parr. These politically-charged works examine the ongoing and cumulative effects of industry on landscapes, fragile ecosystems and human conditions. Canberran audiences had the opportunity to experience these works for the first time in November 2019, when Boynes and Martin presented their exhibition Hi-Vis Futures at Canberra Musuem + Gallery. Boynes, Martin and Parr are collaborating on a third and final work entitled Step Change, to be premiered at Fremantle Biennale in November 2021.
Recent exhibitions include Hi-Vis Futures (Canberra Museum + Gallery, 2019-2020), Slow Hope (Beaver Galleries, 2019), Rewriting the Score (Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2019) , Gaia Hypothesis (Belconnen Arts Centre, 2019), Sydney Contemporary (Carriageworks, 2018), and As Above, So Below (MAY▲SPACE, 2018).
He is represented in the collections of the Center for Art + Environment, Nevada Museum of Art (USA), Artbank Australia (VIC), the ACT Legislative Assembly (ACT), the University of Canberra (ACT), the Macquarie Group Collection (NSW) and numerous private collections throughout Australia and in the UK. Alexander Boynes is represented by Beaver Galleries in Canberra.
Boynes is a Curator and Program Manager at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space. His most recent curatorial projects include BLAZE FOURTEEN (CCAS East Space), Unfinished Business (CCAS Gorman Arts Centre, 2019) and Straight Outta Canberra (MAY SPACE, Sydney, 2018).
In 2013 Boynes established PRAXIS a multidisciplinary art collective with choreographer/dancer Laura Boynes, and cellist/composer Tristen Parr to explore the link between visual art, performance, and sound. Their most recent work Dark Matter was presented at the State Theatre of Western Australia in 2016.
Boynes has also produced a series of major collaborative painting, moving image and sound works with Mandy Martin and Tristen Parr. These politically-charged works examine the ongoing and cumulative effects of industry on landscapes, fragile ecosystems and human conditions. Canberran audiences had the opportunity to experience these works for the first time in November 2019, when Boynes and Martin presented their exhibition Hi-Vis Futures at Canberra Musuem + Gallery. Boynes, Martin and Parr are collaborating on a third and final work entitled Step Change, to be premiered at Fremantle Biennale in November 2021.