Curriculum
Vitae
"Exceptionally good photographs...
Just the kind of pictures I admire.”
Wolf
Suschitzky, photographer,
cinemaphotographer.
"Having an astute eye must be
one of the prerequisites of a photographer's armoury but it's
surprisingly rare. Alex's photographs however are riddled with
that quality and also convey a sense of humour which is difficult
to achieve at will.
His range of subjects speak of secret worlds of nooks and crannies
and a wider and more public face where his subjects never fail
to provide the quirks and nuances that he portrays so well."
Robin
Bell, black and white printer.
"Alexander Brattell's photographs,
like the barking of the dog in the darkness, draw our attention
to what might be there, and alert us to the fact that what we
see is simply what we see, not the totality of what exists."
Vasileios
Kantas, photography theorist.
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| Selected
Solo Exhibitions
Tulpa
- photographs 2009-10. Marina Post Office Tearooms, St. Leonards
On Sea. Part of “On The Map”, a multi venue event for
the Brighton Photo Fringe Hastings 2010.
The Edge Of England. McCarrons, St Leonards On Sea, East
Sussex, November 2009
Word On The Street. Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. October
2004 - January 2005
19Hz.
The Spitz Bistro, London E1. October 2004
Antinomy.
The Rivington Gallery, London EC2. 2003. The Fashion Space Gallery,
London College of Fashion, 2003
Lines
of Desire. The Space, London. June - July 2003
Spectacle.
The Eye Company, London. 2002
Last Minute. The Alex public house, Victoria Park London. 2002
Recent Photographs. The Alex public house, London. 2002
britart.com. Foyer exhibition, London. 2000
Paul Mark Hatton Jewellery. London. 2000
Portals
and Spirits. The Clerks House, London. 1999
Freuds Cafe Gallery. London W1. 1992
Brattell In Poland. Polish Social & Cultural Association
Gallery, London W6. 1990
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| Selected
Group Exhibitions
They’re
Not Laughing Now.
F-ISH gallery
Hastings. Exhibitor & curator. October 2010.
Photos With Words. PhotoPlace Gallery,
Vermont
Photography Workplace USA. July 2010
London
International Documentary Festival. "The
Invisible City". April
2010
IPG’s Greatest Hits. The
Independent Photographers Gallery Battle, December 2009
Indian Summer. Hastings Museum
& Art Gallery, September 2009
Conversations...From The Edge.
Photo Hub Group, St Mary In The Castle Hastings, September 2009
Jack In The Green. Hastings Arts
Forum, St. Leonards on Sea. May 2008, 2009, 2010
Shadowlands. South Coast Artists.
Arts Forum, St. Leonards on Sea, March 2008
Spirit Of The Season. The Independent
Photographers Gallery, Battle, Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
Regeneration. SoCo Gallery, Hastings,
March 2007
Seaside. Conquest Hospital, Hastings,
August - November 2006
South Coast Artists Spring Show. SoCo
Gallery Hastings, May 2006
Landscape Through The Lens. SoCo
Gallery Hastings, January 2006
War! The Rivington Gallery, London.
June 2003
Looking at London. The Prince’s
Foundation, London. 2002
London College of Fashion Faculty Show.
London W1, 2001
Cordwainers College Faculty Exhibitions.
1997, 1998, 1999
Spitalfields, A Last Lingering Look.
The Clerks House, Shoreditch. 1999
Smalls. The Clerks House, Shoreditch,
1998
Camerawork Open Exhibition. London
E2, 1990
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Print
Sales
Eyestorm
Lucy Bell Fine
Art Photography
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| Community & Education: Selected Projects & Events.
PhotoHastings.org
"For photography in Hastings & East Sussex”.
News
& resources. Editor & founder. 2009-
De
La Warr Pavilion. Exhibitions
Interpretation Team 2010-11. Creating events to accompany The Pavilion’s
exhibitions.
Voices
and Visions. University
of Brighton School of Education Centenary Conference. Workshop leader.
September 2010.
The
Helenswood Newsroom. Helenswood
School Hastings/Creative
Partnerships June 2010. Working
with Year 9 students to create e-zines & The
Helenswood Reporter, a printed and online newspaper. With
journalist Jane
Hughes & graphic design company Playne
Design.
From
This Point On. Hastings
Arts Forum, St. Leonards On Sea. NCFE certificate (photography)
final exhibition. Sussex Coast College Hastings, May 2010.
The Dark Monarch. Towner
Gallery Eastbourne. Workshops (film & photography) and gallery
tour to accompany the Tate exhibition “The Dark Monarch. Magic
and Modernity in British Art”. 2010.
Conference for Art & Design in Primary and Special Schools 2010.
East
Sussex County Council, Brighton & Hove Council. Speaker.
Heroes
For The Future.
Workshops in East Sussex schools. Directed by Rachael
Roser. Supported by the Shackleton
Foundation. 2009.
Working
Our Way 2. De La Warr Pavilion/Creative Partnerships.
A
project in eight Bexhill primary schools to create an educational
toolkit and an exhibition for the De La Warr Pavilion. Supported
by the Paul Hamlyn
Foundation. 2008.
Zoom Group. White Rock Theatre
Gallery, Hastings. National Diploma in Photography final exhibition.
Hastings College 2006.
Lea Rivers Trust. Community workshops
and photographic competition leading to touring exhibition and postcards.
2003 & 2006.
Bridie
Productions. Photography of theatre projects in Tower
Hamlets secondary schools. 2005, 2006.
Four Corners. London E2. Photoforum.
Speaker, 2004.
Jerwood Charity. Jerwood Prison
and Community Art Award 2004. Member, judging panel.
Community TV Trust. Photographic
workshops in primary & secondary schools in Southwark, enabling
students to produce their own content for the Southwark.TV
website. 2003, 2004.
Groundwork Southwark. Photographic
workshops at Poet’s Corner Estate, Camberwell Green using
disposable cameras and leading to an exhibition as part of Black
History Month 2003.
Big Arts Week. “Captions
That Rhyme” Stepney Greencoat Primary School 2002. Large format
Polaroids, scanned and projected, of children dressed as characters
from the rhymes that they had written.
Resonant Frequencies. Whitechapel
Gallery foyer exhibition of monochrome photographs. Sponsored by
Keyphoto. Cordwainers College, 1999.
Dreams Made Flesh. Whitechapel
Gallery foyer exhibition of toy camera images. Sponsored by Ilford.
Cordwainers College, 1998.
Salle des Fetes, Suresnes, France.
Photography exhibition in Hackney’s twin town. Cordwainers
College. 1997.
Hackney Visual Artists Mentoring scheme.
Mentor. 1997.
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| Employment
1986 - present.
Self-employed photographer. Fine art, portrait, editorial and advertising
photography.
2006 - present. Part time lecturer in photography, Hastings
College (now Sussex Coast College), East Sussex. National and 1st
Diplomas, adult education. Teaching analogue and digital photography
and Photoshop. Course Leader, National Diploma in Photography 2006.
2006 - 2007. Part time tutor, Bexhill College, East Sussex.
AS, A2 photography and graphics, 1st Diploma media (photography
and web design).
2000 - 2005. Associate lecturer in photography at The London
College of Fashion, working with Foundation and foreign exchange
students. Teaching analogue and digital photography, monochrome
printing, Photoshop. Group tutor.
1996 - 2000. Visiting tutor, part time, in photography
at Cordwainers College Hackney. Working mainly in the art &
design department with Foundation, BTEC and GAD students.
1995 - 1996. Photographer, writer and co-editor, ON
Magazine, London.
Student, BTEC Creative Computing (digital arts), Tower Hamlets College.
1984 - 1985. Junior Photographer, Dawson Strange Photography,
Cobham, Surrey - supporting a team of three specialist photographers
(social, commercial location and commercial studio).
1982 - 1983. Social photographer and colour printer, Photoworld
Monaco. Photographing and printing portraits and conference pictures
for conventions, business and social events.
1981 - 1982. Photographer and writer for Breakout, an independent
monthly art and culture magazine, Liverpool.
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