Currently situated in Lancaster, UK
A director in his own right, Alexander Appleby (b.1995, UK) recreates the nature he has experienced in scenarios of his own making. Influenced by the landscapes of Northern England, Appleby’s work is imbued with the native feel of the region, underpinned by the vivid colours and textures of its rugged terrain. His smooth-surfaced trees, mountains, and plants, meanwhile, serve as a device that invites a more focused look at the beauty of nature itself, where no two things are exactly alike.
Even as he draws inspiration from the real world, however, the artist does not limit himself to any single perspective, fusing the fictional data he encounters across different media with his paintings and developing them further. Between the ambiguity of their improbable composition and their attempts to hold and celebrate the beauty of nature within each frame, these paintings act as standalone scenes that combine “nature” with “that which is not there” — boiling down to scenes of subtle disruption, contained moments of dépaysement.
Email: alexander.g.appleby@gmail.com
Instagram: @alexander.appleby
2025
Solo Show - Winners Gallery - Beijing
Growth of the Soil - Kristen Jhellejerde Gallery - London
Group Show - Powerlong Museum - Shanghai
Romance Without Us - Norito Gallery - London
2024
Group Shpw - Bonian Art Space with Willow Art Space - Beijing
Group Show - Art Nutri Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Busan - The Untitled Void Gallery, South Korea
Group Show - Liliya Art Gallery, London UK
2023
Duo Show - Data Composition - The Untitled Void Gallery
Group Show - Natasha Arselan Projects - Maison Pan Gallery, London UK
Duo Show with Louis Appleby - Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth UK
In Bloom - Victoria Law Projects, London UK
Duo Show with Louis Appleby - Jewellers - Performance by Maxwell Sterling, Morecambe UK
Group Show - Studio West Gallery - SUNBURN, London UK
Charity Auction - Art on a Postcard - Hoxton Gallery, London UK
2021
Group Show Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth UK
Digital UAL Art Toronto, Canada
Wimbledon College of Art, Final Degree Show, London UK
Through the Mirage, group show, Fitzrovia, London UK
Friends with Benefits, group show, Peckham, London UK
2020
Capsticks Group Show, London UK
Gallery 54 show, Ulverston UK
2019
Bellwood and Wright Summer Show, Lancaster UK
Blackburn Museum displayed 3 paintings, UK
Discerning Eye, London UK
2017
Bellwood and Wright Group Show, Lancaster UK
UAL Origins show, London UK