Born in California in 1988, Alex Cutler spent his formative years across America’s Southwest from Arizona to Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado. He earned his BFA in painting at the Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2013 after attending Front Range Community College in Boulder. His paintings have been featured in solo and group shows in Los Angeles, Denver, and Santa Fe with his most recent, notable participation at the Institute of Contemporary Art, LA. Cutler’s work is included in private collections throughout the country, and he has been profiled in several publications online. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
Greatly influenced by his childhood travels throughout the American South and Midwest, Cutler has a unique sense of engagement with the material world, be they cartoons, advertisements, or roadside signs. He brings together elements of the familiar and pairs them with more esoteric iconography to not only tell new stories, but also recontextualize what is seen to offer new meanings and ideas. The resulting bodies of work tell a myriad of stories making connections between art historical narratives, mass media, and society’s desire for image consumption.
