Alexander Prince
Alex is a freelance illustrator and artist selling his prints, apparel and home decor in his shop alexanderprince.store. He also works in other mediums such as moving images and has produced and collaborated on music videos, animations and product advertising. Alex’s Instagram page @alexprinceillustration is a showcase of work in a style that he began to experiment with during his last year of university. He produced work reflecting the history of human consciousness, art and society: using simple and symbolic forms to create a visual language, expressing natural processes, emotions and experiences.
Alex got into skateboarding at 13 years old and I think the graphics on the decks influenced and shaped his passion for art and design from a young age. Liking how varied the designs and styles were, but also how brands managed to communicate themselves via the design. When he was 14, Alex started working for a popular bagel cafe chain, through talking to customers he managed to gain a few but varied commissions. One of them, for the Aunty of Erin from (Cosmic Drifters in fact) who had asked him to draw a pencil portrait of her daughter. Alex also designed a new bagel sleeve for the company and got a £50 HMV voucher as payment!
At 17, Alex began studying Fine Art at Notre Dame College, followed by Graphics, Illustration and Communication at Leeds College of Art (2010), hung up his bagel-making gloves and spent a year at Bristol UWE (2011) studying Illustration and animation. Eventually leading on to complete his BA at Leeds Beckett University after taking a two-year hiatus working in marketing.
For Alex, his biggest project came during the lockdown in 2020, which was to work on a project with Absolut, after being approached by one of the brand ambassadors of Pernod Richard. Since Alexander has progressed his art style and identity further, but is still dabbling in side projects that are more design orientated.
In the future, Alex would like to simplify his workload by focusing on and developing his identity within the art world. Currently, he is wearing different creative hats to suit the performance but being able to make work just with his personal style alone is a key goal, and spending more time making.
Alex first heard about LCVS through Jaydon Rowbottom, who found a connection to LCVS through working for Fred Aldous. The two were looking for spaces at the time, and one conversation led to another.