Alex Chinneck (1984) is a British sculptor known for creating temporary public artworks.
Alex was educated at Bedford Modern School, where his father taught PE. He had ambitions to become a cricketer, having captained his school team at county level, before his interest in art at the age of 16. He studied painting at Chelsea College of Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, and became a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
Shortly after college, Chinneck collaborated with Conrad Shawcross on his work. After initially focusing on small sculptures, influenced by House designed by Rachel Whiteread and the work of Richard Wilson, Chinneck started working on large scale designs.
Most of Chinneck's installations feature across Greater London. His early works include Telling the Truth Through False Teeth (2012), where the artist used 1,248 pieces of glass to create 312 identically smashed windows across the derelict facade of a factory in Hackney, From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes (2013) in Margate where Chinneck created the illusion that the entire facade of house had slid into the garden, and Under the Weather but Over the Moon (2013), a commercial property situated on Blackfriars Road created to look as if it had become completely inverted. For his work in Hackney, local residents have described Chinneck as the "Banksy of Glass".
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Alex Chinneck. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
Alex was educated at Bedford Modern School, where his father taught PE. He had ambitions to become a cricketer, having captained his school team at county level, before his interest in art at the age of 16. He studied painting at Chelsea College of Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, and became a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
Shortly after college, Chinneck collaborated with Conrad Shawcross on his work. After initially focusing on small sculptures, influenced by House designed by Rachel Whiteread and the work of Richard Wilson, Chinneck started working on large scale designs.
Most of Chinneck's installations feature across Greater London. His early works include Telling the Truth Through False Teeth (2012), where the artist used 1,248 pieces of glass to create 312 identically smashed windows across the derelict facade of a factory in Hackney, From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes (2013) in Margate where Chinneck created the illusion that the entire facade of house had slid into the garden, and Under the Weather but Over the Moon (2013), a commercial property situated on Blackfriars Road created to look as if it had become completely inverted. For his work in Hackney, local residents have described Chinneck as the "Banksy of Glass".
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Alex Chinneck. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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| Mr Alex Chinneck |
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| 2012, Telling the Truth Through False Teeth |
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| "A sprinkle of night and a spoonful of light" |
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| "A sprinkle of night and a spoonful of light" |
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| "A sprinkle of night and a spoonful of light" |
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| "A sprinkle of night and a spoonful of light" |
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| "A sprinkle of night and a spoonful of light" |
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| "From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes" |
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| "From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes" |
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| "From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes" |
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| "Blood, sweat and tears with a twist of lemon" |
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| "Blood, sweat and tears with a twist of lemon" |
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| "Take Lightning Dont Steal Thunder" |
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| "Take Lightning Dont Steal Thunder" |
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| "Clock Reduced" |
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| "Clock Reduced" |
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| "Clock Reduced" |
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| "Birth, death and a midlife crisis" |
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| "Birth, death and a midlife crisis" |
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| "Birth, death and a midlife crisis" |
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| "A bullet from a shooting star" |
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| "A bullet from a shooting star" |
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| "A bullet from a shooting star" |
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| "Growing up gets me down" |
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| "Growing up gets me down" |
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| "Fighting fire with ice cream" |
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| "Fighting fire with ice cream" |
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| "Fighting fire with ice cream" |
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| "Take a right at the rainbow " |
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| "Take a right at the rainbow " |
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| "Take a right at the rainbow" |
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| "Take a right at the rainbow" |
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| "Take a right at the rainbow" |
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| "Open to the public" |
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| "Open to the public" |
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| "Open to the public" |
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| "Six pins and half a dozen needles" |
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| "Six pins and half a dozen needles" |
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| "Under the weather but over the moon" |
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| "Under the weather but over the moon" |
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| "Pick yourself up and pull yourself together" |
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| "Pick yourself up and pull yourself together" |
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| "Pick yourself up and pull yourself together" |
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| "Pound Flesh" |
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| "Pound Flesh" |
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| "Pound Flesh" |
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| "Pound Flesh" |
