Biography
NEW MYTHOLOGIES.
Organizer, collector, Artist.
It is the object in Art that interests me at the moment and the attachment of the human being to it. ALEX STALENBERG was born 1955 in the town of Bakkum/Castricum, the Netherlands. He started expressing himself in sculpting and drawings at the age of 12. After secondary school Alex followed the School of Horticulture to become à Landscape architect. He states that his early inspiration by nature as one of the main influence for his today's research of new harmonies. Ikebana has been an inspiration for his todays simple lines drawings. CoBrA mouvement, Henry Moore, Ossip Zadkine but also Amsterdam’s town sculptor Hildo Krop have been earlier sources. He moved to France in 1985 He realised numerous sculptures, assemblies, installations, drawings and wall paintings but also photographies in France and abroad. He made part of artists mouvements in Paris, New-York and Berlin and has been the co-founder over several Art projects and "Multi-Art" spaces. He rallied through his participation and foundation of several Artist movements for a better integration of Artists and Art in today's society. Since 1997 he is living in the French region of Poitou-Charentes, where he has been invited to work as an artist in several schools. Alex is an active philosopher and considers his Artwork as his "Reflexion base". The recent aspect of his stone sculptures talk about tactility and multiple - positions with 360º views. Also his drawings are presented now in separate or combined exhibitions with his sculptures. Many of his works entered in private collections worldwide.
