Rotterdam / Berlin
Where street energy meets fine art canvas
Alex Cuthberston builds paintings the way a wall gets built — layer over layer of aerosol haze, oil glaze and slow-dried pigment until the surface finally holds still.
The Practice
Two disciplines, one surface.
Every piece starts illegally fast — aerosol, marker, a gesture made in a few minutes. Then it slows to a crawl: months of oil glazing, sanding back, and rebuilding until the raw mark is buried in light.
Aerosol Layer
Fast, unrepeatable, made standing up.
Oil Glaze
Slow, deliberate, made sitting down.
Selected Works
Featured pieces
Bespoke
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Residential canvases, corporate lobbies and full exterior murals. Tell the studio about the space, the light and the feeling — we'll come back with a concept and a quote.
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Stories
Mural Log
Nine Nights on the Depot Wall
What it takes to paint a nine-metre piece in sub-zero temperatures, and why the wall came down anyway.
July 19, 2026
Studio Notes
The Slowest Colour in the Studio
A note on oil glazing, patience, and why some paintings take four months to finish and thirty seconds to read.
July 4, 2026
Exhibitions
Hanging Street Work in a White Room
Notes from the opening night of the first solo show — and the strange act of framing something that was born on concrete.
June 6, 2026