Alan Belcher
b. 1957 Toronto, Canada
Alan Belcher is a Toronto based self-taught visual artist whose conceptual practice is decidedly multi-layered and object orientated. He has been recognized in the past as an originator of a tactile fusion ofphotography and object-making. A transparency of vision and simplicity of fabrication with aconcentrated regard for materials remain hallmarks of his serial productions. Belcher is knownfor a directness and a sharp simplicity when approaching difficult subject matter. A sense of humour and a reverence for a Pop sensibility, as well as a hands-on approach, invade much of his work.
Active on the New York art scene in the 1980s, he was co-founder and co-director of Gallery Nature Morte with Peter Nagy in New York's East Village (1982–88).
Works by Alan Belcher are held in various public collections including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Le Consortium (Dijon), Musee des Beaux-Arts (Montreal), Deste Foundation (Athens), Fotomuseum Winterthur (Zurich), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Chase Manhattan Bank, Credit Suisse Collection, Dropbox Headquarters (San Francisco), MoCA San Diego, Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC (Vancouver), and Musée Nicéphore Niépce (Chalon-sur-Saône, France); as well as numerous prominent private collections.
Born in Toronto (1957), he has lived in Vancouver (1976-77), New York City (1977-86), and Köln (1991-96) —and has lived and worked in Toronto during all other periods of time.
Active on the New York art scene in the 1980s, he was co-founder and co-director of Gallery Nature Morte with Peter Nagy in New York's East Village (1982–88).
Works by Alan Belcher are held in various public collections including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Le Consortium (Dijon), Musee des Beaux-Arts (Montreal), Deste Foundation (Athens), Fotomuseum Winterthur (Zurich), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Chase Manhattan Bank, Credit Suisse Collection, Dropbox Headquarters (San Francisco), MoCA San Diego, Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC (Vancouver), and Musée Nicéphore Niépce (Chalon-sur-Saône, France); as well as numerous prominent private collections.
Born in Toronto (1957), he has lived in Vancouver (1976-77), New York City (1977-86), and Köln (1991-96) —and has lived and worked in Toronto during all other periods of time.