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Alex Gerasev is an illustrator, painter, printmaker and muralist known for his bold lines, exquisite craftsmanship and intriguing imagery. His work invites the viewer into a world both beautiful and strange, where the drama of everyday life plays out among flying dogs and stranded ships, while inquisitive creatures dot ethereal landscapes.

Alex has worked with clients including: Barteca Restaurant Group, Honeywell, Hakimo, Springer Publishing, United Technologies Corporation, Carrier Corporation, The Neighborhood Developers, Cambridge Community Television, S2 Security, Revere TV, UMass Chan Medical School, and Epstein Hillel School.

Industry Experience

Exhibitions

• 2023 “A Legacy of Leadership: The Boston Printmakers Celebrating 75 Years”, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
• 2023 “Peace, Love, and Understanding,” Danang Fine Arts Museum, Danang, Vietnam
• 2023 “Lasting Impressions,” Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
• 2022 “Connect,” Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
• 2022 “Connect,” Museum of Printing, Haverhill, MA
• 2021 “Connect,” Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
• 2021 “Impressions VI 2021,” Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
• 2021 “31th MassArt Auction,” MassArt Galleries, Boston, MA
• 2020 “Animation Chico 2020,” Chico, CA
• 2020 “LEGACY: Passing the Torch,” Hess Gallery, Brookline, MA
• 2019 “30th MassArt Auction,” MassArt Galleries, Boston, MA
• 2018 “Studio to Storybook: The Art of Illustration,” Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
• 2018 “The Boston Printmakers,” Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
• 2018 “Impressions III 2018,” Gallery Blink, Lexington, MA
• 2018 “The Printmaking Invitational,” Milton Art Center, Milton, MA
• 2018 “29th MassArt Auction,” Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Boston, MA
• 2018 “2017 North American Print Biennial,” Roberts Gallery, Cambridge, MA
• 2017 “New England on Paper,” Boston Athenæum, Boston, MA

Publications

• Lost Objects: 50 Stories of Things We Miss and Why They Matter, Hat & Beard Press, Los Angeles, CA
• The Distance From Odessa, Atmosphere Press, Austin, TX
• Die Ziet, newspaper, Hamburg, Germany
• The Magic Book, radio program, St. Petersburg, Russia
• The Book’s Review, TV program, Moscow, Russia
• Art New England, magazine, Boston
• Boston Globe, newspaper
• Merrimack River Current, newspaper, Newburyport, MA
• The Journal of the Print World, journal, Meredith, NH
• Swampscott Patch, online, Swampscott, MA

Collections

Alex Gerasev’s work is exhibited internationally and is held in private and public collections throughout the US and Europe, including The Boston Public Library, The Boston Athenæum, Columbia University, Danang Fine Arts Museum, Iraq National Library and Archive, Lesley University, Marriott Hotel, New England Biolabs, St. Mark’s School, The Pushkin Museum, and Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG. His mural depicting Revere’s past, present and future can be seen on Shirley Ave, across from the Revere Beach T station.

Awards

• 2021 City of Boston Transformative Public Art Grant Recipient
• 2019 AXA Art Prize Finalist
• 2014 Revere Cultural Council Grant Recipient (Mass Cultural Council)

Professional Affiliations

• The Boston Printmakers, Executive Board Member