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Alex Margo Arden

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Alex Margo Arden
Born1994 (age 31–32)
Croydon, Greater London, England
Alma mater
Years active2016–present

Alex Margo Arden (born 1994) is an English contemporary artist. She won the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation Prize at Frieze London among other accolades. In 2024, the Evening Standard named her one of London's most exciting young artists.[1] She featured on the 2026 Attitude 101 list.[2]

Early life

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Arden was born in Croydon, South London.[3] At age 13, she fell ill with a "really bad virus" and experienced subsequent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in the years following. Arden completed a foundation course at Central Saint Martins and went on to graduate from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2016.[4] She later completed a Master of Arts (MA) at the Royal Academy Schools in 2025.[5]

Career

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Upon graduating from Goldsmiths in 2016, Arden had an installation in the display window of VFDalston for World AIDS Day. The following year, she took part in her first group exhibition at Serf in Leeds.[6] Arden also gained prominence on Instagram, where she shared her vintage-inspired personal aesthetic.[7]

At Cell Project Space in 2019 and 2020, Arden collaborated with Caspar Heinemann on the exhibition and corresponding performance play The farmyard is not a violent place and I look exactly like Judy Garland.[8]

With Ginny on Frederick, Arden held her solo exhibition All Clear in 2022[9] and took part in Marseille's Art-o-rama 2023.[10] Arden's first Royal Academy of Arts exhibition in 2023 featured collages made from books by Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton.[4] Attention Restoration followed later that year at Quench Gallery in Margate.[4]

Early 2025 Arden had a solo exhibition at London's Auto Italia South East titled Safety Curtain, which recreates artwork targeted by climate protestors behind a protective glaze.[11][12] She was nominated for the Breakthrough Award at the 2025 Sky Arts Awards.[13]

That October, Arden returned to Ginny on Frederick with her presentation By All Accounts for Frieze London 2025. The installation Accounts repurposes decommissioned male mannequins from the National Motor Museum; it sat in front of Daily Departmental Accident Record on the wall.[14] Arden won the fair's inaugural Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation Prize,[15] and Accounts was one of five acquired by the Arts Council Collection.[16] Sofia Hallström of Wallpaper named Arden a standout artist of Frieze 2025.[17]

Work

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Solo exhibitions

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  • The farmyard is not a violent place and I look exactly like Judy Garland (2019) at Cell Project Space (London) with Caspar Heinemann
  • All Clear (2022) at Ginny on Frederick (London)
  • Responsibility, Responsibility, Responsibility (2023) at Art-o-rama (Marseille)
  • Rock Paper Scissors (2023) at the Royal Academy of Art (London)
  • Attention Restoration (2023) at Quench Gallery (Margate)
  • Safety Curtain (2025) at Auto Italia South East (London)
  • By All Accounts (2025) at Frieze London
  • True as Good (2026) at diez gallery (Amsterdam)

Group exhibitions

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  • A Vanitas Painting (2017) at Serf (Leeds)
  • Light Blue (2018) at The Royal Standard (Liverpool)
  • I Am Still Learning (2021) at La Casa Encendida (Madrid)
  • Tenfold (2023) at St James's Church, Piccadilly (London)
  • How to Destroy Angels (2024) at the Horse Hospital (London)
  • Rouge Ravager (2024) at Bio Skandia (Stockholm)
  • Vampire Problem? (2024) at N/A Gallery (Seoul)
  • Channel (2024) at Centre d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes
  • Color of Pomegranates (2024) at Gallery Artbeat (Tbilisi)
  • On Feeling (2024) at The Approach Gallery (London)
  • Recital (2024) at Arcadia Missa (London)
  • The Syzygy (2025) at Champ Lacombe (Biarritz)
  • Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait (2026) at the National Portrait Gallery (London)
  • British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers (2026–) curated by Ekow Eshun (multiple locations)

Installations

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  • Window By The Museum Entrance (2016) at VFDalston (London)

References

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  1. ↑ Durrnt, Nancy (15 October 2024). "Meet the most exciting young artists in London right now". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Staff, Attitude (13 February 2026). "Attitude 101 2026: Here are the 101 influential figures who made our list". Attitude. Retrieved 31 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Matić, Maggie (30 October 2025). "Spotlight: Alex Margo Arden". The Wick. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Alon, Noam (October 2023). "Conversation with Alex Margo Arden" (PDF). Figure Figure. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "30 Artists Defining Queer Art Now". Artsy. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "alex margo arden and jenkin van zyl are unconventional, fabulous and fantastic". i-D. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  7. ↑ Satenstein, Liana (5 September 2018). "Meet @Olddrag, the Instagrammer Dressing Up In All Things, Well, Old". Vogue. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Larne Abse Gogarty (2020). "Alex Margo Arden and Caspar Heinemann: The farmyard …". Art Monthly. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Marcus Duke, Donna (23 June 2022). "Alex Margo Arden's Theatre of the Absurd". Frieze. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  10. ↑ Downes, Annabel (1 September 2023). "Art-o-rama 2023: Four Artists to Scout Out". Ocula. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Bakare, Lanre (14 January 2025). "Climate activists who target artworks 'using Suffragette tactics', says artist". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  12. ↑ Bucklow, Isabelle (18 March 2025). "Alex Margo Arden "Safety Curtain" Auto Italia / London". Flash Art. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  13. ↑ Various (2 September 2025). "Future stars! Meet the breakthrough artists at the Sky Arts Awards 2025". The Times. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Meet Me in London: Alex Margo Arden". Frieze. 6 October 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  15. ↑ Buck, Louisa (15 October 2025). "Everyone's a winner, baby: prizes abound during Frieze London". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "The Arts Council Collection Acquires Works by Five Artists at Frieze London". Frieze. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  17. ↑ Hallström, Sofia (23 October 2025). "Who are the nine standout artists that shaped Frieze London 2025?". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
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