Biography
Lives and works in Berlin
Alexander was born in Wertheim, Germany, studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Manfred Pernice as well as painting at Hunter College in New York.
Over the course of ten years, he experimented with various painterly concepts, including the production of paper streamers, paintings of tablecloths, and the practice of a hyperrealist style that ultimately evolved into his most characteristic work: spray-painted lines on primed canvases.
Central aspect of Wertheim’s paintings is the intersection of vertical and horizontal entities—a principle he deems fundamental to everything.
Since his first public appearance in 2022, he has presented five solo exhibitions, including "November Paintings" (Brunnenstraße 22, Berlin, 2022), "Sunsets" (König Galerie, Berlin, 2023), and "January 2024" (ACME art fair with SAENGER Galería, Mexico City, 2024).Exhibitions
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Under Forty
December 5, 2024 - January 25, 2025Under Forty, presented by Saenger Gallery at Casa Siza, marks the culmination of a curatorial program that has been running since August 2024. This group show brings together over 50 works by 25 artists from diverse parts of the world, all born between 1982 and 1995. It offers a renewed perspective on the transformations in contemporary international art, showcasing the cultural and conceptual diversity of its participants.Read more -
April 2024 by Alexander Wertheim
at Main Room June 20 - September 7, 2024The exhibition “April 2024” by Alexander Wertheim (Germany, 1995) stems from a visit of several months to Mexico City over the course of this year, a period in which the artist made use of a provisional studio where he produced the paintings that make up the solo show installed in the main space of the Saenger Gallery.Read more
Art Fairs
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Material Art Fair 2025
February 6 - 9, 2025SAENGER Galería and COHJU (Kyoto, Japan), are pleased to present a joint project for the upcoming edition of Material Art Fair, held at Expo Reforma, in Mexico City from February 6th to 9th, 2025. The project will feature a curated selection of works by four talented young artists form Japan, Mexico and Germany —Shinya Azuma, Fu Nagasawa, Sebastián Hidalgo, and Alexander Wertheim—. Together, their works though distinct in style and approach, converge around the exploration of human experience, cultural history, and the relationship between the self and the external world.Read more -
Salón Acme 2024
February 8 - 11, 2024SAENGER Galería is pleased to present German artist Alexander Wertheim for the first time in Mexico.Read more