Alexandre Santacruz was born in Portugal in 1964 where he trained as a ceramic artists and potter artist at Coimbra’s well regarded Cearte school, graduating in 1984 and soon after achieving his first show in nearby Leiria.
Working not just in ceramics, Santacruz is an accomplished artist with a portfolio that encompasses collage work, mixed media, graphic design, painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and set design. Moving to the UK in the 1990’s and basing himself in London his work has continued to find an audience in his adopted home.
He has exhibited in Portugal, Germany, Spain, Prague and the UK; and was part of the ensemble published by the Arizona Collage Collective & Kolaj Institute in the book Transitional Moments (restoring equilibrium through the art of collage) in 2021.
