AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ALEXANDER CHARRIOL CENTER PLACES

Alexander Charriol (b.1979) is an artist who explores human connection, intimacy, energy, and society in the form of abstract expressionism. I met the artist many years back when we both lived in New York City and have seen a development in personal reflection, technique, and creative expression.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to French parents and raised on three continents, Alexander is multicultural, straddling the America-Europe-Asia axis since birth. We similarly share this characteristic of adapting very easily to new cultures and thirst for human connection, his latest work, as we later discover in my interview, stems from this need and curiosity. Alexander discovered painting in high school while in detention, probably for exhibiting unruly behavior. Still, quickly his creative accomplishments led to a solo exhibition at the Sydney Museum in London in