About
Born 1981 in Cologne. Lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
2009 – 2013 studied at Academy of Media Arts Cologne with Prof. Johannes
Wohnseifer & Prof. Mischa Kuball. Degree with distinction.
Alexander sees art as a condition of constant negotiation. As an visual artist, filmmaker, photographer and as a curator, Basile creates images! The role he takes up whilst doing so merely supports him as a kind of structure or visual focus, in a world of complex (social) relations. In 2012 he has been awarded with the Media Art Prize NRW Germany for Young Artists and has won the German photo book award.
In 2021 his work was shown at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in the group show Subjekt und Objekt along artists such as Andreas Gursky and Bernd and Hilla Becher.
ongoing
Der Weg zur Arbeit
Photo Project
new publications
SSZ Sued
2011 – 2017
catalog
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
solo shows
YOU are always someone else — Stefan Schuelke fine books Cologne
L’ufficio — along Alwin Lay – Maschinenhaus Essen
a possible scenario — UNSEEN Amsterdam
a trustful invitation — UNSEEN Amsterdam
Emerging Sculptures — EG NULL Cologne
Ironischerweise werden wir gebeten zu handeln — plan09 – Projektatelier Staab Cologne
group exhibitions (selection)
Subjekt und Objekt — Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
made in marl — Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
Next Generations — Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen
Absolut Event Horizon — Schunck Museum
Die Stadt die es nicht gibt — City Leaks Festival Cologne
Die Ausstellung — KIT Duesseldorf
The Story of Hayy, Videoinstallation — Künstlerverein Malkasten Duesseldorf
Landscapes of Desire, Alwin Lay & Alexander Basile — Baustelle Schaustelle Essen
Boysen Lay Basile Hoeft — New Talents Biennale Cologne
Emerging Sculpture 4 — Videonale Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Das Blut an meinen Händen — Kunstverein Ludwigsburg
sechs minus — Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
An den Rändern der Kunst — Markus Ambach Projekte Duesseldorf
Private, Public, Corporate — EG Null Cologne
Hellozine Fanzine Exhibition — Magazine Library Tokyo
Dirt Ollies — Colette Gallery, Paris
Creative Spots — Deutsches Sport Museum Cologne
screenings
Morgan — Film Forum Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The Body as Archive — Dance Film Festival 2017 San Francisco
The Body as Archive — Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf
The Body as Archive — Goethe-Institut, Villa Kamogawa Kyoto
The Body as Archive — CINEDANS Amsterdam
Get Used to it — Paris Surf and Skate Film Festival 2017
a possible scenario – UNSEEN Amsterdam
Emerging Sculpture #004 – Videonale13, Videonale Parcours, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Hayy – A Self-Taught Musical – Künstlerverein Malkasten Düsseldorf
Emerging Sculpture 4, Sechs Minus – Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
curatorial projects
SSZ Sued Off Gallery — 2011- 2017
Randland — Schunck Museum
Absolut Event Horizon – Pontus Alv – Schunck Museum
How things Shouldn’t Be Done – Clement Gallery Bonn
Videonale16 – Jury Member – Kunstmuseum Bonn
Die Ausstellung — KIT Düsseldorf
VOM PHOTO — Museum For Contemporary Art Sofia
VOM PHOTO — Photo Museum Thessaloniki
NYC.Cologne — plan12 – Architecture Biennale Cologne
VOM PHOTO — Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
awards & recognition
prize – best documentary award– Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival
prize – best Indie Short – ISA Short Films Festival Hollywood
official selection – Festival Internacional de Cine y Arquitectura
official selection – San Francisco Dance Film Festival
official selection – Unseen Dummy Award
prize– Rhein Silver Award. New Talents Biennale
nomination – ARS VIVA
prize – Förderpreis des Landes NRW
prize – German Photobook award, Gold
prize – German Photobook award, Silver
books & publications
SSZ Sued
2011 – 2017
catalog
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
Subjekt und Objekt
Foto Rhein Ruhr
Catalog, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Koenig Verlag
made in marl
Catalog , Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
Wienand Verlag
wish you were here
photo book with Barto
Emerging Sculptures
artist book
Oldschool & Newschool
two views on skateboard photography
photo book
Verlag für bildschöne Bücher Berlin
Dirt Ollies
a skateboard trip to Mongolia
photo book
Verlag für bildschöne Bücher Berlin