Argument with Artwork

"“What You Need to Know” Right Brain Biography
Alexander Beetle is a rambling Dwellingup troubadour. He wonders... Seeking to encounter
ideas of a daydream like nature, nursing them to health under a heat lamp, setting them
free with abandon. A painter-poet with a brush tucked behind the ear, he creates with his
mind wide open - inviting others to look, listen and stay awhile. A. Beetle wears spurs on
his joggers, not to ride horses but because he takes joy in the tinkling sound they make,
affectionately referring to them as ‘wind chimes for walking’. The world is his studio. His
only distraction? His prized conch shell collection.
“What You Want to Know” Left Brain Biography
Alexander Beetle, born in the ‘Big Smoke’ in 1996 now lives and works in ‘The Bush’ on
Pinjareb/Wilman Country. After graduating art school in 2016, he acquired the
reprehensible qualities associated with being an Artist. Venturing into the professional
context, he engaged in multiple group shows, building new friendships and creative
networks. In 2017, he established a dedicated studio space which resulted in his first solo
exhibition titled ‘False Alarm’ (2018). During this season, he began to include musical
performances as part of his immersive practice, seeking direct engagement with his
audience. In 2024, Beetle’s second solo exhibition ‘I’ve Got the Blues’ took shape in his new
hometown of Dwellingup, featuring unstretched hessians abstract paintings suspended
from quintessential Hills Hoist washing lines. Nowadays, Beetle’s ‘real job’ as a
regenerative Native Seed Collector working in the Jarrah forests informs his practice.
Currently his time is split busking between makeshift studios - from airport hangers to lent
woodshops. A true artist troubadour, his aim is to create interdisciplinary work steeped in
folk music, poetry, and the wild art of simply being human."