Born 1990, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) where he lives and works.

Former professional roller-skater, Maxwell Alexandre graduated from PUC-RJ (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) in 2016. He organised his artistic baptism in 2018 during his first exhibition mixing painting and performance with the rapper BK as preist of the ceremony. The artist co-founded a “Church of the Kingdom of Art” (also known as “A Noiva”), in support of alternative Brazilian creation. His work is in the collections of the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, the Museu de arte de São Paulo (MASP) and the Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR). Maxwell Alexandre was in residency at the Delfina Foundation (London, 2018), then later at the MAC Lyon (2019). He is represented by the gallery A Gentil Carioca (Rio) and presented a solo exhibition with David Zwirner (London) in December 2020.