Artist, musician, and surfer, Alex Knost (b.1985) has been experimenting in surfing's subculture for over a decade through a wide range of artistic mediums. Much like his imaginative, eccentric surfing techniques, Knost's artworks challenge relationships between texture and colour whilst breaking the regiment of art forms.
'Distorted Guitars' showcases Knost's imaginative and eccentric techniques that disregard the standardised single-medium approach to art production, by integrating external photography & visual distortion of his beloved collection of guitars.
He has recorded and toured with since expired “pop rock group” Japanese Motors, as well as current lo-fi minimal pop band Tomorrows Tulips. In 2016 he debuted Glitterbust, an experimental electric guitar duo formed with Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.
This is Alex Knost's fourth exhibition with China Heights.