Alexander Black

Alexander Black is a California writer and painter best known for his work on Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) and the $100 million dollar feature Axa. Alexander attended a number of art schools, but left Parsons in New York to learn the traditional art of Renaissance oil painting by traveling and studying in Europe. Alexander's mother is a writer and his father is a theater actor in the Netherlands. His early life was marked by constant travel as his father moved from job to job. Alexander's feature film experience includes work on the $100 million feature Axa from October Pictures (Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) (2014), and The Dark Knight (2008) (2008)), and the $23 million feature Orpheus. Alexander has worked with directors including Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World (2015)) and Sidney Lumet. In addition to feature work, Alexander has contributed to series projects including Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) and Forever (2014). Alexander's paintings have been shown around the world, including at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009) in the Nordic Pavilion as part of "The Collectors", and at FIAC (2010), Cour Carrée du Louvre, with GMVZ. Alexander established a painting studio near his second home in Micronesia that overlooks the Mariana's Trench, the world's deepest Ocean channel. The area was explored by James Cameron during his record setting dive and recent documentary and is often called "The Dragon's Triangle." Many consider the area to be one of the world's primary conjunctions of ley lines. A nearby island, Pohnpei Island, Micronesia, is the site of the megalithic city of Nan Madol, a mysterious set of ancient stone ruins in the Pacific Ocean. Alexander's passion for the stars and ancient mythology infuse his work and provide a spiritual experience for viewers, connecting them both to the Classical tradition and also to the esoteric teachings of philosophers such as Pythagoras and Empedocles. Alexander sees salvation for the world coming from the past, from the hidden reservoirs of mysticism and magic that lay just below the materialist veneer of the modern world.