About

Alexander Long (b. 1992, Bakersfield, CA) is an Oakland-based interdisciplinary artist exploring the intersections of visual culture, consumerism, and surveillance capitalism. Grounded in an interrogation of how imagery is constructed, circulated, and consumed, Long’s practice centers on the symbolic motif of the cake, an object heavily laden with cultural weight, ritual, and class associations.

Raised on the suburban fringe of Fresno, California, Long observed the rapid conversion of natural landscapes into corporate monocultures, an experience that continues to inform his critique of the aesthetics of American capitalism. His sculptures pair cake forms with sourced imagery ranging from wholesale product photography to military death-cam footage, thermal imaging, and 19th-century piping manuals. By translating these subjects through custom acrylic formulations, traditional cake-decorating tools, waterslide decals, and embedded electronics, he subverts the reassuring language of suburban perfection to highlight themes of excess, desire, and fear.

Long earned his BFA in Painting from Sonoma State University. His work has been exhibited extensively across the U.S. and internationally, with notable exhibitions at Book & Job Gallery (San Francisco), LABIBI+REUS (Palma de Mallorca), Moosey Gallery (London), Point Blank Gallery (Chicago), and The Helper Mini (Utah). His practice has been highlighted in publications including It’s Nice That, Southwest Contemporary, Chicago Reader, INTROE, and Mortel Magazine.