Alex Mader was Born in 1994 in Franconia, South Germany. The interest in photography came from his parents working in the field, where he did his first steps. He studied Art History, Slavic Language and Literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin while assisting other photographers, developing his on visual language.

After spending some time in New York and living in Berlin, he is now based in Paris since 2021.

Mader’s artistic practice focuses on two key elements: The creation of narratives within images and the play with resemblance of color in a search for abstraction.