Alex McAdoo was born in 1987 in Bellingham, WA, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

He received his BFA in graphic design from The University of Utah in 2013 and his MFA in painting from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2019.Picturesque symbols of the American suburb, such as foliage-lined streets, sprawling houses boasting lawns, and sleek cars fill McAdoo’s paintings. Soaked in the glow of vibrant, sunset-tinged skies, his idyllic scenes reference how he, born to an Indo-Caribbean family, grew up in Bellingham, Washington. Beyond possessing an autobiographical slant, his depictions of these landscapes in America.