Alex Červený works mainly with painting, engraving, drawing, and watercolor, exploring in his poetics the narrative possibilities of the work of art. The images created by Červený draw on the universe of medieval representations, Renaissance altarpieces and surrealism, adding to them literary references, everyday culture – song lyrics and characters from film and television – as well as memories and references to his own biography. The word and the construction of stories are central to his production, as well as the technical rigor associated with the pleasure of making art. 

Červený published, in 2019, the book Todos os Lugares, and has also made illustrations for several publications. Červený has held solo shows such as Orbis sensualium pictus, at Millan, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Mirabilia, Pina Estação, São Paulo, Brazil  (2023);  Palimpsesto, Museu Lasar Segall, São Paulo, Brazil (2019); Glossário dos nomes próprios, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, and Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2015); and Alex Červený, Centro Cultural São Paulo – CCSP, São Paulo, Brazil (2012). 

The most recent group shows Červený was featured in are Ecologias do Corpo, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2026); Exposition Générale, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France (2025); 15th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2024); Siamo Foresta (2023), and Mondo Reale (2022), both at the Triennale Milano, Italy; Planet B: Climate change & the new sublime (2nd Act), Pallazo Bolani, Venice, Italy; Hot Spot: Caring for a Burning World, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; Sidney Biennale, Australia (2022); Trees, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China;  Língua Solta, Museu da Língua Portuguesa, São Paulo, Brazil (2021); Nous les arbres, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France; Da Tradição à experimentação, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2019).

His work is part institutional collections, such as: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, France; Tamarind Institute, USA; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – MAM São Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro – MAM Rio, Brazil; Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – MNBA, Brazil; Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil; Coleção de Arte da Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Itaú Cultural, Brazil; Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná, Brazil; and Fundação Iberê Camargo, Brazil.