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ALEXANDRA WIESENFELD                                                                   


Born in Munich, Germany; Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

 

Education

1995                  MFA; Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana

1990                  BFA; Pomona College; Claremont, California

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011                  KM Gallery; Occasional Beast, LA, CA

2009                  Happy Lion; Man Made; LA, CA

2007                  Happy Lion; Paintings; LA, CA

2003                  Gallery 4016; Recent Paintings; LA,CA

2003                  Eagle Rock Cultural Center; Yodl-Yos;2-person show; LA, CA

2001                  Roswell Museum of Art. Going Turtle; NM

                           German Consulate, Plushland, LA, CA

2000                  Dactyl; The Look of Love; NYC, NY

1999                  Pacific Grove Art Center; Family Portraits; Pacific Grove, California

1998                  Missoula Museum of Art, Clandestine Rites of Passage; MT

1997                  Dactyl Foundation,Turkish Adulteress, NYC, NY

           University  of Missoula, Gallery; The Madness of Queen M; MT       


Group Exhibitions

2012  Palos Verdes Arts Center; Three Artists - Three Perspectives, Palos      Verdes, CA

 Valley College;  Obscured Lines: Contemporary Drawing in Los Angeles

  Portraiture and Still Life; Curated by Carl Berg; Irvine Fine Arts    Center, CA

2011    KM Gallery; Follow the Physical-From the paper file; LA, CA

2010                  Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Eagle Rock Cultural Center

            LA Arthouse; “Contemporary Impressionism” Group Show, LA, CA

                           Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Ruins, 3 person show; LA, CA

            Kunst Karlshütte, Nord Art 2010; Bremen, Germany

            Torrance Art Museum; Self Portraiture Today: Torrance, CA

                           Fluxus Gallery, Sizeable; LA, CA

                           The Attic; Small Works; LA, CA

2008                  Zoo Art Fair, London UK

                           Brand Library Art Galleries,Portrait in Phase, ,4 Person Show; LA, CA

                          Barnsdall Art Center; East of Eden; LA, CA

                          Art LA 2008, Santa Monica, CA

           Zoo Art Fair, London, UK

           Scope Miami, FL

                          Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, NM

2006                 Black Maria; Hollywood Apocalypse; LA, CA

2005                 Angles Gallery; The Great Outdoors;Santa  Monica; CA

2004                 San Jacinto College; Uncensored Gifts;San Jacinto, CA

                          Rathaus; Licht, Leben, Liebe;  Landshut, Germany

2003                 Copeland Gallery; Examination of the Self;  Travelling Print Show

                          Traveling Show;The best album covers that never were; Santa Monica, CA

2001                  Delta Axis; Cartoons, Dolls and Childrens’ Stories; Memphis, TN

                          Post Gallery; Into the Night; Los Angeles, CA

                          Pico Riviera Centre for the Arts; Defining Ourselves;  Pico Riviera; CA

2000                  Millard Sheets  Gallery, Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Pomona, CA

                          Dirt Gallery, Hokie-Pokie Show; LA, CA

                          Dirt Gallery, Flop Transition, 2-person exhibit,Hollywood, CA

                          CSPS; Post Industrial Barn Yard Show; Cedar Rapids; Iowa

1998                 Chico Art Center; 3 Solo Shows; Chico, California

                          Dactyl Foundation; New York, New York

                          Anton Gallery; Water; Washington, DC

1997                 Jan Baum Gallery; My Favourite Femmes; Los Angeles, California

                          Galleria Mesa; Pulp Friction; Mesa, California

                          Alder Gallery; Le Petit National; Eugene, Oregon

1996                 Helen E. Copeland Gallery; Bozeman, Montana

                          Katherine Nash Gallery; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis,Minnesota

1995                  Paris Gibson Museum of Art; Equinox; Great Falls, Montana

1992                  Rathaus, 2 person Show; Landshut, Germany

1990                  DA Gallery, Pomona, CA

 

Related Experience

present               Assistant Professor, Los Angeles City College, LA, CA

2005-2010        Adjunct Professor East LA College, Monetery Park, CA

                          Rio Hondo College Whittier and Citrus College, Glendora, CA

2005                  Barrio Outreach; “Map Project”El Sereno middle school, LA, CA

2001-2005        Design and paint paintings for feature films  

2003                  Summer Intensive 2D Workshop; University of the Pacifics; Stockton, CA

1999                  Visiting Assistant Professor; University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa;

                           Artist in residency; My Friend’s place (shelter for homeless youth);LA,CA

                          Preparator at MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,CA 

1997-1998       Visiting Assistant Professor; University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa

1997                  Visiting Artist; Paris Gibson Museum of Art; Great Falls, Montana

1997                  Artist in Residency, Montana

1995-1997        Adjunct Professor; Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana   

                                            

Awards

2005                  New American Painting; Pacific Coast December Issue; 2005

2000                  National Endowment for the Arts along with fellowship and residency at  Roswell Foundation for the Arts, New Mexico

1996-1997         Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship

1993                  President’s Prize; Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana

1990                  Phi Beta Kappa; Magna cum Laude; Pomona College, California

                            M. Gilbert Award, Pomona College, California

1987-1989        Flintridge Grant; Beaver Prize; Women’s President Prize; Pomona College

 

Bibliography

Poets and Artists; "Palimpsest and the Art of Alexandra Wiesenfeld"; Summer 2011

“The” Magazine; reviews, Julia Schlosser, Portrait in Phase, January 2009, LA, CA

Art World Magazine issue 2, December 2007, p.132; London UK

Licht, Leben, Liebe; Catalogue; Rathaus, Landshut, Germany

The Downtown News;  Not to be missed; February, 2007

Nico Israel; Conspiracies; Catalogue essay for Eagle Rock Center for the Arts; 2003

The Memphis Flyer; U Undermined  It; David Hall;Memphis, TN; August 16, 2001

The Commercial Appeal; Pick of the Week; Debra Elliott;Memphis, TN; August 19, 2001

Zingmagazine; Every Painting You Do, No Matter What, Is Always a Self- portrait; Gerrit Henry; Fall, 1998; p.246-247; New York, NY

Crossroads Magazine, May ‘97; Vol I; issue 2; p. 34-36


Collections

Long Beach Museum of Art; Longbeach, CA

Montgomery Art Gallery; Claremont, CA

Roswell Museum of Art; Roswell, NM

Allison Amon, LA, CA

Karl Benjamin, Claremont, CA

Peter and Lorraine Care, LA, CA

Jenny and Jim Krusoe, LA, CA

Alexandra Patsavas, LA, CA

Eckehardt Sauer, Landshut, Germany

Guy and Karen Vidal, LA, CA

Monona Wali, LA, CA

Cyndi Hubach, LA, CA

Peter and Ulli Buchenrieder, Munich, Germany