Alexandra Wisenfeld
BIO
Education
1995 MFA, Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana
1990 BFA Pomona College; Claremont, California
Solo Exhibitions
2019 they found ritual and order but couldn’t find the real (3008), Klowden Mann Gallery
Utterances, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, MSMU, Los Angeles
2017 “o”, Klowden Mann, Culver City, California
2015 when i when if when lie when life (Xavier Villaurrutia), Klowden Mann, Culver City, 2014
Strip Paintings, curated by John Huck, Alias East, Los Angeles, California
2013 A Love Uneven, gallery km, Santa Monica, California2011 OCCASIONAL BEAST, gallery km, Santa Monica, California
2009 Man Made, Happy Lion, Los Angeles, California
2007 Paintings, Happy Lion, Los Angeles, California
2003 Recent Paintings, Gallery 4016, Los Angeles, California 2002 Yodl-Yos; 2-person show, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
2001 Going Turtle, Roswell Museum of Art, New Mexico Plushland, German Consulate, LA,
2000 The Look of Love, Dactyl, NYC, New York 1999 Family Portraits, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California
1998 Clandestine Rites of Passage, Missoula Museum of Art, Montana
1997 The Turkish Adulteress, Dactyl Foundation,Turkish NYC, New York
1996 The Madness of Queen M, University of Missoula Gallery, Montana
Group Exhibitions
2022 Sui Generis-Debates about the Singular SoLA Contemporary, LA
Quaranta, BG Gallery, Santa Monica
2021 Nomad, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Coming into Focus, Loiter Gallery, Longbeach, CA
2020 Artists and Poems (Los Angeles), suturo.com
Personal Contacts, Durden and Ray, LA
2018 Untitled Miami, Miami Beach Florida
2018 Between Post and Pre, Durden Ray, Los Angeles, CA
The accidental activist; the Braid, LA, CA
2017 Conversations, American Jewish University, LA, CA
2016 all is near and can’t be touched, HilbertRaum, Berlin
2015 Oasis, Sturt Haaga Gallery, La Cañada Flintridge, California
2014 Thanks for the Mammaries, ForYourArt, Los Angeles, California
Dallas Art Fair, Klowden Mann, Dallas, Texas
Fictions, Klowden Mann, Culver City, California
2012 Nothing Comes Straight out of the Ground, Andi Campogne projects, curated by R. Niederlander, Pomona, California
Hyperbole, XVY, 3 person show with Jamie and Dan Sweetman, Los Angeles, California Obscured Lines,
Valley College, Contemporary Drawing in Los Angeles 3 Perspectives, Palos Verdes Art Center; curated by Scott Canty; Palos Verdes, California Portrait and Still Life, Irvine Fine Arts Center, curated by Carl Berg Landscape and Architecture, Irvine Fine Arts Center, curated by Carl Berg
2011 Follow the Physical: from the Paper File, gallery KM, Santa Monica,
2010 Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Eagle Rock Cultural Center
Contemporary Impressionism, Group Show, LA Arthouse;, Los Angeles,
Ruins, 3 person show, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California Nord Art 2010, Kunst Karlshütte, Bremen, Germany
Self Portraiture Today, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California Sizeable, Fluxus Gallery, Los Angeles, California Small Works, The Attic, Laos Angeles, California
2008 Zoo Art Fair, London, United Kingdom Portrait in Phase, 4 Person Show, Brand Library Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California
East of Eden, Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles, California Art LA 2008, Santa Monica, California Scope Miami, Florida Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, New Mexico
2006 Hollywood Apocalypse, Black Maria, Los Angeles, California 2005 The Great Outdoors, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2004 Uncensored Gifts, San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, California Licht, Leben, Liebe, Rathaus, Landshut, Germany
2003 Examination of the Self, Copeland Gallery; Travelling Print Show The best album covers that never were, Traveling Show; Santa Monica, California
2001 Cartoons, Dolls and Childrens’ Stories, Delta Axis; Memphis, Tennessee Into the Night, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Defining Ourselves, Pico Riviera Centre for the Arts; Pico Riviera; California
2000 Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, California Hokie-Pokie Show; Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Flop Transition, 2-person exhibit, Dirt Gallery, Hollywood, California Post Industrial Barn Yard Show, CSPSCedar Rapids; Iowa
1998 3 Solo Shows, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
Dactyl Foundation; New York, New York
Water, Anton Gallery; Washington, DC
1997 My Favourite Femmes, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Pulp Friction, Galleria Mesa, Mesa, California
Le Petit National, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
1996 Helen E. Copeland Gallery; Bozeman, Montana
Katherine Nash Gallery; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1995 Equinox, Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana 1992 Rathaus, 2 person Show, Landshut, Germany 1990 DA Gallery, Pomona, California
Work Experience
2010 - present Professor of Art, Los Angeles City College
2005-2010 Adjunct Professor of Art at Citrus College, Azusa
Rio Hondo College, Whittier
East LA College , Monterey Park
2000-2005 Self Employed: Painted Interior Murals & Set design paintings for Film Sets
1999-2000 Exhibition Preparator at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1996-1999 Visiting Professor of Art; University of Iowa, Iowa City
1995 Adjunct Professor at Montana State University, Bozeman , MT
1991 Scenic Painter, Hollywood, LA
Curatorial
2021 Broke with Expensive Taste, Surge Witrön and Jynx Prado, VAMA Gallery
Next Gen, Durden & Ray; LA, CA
2020-ongoing Suturo.com: Artists and Poems
2020 Personal Contacts, Durden and Ray
2017-now Artist Lecture Series, Los Angeles City College
2015 David Lloyd. Paintings, Vama Gallery, LACC
Julia Schwartz, Steven Steinman, Kanchan Richardson, Vama Gallery, LACC
2014 Do not go gentle; Laura Krifka, Phung Huynh, Sergio Teran, Kristin Calabrese, Max Presneill VAMA gallery, LACC
2013 Jamison Carter, New Sculpture, Vama Gallery, LACC
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
2020 Studio Visit Art and Cake, https://artandcakela.com/2020/02/16/studio-visit-alexandra-wiesenfeld/
Utterances Catalog Essay by Irina D. Costache Ph.D
2018 Voyage LA, http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-alexandra-wiesenfeld/
Ouevre Unlimited; OE; Interview by Aseem Giri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl-iqyQ0iVc
2017 LARB “o”n Art and Aesthetics; In a State of Constant Introspective Flux: “Man-Made” by Alexandra
Wiesenfeld
2017 Bluin Art
2015 Best of 2015 Los Angeles: Alexandra Wiesenfeld’s when i when if when lie when life (Xavier
Villaurrutia) in art ltd. magazine’s ; Shana Nys
Dambrot
Caldwell, Ellen, “Toxic Skies and Heavenly Light: Alexandra Wiesenfeld at Klowden Mann,” New
American Paintings, June 1..com/blog/toxic-
skies-and-heavenly-light-alexandra- wiesenfeld-klowden-mann Russell, Christopher, “Alexandra Wiesenfeld” (catalog essay),
http://www.newamericanpaintings Wiesenfeld,” (April.
2014 “Follow Friday: The Dallas Art Fair Edition,” Artsy Editorial, April.
2011 Harp, Grady. Poets and Artists, “Palimpsest and the art of Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” July.
Harnish, Tracey. LA Art Diary, “Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” April.
Waldorf, Emily. ArtsEtoile, “Occasional Beast: Alexandra Wiesenfeld at Gallery KM, interview with
Emily Waldorf,” April.
2009. Schlosser, Julia. “The” Magazine; reviews, Portrait in Phase, January.
2007. Art World Magazine issue 2, December 2007, p.132; London United Kingdom;
Licht, Leben, Liebe. Catalogue; Rathaus, Landshut, Germany
The Downtown News, “Not to be missed,” February.
2003 Nico Israel; Conspiracies; Catalogue essay for Eagle Rock Center for the Arts.
2001. Hall, David. The Memphis Flyer; U Undermined It;Memphis, Tennessee; August 16, 2001 Elliott, Debra. The Commercial Appeal; Pick of the Week; Memphis, Tennessee; August 19, 2001
1998 Gerrit, Henry, “Every Painting You Do, No Matter What, Is Always a Self- portrait,” Zingmagazine,
Fall. p.246-247
Crossroads Magazine, Vol I, issue 2; May. p. 34-36,