About
Alexis Knowlton was born in California in 1982, raised in Salt Lake City, and currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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Education
2012 |
MA Art in Context University of the Arts, Berlin Focus: Scientific and Media Image Production |
2008 |
MFA Painting Yale University School of Art, Connecticut, USA |
2004 |
BFA Painting Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Minor: Art History European Honors Program Rome, Italy |
Selected Exhibitions
2016 | Apartment Show, Brooklyn NYC, curated by Rebecca Baldwin |
2015 | Cut- Up: Contemporary Collage and Cut-Up Histories Through a Feminist Lens, |
Franklin Street Projects, CT, curated by Katie Vida | |
2014 | Codes and Signals, Tête Berlin |
Das Unbekannte Werk, Studio NIKIBI | |
2012 | 9 Balls (solo exhibition), 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco |
Ding bam es hat geklingelt, Sonnenallee 90, Berlin | |
Exhibition of the Master's Projects, UdK, Berlin | |
2011 | Goodbye Space Shuttle, The Active Space, Brooklyn NY |
Kunst im Bau, Unartich, Potsdam | |
Reading excerpt of Cafereviewreview, Poseidon Gallery, Berlin | |
2010 | Dump Art, Freudenreich, Berlin |
Lidl vs. Netto, Academy of Economics Marzahn, Berlin | |
Site Exploration, Golden Parachutes Gallery, Berlin | |
Highest Expectations, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin | |
Demolition Milk, Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf | |
Untitled, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin | |
Input Magazine, Buch- Neuerscheinung Armory Show, NYC | |
2009 | Becca, Exhibition, NYC |
Butter High, Schalter Gallery, Berlin | |
2008 | Thesis Exhibition, Yale University School of Art, New Haven |
2007 | Arise, Yale Norfolk Gallery, Norfolk Connecticut |
2006 | Second Year Exhibition, Yale University School of Art, New Haven |
New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter Times Square Gallery, NYC | |
Ouija Ouija on the Wall, Cellspace Gallery, San Francisco | |
2005 | Midden Ardor Order, Art Access, Salt Lake City Utah |
The Postcard Show, The LAB, San Francisco | |
Black Market Auction, Independent School of Art, San Francisco | |
Show and Tell, Independent School of Art, San Francisco | |
After Hours, Diego Riviera Gallery, San Francisco | |
Thick Lens, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco | |
Bad Neighborhood, Bad Fish Gallery, San Francisco | |
Transmundane, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco | |
2004 | SFAI Staff Show, Diego Riviera Gallery, San Francisco |
We are a Family, The Red Door Gallery, Providence Rhode Island | |
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Woods Gerry, Providence | |
Woman Now, Carr Haus, Providence | |
2002 | Sketchbook Exhibition, Palazzo Cenci, Rome |
Art Writing, Curatorial and Teaching
since 2019 | Founder and Director |
HELL, Feminist Art Gallery in Berlin, Lichtenberg | |
2019 | Text for Exhibition Conversation with Loren Britton, Stadium Berlin |
2017 - 2019 | Research Project Leader for "Feminist Lexicon" Galeriehell.com |
2017 | Collaborative Contribution to Ginger Zine Issue #7 |
2017 | Europe-wide Tour Directing of Educational Tours with Education First, Lucerne Switzerland |
Collaborative Feature in Ginger Zine Issue #7: Winter Issue | |
2016 | Collaborative Cinema Weserstr. |
2015 | Exhibition essay for artist Sascha Braunig at Foxy Production |
2012 | Essay for the catalog of artist Gwen Kerber |
Interview mit Ann McCoy for Bleicher Gallery, Pacific Standard Time, LA | |
2011 | Essay for the catalog of the group exhibition New Work New York in Seoul |
Painting and Drawing Class through the Community College (Volkshochschule) Berlin | |
2010 | Curation, Dump Art, Freudenreich, Berlin and production of exhibition catalog |
2009 | Lecture, Intention Attention, Power of Art Colloquium, Drawing Center, NYC |
2008 | Essay Social Class in the Global Art Exhibition, research director Robert Storr |
Figure Drawing Class Teaching Assistant to Sam Messer | |
Painting Class Teaching Assistant to Clint Jukkala | |
2007 | Curation, Rose, Yale School of Art, New Haven |
2005 | Curation, After Hours, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco |
Curation, Thick Lens, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco | |
Curation, Transmundane, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco |
Press
2016 | Cut-Up: Contemporary Collage and Cut-Up Histories Through a Feminist Lens |
at Franklin Street Works, Noah Dillon, Modern Painters | |
2012 | Taking a Walk in Circles, Ida Roden, Art Ramblings online |
2010 | Die Spielsucht und der Milchskanda,l Petra Kuiper, Der Westen |
Kritische Kunst im Tunnel, Bertram Müller, Rheinische Post | |
2009 | The Power of Art, Daniel Miller, Frieze online |
Berlin Calling, interview with Mary Jones, Bomb online | |
Middleman as Muse, Catherine Spaeth, artworldsalon online |
Prizes
2008 | Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize |
2003 | Ken Dresser Award |
2002 | Palermo- Schultz Award |