Born Munich, Germany
Education
1995 MFA, Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana
1990 BFA Pomona College; Claremont, California
Solo and 2 Person Exhibitions
2024 Vortex, S-Gallery, curated by Heeseon Choi, Los Angeles
2023 Blush, 2 person show with Brad Eberhard, curated by Nicola Vruwrink, Goat Gallery,
Landers
2022 Infinite Timeline, 2 person Show with Regina Herod, curated by Virginia Arce, Fine
Arts Center, Irvine
2020 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, Alias East, Los Angeles, California
2013 A Love Uneven, Gallery KM, Santa Monica, California
2011 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, NYC, New York
1996 The Madness of Queen M, University of Missoula Gallery, Montana
Group Exhibitions
2024 small pleasures, ARB Gallery, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK
Science Fiction Is The Best Friction, BLAM, Rosalux, Berlin, Germany
Special Collections (original covers); 515 Bendix, LA
Quipo Artfair, Mexico City
2023 Migration, CMay Gallery, LA, CA
Nomad II & Tryst, Torrance, CA
8am in London, Midnight in LA,TURPS, London, England
Transatlantic Accents, The Laundrette, Bristol, England
Artwerk goes Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mythos & Other Tragic Pleasures; Fosforita, Madrid, Spain
Quipo, Mexcio City
2022 Revel in your Time, Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway
Climbing the Underside of the Ladder, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
Portraits, CMAY Gallery, , Los Angeles
Abstraction- Not Abstraction; PRJCTLA, Los Angeles
Widerhall, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles
Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
Sui Generis, Debates About The Singular, Sola Contemporary, LA CA
Quaranta, bG gallery, LA, CA
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 and 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, Pomona, CA
Hyperbole, XVY, 3 person show Los Angeles, California
Obscured Lines, Valley College, Contemporary Drawing in Los Angeles
3 Perspectives, Palos Verdes Art Center; 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
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
2005 The Great Outdoors, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2004 Uncensored Gifts, San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, Ca
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, LA, CA
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, CSPS Cedar Rapids; Iowa
1998 3 Solo Shows, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
Dactyl Foundation; New York, New York
Water, Anton Gallery; Washington, DC
1997 My Favorite 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
Bibliography
2023 Voyage LA
2020 Studio Visit Art and Cake,
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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”
2017 Bluin Art
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2014 Follow Friday: The Dallas Art Fair Edition, Artsy Editorial, April.
2011 Harp, Grady. Poets and Artists, “Palimpsest and the art of Alexandra Wiesenfeld,”
Harnish, Tracy, LA Art Diary, “Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” April
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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.
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Curatorial
2024 Fabricated Truths; Macha Suzuki and Mike Norice, Vama Gallery, LACC
2022 Widerhall, co-curated exchange Axel Obiger (Berlin) & D&R
2021 Broke with Expensive Taste, Surge Witrön and Jynx Prado, VAMA Gallery
Next Gen, Durden & Ray; LA, CA
2020-22 Suturo.com: Artists and Poems (co-curators: Steven Wolkoff & Eugene Ahn)
2017-21 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