BIO
Alexandra Wiesenfeld
(b. Munich, Germany)
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
https://www.alexandrawiesenfeld.com/
Alexandra Wiesenfeld is a German-born, Los Angeles based artist who has exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe, at venues including Klowden Mann, Happy Lion, Angles Gallery, American Jewish University, and the Eagle Rock Cultural Center in Los Angeles, The Irvine Fine Arts Center and the Torrance Art Museum in California, the Dactyl Foundation in New York, the Roswell Museum of Art in New Mexico, the Missoula Museum of Art in Montana, Anton Gallery in Washington, DC, HilbertRaum in Berlin, Kunst Karlshütte and Landshut in Germany, and art fairs in San Francisco, Miami, Dallas, and London. Her work is held in public and private collections nationally and internationally.
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 see the real (year 30008), Klowden Mann, Culver City, California Utterance, José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California (two-person exhibition) |
| 2017 | o, Klowden Mann, Culver City, California |
| 2015 | when i when if when lie when life (Xavier Villaurrutia), Klowden Mann, Culver City, California |
| 2014 | Strip Paintings, curated by John Huck, Alias East, Los Angeles, California |
| 2013 | A Love Uneven, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, California |
| 2011 | OCCASIONAL BEAST, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), 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 Yodl-Yos, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California (two-person exhibition) |
| 2001 | Going Turtle, Roswell Museum of Art, New Mexico Plushland, German Consulate, Los Angeles, California |
| 2000 | The Look of Love, Dactyl, New York, New York Flop Transition, Dirt Gallery, Hollywood, California (two-person exhibition) |
| 1999 | Family Portraits, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California |
| 1998 | Clandestine Rites of Passage, Missoula Museum of Art, Montana |
| 1997 | Adulteress, Dactyl Foundation, Turkish NYC, New York, New York The Madness of Queen M, University of Missoula, Gallery, Montana |
Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | Contemporary Landscape 2019, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea |
| 2018 | UNTITLED, Klowden Mann, Miami Beach, Florida Vibrant Matter: Artworks Refiguring Form, Maiden LA, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, California Between Post and Pre, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, California |
| 2017 | Conversations, Platt and Bornstein Galleries, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, California |
| 2016 | MEGAFAUNA: Endangered in Africa, Weingart Galleries, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California 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 |
| 2013 | ArtPadSF, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), San Francisco, California |
| 2012 | Nothing Comes Straight out of the Ground, curated by Rebecca Niederlander, Andi Campogne Projects, Pomona, California Art Platform, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Los Angeles, California Hyperbole, XVY, Los Angeles, California ARTMRKT SF, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), San Francisco, California Obscured Lines, Valley College, Los Angeles, California 3 Perspectives, curated by Scott Canty, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California Portrait and Still Life, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California Landscape and Architecture, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California |
| 2011 | Follow the Physical: from the Paper File, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, California |
| 2010 | Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California Contemporary Impressionism, LA Arthouse, Los Angeles, California Ruins, 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, Brand Library Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California East of Eden, Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles, California Art LA 2008, Santa Monica, California Zoo Art Fair, London, United Kingdom 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, Traveling 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 Rivera Center for the Arts, Pico Rivera, California |
| 2000 | Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, California Hokie-Pokie Show, Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles, California Post Industrial Barn Yard Show, 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 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 |
| 1990 | DA Gallery, Pomona, California |
Awards
| 2005 | New American Paintings, Pacific Coast December Issue |
| 2000 | National Endowment for the Arts along with grant and residency at Roswell Foundation for the Arts, New Mexico |
| 1996 | 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 | Flintridge Grant, Beaver Prize, Women’s President Prize, Pomona College |
Bibliography
| 2020 | Brewer, Gary, “Alexandra Wiesenfeld: The Uncharted Terrain of the Soul,” Art and Cake, February 16. |
| 2018 | “Meet Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” VoyageLA, November 16. |
| 2017 | Bahadur, Tulika, “In a State of Constant Introspective Flux: “Man-Made” by Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” On Art and Aesthetics, September 1. “Alexandra Wiesenfeld’s ‘o’ at Klowden Mann, Los Angeles,” Blouin ArtInfo, May 30. Nimptsch, Emily, “Alexandra Wiesenfeld at Klowden Mann,” alphasixty, May 16. “Featured Artist,” Los Angeles Review of Books, May. |
| 2016 | Nys Dambrot, Shana, “TOP 10 2015: LOS ANGELES,” art ltd., January. |
| 2015 | Caldwell, Ellen, “Toxic Skies and Heavenly Light: Alexandra Wiesenfeld at Klowden Mann,” New American Paintings, June 1. Russell, Christopher, “Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” (catalogue essay), April. |
| 2014 | “Follow Friday: The Dallas Art Fair Edition,” Artsy Editorial, April. |
| 2011 | Harp, Grady, “Palimpsest and the art of Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” Poets and Artists, July. Harnish, Tracey, “Alexandra Wiesenfeld,” LA Art Diary, April. Waldorf, Emily, “Occasional Beast: Alexandra Wiesenfeld at Gallery KM,” ArtsEtoile, April. |
| 2009 | Schlosser, Julia, “Review: Portrait in Phase,” THE Magazine, January. |
| 2007 | “Licht, Leben, Liebe,” Art World Magazine issue 2, December, p.132. London United Kingdom, Catalogue, Rathaus, Landshut, Germany. “Not to be missed,” The Downtown News, February. |
| 2003 | Israel, Nico, “Conspiracies,” Catalogue essay for Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. |
| 2001 | Hall, David, “U Undermined It,” The Memphis Flyer, August 16. Elliott, Debra, “Pick of the Week,” The Commercial Appeal, August 19. |
| 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, p. 34-36. |
Selected Collections
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Montgomery Art Gallery, Claremont, California
Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, New Mexico