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b. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1979.
BFA: Tufts University / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2003. Boston, MA.
Currently residing in San Francisco, CA.
GENERAL STATEMENT
All of my collages are composed by hand - cut from books I've been collecting
for years, and painstakingly pieced together as seamlessly as possible. They
create themselves through a process beginning with a loose concept, followed by
a series of trials and errors, subtle maneuvers, selection/elimination, harmonious
unions, and happy accidents. It is a meditative process, and there is a lot of
decision-making behind each element involved.
My general intent, throughout all my work, is to portray the world as a flawed
thing of beauty - a place that shines brightly, but has a dark side to match.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
All the Colors of the Dark, EBERSMOORE. Chicago. 2010
Dreaming Is Easy, POVevolving Gallery. Los Angeles. 2010
Never Be Sad, Park Life. San Francisco. 2009
Hereafter, Threadless. Chicago, 2009
Fool's Gold, POVevolving Gallery, Los Angeles. 2008
GROUP
Paper Quilt, Berkeley Art Center. Collaboration with Monica Canilao. October 2011.
Ah, Wilderness!, EBERSMOORE, Chicago. December 2010.
Wild Card, Johalla Projects, Chicago. October 2010.
Mano/Mundo/Corazón, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago. September 9-December 10, 2010.
2nd Anniversary Exhibition, POVevolving Gallery, Los Angeles. August 7, 2010.
Cut-Ups, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH. 2010.
New Directions In Collage, NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago. 2010.
Group Show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco. 2010.
Hide and Seek, KRETS Gallery, Malmö, Sweden. 2010.
Paper!Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco. 2010.
Domestic Mash-Up, WAS Gallery, Copenhagen, DK. 2009.
Control C, Control V, ebersb9 gallery. Chicago. 2009.
Pop Noir, Southern Exposure, San Francisco. 2009.
Fata Morgana, Dabora Gallery, New York. 2009.
Savage Whiskers: with Jessica Cusik. FFDG, San Francisco. 2008.
All Star Hustlaz III, White Walls, San Francisco. 2007.
Hello World, TWENTY GOTO 10, San Francisco. 2007.
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PUBLICATIONS
On Wonderland & Waste, Sidebrow, Available here.
Phoebe, George Mason University, cover artist & poster insert, Spring 2010.
Art for Obama, Abrams Books, October 2009.
The Rest Is Up To You, Chronicle Books, August 2009.
Western Humanities Review, cover artist, Summer 2009.
King Brown Magazine, Issue 5, May 2009.
Instant City, Issue 6: Disappeared, 2008.
The Artist's Guide to Dressing Fancy, August 2008.
Yen Magazine, Issue 34, August 2008.
Faesthetic, Issues 5 & 6, 2005-6.
Curvy 3, Paper Tiger Media Group, 2006.
Chaos Happens: This Is A Magazine, Compendium 3, 2004.
Neomu, Issues 6 & 7, 2003-4.
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PRESS
Chicago Tribune, Collage and Cutting Edge Go To College, July 16, 2010.
Tufts Magazine, Afterimage: Short Night of the Glass Dolls, Summer 2010 Issue.
Examiner, A review of On Wonderland & Waste, July, 2010.
Los Angeles Times, Art review: Alexis Mackenzie at POVevolving, April 2, 2010.
Way of Women, Interview, March 2010.
KQED, Gallery Crawl: Paper!Awesome!, March 2010.
ArtSlant, Overlap: "Control C, Control V", July 2009.
Chicago Art Review, "Control C, Control V" at ebersb9, July 2009.
ArtBusiness, "Never Be Sad" Reviews & Opening Night Photos, June 2009.
SF Chronicle, "Don't Miss: 'Never Be Sad'", June 2009.
Fecal Face, "Never Be Sad" Opening Night Photos, June 2009.
Fecal Face, Studio Visit, June 2009.
7x7 Magazine, "14 Bay Area Artists We Love", November 2008.
SF Chronicle, Fecal Founder Picks Top 5 Artists, May 2008.
Corresponding video interviews: (link)
Fecal Face, Interview, April 2008.
SF Chronicle, Studio Visit, March 2008. (original link)
Mesh Magazine, Interview/Cover Artist, February/March 2006.
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