ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

EDUCATION

2009 MFA Sculpture Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2004 BFA with Distinction, Sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

COLLECTIONS

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

Fidelity, Boston, MA and Charlotte, NC

EXHIBITIONS

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 and you did not even know enough to be sorry North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh,

Ideal Home: Objects of Desire Ogden Contemporary

2019 The Great Enemy of Truth Main Gallery, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Bone, NC

2018 Let Him Speak First William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA

2017 I May Not Be a Lion Hodges Taylor, Charlotte, NC

2016 Eating Grapes with a Fork and Knife Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-

Salem, NC

I May Not Be a Lion Gallery 406, Elon University, Elon, NC

Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA 2015

A Strange and Unpredictable Nature Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2014 Treacle Well Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

Mary Mary Jane Deering Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Merger Mill Arts Project, Easthampton, MA

2013 Double Impatiens Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, Beverly

2012 Still Life: a Fabricator’s Banquet The Cape Ann Museum's White-Ellery House,

Gloucester, MA

Still Life: a Fabricator’s Banquet Dana Hall Gallery, Wellesley, MA

2011 Welder's Daughter: SAFE & POWERLESS Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 Our America/ Whose America? Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA

Imprinted: Illustrating Race Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA 01262

Nature Morte Rowe Galleries at UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

Reckoning and Resilience: North Carolina Art Now, Nasher Museum, Durham, NC

Coined in the South, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

Patterns of Power, Empty Set Gallery, Bronx, NY

2021 Break the Mold: New Takes on Traditional Art Making, North Carolina Museum of Art,

Raleigh, NC

Call and Response: Craft as a Tool for Activism, a virtual exhibition, Museum of Craft

and Design, San Fransisco, CA

PAPERWORKS 2021, a virtual exhibition, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY

2020 Paper Routes: Women to Watch National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC

DRAWN Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC

Domestic Demise Art Space, Raleigh, NC

2019 Burke Prize 2019, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

National Museum of Women in the Arts Exhibition of Nominees, Galley Kayafas,

Boston, MA

Art on Paper Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

2018 Canary Syndrome Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA

CUT IT OUT! EXPLORATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY PAPER CUTTING San Jose

Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA

12 x 12 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC

Wrestling the Angel Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC

Skin Deep Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, CO

2017 Deep Cuts: Contemporary Paper Cutting Currier Museum, Manchester, NH

State of the Art Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

State of the Art Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN

State of the Art Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN

Contemporary Silhouettes: The Art of Cut Paper The Cahoon Museum of American Art,

Barnstable, MA

2016 Paper and Blade Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

State of the Art Telfair Museums, Jepson Center, Savannah, GA

State of the Art Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Idle Trades New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

Contemporary Women Artists Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

2015 Boston Sculptors Gallery Takes Over Chesterwood- A national historic site and trust,

Stockbridge, MA

Cove Georges Island, Boston Harbor Islands, MA

2014 State of the Art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

Odéon Art Fair with McGurk Art, Bogotá, Colombia

2013 Pedigree New Art Center, Newton, MA

Ellipses: Alumni Works in 3D Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA

Sitelines Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA

Border Line: The Craft of Fine Art Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ

2011 Home Sweet Home Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA

Art Encounters Preservation Wentworth Coolidge Museum, Portsmouth, NH

PERFORMANCE

2022 The Aftermath sound and movement collaboration in conjunction with and you did not even know enough to be sorry, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

2019 sound and movement collaboration in conjunction with The Great Enemy of Truth Main

Gallery, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Bone, NC

2018 movement collaboration in conjunction with Crumbs Under My Pillow in 12 x 12

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC

2014 Tea and Cake sound and movement collaboration in conjunction with Treacle Well Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

SELECTED RESIDENCIES, HONORS, & AWARDS

2023 Cassilhaus Residency, Chaple Hill, NC

2022 People’s Choice Award, Coined in the South, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

2021 Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, New York, NY

2019 Burke Prize Nominee, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

2015 Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Bearsville, NY

2014 Lowell Cultural Council Grant, Lowell, MA

Dave Brown Projects - 9th Semiannual Competition Honorable Mention, New York, NY

2011 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Fellowship Award for Sculpture and Installation Art,

Boston, MA

St. Botolph Club Foundation, Fellowship Award, Boston, MA

2006 I-Park, residency, East Haddam: CT

2005 Vermont Studio Center, residency and fellowship, Johnston, VT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Catalogs

Lynch, Elizabeth. Paper Routes, Women to Watch 2020 National Museum of Women in the Arts,

2020. p. 18, 20, 26-29, 86.

Randolph, Deborah. 12 x 12 Winston Salem, NC Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,

2018. p. 2, 34-35, 37.

Cataldo, Samantha. Deep Cuts, Contemporary Paper Cutting Manchester, NH: Currier Museum of Art, 2017

Alligood, Chad and Bacigalupi, Don. State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Bentonville, AR: Crystal BridgesMuseum of American Art press, 2014. p. 26.

Bradbury, Leonie and Thyssen, Esther. Home Sweet Home, Beverly, MA: Montserrat Gallery Press, 2011. p. 6.

Features and Reviews

Eddy, Jordan “The Environmental Crisis Comes Home” Hyperallergic September 14, 2022 https://hyperallergic.com/757454/ideal-home-ogden-contemporary-arts/

Huberdeau, Jennifer “Turning the lens on mass market ceramics Artists respond to problematic histories, racism of commercial ceramics in Our America/Whose America?” The Berkshire Eagle Sep 16, 2022, berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_culture/arts-theater/ferrin-contemporary-our-america-whose- america/article_0da38494-3503-11ed-b5f5-8f049084ff04.html

Low, Jesslyn “Dysfunctional Beauty and Dangerous Ideals in OCA’s Ideal Home” 15 Bytes, August 22, 2022 http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/dysfunctional-beauty-and-dangerous-ideals-in- ocas-ideal-home/

Green, Tyler Modern Art Notes Podcast Episode No. 538 https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-538- william-h-johnson-elizabeth-alexander/

Daniels Navaroli, Keidra “From Confrontation to Catharsis” Surface Design Journal Fall 2021, p.26

Young, Marcia and Smith, Beth “Emerging Artist Showcase” Fiber Art Now Vol. 10, Issue 3,

Summer/ Fall 2021, P 22.

Chuimer-Layen, Virginie “Eating Grapes With A Fork And Knife par Elizabeth Alexander”

Atiliers d’Art April-May 2021, p.12-13

Tanner, Laura and Stagg, Anne Open Call Podcast interview https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the- open-call-podcast-with-elizabeth-alexander/id1536003137?i=1000520501009

Masters, Sheri “Take Five with Elizabeth Alexander” Winston Salem Monthly November 2020. p.18.

Krysa, Danielle The Jealous Curator https://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2020/12/14/elizabeth-

alexander/

Laster, Paul. “3 Fascinating New York Exhibitions Focusing on Craft” Galerie Magazine

December 27, 2019 https://www.galeriemagazine.com/museum-exhibition-craft/

Stasio, Frank and Magnus, Amanda. “Exhibition Shows Diverse Artists With One Thing In

Common: North Carolina” The State of Things WUNC, March 29, 2018

Wilson, Carolyn R. “Making a modern woman: Artist shapes discarded decor into thought-provoking

pieces” SVA Today August 28, 2018. https://www.swvatoday.com/news/article_d9a22772-0b0a-5b19-b97a-56d3960252d2.html

Smith, Andy. “Elizabeth Alexander Repurposes Domestic Materials in Sculpture” Hi Fructose https://hifructose.com/2017/04/19/elizabeth-alexander-repurposes-domestic-materials-in- sculptures/

Cole, Karl. “Transforming Ordinary Materials into Extraordinary Artworks” School Arts Magazine September 2016. p. 25-28, 51.

Cavallo, Alexandra. “Boston's Best Awards: Arts and Entertainment” Improper Bostonian July 9-

August 5, 2014. p. 103.

Devlin, Elizabeth. “The Nature of Worth” Art 21 Magazine April/ May 2014. http://blog.art21.org/2014/04/03/hello-from-the-writer-in-residence/#.VHZerodXd5w

Bucci-McCoy, Mary. “Cape Ann Contemporary” Art New England July/ August 2012. p. 43.

Temin, Christine “Roberly Bell and Boston Sculptors at Chesterwood” Sculpture Magazine

March 2016, Vol. 35 No.2, p.78-79.

McLaughlin, Beth “Paper and Blade: Modern Paper Cutting at the Fuller Craft Museum” Fiber

Art Now Spring 2016, Vol 5, Issue 3, p.18-20.

Moeller, Robert “Island Hopping Around Boston Harbor” Hyperallergic July 28, 2015

http://hyperallergic.com/225363/island-hopping-for-art-in-boston-harbor/

Howe, Brian. “A Changeable and Unpredictable Nature” Independent Weekly, November 4, 2015, p.45.

Woodward, Joseph. “Art, Craft, and Modern Mischief” Santa Barbara News-Press April 11, 2014.

McQuaid, Cate. “There’s magic and music in Haub’s ‘Floats’” The Boston Globe February11,

2014. G4.

McQuaid, Cate. “Images that echo through time and spaces” The Boston Globe September 25, 2013.

G4.

McQuaid, Cate. The Boston Globe: Ellipses review: Cate McQuaid July 2, 2013. G 4-G5.

Smith, Evan “Home Sweet Home” Art New England January/ February issue 2011. 56.

McQuaid, Cate “Sprawling Exhibit Fits in at Historic Mansion” The Boston Globe September 6, 2011. G 4-5.

TEACHING

2022-present Coordinator and Associate Professor in Sculpture and Studio Foundations, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

2015- 2022 Associate Professor in Design and Production: Visual Arts, University of North Carolina School of the Arts,Winston Salem, NC

2010- 2015 Assistant Professor in Sculpture and Studio Foundations, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

2012 – 2013 Adjunct Professor in studio foundations, Lasell College, Newton, MA

INVITED LECTURES, JURIES, & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

2022 Panelist, Hidden in Plain Sight: Illustrated Ceramics and American Identity, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

2019 & 2022 MFA Artist Mentor, Leslie University, Boston, MA

2022 Panelist, Coined in the South, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

Panelist, DRAWN, SECCA, Winston Salem, NC

2021 Virtual Artist Talk, Duke University, Durham, NC

2020 Virtual Artist Talk, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC

Virtual Artist Talk, Fidelity, Raleigh, NC

2019 Artist Talk with Todd Bowser Turchin Center, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

2018 Panelist, Discussion, Wrestling the Angel, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC

Guest Artist, Workshops and Lectures University of Northern Colorado, Greely, CO

2017 Artist Talk moderated by Annie Carlano, Hodges Taylor, Charlotte, NC

Artist Talk and Workshop Deep Cuts: Contemporary Paper Cutting Currier Museum of

Art, Manchester, NH

2016 Artist Talk moderated by Mary Anne Redding, SECCA, Winston Salem, NC

Artist Talk and guest critiques, Elon University, Elon, NC

“State of The Art” Gallery Talk, Telfair Museum, Jepson Center, Savannah, GA

2015 “Secretary of Her Own State” Panel Discussion on Craft, Process Art, and Social Issues Mill

No. 5, Lowell, MA co. organizer, moderator

2013 Artist Talk in conjunction with Pedigree, New Art Center, Newton, MA

Artist Talk for Double Impatiens, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

Visiting Senior Seminar Reviewer, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

Crosby Award Juror, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2012 Juror for 2013 fellowship awards, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA

“Land (re)Formations” Panelist, Wheaton College, Norton, MA

2011 Artist Talk for Home Sweet Home, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

“Form, Space and the Female Body” Panelist, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

WORKSHOPS

2022 Virtual workshop, Shift: Extraction, Duke University, Durham, NC

2021 Specialist, Cast Paper Sculpture, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia, NC

2021 & 2014 Specialist, Hollow Paper Sculpture, Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC

2021 Virtual workshop, Shift: Extraction, Hodges Taylor and Riff Ideas, Charlotte, NC

2019 Educators: Paper practices workshop, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

2018 & 2016 Specialist, Hollow Paper Sculpture, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2018 Guest Artist Workshops, SECCA, Meadowlark Middle School, Winston Salem, NC

2015 Polly Thayer Starr Guest Artist, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Boston, MA

Elizabeth Alexander

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