Resume
2011
ALEXIS AMANN
alexisamann@gmail.com
www.alexisamann.com
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EDUCATION
MFA 2006 Painting San Francisco Art Institute
BA 2002 Drawing/Painting/Printmaking Portland State University
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 Meanwhile. . . , Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA
2009 Don’t Give Up the Ship, storefront installation collaboration with Jonathan Burstein, Artists in Storefronts
Program, San Francisco Arts Commission, Central Market Street, San Francisco, CA
2008 Love & Water, Dust Gallery at Atomic Todd’s, Las Vegas, NV
2008 California Dreams & Realities, curated by New Image Art Gallery, Mollusk Surf Shop, Venice Beach, CA
2007 Voyage of the R’ship, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Throwing Rocks at Strangers, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2002 Blood/Sugar, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 15th Anniversary Show, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2011 Words from the Water, Roll-Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Drawing Board, Arin Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2009 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 FasTrak, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 Propagations, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2008 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Looking Forward to It: The Discipline of Anticipation, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
2007 Red Dot Art Fair, Bucheon Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Bucheon Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
2007 The Greek Play, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2006 Emerge, Gen Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006 tranSFOrm and reLAX, P. Casero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Small Works, Portland Modern, Portland, OR
2006 I Told You Already: Vernissage, SFAI MFA Show, Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2005 Continuing MFA Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Mayhem, Annual SOEX Juried Show, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 That’s So Queer, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
2004 Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
2004 Portland Modern Show, Hall Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Body Politics, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2003 Group Show, The Art Dojo, Portland, OR
2002 Between the Sheets Book Arts, FPA Dean’s Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 The Cell Project Installation, 27th and Alberta, Portland, OR
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Barber, Lindsay, “Spraying over Scars,” Golden Gate Xpress, December 23
Veltman, Chloe, “When Business Moves Out, Art Moves In,” New York Times, December 19
Romano, Robert, “Artwork shines on Storefronts,” The Guardsman, December 16
Castro, Martina, “Art as economic stimulus,” Crosscurrents, KALW, November 2
McBee, Page, “The Body Electric: Alexis Amann on Bearded Ladies, Narwhals, and Riot Grrls,” Bitch
Magazine blog, November 2
Samuel, Molly, “Art in Storefronts,” kqued.org, November 2
Gordon, Rachel, “Artwork to aid San Francisco’s Blighted Streets,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 24
Kim, Lillian, “Artists help fill empty storefronts” ABC7, October 23
Braithwaite, Michael, “An Interview with Alexis Amann,” Plastic Antinomy, issue 3/4 Blue/Green, p.38-40
2008 Las Vegas City Life, “Water Worlds,” November 13-19
Spraygraphic.com, “Alexis Amann,” Interview, August 18, 2008
Nylon Magazine, “California Dreamin’, Deanna Templeton and Alexis Amann” April 27, 2008
Cheng, DeWitt, “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis,” East Bay Express, April 16
Sussman, Matt, “Abstract Ecosystems with a Guiding Force,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 16
Carr, Vanessa, “Swordfish, styrofoam, and sprouting growth,” Pixel Vison,
San Francisco Bay Guardian Art and Culture Blog, March 25
O’Toole, Meighan, “Alexis Amann,” myloveforyouisastampedeofhorses.com, March 8
2007 Huston, Johnny Ray, “Weekly Picks,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 26
“Alexis Amann,” Juxtapoz.com review October 30
“Inside City Limits,” interview, Channel 11 SF, October 2007
2004 Blake, Victoria, “More from Modern Showcase,” The Oregonian, November 26
Portland Modern, Issue #1, exhibition in print, 2004
Dirks, Ryan, “Portland Modern,” Portland Mercury, November 18
2002 Lambert, Lisa, “Cellular Tours,” Willamette Week, February 20
alexisamann@gmail.com
www.alexisamann.com
_______________________________________________________________________________
EDUCATION
MFA 2006 Painting San Francisco Art Institute
BA 2002 Drawing/Painting/Printmaking Portland State University
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 Meanwhile. . . , Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA
2009 Don’t Give Up the Ship, storefront installation collaboration with Jonathan Burstein, Artists in Storefronts
Program, San Francisco Arts Commission, Central Market Street, San Francisco, CA
2008 Love & Water, Dust Gallery at Atomic Todd’s, Las Vegas, NV
2008 California Dreams & Realities, curated by New Image Art Gallery, Mollusk Surf Shop, Venice Beach, CA
2007 Voyage of the R’ship, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Throwing Rocks at Strangers, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2002 Blood/Sugar, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 15th Anniversary Show, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2011 Words from the Water, Roll-Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Drawing Board, Arin Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2009 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 FasTrak, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 Propagations, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2008 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Looking Forward to It: The Discipline of Anticipation, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
2007 Red Dot Art Fair, Bucheon Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Bucheon Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
2007 The Greek Play, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2006 Emerge, Gen Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006 tranSFOrm and reLAX, P. Casero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Small Works, Portland Modern, Portland, OR
2006 I Told You Already: Vernissage, SFAI MFA Show, Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2005 Continuing MFA Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Mayhem, Annual SOEX Juried Show, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 That’s So Queer, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
2004 Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
2004 Portland Modern Show, Hall Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Body Politics, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2003 Group Show, The Art Dojo, Portland, OR
2002 Between the Sheets Book Arts, FPA Dean’s Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 The Cell Project Installation, 27th and Alberta, Portland, OR
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Barber, Lindsay, “Spraying over Scars,” Golden Gate Xpress, December 23
Veltman, Chloe, “When Business Moves Out, Art Moves In,” New York Times, December 19
Romano, Robert, “Artwork shines on Storefronts,” The Guardsman, December 16
Castro, Martina, “Art as economic stimulus,” Crosscurrents, KALW, November 2
McBee, Page, “The Body Electric: Alexis Amann on Bearded Ladies, Narwhals, and Riot Grrls,” Bitch
Magazine blog, November 2
Samuel, Molly, “Art in Storefronts,” kqued.org, November 2
Gordon, Rachel, “Artwork to aid San Francisco’s Blighted Streets,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 24
Kim, Lillian, “Artists help fill empty storefronts” ABC7, October 23
Braithwaite, Michael, “An Interview with Alexis Amann,” Plastic Antinomy, issue 3/4 Blue/Green, p.38-40
2008 Las Vegas City Life, “Water Worlds,” November 13-19
Spraygraphic.com, “Alexis Amann,” Interview, August 18, 2008
Nylon Magazine, “California Dreamin’, Deanna Templeton and Alexis Amann” April 27, 2008
Cheng, DeWitt, “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis,” East Bay Express, April 16
Sussman, Matt, “Abstract Ecosystems with a Guiding Force,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 16
Carr, Vanessa, “Swordfish, styrofoam, and sprouting growth,” Pixel Vison,
San Francisco Bay Guardian Art and Culture Blog, March 25
O’Toole, Meighan, “Alexis Amann,” myloveforyouisastampedeofhorses.com, March 8
2007 Huston, Johnny Ray, “Weekly Picks,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 26
“Alexis Amann,” Juxtapoz.com review October 30
“Inside City Limits,” interview, Channel 11 SF, October 2007
2004 Blake, Victoria, “More from Modern Showcase,” The Oregonian, November 26
Portland Modern, Issue #1, exhibition in print, 2004
Dirks, Ryan, “Portland Modern,” Portland Mercury, November 18
2002 Lambert, Lisa, “Cellular Tours,” Willamette Week, February 20
