Alexis J. Amann CV

Lives & works in San Francisco, CA.
b. 1979, Rochester, NY; raised in Newport, OR.

Education

2006 MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute
2002 BA, Drawing/Painting/Printmaking, Portland State University

Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2024 SF Open Studios, Sealevel, San Francisco, CA
2016 Amulet Paintings, Resurrect, Oakland, CA
2015 Underworld, Oxtail Studios & Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2012 Harpy Halloween, storefront installation, Paul’s Hat Works, San Francisco, CA
2011 Meanwhile. . . , Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA
2009 Don’t Give Up the Ship, collaboration with Jonathan Burstein, Artists in Storefronts Program, SFAC, 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 Group Exhibitions

2022 Newbie November, Everyday Original Online Gallery

2019 Send Me Across the Sea, Book & Job Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 ICON 10 Detroit Gallery Show, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, MI

2017 Wonder, A Conversation With Wimmin, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2016 Windows, Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paper Cups, Long Weekend, Oakland, CA
Inside My Brain, Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Moonage Daydream, Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015 Wunderkammer, Art Thou Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Strikeaway Show, Paxton's Gate, San Francisco, CA

2014 Space Stories, Roll-Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hello 2014: Sci-Fi Showcase, Paint Pens Collective, D-Structure, San Francisco CA

2013 Dark Beach, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
Underwater, Roll-Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Red Zone, Gallery 85, San Jose, CA

2012 Phenomena, curated by Beautiful Fields, Phatory Gallery, New York, NY
All in for the 99%, Ace Museum, curated by New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011 15th Anniversary Show, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Words from the Water, Roll-Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010 The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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
Propagations, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
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
Red Dot Art Fair, Bucheon Gallery, New York, NY
Bridge Art Fair, Bucheon Gallery, Miami, FL
The LAB’s Annual Auction, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
The Greek Play, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2006 Emerge, Gen Arts, San Francisco, CA
tranSFOrm and reLAX, P. Casero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Works, Portland Modern, Portland, OR
I Told You Already: Vernissage, SFAI MFA Show, Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, SF

2005 Continuing MFA Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mayhem, Annual SOEX Juried Show, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
That’s So Queer, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA

2004 Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
Portland Modern Show, Hall Gallery, Portland, OR
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
The Cell Project Installation, 27th and Alberta, Portland, OR

Selected Press
2014 "Paint Pens Collective Beams Up For “Hello, 2014″ , YayLA Blog, December 28.

2012 "Featured Artist: Alexis Amann," Aorta Magazine online, January 4

2011 Rubio, Rae, "Interview with Alexis Amann", Art Larking blog, November 6

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, Thomas, “The Body Electric: Alexis Amann on Bearded Ladies, Narwhals, and Riot Grrls,” Bitch Magazine blog, November 2
Samuel, Molly, “Art in Storefronts,” kqed.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
Nylon Magazine, “California Dreamin’, Deanna Templeton and Alexis Amann” April 27
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 Vision, 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
Dirks, Ryan, “Portland Modern,” Portland Mercury, November 18

2002 Lambert, Lisa, “Cellular Tours,” Willamette Week, February 20