Curriculum Vitae
ALEXA MEADE
'09–'11 Lives and works in Washington, DC
EDUCATION
2009 B.A., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2008 Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 You Are Here, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, NY
Artist Tribute Exhibition 2, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
Saturnalia, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
2010The Art of Giving, Saatchi Gallery, London (Catalogue)
Picture Planes (Two-person exhibition), Irvine Contemporary, DC
Mirror, Mirror, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Fellowships
2011 Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Catwalk Art Center, Catskill, NY
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
EG Conference, Presenter, Monterey, CA
2010 Red Dirt Studios, Residency, Mt. Rainier, MD
I-Park Artist's Enclave, Residency, East Haddam, CT
Catwalk Art Center, Residency, Catskill, NY
Ann Marie Sculpture Center, Residency, Solomons, MD
Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, Semi-Finalist, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
9/02/11"Her Art Asks: Can You Believe Your Eyes?" by Rick Schindler, The Today Show
8/31/11"Alexa Meade's Living Paintings," by Carlene Thomas-Bailey, The Guardian (UK)
8/30/11"Alexa Meade: Painting in Real Life," Juxtapoz
8/25/11"…More Must-Read Art News," ArtInfo.com
8/23/11"Art Renews Itself by Innovation," Times of India
8/22/11"Stunning Live 'Canvas' Artwork," by A. Parris-Long, Yahoo! News
8/22/11"Alexa Meade’s Human Canvases," Boston Globe
8/22/11"Artist Alexa Meade Paints Directly on Human Models," The Huffington Post
8/22/11"Picture of the day: 22 August 2011," Telegraph (UK)
8/22/11"Die Künstlerin und ihr Werk," Spiegel (Germany)
8/21/11"L'uomo-Quadro," Corriere Della Sera (Italy)
8/21/11"Ritratti Viventi di Alexa Meade," Repubblica (Italy)
8/21/11"Artist Alexa Meade," San Francisco Chronicle
8/16/11"How'd they Do That? A Painting That Walks," MSN.com
8/16/11"Alexa Meade’s Human Canvases," by Heather Murphy, Slate.com
8/11/11"Alexa Meade Paints Real People," by Melody Kramer, NPR Fresh Air
7/29/11"The Scene," by Rebecca D'Angelo, Washington Post
6/22/11"Lebende Gemälde," by Krischan Dietmaier, Galileo (Germany)
4/01/11 "El Vivo Retrato," by Mari Carmen Nuño, pp. 210-215, ELLE (Mexico) (PDF)
4/01/11 "3D in Reverse," by Chloe Kwan, pp. 136-139, TechMag (China) (PDF)
3/08/11"In Reverse Trompe L'Oeil, Models are Both Subject and Painting Surface," by Grace Lamb-Atkinson, PBS NewsHour (Link)
3/01/11 100 Artists of Washington, D.C., by F. Lennox Campello. Schiffer Publishing, 2011.
1/21/11 "Meade in America," pp. 18-22, De Morgen (Belgium) (PDF)
1/06/11 "Brush-Off," p. E14, Washington Post Express
1/04/11 "Painted Lady," by Tandice Osarreh, p. 107, Nylon Magazine (PDF)
1/01/11 Doppelganger: Images of the Human Being, R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, and F. Schulze, eds. Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2010 (Link)
12/20/11 "Alexa Meade," by Da-Na Ji, The Big Thinker Magazine (Korea)
12/01/11 "Living Art: Alexa Meade," by Samantha Roldan, pp. 102-103, NY Arts Magazine (PDF)
12/01/10 "Alexa Meade: Breaking the Picture Plane," by Lenny Campello, pp. 38-39, American Contemporary Art Magazine. (Link)
12/01/10 "Opgetekend: Alexa Meade," By Ward Desloovere, p. 18, Kunstletters Magazine (Belgium) (PDF)
9/16/10 "Ritratti Viventi," by Pia Capelli, pp. 341-344, Elle Magazine (Italy) (PDF)
8/23/10 "See Alexa Meade Create," NYMag.com
8/15/10"Incredible Pop-out Painter," by Jack Zahora, Al Jazeera (Link)
7/14/10 "Irvine Contemporary Presents Alexa Meade," ArtDaily.org (Link)
7/08/10 "Tauschend Echto," p. 32, Elle Decoration Magazine (Germany)
7/08/10 "He"s No Oil Painting," by Maria Popova, p. 55, Wired Magazine (UK) (Link)
7/01/10 "Alexa Meade," pp. 24-25, Juxtapoz Magazine (Link)
6/28/10 "Painterly Photog Alexa Meade," Hyperallergic.com
6/20/10 "Critic Review for Picture Planes: Robert Mellor and Alexa Meade" by Stephanie Merry, The Washington Post (Link)
6/01/10 "Alexa Meade," by Yan Evtushenko, pp. 70-75, Xyligan (Russia) (PDF)
5/21/10 "Oleo Sobre Carne," by Iara Crepaldi, pp. 26-29, Folha (Brazil)
5/17/10 "Alexa Meade: Acrylic On People," USAToday.com
5/05/10 "Le Tele Umane di Alexa Meade," By B. Perilli, Repubblica (Italy) (Link)
4/20/10 "Mirror, Mirror: A Show of Portraits," By Valerie Gladstone, City Arts (Link)
4/20/10 "The Trompe L'oeil of Alexa Meade," Hi-Fructose.com
4/18/10 "A Portrait of a Portrait of a Portrait," By Michelle Levy, ArtSlant.com (Link)
4/17/10 "Los 'Cuadros Vivientes' de Alexa Meade," El Mundo (Spain) (Link)
4/03/10 ""Mirror, Mirror" Exhibition," NY Art Beat (Link)
4/02/10 "One to watch: Alexa Meade," p. 104, Modern Magazine (China)
4/02/10 "Canvas with Personality: Artist Paints Using People," Today Show (Link)
3/31/10 "Artista Americana Transforma Pessoas em Pinturas," BBC (Brazil) (Link)
3/27/10 "Living Art From the Canvas to the Street," p.14, London Telegraph (Link)
3/24/10 "Flesh Perspective: Alexa Meade" by Dan Zak, C1, C10, The Washington Post (Link) (PDF)
3/19/10 "The artist who turns people into paintings," By Mairi Mackay, CNN (Link)
3/17/10 "Alexa Meade," BeautifulDecay.com
3/15/10 "Alexa Meade's 'Living Paintings,'" NYMag.com
3/11/10 "Les Photographies d'Alexa Meade," Mondial News (France) (Link)