Born 1980 in Boston, MA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and teaches at New York University
Education
2008
New York University, Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art
2002
New York University, Bachelor of Sciences, Studio Art
Solo exhibitions
2014
...a girl should be, Spring/Break, Old School, New York, NY
2011
Alex McQuilkin: The First Ten Years, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Unbreak My Heart, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
2009
I Wish I Was a Beam of Light, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, DE
2008
Romeo and Juliet, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, DE
2007
Joan of Arc, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Live Through This, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
2005
New Media Wall, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Test Run, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Tragically Sweet, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, DE
2003
Double Life, 404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy
Selected group exhibitions
2015
My Way, Andrea Rosen, Frieze New York, New York, NY
The Now Forever, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY
Auto Body, Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires, AR
PLAY, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
In Your Dreams, Neuehouse, New York, NY
2014
Queensize, Collectors Room, Berlin, DE
A “Womanhouse” or a Roaming House (curated by Mira Schor), A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Women’s Room, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Auto Body, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
The Undulation of Something Faintly Familiar, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
By Invitation Only, Kinz + Tillou, Brooklyn, NY
Unlooped-Kino, Manifesta 10, St. Petersburg, RU
Still/Video, Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, CH
2013
Play- The Frivolous and the Serious, The Collectors Room/Olbricht Foundation, Berlin, DE
Currents, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Goddess, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2012
En Désordre, Philara-Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Dusseldorf, DE
Ugly, Broke, Sober, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY
These are the Good Times, New York University, Gallatin Galleries, New York, NY
2011
Guilty Pleasures, 2020 art, Sydney, Australia
Desperate Acts, Columbia University, Macy Art Gallery, New York, NY
Presages, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Saccharine, Grimmuseum, Berlin, DE
Hip & Cool, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander, ES
Gewalt, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE
2009
On Portrait-01, Kunstagenten Gallery, Berlin, DE
East Coast Video, Ramis Barquet, New York, NY
KunstFilmBiennale, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE
Highlights from the KunstFilmBiennale, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Talk, Talk, Kunstverein Medienturm Graz, Graz, AU
That’s Just the Way It Is, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Talk Dirty to Me, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Diana und Actaeon, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE
Number Two: Fragile, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, DE
Busan Biennial: Expenditure, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, KR
2007
Teenage Kicks, Vegas Gallery, London, UK
Aggression, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, CH
Felt Temperature..., Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, DE
Into Me/Out of Me, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, IT
Final Cut, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck, DE
2006
Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt, DE
Into Me/Out of Me, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
HER-SELF, Ritter/Zamet, London, UK
America, Figge von Rosen, Cologne, DE
2005
COOLHUNTERS: Youth Cultures Between the Media and the Market, Kunstlerhaus Wien, AU
Vicious, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
Orgien, Voelker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, DE
Dead Kids Do Nothing, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
First We Take Museums, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI
Himmelsbilder, Dommuseum zu Salzburg, Saslzburg, AU
2004
Body, Gimm Eis, Copenhagen, DK
Short Histories of Video, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Pulse of America, Aeroplastics, Brussels, BE
2003
Without Fear or Reproach, Witte Zaal, Gent, BeE
Foreplay, Ritter/Zamet Galerie, London, UK
Bad Girls, Ikon Ltd./Kay Richards Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Selected bibliography
2014
Hodara, Susan, “Personal Ways of Untangling the Political,” The New York Times, Nov 8
“Here’s to Everlasting Youth,” Foliocue.com, April 28
Steinhauer, Jillian, “In a former Autobody Shop…” Hyperallergic, Dec 6
2013
Scherm, Rebecca “The Gaze That Stands Between You and Everything Real,” The Hairpin, August 8
2009
Johnson, Ken, “East Coast Video,” The New York Times, July 30 2009
Schütte, Christoph, “Posen, Blick, Tränen,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 8, 2009, p.35
2007
Micchelli, Thomas, “Alex McQuilkin: Joan of Arc,” The Brooklyn Rail, December 14
Fyfe, Joe. “Who's a Martyr Today?” Gay City News, November 14
2006
Saltz, Jerry. “Desperata.” The Village Voice. April 28
Honigman, Ana Finel, “Overwhelming Life,” artnet. March 29
Melchart, Erwin, “Galerie auf Weltreise,” Kronenzeitung Wien, January 25
2005
Dath, Dietmar. “Wie man Insider Ausgrenzt,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 8
Thon, Ute, “Alex McQuilkin: Madchenkunst echt bose!,” Art, January, 43 - 49
McQuaid, Cate, "Girl Watching," The Boston Globe, February 25
2004
Cohen, Michael, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” FlashArt. March-April, 94- 95
Schutte, Christoph, “Pferdebilder und Lippenstift.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 18, 50
Lectures, panels & jurys
2011
Visiting Artist Lecture, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Visiting Critic, New York University, Painting I (professor, Michael St. John), New York, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Workshop, Casita Maria, Bronx, NY
Jury Member, KunstFilm Biennale, Cologne, Germany
2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, New York University, New York, NY
2005
Visiting Artist Lecture, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2004
Visiting Artist Lecture, New York University, New York, NY
Collections
Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, USA
Collection Hugo & Carla Brown, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Collection Eric Decelle, Belgium
Collection Olbricht, Essen, Germany
Collection Plum, Germany
Mobley-Springmeier Collection, Switzerland and Germany
Collection Reydan Weiss, Essen, Germany
Alex McQuilkin
Born 1980 in Boston, MA Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and teaches at New York University Education 2008 New York University, Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art 2002 New York University, Bachelor of Sciences, Studio Art Solo exhibitions 2014 ...a girl should be, Spring/Break, Old School, New York, NY 2011 Alex McQuilkin: The First Ten Years, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Unbreak My Heart, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY 2009 I Wish I Was a Beam of Light, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, DE 2008 Romeo and Juliet, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, DE 2007 Joan of Arc, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Live Through This, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY 2005 New Media Wall, Tufts University, Medford, MA Test Run, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Tragically Sweet, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, DE 2003 Double Life, 404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy Selected group exhibitions 2015 My Way, Andrea Rosen, Frieze New York, New York, NY The Now Forever, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY Auto Body, Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires, AR PLAY, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY In Your Dreams, Neuehouse, New York, NY 2014 Queensize, Collectors Room, Berlin, DE A “Womanhouse” or a Roaming House (curated by Mira Schor), A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Women’s Room, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY Auto Body, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL The Undulation of Something Faintly Familiar, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA By Invitation Only, Kinz + Tillou, Brooklyn, NY Unlooped-Kino, Manifesta 10, St. Petersburg, RU Still/Video, Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, CH 2013 Play- The Frivolous and the Serious, The Collectors Room/Olbricht Foundation, Berlin, DE Currents, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN Goddess, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA 2012 En Désordre, Philara-Sammlung Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Dusseldorf, DE Ugly, Broke, Sober, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY These are the Good Times, New York University, Gallatin Galleries, New York, NY 2011 Guilty Pleasures, 2020 art, Sydney, Australia Desperate Acts, Columbia University, Macy Art Gallery, New York, NY Presages, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2010 Saccharine, Grimmuseum, Berlin, DE Hip & Cool, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander, ES Gewalt, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE 2009 On Portrait-01, Kunstagenten Gallery, Berlin, DE East Coast Video, Ramis Barquet, New York, NY KunstFilmBiennale, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE Highlights from the KunstFilmBiennale, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR Talk, Talk, Kunstverein Medienturm Graz, Graz, AU That’s Just the Way It Is, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY Talk Dirty to Me, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY 2008 Diana und Actaeon, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, DE Number Two: Fragile, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, DE Busan Biennial: Expenditure, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, KR 2007 Teenage Kicks, Vegas Gallery, London, UK Aggression, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, CH Felt Temperature..., Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, DE Into Me/Out of Me, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, IT Final Cut, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck, DE 2006 Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt, DE Into Me/Out of Me, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY HER-SELF, Ritter/Zamet, London, UK America, Figge von Rosen, Cologne, DE 2005 COOLHUNTERS: Youth Cultures Between the Media and the Market, Kunstlerhaus Wien, AU Vicious, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Fransisco, CA Orgien, Voelker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, DE Dead Kids Do Nothing, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY First We Take Museums, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI Himmelsbilder, Dommuseum zu Salzburg, Saslzburg, AU 2004 Body, Gimm Eis, Copenhagen, DK Short Histories of Video, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Pulse of America, Aeroplastics, Brussels, BE 2003 Without Fear or Reproach, Witte Zaal, Gent, BeE Foreplay, Ritter/Zamet Galerie, London, UK Bad Girls, Ikon Ltd./Kay Richards Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA Selected bibliography 2014 Hodara, Susan, “Personal Ways of Untangling the Political,” The New York Times, Nov 8 “Here’s to Everlasting Youth,” Foliocue.com, April 28 Steinhauer, Jillian, “In a former Autobody Shop…” Hyperallergic, Dec 6 2013 Scherm, Rebecca “The Gaze That Stands Between You and Everything Real,” The Hairpin, August 8 2009 Johnson, Ken, “East Coast Video,” The New York Times, July 30 2009 Schütte, Christoph, “Posen, Blick, Tränen,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 8, 2009, p.35 2007 Micchelli, Thomas, “Alex McQuilkin: Joan of Arc,” The Brooklyn Rail, December 14 Fyfe, Joe. “Who's a Martyr Today?” Gay City News, November 14 2006 Saltz, Jerry. “Desperata.” The Village Voice. April 28 Honigman, Ana Finel, “Overwhelming Life,” artnet. March 29 Melchart, Erwin, “Galerie auf Weltreise,” Kronenzeitung Wien, January 25 2005 Dath, Dietmar. “Wie man Insider Ausgrenzt,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 8 Thon, Ute, “Alex McQuilkin: Madchenkunst echt bose!,” Art, January, 43 - 49 McQuaid, Cate, Girl Watching, The Boston Globe, February 25 2004 Cohen, Michael, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” FlashArt. March-April, 94- 95 Schutte, Christoph, “Pferdebilder und Lippenstift.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 18, 50 Lectures, panels & jurys 2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Visiting Critic, New York University, Painting I (professor, Michael St. John), New York, NY Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Workshop, Casita Maria, Bronx, NY Jury Member, KunstFilm Biennale, Cologne, Germany 2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, New York University, New York, NY 2005 Visiting Artist Lecture, Tufts University, Medford, MA 2004 Visiting Artist Lecture, New York University, New York, NY Collections Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, USA Collection Hugo & Carla Brown, Den Haag, The Netherlands Collection Eric Decelle, Belgium Collection Olbricht, Essen, Germany Collection Plum, Germany Mobley-Springmeier Collection, Switzerland and Germany Collection Reydan Weiss, Essen, Germany