Education:
M.F.A./ Electronic Integrated Arts, NYSCC at Alfred University, School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY
Selected Exhibitions:
Grid Show & Fundraiser for Creative Citizen Studio, Atithi Gallery, Sharpsburg PA June 2024 My print "Pincushion" was chosen by Elizabeth Chodos to be part of AAP's 109th Annual Online Store, August 2023
The Grandeur of Power, Exhibition juried by Eric Shiner, AAP in Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh), May 2023
La Banda, 2023; Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, Opening January 31 2023
Depicted in the Mud: Group Show, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley PA, Aug 5 - Sept. 2022
Summer Variety Online Store , Associated Artists of Pittsburgh initiative, curated by Lexi Bishop, June 2022
Solo show, Serchia Gallery, Bristol, UK, November 2021 Postponed
CCS and CDCP Fellowship Show, CDCP Outpost, Pittsburgh, August 2020
make me one with everything, Grifter Space, 75 e. Broadway 2nd Floor, NY, NY, March 2020
Grifter Presents History, at Family; Montreal, Canada, February 2020
White Columns Online, 'Cloud Memories' curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, January 2020 - www.whitecolumns.org/Cloud Memories
Small Works Juried Exhibition curated by Gianna Commito, Kent State University Downtown Gallery, Kent OH, Jan-Feb 2020
Videos included in Elastro A/V, Bananafishing, Chicago IL, December 2019
SIX x ATE. Artist Presentation, The GYM at Butler Street Lofts, October 2019
Group Show: Mirror, Mirror, PULLPROOF, Pittsburgh PA, September 2019
CSA PGH Artist, Curated by Casey Droege, Pittsburgh PA, August 2019 :: check it out: https://www.csapgh.com/blog/2019/7/31/meet-the-artists-csa-pgh-2019
Group Show: Limbic Songs, Curated by Cotter Luppi, Real Eyes Gallery, North Adams, MA May 4 - 26, 2019 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4, 4-7pm
GIFC shows, Soil Gallery, Seattle, March 31, 2019 and Western Exhibitions, Chicago, April 6
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 2018 New Member Exhibition;
Juried & Curated by Eowyn Mays, National Gallery of Art.
August 4 – 21, 2018 Butler Street Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
Sift 1, Curated by Yona Harvey: An online exhibition space sponsored by the Pittsburgh Office of Public Art, January 2018
https://www.pittsburghartistregistry.org/sift
Featured Artist at Mattress Factory Shop, 14 Statuettes, Pittsburgh PA, June 2017
A few items at XOBruno, First Friday, Portland OR,
http://www.xobruno.com/blog/first-friday-alexaxandra-lakin, August 2016
Solo show: Patterns and Habits, Gallery Wall, Cabaret at Theater Square, curated by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, April 2016
“TRIBUTE TO THE DISAPPEARED”, The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, NY NY, September / October 2015
Art Cricket LA One Year Anniversary Show, Fur Gallery, Los Angeles CA, June 2015
Bunnymania, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2015 - To benefit the new National Museum of Animals and Society - http://www.museumofanimals.org/
Dinosaur!, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia PA November 2014
Selected Works, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles CA, Summer 2014
WILDING CRAN GALLERY GRAND OPENING & INAUGURAL SHOW #1, Los Angeles CA 2014
L Cafe Show , Mad Dooley Gallery, Beacon NY 2014
https://highlandscurrent.org/2014/04/06/women-artists-old-friends-reunite-mad-dooleys-l-cafe-show/
33rd Annual Black Doll Show, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles 2013
Solo Show: Statuettes and Paintings - Antai Gallery, Scoops, Los Angeles 2013Blank Canvas - Washington Reid Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013
Good Eye Group Show, Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA 2013
Cat Show, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia , PA 2012
Upcoming: Monsters - Mad Dooley Gallery, Beacon, NY 2012
Alfred University Alumni Printmaking Exhibition, Guy Lyman Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2012
I have a Wig on Top of My Wig - 2 Person Show with Lara Odell @ Pieter: Dance Performance Art Space, Los Angeles, CA 2011
Video included in Circles and Spinning Wheels – Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA 2011
Tompkins Projects West, Group Show Works on Paper, Dan Graham Los Angeles, CA 2011
Of Walking In Ice, Group Show curated by Jack Ryan, White Stag Gallery, Portland Oregon 2010
Alone and On Foot, Group Show, Ditch Projects Springfield Oregon 2010
Of Walking In Ice, Group Show curated by Jack Ryan, Soil Gallery, Seattle WA 2009
Hello Stranger: 3 Person Show with Giselle Potter and Neal Hollinger, Roos Arts, Rosendale, NY 2009 http://www.roosarts.com/hello_stranger_installation.html
Video included in Circles and Spinning Wheels, curated by Melody Owen, TBA Festival, Portland Ore 2009 Disappearing Show at Reading Frenzy, Portland Ore 2009
Work Included in Melody Owen's 'The Dissapearing Book" http://containercorps.com/books/the-disappearing-book--melody-owen-et-al
Solo Show, The Front Room Gallery, Portland, Maine 2008
The 60 Second Southern Video Festival: Harmony Landing, Fugitive Projects, Harmony Landing,TN/ Ausstellungsraum Klingental , Basel, Switzerland 2007
Text & Subtext, Works by New Faculty: Alexandra Lakin and Sarah McCoy, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA 2007
http://1000crowns.tumblr.com/post/42198960352/alexandra-lakin-alfred-ny-2007-watercolor
Salt City Dozen 2005 Exhibition, 1/2006, Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Print)
“Sound in Video”, curated by Alexandra Lakin, Group Video Screening, OASIS Informal Screenings at ZKM, ZKM - Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany 2005
Group Show, Florence Lynch Gallery, 532 West 25th Street, New York, NY 2005
VII Salón y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba 2005
Members Exhibition, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Juror’s Choice Award, 2005
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ceramics Museum, Alfred University, 2005
Ritter on Ritter: Five Post Ritter Artists, Group Show, Student Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 2004
Sporadique; Organic Flashlight, Collaboration with Matthew Underwood, John Wood Gallery/ Fishtank, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, (3 channel Video installation) 2004
INIT: Collaborative Site Specific Installation, Tjaden Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2004
Awards/ Grants/ Residencies/ Registries, etc:
CCS and CDCP Fellowship, 2020
Member, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Associate Member of Union Project Ceramic Cooperative, Pittsburgh PA, 2018
White Columns Curated Artist's Registry, 2017-2021 (forgot to update! take that as advice if you're on there! :-) )
Artist Opportunity Grant from The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council - 2016
American Illustration 31: Chosen - 2012
Drawing Center Viewing Program, 2009 (discontinued in this form) ::http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/share_portfolio.cfm?pf=3092
Friends of Drake Arts Faculty Development Grant, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 2007
Artist in Residence, Oregon State University, Jumpstart Program, Corvallis, OR, 2007
Artist in Residence, Oregon State University, Jumpstart Program, Corvallis, OR, 2006
Guest Artist, Stipendium Recipient at ZKM, Center for Art and Media,Karlsruhe, Germany, 2005
International Internship Award, (Germany), Alfred University, 2005
Juror’s Choice Award, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2005
ETC (Experimental Television Center), Oswego, NY, Summer 2004
Graduate Fellow at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University 2003-2005