Bio.
Ryan Alexiev was born in Los Angeles and raised in Alaska by Bulgarian immigrants. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994 and an MFA from the California
College of the Arts in 2007. Prior to receiving his MFA, Ryan was a successful designer and art director, having guest lectured at several institutions including Berkeley and Colombia Universities on the field of Instructional Design.
As an artist, Ryan had his first solo show in 2003 at the Orchidea Gallery of the Sofia Cultural Center in Bulgaria, his parent’s native country. Subsequently, he has exhibited at galleries across the country including the The Moore Space in Miami, Wadsworth Atheneum, The University of Arkansas, and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. He currently has a solo show at the Mission 17 Gallery in San Francisco.
Ryan is the co-founder of the ©ause Collective which was recently commissioned to create the video installation Along the Way for the Oakland International Airport. This project was also featured at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Another project recently completed by the ©ause Collective was a public art installation for the University of California, San Francisco titled "The Truth I Am You."
Ryan’s artwork explores the ramifications and effects of consumerism, globalization, and the ethos of technological progress upon traditional social-cultural values and symbols. Under this context, he is particularly
interested in examining the emerging complexities of identity formation in an increasingly optional and globalized world.
Ryan currently resides and works in San Francisco.
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EDUCATION
M.F.A. 2007, California College of the Arts
B.A. 1994, History, University of California, Berkeley
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008
Land of a Million Cereals, Solo Exhibition, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Re:Charge, AIGA Design Conference, Jacksonville, FL
Taste 2008, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Frontier on Main Program, Sundance Film Festival 2008, Park City, UT
Along the Way, Temporary Museum of Permanent Change, Salt Lake City, UT
2007
MFA Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Keep the Change, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
Taking Possession, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2006
Metro Pictures, The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Moore Space, Miami, FL
Double Exposure, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
2005
Remnants, Relics, Jamaica Center for Art & Learning, New York, NY
5x5, Wertz Contemporary Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004
Jamaica Flux, Jamaica Center for Art and Learning, New York, NY
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2008
The Truth is I Am You, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2007
Along the Way, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA (©ause Collective)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2008
Acadia Summer Arts Program (ASAP), Mount Desert Island, Maine.
2007
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Maine
Acadia Summer Arts Program (ASAP), Mount Desert Island, Maine.
2006
Support Grant LEF Foundation (©ause Collective) |
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