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IN PROGRESS:

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM: UNNATURAL RUBBER
OCT 14 - JAN 31, 2010

Unnatural Rubber is an art competition that challenged 15 of the world's leading contemporary artists, including Terence Koh, Agathe Snow and John Waters, to come up with an idea for a new work of art made primarily of synthetic rubber if given as much of the material as they needed. Each artist was asked to submit a sketch of what they would do if they won the contest, and the winning entry was awarded a $75,000 cash prize and the necessary materials to make the drawing a reality. The winning sculpture, created by Ryan Alexiev and Hank Willis Thomas, and all 15 drawings are included in this exhibition which fuses innovation and industry, technology and the arts, in a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the invention of synthetic rubber.

The artists represented in the exhibition includes Chakaia Booker (NYC), Robert Buck (NYC), Tom Burr (NYC), Paolo Canevari (Rome), Liz Craft (LA), Dario Escobar (Guatemala City), Michael Kalmbach (Berlin), Emiko Kasahara (Tokyo & NYC), Terence Koh (NYC), Agathe Snow (NYC), Marc Swanson (NYC), Tony Tasset (Chicago), Hank Willis Thomas and Ryan Alexiev (NYC), Momoyo Torimitsu (NYC), John Waters (Baltimore).

Alongside the Unnatural Rubber exhibition is Shepard Fairey's Supply & Demand and SuperTrash.

www.unnaturalrubber.com
www.warhol.org


Oakland Musem: Coming to California

AUGUST 26, 2009
The Oakland Museum has commissioned Ryan Alexiev, in collaboration with the ©AUSE COLLECTIVE, to create a permanent video installation in the recently renovated museum.

The video will be completed by March 1st, 2010


RECENT:

Wheel of Fortune

JUNE 19, 2009
Ryan alexiev and Hank Willis Thomas's proposed sculpture "Wheel of Fortune" was selected as the winner in the Unnatural Rubber competition.

Commissioned by the Lanxess Rubber Corporation, the sculpture will be completed and installed in the Andy Warhol Museum in October, 2009.

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Public Lecture at Hastings Law School

MARCH 25, 2009
Appropriating Advertising and Icons: this talk explores the dynamics of cultural fusion and appropriation, and how – or if – the law should play a role in fostering artistic expression.


The Armory Show: International Fair of New Art

MARCH 4-7, 2009
Cerealart will be debuting a new print edition Breakfast of Champion
at The 2009 Armory Show.

Print Edition of 100, hand-signed and numbered,
Archival Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 100% cotton rag paper.
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm)

Public Lecture at Smith College

OCTOBER, 28, 2008
The Film Studies Program presents Artist Talk: "What You See is What You Get" by Ryan Alexiev and Hank Willis Thomas, members of The Cause Collective.



Stardusted: Film screening in Guangzhou
At Ping Pong Space in Guangzhou, China

SEPTEMBER 21, 2008
This film screening has been organized as an import / export product from California to Guangzhou.

Curated by Clark Buckner. Including work by: Michael Zheng, David Sanchez, Deer Fang, Michael Trigilio, Matthew Hughes Boyko, Paul Kyle, Scott Kildall, Chè Vuoi?, and Ryan Alexiev

www.cantocore.com


Land of a Million Cereals
A Mixed-media Installation by Ryan Alexiev

JUNE 6–AUGUST 2, 2008
My first solo exhibition examines the ideology of free choice in American consumer culture (using the metaphor and medium of sugared cereals) and includes prints, sculpture, video, and drawings. This exhibition has been sponsored by a generous grant from The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.

Press Release



Pangea Day

MAY 10, 2008
Portions of "Along the Way," the video mosaic created in collaboration with the ©AUSE COLLECTIVE, were featured in Pangea Day Film Festival, a global event organized by award-winning filmmaker Jehane Noujaim and TED. On May 10, 2008, the program was broadcast simultaneously in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro, in seven different languages.

.pangeaday.org



The Truth is I Am You

FEBRUARY 10, 2008
"The Truth is I Am You," a 300-foot installation at the University of San Francisco was unveiled to the public in March, 2008. Made in collaboration with Hank Willis Thomas, the installation is a series of speech balloons that line a covered walkway, highlighting the diversity of cultures that exemplify the UCSF community. Each balloon displays a single line from the poem translated into one of 24 languages spoken by the student body.

UCSF press release



2008 Sundance Film Festival
"Along the Way" was an official selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and featured in the New Frontier Program. Along the Way was originally created as a public art commission for the Oakland International Airport, with support from the Oakland Museum and the L.E.F. Foundation.

Sundance press release