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. Ryan currently teaches in the Graduate Design program at California College of the Arts, his Alma Mater.
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 Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburg,The Moore Space in Miami, Wadsworth Atheneum, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the Armory Show in New York.
Ryan is the co-founder of the ©ause Collective, a group of artists, designers, and ethnographers that seek to create innovative art in the public realm. The ©ause was initially formed to create a large scale video installation, Along the Way, for the Oakland International Airport. This project was also featured at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Since then the ©ause has completed numerous public art installations including The Truth Is I Am You at the University of California, San Francisco, Coming to California at the Oakland Museum of California, and recently, The Long March at the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International airport.
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
2014
In Search of the Truth, tour of South Africa, November 7 - 15
Making ( ) that Matters, Faculty Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Sept 3 - Oct 23.
In Search of the Truth, tour of California, August - September
In Search of the Truth, tour of Cleveland, Janary - April
2013
In Search of the Truth, tour of Afghanistan, August 14 - September 8
The Long March, Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport, Birmingham, AL
In Search of the Truth, Presidential Inauguaration at Georgetown University, Washington DC
2012
In Search of the Truth, Presidential Debate at Hofstra University
In Search of the Truth, Look 3: Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville VA
2011
Extreme Materials 2, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
The Truth is I Am You, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, New York, NY
In Search of the Truth, Galway Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
Pornucopia, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Coming to California, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
The Future Lasts Forever, SF Camera Works, San Francisco, CA
2009
Unnatural Rubber, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA
All Good Things, Mission 17 Gallery, San Franisco, CA
The Armory Show, Cerealart booth, New York, New York
Taste 2009, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Land of a Million Cereals, Mission 17 Gallery, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Sundance Film Festival 2008, New Frontier on Main Program, Park City, UT
Pangea Day Film Festival, Los Angeles, and BBC Broadcast
Stardusted, Cantocore exhibition, Guangzhou, China
Re:Charge, AIGA Design Conference, Jacksonville, FL
Taste 2008, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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
2012
The Long March, Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport, Birmingham, AL
2011
Helping Hand, UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
2009
Coming to California, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
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
LECTURES / ARTIST TALKS
2010
CAA Panel Presentation: Artist Citizen: Catalysts, Collectives, and Utopias, Chicaco, IL
2009
Appropriation, Advertising and Icons, Hastings Law School, San Francisco, CA
2008
What You See is What You Get, Smith College, Northhampton, Massachusetts
Artist Talk, Acadia Summer Arts Program, Desert Island, MN
SCREENINGS / FILM FESTIVALS
2009
FILMNIGHT 3.0: EXTRA LIVES, Swarm Gallery, Oakland California
2008
Stardusted, The Wizard of O's, Guangzhou, China
Pangea Day, Along the Way, Organized by TED and Jehane Noujaim, Los Angeles
Sundance Film Festival, Along the Way, New Frontiers category, Park City, UT
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2009
Artist grant from the San Francisco Foundation.
Artist in Residence, Acadia Summer Arts Program, Desert Island, MN
2008
Best in Show 2008, Land of a Million Cereals exhibition, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, for Along the Way
Artist in Residence, Acadia Summer Arts Program, Desert Island, MN
2007
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Maine
Artist in Residence, Acadia Summer Arts Program, Desert Island, MN
2006
LEF Foundation, Supplemental Grant for Along the Way (©ause Collective)
TEACHING
2010–Present
California College of the Arts, Graduate Design |
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