Curriculum Vitae

Alex Podesta 1001 S. Broad St. Suite #108 New Orleans, LA 70125 [email protected] www.alexpodesta.com

MFA – University of New Orleans. BA – Virginia Commonwealth University & University of New Orleans.

Solo and Special Exhibitions: 2013

Jumper – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

2012

Mostlymades: Finished Works in Progress – The Front (New Orleans, LA). I vs. I (Tanner Stage II) – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

2011

BOYS/BUNNIES/SINGLES/DOUBLES. Isaac Delgado Gallery of Fine Arts (New Orleans, LA). Victory: a Multi-Part Paean to the Just and Right Hegemony of All Good Creatures Over the Wicked Unicorn Menace – The Front (New Orleans, LA.

2010

Alex Podesta: Collages – The Front (New Orleans, LA)

2008

City Watch – two-year outdoor installation, Falstaff building roof (New Orleans, LA). [DVD & Catalog]. Bunnies, Barbies and Beasties – Barrister’s Gallery (New Orleans, LA).

2007

Copies and Doubles – Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA).

Selected Group Exhibitions: 2014

The Front @ Ginza – Tokyo Art Lab (Tokyo, Japan). Year in Review 2013 – See.Me Exhibition Space (Long Island City, NY). Face Time – Curated by Brian Guidry. Acadiana Center for the Arts (Lafayette, LA). CSA: 40 Years of Community-Sourced Art – Curated by Laura Roulet. Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, VA). 18 & Life – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

2013

Scope, Miami: 2013 – Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series – South Miami Beach Oceanfront Pavillion (Miami Beach, FL). [Catalog] Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series – Art for Art’s Sake – L’entrepot (New Orleans, LA). RWE1: The Front at Auburn University – Curated by Morgana King. Biggin Gallery, Auburn University (Auburn, AL). Presence – Curated by Emily Lovejoy. The Big Top (New Orleans, LA). Union, Justice, Confidence – Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA). Scope, New York: 2013 – Skylight at Moynihan Station at New York Post Office (New York City, NY).

2012

New Lease – The Front (New Orleans, LA). (e)merge – 2nd Annual (e)merge Art Fair. Capitol Skyline Hotel (Washington, DC). Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) – Curated by Laura Richens. Caroll Gallery, Tulane University (New Orleans, LA). The Front at UAB – Curated by John Fields. University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL). Louisiana Contemporary – Curated by Rene Barilleaux. Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA). NOLANOW: The Human Figure – Curated by Don Marshall. Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA). Southern Open 2012 – Curated by Rene Barilleaux. Acadiana Center for the Arts (Lafayette, LA). Spaces: Antenna, The Front, Good Children – Curated by Amy Mackie. Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA). Everything All at Once – Antenna Gallery (New Orleans, LA).

2011

Chain Letter – Curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey. Shoshana Wayne Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). Love, The Front – The Front (New Orleans, LA). Drop City: The Front vs. Team Lump – LUMP (Raleigh, NC).

2010

Black Gold – The Front (New Orleans, LA). EMERGE: St. Claude Arts District and Beyond: 41 New Orleans Artists from The Saratoga Collection – Curated by Terrence Sanders and David Houston. Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA). [Catalog].

Prospect.1.5: Everyday Hybrid – Curated by Dan Cameron. Isaac Delgado Gallery of Fine Arts (New Orleans, LA). Postcards from New Orleans – Curated by Christopher Saucedo. The Front (New Orleans, LA). [Catalog]. Postcards from New Orleans – Curated by Christopher Saucedo. Galerie im Andechshof (Innsbruck, Austria). [Catalog]. ReFresh – The Front (New Orleans, LA). 2009

Two Eyes, a Nose and a Mouth – Curated by Christopher Saucedo. UNO Saint Claude Gallery (New Orleans, LA). Postcards From the CAC – Curated by Dan Cameron. Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA).

2008

St. Claude Collective: a Prospect.1 Satellite Exhibition – Curated by Andy Antippas. Universal Furniture (New Orleans, LA). Bizer, Fields, Jones, Podesta – Curated by Arthur Roger. Arthur Roger Gallery (New Orleans, LA).

2007

FabricFashionFantasy – Curated by Clayton Colvin. Space 301 (Mobile, AL). Podesta, Fields, Zeringue – Galerie im Andechshof (Innsbruck, Austria). [Catalog].

Awards/Residencies/Lectures: See.Me Year in Review 2013 finalist. Bombay Artisan Series 2013 First Place Winner. Artists Wanted, Art Takes Miami 2012 finalist. Juror’s Pick, second place. Southern Open 2012. Juror, Rene P. Barilleaux. Artists Wanted Year in Review 2011 finalist. Recipient of a commission for public work in New Orleans from the Arts Council of New Orleans and Joan Mitchell Foundation, May 2008. Recipient of a Louisiana Cultural Economic Fund Grant, May 2008. Recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant, April 2008. Panelist for FabricFashionFantasy – Space 301 (Mobile, AL). October 12th, 2007. Nominated for a 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award.

Artist in Residence, July 2007, City of Innsbruck, Austria. Nominated for a 2007 Dedalus Foundation Fellowship.

Curator/Host: 2014

Brian St. Cyr: Recent Work – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

2013

Operations: Scott Saunders – The Front (New Orleans, LA). Tender Your Tiny Mysteries: George Ferrandi – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

2012

Angry American Artist (a study towards greater anger): Rajko Radovanovic – The Front (New Orleans, LA). ar/tic/u/lat/ed: Scott Saunders – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

2011

The Residue of My Story: Clay Blancett – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

2010

Postcards from New Orleans – The Front (New Orleans, LA). [Catalog]. The Achilles Cycle: Clay Blancett – The Front (New Orleans, LA).

Selected Bibliography: WETA Around Town | CSA: Forty Years of Community-Sourced Art. Robert Aubry Davis, Janis Goodman & Peter Winant. Washington DC Public Television Station, WETA 26. March 19th, 2014. Alex Podesta in Arlington’s CSA Retrospective. Alyssa Greenberg. TheArtBlog.org, March 15th, 2014. Art Review: ‘CSA: Forty Years of Community-Sourced Art’. Michael O’Sullivan. The Washington Post. February 27, 2014 View from the Street. Adam Falik. ART+DESIGN, Winter, 2013-14 The Figurative and the Conceptual. Adam Falik. ART+DESIGN, Fall, 2013 (e)merge Art Fair – Review of Last Year’s Show. Lavanya Ramanathan of The Washington Post. NBC, DC News Affiliate, Channel 4, September 26th, 2013

News from Julia and more in New Orleans. Nemo. Art E-Walk, September 10th, 2013. Union, Justice and Confidence – From New Orleans, The Front comes to Vox Populi. Alyssa Greenberg. TheArtBlog.org, June 24th, 2013. Galleries: Sculptures, Paintings, and Installations. Edith Newhall. The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philly.com). June 16th, 2013. SCOPE Art Show Editor’s Picks. Laura Itzkowitz. UntappedCities.com, March 11th, 2013. Former Rebel Scope Art Fair Brings a More Subtle, Refined Array of Quality Works. Sara Roffino. ArtInfo.com, March 7th, 2013. Emerging Again: DC's (e)merge Goes into Its Second Year. Mathew Smith. NewAmericanPaintings.com, October 11th, 2012. Photos: Emerge Art Fair Preview. Matt Dunn. WashingtonCityPaper.com, October 5th, 2012. (e)merge Takes Over the Capitol Skyline Hotel. Brandon Wetherbee. HuffingtonPost.com, October 5th, 2012. Photos: Emerge Art Fair in DC. Joshua Yospyn. DC's ABC Network Affiliate, wjla.com, October 5th, 2012. DC's (e)merge Arts Festival Puts the Eclectic Front and Center. Mark Jenkins. WashingtonPost.com, October 5th, 2012. Photos: (e)merge Art Fair Now Open. Dakota Fine. BrightestYoungThings.com, October 5th, 2012. The (e)merge Art Fair: A Look at This Year's Artists. WashingtonPost.com, September 21st, 2012. The Only Stair That Doesn’t Creak: the Southern Open. Reggie Michael Rodrigue. OxfordAmerican.com, June 19th, 2012. Lost Art. Charles Maldonado, Photos by Cheryl Gerber. Gambit Weekly, June 5th, 2012. Hey Blake, What's the deal with the five statues of a bearded man dressed in rabbit costumes on top of a building on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. Blake Ponchartrain. Gambit Weekly, May 22, 2012. Spaces: Antenna, The Front, Good Children. Eric Bookhardt. Art Papers. May, 2012.

Mysterious Disappearances Stun Art Community. Eric Bookhardt. InsideNola.com. April 29th, 2012. St. Claude Exposed. Brad Rhines. NolaDefender.com, March, 2012. The Artist as Philanthropist. Eileen Kinsella. ARTnews, January, 2012. A Central City Cavalcade of Bunny Men. Sharon Litwin. NoLa.com, August 2nd, 2011. Rabbit Hole Revisited. Rachel Dainer-Best. NolaDefender.com, December 16th, 2010. I Don’t Hate It! Jack Pendarvis. Oxford American, The Future Issue: Fall, 2010. Who Are the “Rabbit Men” on Falstaff Brewery? Blake Ponchartrain. Gambit Weekly, April 12th, 2010. A Good Time for Bunnies. Clifford McPeek. Examiner.com, March 24th, 2010. 5 Questions with Alex Podesta. Richard A. Webster, New Orleans City Business, December 5th, 2009. Can Sculpture Save New Orleans: Three Audacious Plans Make an Attempt at Recovery. Doug MacCash, Sculpture, May, 2009. Art in Public Places. DVD, Tungsten Monkey Productions. 2009. Where Art Thou? Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, April 5th, 2009. Who’s Watching these Watchmen? Pete Ponchartrain. MyBigEasyLife.com, January 22nd, 2009. Attack of the Bunny Men. Dale Hrebrik, Art Voices Magazine, December, 2008. Hop Art. Michael DeMocker, Times Picayune, November 8th, 2008. 21 Public Art Installations, Dan Tague, Art Voices Magazine, June, 2008. Bizer, Fields, Jones, Podesta. Art Voices Magazine, February, 2008. Curioser and Curioser, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, August 17th, 2007. Spotlight: Summer Art Exchange, Mike Rivault, The University of New Orleans Magazine, Summer, 2007. Fabric of the Art, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, August 3rd, 2007. Podesta, Fields, Zeringue, Show Catalog, University of New Orleans, May, 2007. UNO Artists to Serve as Cultural Ambassadors, Times Picayune, June 26th, 2007. In Your Face, D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, March 14th, 2006.