Alex Blau

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Education
1997 M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1992 New York Studio School, New York, NY
1992 B.A., Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Grand Junction Art Center, Curators Choice, G J, CO
2010 Kennedy Gallery, Paintings, Carbondale, CO
2009 Wheeler Opera House, Paintings, Aspen, CO
2003 Mark Moore Gallery, Paintings, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Kevin Bruk Gallery, Coverlets and Cravings, Miami, FL
2001 Mark Moore Gallery, New Paintings, Santa Monica, CA
1999 New Britain Museum of American Art, New/Now, New Britain, CT
Barbara Davis Gallery, Introductions, Houston, TX

Group Exhibitions
2010 Aspen Chapel, New Work, Aspen, CO
2009 Kathryn Markel, Painting of the Week, New York, NY
2008 Philip Slein Gallery, St Louis, MO
2004 Judy Goldman Fine Art, The Hot Zone, Boston, MA
Gavin Brown at Passerby, Drunk vs Stoned, New York, NY
2003 Heather Marx Gallery, Flair, San Francisco, CA
Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts,
Sweet Tooth, Napa, CA
Square Blue Gallery, Just One Word: Plastics, Costa Mesa, CA
2002 Mark Moore Gallery, Western States, Santa Monica, CA
Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Neo Painting, South Korea
2001 Untitled(space), Subjective Color, New Haven, CT, February
Sara Meltzer Gallery, The Cat's Away, New York, NY
Judy Goldman Fine Art, Subjective Color, Boston, MA
2000 The Aldrich Museum, Glee, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Kevin Bruk Gallery, Alex (8), Miami FL, December
Barbara Davis Gallery, Gallery Artists, Houston, TX
Brian Gross Fine Art, Cool Painting 2000, San Francisco, CA
1999 Gayle Gates Gallery, Size Matters, Brooklyn, NY

Bibliography
2002 Damarys Ocana, "Grabbed by Detail," Street Miami
2000 Amy Capalazzo and Jessica Hough, Glee: Painting Now
2000 Meghan Daily, "Glee: Painting Now," Artforum
2000 Elisa Turner, "Colors, Shapes - but no brush marks....," Miami Herald
1999 Megan Halverson, "National Reviews: Alexandra Blau," Art News
1999 Tracey O’Shaughnessy, "Exhibit Accentuates the Millennium,"
Waterbury Republican American

Grants/Awards
1997 Joan Mitchell MFA Grant
RISD Graduate Studies Award of Excellence
1994 Fellowship for Residency at Vermont Studio Center