EDUCATION
1988
MFA (Sculpture), SUNY at Purchase; Purchase, NY
1983
BS, Cornell University; Ithaca, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
INTERIORS, ASHES/ASHES; New York, NY
2018
GRASS, University of Kentucky Art Museum; Lexington, KY
Harem ROOM-1 and Two Women, Upfor Gallery; Portland, OR
2016
Harem ROOM-1, On Stellar Rays; New York, NY
2014
The Shining, (performance), Art Basel Miami Beach: Public, Collins Park; Miami Beach, FL
Monøgram, Samsøn; Boston, MA
The Park, de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum; Lincoln, MA
Goldrush, Landmarks Video, University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX
2013
The Drawing Lesson, Ballroom Marfa; Marfa, TX
The Dark Pavement, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center; Atlanta, GA
2012
The Drawing Lesson, On Stellar Rays; New York, NY
2010
Shoot in 12 Shots, (performance), ICI Benefit, The Park Avenue Armory; New York, NY
Shoot: Moving Paper Fantasy, (performance), Esopus Space; New York, NY
Talent, On Stellar Rays; New York, NY
2009
Goldrush, The Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; St. Louis, MO
2008
After the Fall, The Kitchen; New York, NY
2006
The King, the Mice and the Cheese, MIT List Visual Arts Center; Cambridge, MA
2004
Arena, (performance), Salon 94; New York, NY
2002
Episode, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery; New York, NY
2001
Mirror (Stage): Studio, Lugar Commun; Lisbon, PT
1999
Partners, New Media Space, The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; Ithaca, NY
Partners, University Galleries, Illinois State University; Normal, IL
Partners, Postmasters Gallery; New York, NY
1998
Still / Pause, The Grossman Gallery, School of The Museum of Fine Arts; Boston, MA
1997
Interiors, The Video Gallery, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Chicago, IL
1996
Interiors, Postmasters Gallery; New York, NY
1995
Egg Yang, Lauren Wittels Gallery; New York, NY
1994
Alix Pearlstein, Postmasters Gallery; New York, NY
1993
Alix Pearlstein, Johan Jonker Galerie; Amsterdam, NL
1992
Alix Pearlstein, Postmasters Gallery; New York, NY
Alix Pearlstein, Project Room, Elizabeth Koury Gallery; New York, NY
1991
Alix Pearlstein, Tom Solomon’s Garage; Los Angeles, CA
1990
Alix Pearlstein, Laurie Rubin Gallery; New York, NY
1988
White Room, White Columns; New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Louder than Words, curated by Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Zuckerman Museum of Art; Kennesaw, GA
2018
Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, artistic director Michelle Grabner; Cleveland, OH
Godz Grlz, (performance), collaboration with Cheryl Donegan, curated by Heidi Zuckerman, Aspen Art Museum; Aspen, CO
Body So Delicious, curated by Bridget Finn, Reyes Projects; Birmingham, MI
Group Exhibition 8, Luke Glanton Gallery; Rockaway, New York
Video Now Now Now: Directed by Women, curated by Sarah Lasley, Indiana University; Bloomington, IN
Alix Pearlstein and Peggy Franck, presented by Stellar Projects and Arcade Gallery, London, Stellar Projects; New York, NY
2017
Videos for a Stadium, organized by Stuart Horodner, Commonwealth Stadium, University of Kentucky Art Museum; Lexington, KY
Post-Election, organized by Kristin Dodge and Kate Gilmore, September Gallery; Hudson, NY
2016
Edited at EAI: Restless Generation Performance Video, 1993-1999, organized by Rebecca Cleman and Lori Zippay, Electronic Arts
Intermix; New York, NY
Re-Action Genealogy and Countercanon, curated by Su Alonso and Ines Marful, Casal Solleric; Palma, ES; Exhibition and
Documentation Centre; Mallorca, ES; Museo Barjola, Gijon, ES; Sala Laudeo, Oviedo University; Asturias, ES
2015
Histories of Sexuality, curated by Johanna Burton and Alicia Ritson, The New Museum; New York, NY
The Good Earth, Kerry Schuss; New York, NY
2014
The Shining, (performance), Art Basel Miami Beach Public: Fieldwork, curated by Nicholas Baume, The Bass, Collins Park; Miami
Beach, FL
Video Container: Touch Cinema, organized by Sarah Sulistio, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami; North Miami, FL
Reliable Tension or: How to Win a Conversation about Jasper Johns, curated by John Pilson, 32 Edgewood Gallery, Yale School of Art;
New Haven, CT
Enacting Acting, curated by Sara Krajewski, INOVA; Milwaukee, WI
2013
My Future Ex, curated by Sandra Q. Firmin, UB Art Galleries; Buffalo, NY
Artists Film International, (traveling), Whitechapel Gallery; London, UK; Belgrade Cultural Centre; CCA Afghanistan, Kabul;
Cinemathèque de Tanger; City Gallery Wellington, NZ; Fundacion PRÒA, Buenos Aires; GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy; Istanbul Modern;
KINOKINO Centre for Art and Film, Norway; New Media Centre, Haifa; Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong; Project 88, Mumbai; Hanoi
DocLab; NBK-Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; Berlin, DE
2012
Funny, curated by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, The FLAG Art Foundation; New York, NY
The Herd Remorse, curated by Lenore Malen, Lesley Heller Workspace; New York, NY
2011
Electromediascope Winter 2011: InsideOut: New Performance Videos, curated by Gwen Widmer, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art;
Kansas City, MO
A Look at Talent: Alix Pearlstein, curated by Amanda Schmitt, Physical Center at Guest Project; London, UK
2010
7 Artists 7 Days 7 Hours, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart at Big Screen Project, Eventi Hotel Plaza; New York, NY
Signals, curated by Danna Taggar Heller, Museums of Bat Yam; Tel Aviv, IL
Do / Redo / Undo – 50 Years of Video Performance, WIELS; Brussels, BE
Lumen Festival, curated by Ginger Shulick, Atlantic Salt; Staten Island, NY
Compose, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, David Krut Projects; New York, NY
2009
45 years of Performance Video from EAI, in conjunction with 100 Years (version #2), organized by MoMA PS1 and Performa 09, MoMA
PS1; New York, NY
Lover, curated by Kate Gilmore and Candice Madey, On Stellar Rays; New York, NY
2008
The Québec City Contemporary Art Biennial: Manifestation Internationale d’Art de Québec 4, curated by Lisanne Nadeau, Galerie des
Arts Laval; Québec City, QC
Bugs for Teeth and Other Ways of Thinking: Lumen Eclipse, Harvard Square; Cambridge MA
Idiot Joy Showland: An Evening of Film and Video by Artists, organized by John Pilson and Claudia Altman-Siegel, Contemporary Art
Center; Cincinnati, OH; IFC Film Center; New York, NY; Dallas Video Festival; Dallas, TX (07’)
2007
Performance on Demand: EAI Viewing Room at EFA Gallery, Performa 07; New York, NY
Highly Defined: New Works from Voom HD Lab, curated by Steve Seid, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Berkeley, CA
Protoger / Enfermer, curated by Corinne Charpentier, Musée Départmental du Sel; Marsal, FR
EV + A 2007, A Sense of Place: Annual Exhibition of Visual Art Ireland, curated by Klaus Ottmann, Limerick City Gallery of Art; Limerick,
IE
Fuzzy Logic, curated by Patrice Duhamel, Centre CLARK; Montréal, QB
Dear Mosquito of My Heart, curated by Daana Tagaar, Center for Contemporary Art; Tel Aviv, IL
2006
I Drank the Kool-Aid: (The Experiment Requires That You Continue), curated by Bruce Hackney and Anna Kustera, Anna Kustera
Gallery; New York, NY
Wayward 16: Greatest Hits, curated by Lisa Kirk, The Wayward Canon, London, UK
DUMBO Short Film and Video Festival; Brooklyn NY
Look, Win, Get It On, curated by Art Office, UCLA EDA; Los Angeles, CA
Video Window Project, Elizabeth Leach Gallery; Portland, OR
2005
Performative Video, curated by Camilo Alvarez, Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama; Panama City, PA
Experience, Memory, Re-enactment, curated by Florian Wuest, Piet Zwart Institute; Rotterdam, NL
New Video, Spark Contemporary Art Space; Syracuse, NY
2004
Artprojx Cinema Series Two, Prince Charles Cinema, Frieze; London, UK
Videoex Experimental Film and Video Festival; Zurich, CH
When I Think About You I Touch Myself, curated by David Humphrey, New York Academy of Art; New York, NY
Body Snatchers, Pacific Switchboard; Portland, OR
Corporal Identity-Body Language:The Moving Image, Museum of Arts and Design; New York, NY
2003
Fast Forward: 20 years of White Rooms, curated by Lauren Ross, White Columns; New York, NY
Alix Pearlstein, Chloe Piene, Aida Ruilova, Salon 94; New York, NY
Up: Films and Videos on Flying, curated by Luca Buvoli, White Box Gallery; New York, NY
The Standard Projection: 24/7, curated by Yvonne Force / Art Production Fund; Los Angeles, CA
Art in General Video Project, organized by CEC International, NCCA, Ekaterinburg, MCA, Kaliningrad, Pro-Arte; St. Petersburg, RU;
Moscow New Media Lab; Moscow, RU
New Video, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehofer; Köln, DE
Acts of Futility, curated by Miriam Sternberg, Bellevue Art Museum; Bellevue, WA
2002
Pictures, Patents, Monkeys and More…On Collecting, curated by Ingrid Shaffner, ICA Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA
Video Art: Changing Channels, School of Visual Arts; New York, NY
Art in General Video Project, (touring), CEC International; Moscow, RU
Video Art 1990-2002, curated by Janet Kardon, Long House Reserve; East Hampton, NY
2001
Video Jam, curated by Michael Rush and Galen Joseph Hunter, Palm Beach ICA; Palm Beach, FL
Casino 2001; 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, SMAK; Ghent, BE
Videoprogramm, curated by Florian Wuest, Galerie Michael Zink; Munich, DE
Drama Queens: Women Behind the Camera, curated by Maria-Christina Villasenor, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York,
NY
Faces of Laughter, curated by Milka van der Elk, Stedjelijk Museum; Amsterdam, NL
See Through: Hannah Wilke, Karen Finley, Alix Pearlstein, curated by Galen Joseph Hunter, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art;
Palm Beach, FL; NY Center for Media Arts; New York, NY
Images Festival; Toronto, ON
Alex 8, Kevin Bruk Gallery; Miami, FL
2000
Insites, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion; Stamford, CT
Six Signals, Cheekwood Museum of Art Installation Galleries; Nashville, TN
The Body in Photographs, curated by Amada Cruz, Bard CCS; Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
The American Century: Art & Culture Part ll, 1950-2000: The Cool World, curated by Chrissie Isles, The Whitney Museum of American
Art; New York, NY
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm & Videofest; Kassel, DE
New Photographs, Baumgartner Gallery; New York, NY
World Wide Video Festival, Melkweg Galerie Installation and Screening; Amsterdam, NL
TransMediale Festival; Berlin, DE
Images Festival of Independent Film and Video; Toronto, ON
New Works: Recent & Historical Artist’s Videos from EAI, DIA Foundation; New York, NY
1999
Regarding Beauty, curated by Olga Viso, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Washington D.C.; Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
Videolounge, curated by Costa Vece and Patrick Huber, The Venice Bienale; Venice, IT
54x54x54, curated by Michael Petry, Museum of Contemporary Art; London, UK Videophoto, curated by Stuart Horodner, Bucknell Art
Gallery; Bucknell, PA
Video Forum, curated by Paola SerraZanetti, Galleria Marabini; Bologna, IT
Impakt Festival, (installation), Flatland Gallery; Utrecht, NL
TransMediale Festival; Berlin, DE
InVideo Festival; Milan, IT
Girlschool, curated by Maureen Mahoney, Catherine Morris, Brenau University Galleries; Gainesville, GA
Video Lisboa 99; Lisbon, PT
1998
Allo Specchio, curated by Valentina Valentini; Rome, IT
World Wide Video Festival; Amsterdam, NL
Reel New York, Channel Thirteen / WNET; New York, NY
Pop Surrealism, curated by Ingrid Shaffner, Dominique Nahas, Richard Klein, and Harry Philbrick, The Aldrich Museum; Ridgefield, CT
Cloth-Bound, Laure Genillard Gallery; London, UK
Video Library, David Zwirner Gallery; New York, NY
Rotterdam Film Festival: Exploding Cinema; Rotterdam, NL
Presumed Innocence, curated by Jean Crutchfield, Anderson Gallery, VCU; Richmond, VA
Impakt Festival, (installation), Flatland Gallery; Utrecht, NL
I’m Still in Love With You, curated by Steven Hull, 20th Century Club, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Pagan Stories: Situations of Narrative in Recent Art, curated by Janet Kraynak, Apex Art; New York, NY
Mediated Presence: 3 Decades of Video from EAI, DIA Foundation; New York, NY
été 97, curated by Veronique Bacchetta, Centre d’Edition Contemporaine; Geneva, CH
Video Divertimento, curated by Susan Hapgood, San Casciano dei Bagni; Tuscany, ITA Thing of Beauty is, curated by Michael Petry,
Museum of Contemporary Art; London, UK Projects.doc, Weston Art Gallery, The Robert J. Shiffler Collection and Archive, Ohio
Young and Restless, curated by Stephen Vitiello, Barbara London, and Sally Berger, Museum of Modern Art; New York, NY
Video Viewpoints, Screening and Lecture, Museum of Modern Art; New York, NY
Up Close and Personal, curated by John Ravenal, The Philadelphia Museum of Art; Philadelphia, PA
Microwave Festival, Videotage; Hong Kong, HK
1996
Can We Talk?, Basilico Fine Arts; New York, NY
Pandemonium Festival; London, UK
Nude, curated by Heidi Zuckerman, Trans Hudson Gallery, NJ; Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Art & Idea; Mexico City, MX
Sturecompagniet, Roger Bjorkholmen Galerie; Stockholm, SE
14th Annual World Wide Video Festival; The Hague, NL
Video Program, curated by Gianfranco Mantegna, Bienalle of Lyon; Lyon, FR
PSY-FI, curated by Jay Anderson and Ken Weaver, Real Art Ways; Hartford, CT
1995
Madeleines, curated by Amanda Trager, Apex Art; New York, NY
Wheel of Fortune, curated by Amy Lipton, Lombard Fried; New York, NY
1* Video Festival del Mediterraneo; Pantelleria, IT
Toying with Nature, curated by Jeannie Denholm, Maggi Owens, California State University
Rio Cinefest; Rio de Janeiro, BR
Guys and Dolls, Postmasters Gallery; New York, NY
Video Positive 95; Liverpool, UK
Sit Down and Watch It, Artists Space; New York, NY
Slacker Attitude, curated by George Barber, ICA; London, UK
1994
Use Your Allusion, curated by Richard Francis, Dominic Molon, MCA Chicago; Chicago, IL
Blast 4: Bioinformatica, Sandra Gering; New York, NY; Kolnischer Kunstverein; Köln, DE
D.I.Y., curated by Paul Ha, White Columns; New York, NY
Oh Boy, It’s a Girl, curated by Hedwig Saxenhuber, Kunstverein München & Wien; Vienna, AT
Faith in Doubt, curated by Allan Harris, Center for the Arts; Buffalo, NY
Who Killed Mr.Moonlight?, curated by Charles La Belle, Exit Art; New York, NY
L’Invasione degli Ultra Piccoli, curated by Alessandra Galletta, Transepoca; Milan, IT
Guys and Dolls, curated by Tony Oursler, Videospace at the ICA; Boston, MA
Bad Girls, The New Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, NY
N.Y.-N.L.-X.X., Geemente Museum; Helmond, NL
The Press, Horodner Romley Gallery; New York, NY
1993
Nayland Blake / Alix Pearlstein, Jack Hanley Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Substitute Teacher, curated by Regine Basha, Stuart Horodner, Bronfman Center; Montréal, QB
Fluff From New York, curated by Trudie Reiss, Christopher Grimes; Los Angeles, CA Transient Décor, curated by Saul Ostrow, Roger
Smith Hotel; New York, NY
Outside Possibilities 93, curated by Bill Arning, The Rushmore Festival; NY
Simply Made in America, curated by Barry Rosenberg, The Aldrich Museum, CT; CAC, Cincinnati, OH; Palm Beach Museum of Art; Palm
Beach, FL; Butler Institute, OH: Delaware Art Museum
Free Lunch, Centre d'Art Contemporaine; Martigny, CH
DUH, Stephanie Theodore Gallery; New York, NY
1992
A Whiter Shade of Pale, curated by Udo Kittelmann, Galerie Sophia Ungers; Köln, DE
The Anti–Masculine, curated by Bill Arning, Kim Light Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
7 Rooms / 7 Shows: Habitat, curated by Kathleen Cullen, P.S. 1; New York, NY
Under 30, curated by Erik Oppenheim, Galerie Metropole; Vienna, AT
Funny Ha–Ha or Funny Peculiar?, fiction/nonfiction; New York, NY
Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, John Post Lee Gallery; New York, NY
Alix Pearlstein / Richard Phillips, Dennis Anderson Gallery; Antwerp, BE
1991
Jesse Goode / Alix Pearlstein, Postmasters Gallery; New York, NY
David Kezur / Alix Pearlstein / Alan Rath, Germans van Eck Gallery; New York, NY
Home, curated by Eric Oppenheim, Home for Contemporary Theatre & Art; New York, NY Nano Sense, Dooley le Cappellaine Gallery;
New York, NY
1990
Oberflachliche Ideen, ID Galerie; Dusseldorf, DE
Total Metal, curated by Richard Phillips, Simon Watson Gallery; New York, NY
Emerging Artists 90, curated by Sam Hunter, NJ State Museum; Trenton, NJ
All Quiet on the Western Front?, Galerie Antoine Candau; Paris, FR
Works on Paper, Paula Allen Gallery; New York, NY
1989
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Ryszard Varisella; Frankfurt, DE
Climate 90, Sculpture, Laurie Rubin Gallery; New York, NY