Michel Alexis
MICHEL ALEXIS

Solo Exhibitions
2006
Stolen Diaries Galerie Isabelle Gounod, Paris, FRANCE
New Paintings Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
Epigrams Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Synesthesia Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Heriard - Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004
Stephen Haller Gallery,
New York, NY

2003
Subtracted World Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Alphabets Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2001
Stephen Haller Gallery,
New York, NY
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA


1999
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Hide-seek, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1997
Stein’s Diary 2 University of Denver, Denver, CO
The Birthday Book Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1995
Stein’s Diary 1 Dahn Gallery, New York, NY
Ruth Bachofner, Santa Monica, CA

1993
Fragments Espace Malraux, Maison de la Culture, Chambery, France

1992
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1990
Frail Monument, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)

1988
New Works Michael Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1987
Michael Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1986
Joslyn Center of the Arts, Torrance, CA
Double Rocking G Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1985
Palimpsests
Double Rocking G Gallery, Los Angeles, CA



Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
ART20 2006 The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Eye on Art 54 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT
Solstice
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Labyrinth Holland Tunnel Gallery, Paros, Greece
Focal Point Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Co
nstant Aesthetic 2004 Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Abstraction with a Twist, Curated by E.Wimmer RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
Narrative Abstraction Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Werner Bommer Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Coda Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Narative Abstraction Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Constant Aesthetic 2003 Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Surface Fragments Stephen Haller Gallery
Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
Artistas para Tibet Libre Espacio L. Domus, Madrid, Spain

2001
Constant Aesthetic 2001 Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Aesthetic Boundaries Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Project 1 Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Simple Truths Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Surface Tension, Part I Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Unlocking the Grid University of Rhode Island, Main Gallery,
Kingston, RI

1998
Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY

1997
World View Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY

1996
Word, Image, Gesture
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

1995
The Outside Inside Gertrude Stein Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany

1994
Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Second Nature...Notations Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1993
Artist in the Marketplace The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (catalogue)
Patterns Dannenberg Gallery, New York, NY
The Return of the Cadavres Exquis Drawing Center, New York, NY

1992 Visions of Nocturnes Gallery 1102, New York, NY
The Rope Show Artists Space, New York, NY

1991
Musee Dauphinois, Grenoble, France (catalogue)

1990
Salon de Montrouge, France

1988
Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY

1985
Quintet Quintessence Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Los Angeles, CA



Awards & Grants
2003 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
1994 Pollock-Krasner Foundation
1992 French Ministry of Culture Grant


Museum Collections
DENVER ART MUSEUM, Denver, CO
LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, Long Beach, CA
DORTMUNDER KUNSTVEREIN, Dortmund, Germany
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM, Los Angeles, CA


Public Collections
ANA HOTEL, Tokyo, Japan
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, Beverly Hills, CA
CAESAR PALACE, Las Vagas, NV
CONTEL, Victoriaville, CA
DREXEL, BURNHAM LAMBERT INC., Newport Beach, CA
FRANKLIN CORP., Los Angeles, CA
GLOBAL CROSSING, Beverly Hills, CA
HILTON HOTEL AND TOWERS, Chicago, IL
MGM, Las Vagas, NV
MISSION ENERGY, Irvine, CA
NEW WORLD PICTURES, Los Angeles, CA
NEWS CORPORATION INC.,New York, NY
RITZ CARLTON, Seoul, Korea
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL, Los Angeles, CA
TOCO BELL, Irvine, CA
TOYOTA, Los Angeles, CA
TRANSAMERICA IOCCIDENTAL LIFE, Irvine, CA
WHITE & CASE, Los Angeles, CA


Bibliography
2006
Epigrams, Michel Alexis at Stephen Haller Gallery
CHELSEA ART GALLERIES.COM, November 2006
The AI Eye: Editors' Picks
ARTINFO, December 5, 2006
Michel Alexis at Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Orville O. Clarke
ARTSCENE, March 2006

2005
Alexis at Heriard-Cimino Gallery, Laurie Delk
THE NEW ORLEANS ART REVIEW, January 2005
Michel Alexis at Stephen Haller Gallery, Barbara Hatchett
NEW YORK ARTS MAGAZINE, October 2005

2004

Michel Alexis at Stephen Haller,
Jonathan Goodman
ART IN AMERICA, January 2004

2002

Michel Alexis at Stephen Haller,
Mary Schneider Enriquez
ART NEWS, September 2002

2001

Alphabets by M.Alexis, F. Boulineau
FRANCE-AMERIQUE June 2, 2001

Alexis at S. Haller Gallery,
Joyce B. Korotkin
NEW YORK ARTS, March 2001

1999

L’art contemporain francais aborde la Cote Ouest, Mullard
LE MONDE, December 10, 1999

1997
M.Alexis, visite d’atelier, C.Bourron-Tchelikidi
ESCP MAGAZINE, October 1997

Subliminal Journey, Denise Carvalho
COVER MAGAZINE, May 1997

Day by Day Stein by Alexis, Karen Chambers
REVIEW, February 1997

1995
Stolen Diaries, Pepe Karmel
NEW YORK TIMES, August 1995

The Outside-Inside, Horst Muller
WAZ, May 1995

Bild und Wort, Konrad Schmidt
DORTMUNDER ZEITUNG, May1995

Verbeugungen…, Rainer Wanzelius
WESTFALISCHE RUNDSCHAU, May 1995

Review
THE KOREA CENTRAL DAILY, June 21, 1995

1993
M. Alexis expose a l “Espace Malraux”, T.Grand-Vilard
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE, June 1993

Visions of Nocturnes: Enigmatic Dramas, Jeff Wright
COVER MAGAZINE, April 1993

1989
The Galleries, Marlena Donohue
LOS ANGELES TIMES, January 20, 1989

1988
Intimate Meditations, Nancy Kay Turner
ARTWEEK, January 28, 1988

The Galleries, Marlena Donohue
LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 2 & February 26, 1988

1987
The Galleries, Suzanne Muchnic
LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 1987

1985
Poetic Layers of Markings, Carolyn Prince Batchelor
ARTWEEK, June 15, 1985

Pick of the Week, Suzy Beal
LOS ANGELES WEEKLY, June 14, 1985


Catalogues and Books
1999
Unlocking the Grid,
Judith Tolnick
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, January 1999

1997
From Visual Text to Textual Vision, Barry Schwabsky
Exhibition catalogue, January 1997

1996
The Calligraphic Mark, Dorrit Rawlins
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, Irvine Fine Art Center, 1996

1995
Stein’s Diary, Eleanor Heartney
Exhibition catalogue, June 1995

The Outside Inside, Ena Evers Schultz
Exhibition catalogue, June 1995

1993
Lydia Yee & Marysol Nieves
Exhibition catalogue, June 1993

1992
Visions of Nocturnes: Enigmatic Dramas, Robert Mahoney
Exhibition catalogue, October 1992

1991
Jean-Claude David
Exhibition catalogue, September 1991

1990
Frail Monument, Louis Jarvik
Exhibition catalogue, November 1990