| ALEX DONIS | ||||
| Heroina Series | ||||
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| WAR Series | ||||
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| My Catherdal Series | ||||
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| EDUCATION | ||||
| 1992-94 MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
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1982-86 BFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||||
| 2003 Heroina, frumkin duval gallery, Santa Monica, CA | ||||
| 2001 WAR, frumkin duval gallery, Santa Monica, CA | ||||
| .........WAR, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 2000 Caught Between, Advocate Gallery, Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| .........Alex in Wonderland, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA | ||||
| 1998 Discoursing Adonis: Discussing Masculinity and Eating Cake, Artspace, Sydney, Australia | ||||
| .........Recent Work, Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | ||||
| 1997 My Cathedral, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA | ||||
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1994 Moscas en Leche (Flies in Milk), Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| PUBLIC WORKS | ||||
| 2000 Immigrant Eyes, site specific project, AngelÕs Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA | ||||
| .........River Visions, site installation, Los Angeles river, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| .........1999-2000 Beauty Happening, site specific landscape works, Los Angeles freeways, CA | ||||
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1997 Aboriginal Youth and a Stockman, poster campaign, streets of Sydney, Australia
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||||
| 2001 Latin American Modern & Contemporary Art, Louis Stern Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| .........Made in California: Art, Image & Identity 1900-2000, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| .........East of the River, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA | ||||
| .........LAttitudes, collaborative installation, Galeria Otra Vez Self help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 1999 60s Pop: The Art of Corita Kent, Luckman Gallery, Cal-State University, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| .........The Perspecta Project: The Politics of Fear, Artspace, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia | ||||
| .........SONOPTION, Foundation for Art Resources Live Actionspace, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 1998 LACE Annuale 98, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| .........Proof Positive, Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 1996 Pop Tarts, performance, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA | ||||
| 1995-96 Across the Streets: Self Help Graphics & Chicano Art in LA, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA | ||||
| .........Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| .........Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska | ||||
| .........Chicano Expressions, Pretoria Arts Museum, South Africa | ||||
| .........Musee Du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France | ||||
| .........Amerika Haus Ð US Cultural Center, Berlin, Germany | ||||
| .........Cite Du Livre, Aix-En-Provence, France | ||||
| .........Centro de Arte Moderno Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain | ||||
| .........Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Cristi, TX | ||||
| 1995 ALTARED, Armand Hammer Museum of Art & Culture, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 1993 Lumieres de Californie, Centre de Animation Valeyre, Paris, France | ||||
| .........Spectro Chicano, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA | ||||
| 1990 29 Latino Artists, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Tustin, CA | ||||
| .........Chicano Prints, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA | ||||
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Bibliography |
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| Arroya, Blanca "'Guerra' Con Arte", La Opinion, October 19, 2001 | ||||
| Brown, Betty Ann "Alex Donis",ArtScene, October 2001 | ||||
| Campbell, Clayton Art Review, Flash Art International, Summer 1998 | ||||
| Cummings, Peter "Dangerous Art", XY Magazine, Issue 36, 2002 | ||||
| Delgado, Ray "Mission Art ShowÉ", San Francisco Examiner, September 18, 1997 | ||||
| Ettinger, Sasha "On the Beat", Blue, Issue 39, June 2002 | ||||
| Frank, Peter Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, September 18, 1998 | ||||
| Garcia-Duarte, Guillermo "Dia de los MuertosÉ" La Opinion, November 1, 1995 | ||||
| Ise, Claudine Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, August 21, 1998 | ||||
| Keller, Erickson, Johnson, Alvarado Contempoary Chicana and Chicano Art, Bilingual Press, 2002 | ||||
| Krause, Eliza "Alex Donis: WAR", Digitalcity.com, November 17, 2001 | ||||
| Lasarow, Bill "Alex Donis Exhibit Pulled", ArtScene, November 2001 | ||||
| Lemmons, Stephen "WAR Dance", New Times Los Angeles, September 13 - 19, 2001 | ||||
| Lemmons, Stephen "The Art of War", The Finger, New Times Los Angeles, October 25 - 31, 2001 | ||||
| Levy, Dan "Mission Gallery's Show Vandalized", SF Chronicle, September 20, 1997 | ||||
| Lewis, Joe "Watts Towers Show Nixed", Art in America, December, 2001 | ||||
| Mathis, Derrick "Thought-police brutality", The Advocate, January 22, 2002 | ||||
| Pagel, David "Shall We Dance?", Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2001 | ||||
| Reich, Kenneth "Yanking of Art Spurs Protest", Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2001 | ||||
| Roland, Zelda "Art Interrupted", Crossfire, November 2001 Roland, Zelda "Art is War", Crossfire, September 2001 | ||||
| Uyhara, Denise Lynch, James Talbert, Joel "Smoke 'Em Out", Log Illustrated, Summer 2002 | ||||
| Villaneda, Jamie "Bring Peace Through WAR", Tentaciones Magazine, September 2001 | ||||
| Wisner, Heather Pick of the week, San Francisco Weekly, August 13, 1997 | ||||
| Wolf, Sarah Artist Profile, Traffic Report, Spring 1998 | ||||
| Click here to visit Alex Donis' website | ||||
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