RESUME

Lex Gjurasic is a visual artist originally from rain-soaked Seattle, WA currently living in dusty Tucson, AZ. She has exhibited her work nationally for over 25 years most notably in 2009 as a featured artist in the exhibition Kokeshi: Folk Art to Art Toy at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, CA. In 2017 her video was made part of the permanent collection at the Getty Institute as part of Miranda July's Joanie4Jackie archive. Recently she has delved into Public Art completing a mural with the City of Tucson's Downtown Murals Project as well as a temporary immersive exhibition at the Scottsdale Public Library with Scottsdale Public Art. She was nominated in 2018 for Best Visual Artist with The Tucson Weekly then in 2021 was nominated for the Governor’s Arts Award. In 2021 she collaborated with the New Mexico based art collective Meow Wolf as part of the permanent immersive experience Convergence Station in Denver, CO. Recently her solo exhibition, Radical Happiness, compirised od over 150 works created during the isolation of of the pandemic was on display at the Chandler Center of the Arts in Chandler, AZ. 

b. Seattle, WA. 1977

EXHIBITIONS (*SOLO SHOW)

*2024 A Flowery Forever, Yard Dog Gallery, Austin TX.
2024 Queen of the Night, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2024 Mapping Q 2024: Still Queer Still Here, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ.
2024 16th Anniversary Show, Practical Art, Phoenix AZ.
2024 COLORLOVE, Scottsdale Civic Center Library, Scottsdale AZ.
2023 Drawing Curiosity, Neufolk Gallery, Denver CO.
2023 BITE, STRIKE, BURN Print Exhibition, Hey There Projects, Joshua Tree CA.
2023 Drawings, paintings maybe a sculpture 4, Everybody Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2023 Spring Invitational, Untitled Gallery, Tucson AZ.
*2023 *Flower Mounds, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Friends House Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2022 Summer Spectacular, Hey There Projects, Joshua Tree CA.
2022 Mapping Q, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.2022 Vital Signs, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ.
2022 Flower Shop, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM.
*2022 Radical Happiness, Chandler Museum of Art, Vision Gallery, Chandler AZ. 
2021 Meow Wolf, Convergence Station, interactive animated component, Denver CO.
2021 Super Bloom, Hey There Projects, Joshua Tree CA.
2021 Summer Spectacular, Hey There Projects, Joshua Tree CA.
*2021 Mounds on Pink, Tiny Town Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2021 I Am You, You Are Me, juried portrait exhibition, virtual and Civic Center Public Gallery, Scottsdale AZ.
2021 Flower Mounds, sp[a]ce at Ayzenberg, Pasadena CA.
2021 Keepsakes, Practical Art, Phoenix AZ.
2020 COLD SNAP: A Year’s End Exhibition, Hey There Gallery, Joshua Tree CA.
2020 Picturing 2020: A Community Reflects, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ.
2020 Encompassing Arizona, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2020 Hey There Mart Summer Group Show, Hey There Gallery, Joshua Tree CA. 
2020 *WEIRDOS (virtual), Tiny Town Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2020 The 12th Edition: Anniversary Group Show, Practical Art PHX, Phoenix AZ.
2020 Pots! Pots! Pots!, Tiny Town Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2019 The POST IT SHOW, Giant Robot Store, Los Angeles CA.
2019 10x10, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2019, Community Foundation Annual Exhibition, Community Foundation Campus, Tucson AZ.
2019 Far-Out West, GHOSTOMAHA.com
2018 Arizona Otherworldy, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2018 *Soft Spring, Featured Artist in The Museum Store at the Tucson Museum of Art & Historic Block, Tucson AZ. *Spines, The Little Gallery at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, Tucson AZ. 
2017 10x10, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2017 Arizona Abstract, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2017 *Stamp Out Reality, Tiny Town Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2017 Day For Night, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2016 *Otherworldly, Tucson International Airport, Main Link Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2016 ReVisions, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2016 Cactus and Clouds, The Galleria at the YW, YWCA, Tucson AZ.
2016 *Beautiful Mutants,  Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson AZ.
2015 Small Works Invitational, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2015 *Prickly, The Galleria at the YW, YWCA, Tucson AZ.
2015 Sonoran Desert: Large and Small, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2015 Crystal Skulls, Hotel Congress, Tucson AZ.
2014 Plein Air Art Show, DeGrazia Little Gallery, Tucson AZ.
2014 Kokeshi Cacti, Hotel Congress, Tucson AZ.
2014 *Kokeshi Cacti, Hotel Congress, Tucson AZ.
2013 *NEWAGEFOLKLORE, Sibley Gallery, New Orleans LA.
2013 Annual Members Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola FL.
2012 Cinco Banderas, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL. Juror Tony Wright
2011 Year of the Labbit, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2011 Annual Members Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola FL. Juror Erin Dziedzic
2011 Alchemists, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque NM.
2010 *Golden Paintings, Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, Albuquerque, NM.
2010 Flower Power, The Wooden Cow Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2010 *New Works on Canvas, Flying Star Cafe, Albuquerque NM.
2009 Kokeshi: Folk Art to Art Toy, Japanese American National Museum and Los Angeles Toy Doll and Amusements Museum, Los Angles CA.
2009 *Secret Landscapes, Sunshine Cafe, Albuquerque NM
2009 Chinese New Year, Wooden Cow Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2008 RE:ART, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA.
2008 Toy Show, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA.
2008 Group Exhibition, Art Haus 66 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2008 Paper Show, Stove Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2008 Members Show, Gallery 110, Seattle WA.
2008 F3 Show, Stove Gallery, Albuquerque NM.
2008 Cheer, Gallery 110, Seattle WA.
2007 Forgotten Works Challenge XI, Blank Space Gallery, OK Hotel, Seattle WA.
2007 Gallery 110 Exchange Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR.
2007 *Kokeshi Collection, Gallery 110, Seattle WA.
2006 Holiday Group Show, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans LA.
2006 Fabulous Affiliates Show, Gallery 110, Seattle WA.
2006 No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans LA.
2005 Annual Members Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola FL.
2005 Annual Members Exhibition, Pensacola Art Museum, Pensacola FL. Juror Jill Chancy
2004 100 Ways to Remove a President from Power, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA. Curator Greg Lundgren
2003 Forgotten Works Challenge 2.0, Forgotten Works Gallery, Seattle WA.
2002 *Zapatismo, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle WA.

COLLECTIONS

The Getty Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Miranda July's Joanie4Jackie Big Miss Moviaola, M.I.A. chain letter, video archive, permanent collection Women's Building. 
City of Scottsdale Fine Art Collection, Scottsdale AZ. 
Seattle Central Community College, Circulating Arts Collection and the K. Matsudaira Collection at the M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle WA. 

AWARDS AND HONORS

R+D Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2023
40th Annual Governor’s Arts Award, Nominee, Arizona Citizens for the Arts, 2021
Tucson CARES for Artists Grant, Arts Foundation of Tucson and Southern Arizona, 2020
Night Bloom Artist Grant, MOCA Tucson and the ASU Art Museum, 2020
John Caughlan Youth Activism Award, International Social Justice Work. Seattle WA, 2001, Awarded “Lex Gjurasic Day” by Mayor Paul Schell
Arbitrary Art Grant for Film. Artists for a Work Free America and Vital 5 Productions and Gallery, Seattle WA. 1999

DONATIONS

MOCA Tucson Benefit Auction, MOCA Tucson, 2020
The 90s R Dead, MOCA Tucson Fall Fundraiser, temporary immersive installation, 2019
10x10, Tohono Chul Gallery, 2019
Monster Drawing Rally, MOCA Tucson, Tucson AZ, 2019
10x10, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ, 2018
10x10, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson AZ, 2017
SITE Unseen 7, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM. 2012
SITE Unseen 6, SITE Santa FE, Santa Fe NM, 2010
PB&J Family Services Art Auction and Benefit, SCA Gallery, Albuquerque NM. 2010
Popejoy Benefit and Auctions, Popejoy Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM. 2010
Popejoy Benefit and Auction, Popejoy Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM. 2009
12×12, Harwood Art Studios, Albuquerque NM. 2008
Art Haus 66 Holiday Auction, Art Haus 66 Gallery, Albuquerque NM. 2008
Pulp Show Fundraiser, Gallery 110, Seattle WA. 2008
Pulp Show Fundraiser, Gallery 110, Seattle WA. 2007
Pulp Show Fundraiser, Gallery 110, Seattle WA. 2006
Fourth Anniversary Bash, Henry Art gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA. 2001
Fundraiser for Mexico, Zapatista Student Alliance, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle WA. 2001
Third Anniversary Bash, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA. 2000
Second Anniversary Bash, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA. 1999
First Anniversary Bash, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA. 1998

PUBLIC ART

Mini MOCA, little free art gallery at United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, 2022
Magic Flower Carpet and the Dead Heads, temporary installation for Howl at the Museum event, Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, Tucson AZ. 2022
Mini MOCA, little free art gallery at MOCA Tucson, Tucson AZ. 2022
The Golden Pyramid, temporary installation, MSA Annex, Tucson AZ, 2019
Retro Reaction II, temporary installation, Tempe AZ, 2019
Deep Time, temporary installation, Scottsdale Public Library, 2018
Sagrada Corazon de Tucson, mural, City of Tucson Mural Program, 2016

EDUCATION

Arts Management Program, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle WA. 1999- 2001
Cornish College of the Arts, Fine Art, Seattle WA. 1996-1997

NEWS

Think Little Free Library but Art, #ThisIsTucson, Arizona Daily Star, November 21, 2022
Chandler Arts Center Spotlights Tucson Artist, San Tan Sun News, January 16, 2022
Southwest Contemporary Magazine, Flights of Fancy, Vol.2- Summer 2021
The Coping, Context and Magic of Making Do, University of Arizona Museum of Art, virtual artist talk, January 21, 2021
The Star’s 12 Days of Cheer, Arizona Daily Star, November 29, 2020
Tucson COVID Tales No. 24: Art and Solace, Zocalo Magazine, October 14, 2020 
Artistories, KXCI, August 28, 2020 
A Conversation with Lex Gjurasic, TohonoChul.org, July 13, 2020 
 Lex Gjurasic Studio Visit, EMS Legacy Films, December 23, 2019
MOCA Art Camp, Arizona Public Media, Arizona Illustrated, July, 21, 2019
Artist Interview with Lex Gjurasic, GhostOmaha.com, March, 1 2019
A Glimpse Into The Fantastical World of Tucson Artist Lex Gjurasic, #ThisIsTucson, Arizona Daily Star, March, 24, 2018
Tucson Riot Grrrls You Need To Know, #ThisIsTucson, Arizona Daily Star, October, 20, 2017
The Otherworldly Eye of Lex Gjurasic, Arizona Spotlight, AZPM, April, 13, 2017
Instagrams We Love: Discover The Artist Behind @gjurasicpark, Arizona Daily Star, January 21 2017
New Downtown Murals, Arizona Illustrated, PBS, July 7 2016
Downtown Tucson Mural Program, Arizona Daily Star, June 20 2016
Beautiful Mutant, Territory Magazine,  April 6 2016
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 24, 2015
Love Letters To Tucson, 3 Story Magazine, November 2014
Artsy Forager Blog, May 2014
Sonoran Arts Network, My Turn,  April 2014
Hyperallergic Magazine, February 2013
Interview with Artist Alexandra Gjurasic with Nailed Magazine, April 2013
Featured artist on Red Current online
Alibi Newspaper, October 2010
LUXE Magazine, Vantage Point, Volume II Issue I, 2009

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Art Educator, MOCA Tucson, Summer Art Camp, 2018-2023
Juried Member of the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona Public Artist Roster, 2018-Present
Artist in Residence, LeadLocal, 2017
Columnist, Gjurasic Factor on Pyragraph.com 2013-2016
Co-Founder and Creative Director for Pyragraph.com 2012-2015
Nordstrom’s Department Store, Visual Department, Seattle WA 2003-2005
Assistant Curator, M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle WA. 2001-2003
Board Member, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA. 2000-2001