RESUME

Alexandra Lakin was born in Western New York State in 1969. She got her BFA from Alfred University NYSCC in Painting and Printmaking (1991) and received an MFA from Alfred University NYSCC in Electronic Integrated Arts (2005). Lakin has lived in Brooklyn and Los Angeles as well as Albuquerque, NM for extended periods, and has resided in Pittsburgh, PA since  2015. 

Selected Exhibitions:

• Alchemists in the Greenhouse, Curated By Annie Wischmeyer, May 8 – June 27, 2025  at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space                           
• every speck of dust illuminated, Alexandra Lakin, Karen Lue, Erin Mallea, Joseph Ryznar, Shori Sims ; Juried by april, april in collaboration with Nina Friedman, Director, Tomayko Foundation. March 14 - April 18 2025       
• The Gardener: Group show, Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, March 7th, 2025 – April 5, 2025  The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 111th Annual Exhibition, February 2025, Erie Art Museum, Erie PA.                                      
• Grid Show & Fundraiser for Creative Citizen Studio, Atithi Gallery, Sharpsburg PA June 2024     
• My print "Pincushion" was chosen by Elizabeth Chodos to be part of  AAP's 109 Annual Online Store, August 2023.         
• The Grandeur of Power, Exhibition juried by Eric Shiner, AAP in Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh), May 2023                
• La Banda, 2023; Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, January 2023                                                             
• Depicted in the Mud: Group Show, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley PA, Aug 5 - Sept. 2022.               
• Summer Variety, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh initiative, curated by Lexi Bishop, June 2022   
• CCS and CDCP Fellowship Show, CDCP Outpost, Pittsburgh, August 2020                               
• make me one with everything, Grifter Space, 75 e. Broadway 2nd Floor, NY, NY, March 2020   
• Grifter Presents History, at Family; Montreal, Canada, February 2020                                           
• White Columns Online, 'Cloud Memories' curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, January 2020        
• Small Works Juried Exhibition curated by Gianna Commito, Kent State University Downtown Gallery, Kent OH, Jan-Feb 2020                                                                                                     
• Videos included in Elastro A/V, Bananafishing, Chicago IL, December 2019                                 
• SIX x ATE. Artist Presentation, The GYM at Butler Street Lofts, October 2019                             
• Group Show: Mirror, Mirror, PULLPROOF, Pittsburgh PA, September 2019                                   
• CSA PGH Artist, Curated by Casey Droege, Pittsburgh PA, August 2019                                     
• Group Show: Limbic Songs, Curated by Cotter Luppi, Real Eyes Gallery, North Adams, MA May 4 - 26, 2019     
• GIFC shows, Soil Gallery, Seattle, March 31, 2019 and Western Exhibitions, Chicago, April 6     
• Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 2018 New Member Exhibition; Juried & Curated by Eowyn Mays, National Gallery of Art. August 4 – 21, 2018 Butler Street Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA                                                                 
• Sift 1, Curated by Yona Harvey: An online exhibition space sponsored by the Pittsburgh Office of Public Art, January 2018                                                                                                  
• Featured Artist at Mattress Factory Shop, 14 Statuettes, Pittsburgh PA, June 2017                     
• A few items at XOBruno, First Friday, Portland OR, August 2016                                                 
• Solo show: Patterns and Habits, Gallery Wall, Cabaret at Theater Square, curated by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, April 2016                                                                                        
• “TRIBUTE TO THE DISAPPEARED”, The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, NY NY, September / October 2015                                                                 
• Art Cricket LA One Year Anniversary Show, Fur Gallery, Los Angeles CA, June 2015                   
• Bunnymania, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2015 - To benefit the new National Museum of Animals and Society 
• Dinosaur!, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia PA November 2014
• Selected Works, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles CA, Summer 2014
• WILDING CRAN GALLERY GRAND OPENING & INAUGURAL SHOW #1, Los Angeles CA 2014
• L Cafe Show , Mad Dooley Gallery, Beacon NY 2014 https://highlandscurrent.org/2014/04/06/women-artists-old-friends-reunite-mad-dooleys-l-cafe-show/                                                                                                         
• 33rd Annual Black Doll Show, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles 2013                         
• Solo Show: Statuettes and Paintings - Antai Gallery, Scoops, Los Angeles 2013
• Blank Canvas - Washington Reid Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013
• Good Eye Group Show, Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA 2013
• Cat Show, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia , PA 2012
• Alfred University Alumni Printmaking Exhibition, Guy Lyman Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2012
• I have a Wig on Top of My Wig - 2 Person Show with Lara Odell @ Pieter: Dance Performance Art Space, Los Angeles, CA 2011
• Video included in Circles and Spinning Wheels – Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA 2011
• Tompkins Projects West, Group Show Works on Paper, Dan Graham Los Angeles, CA 2011
• Of Walking In Ice, Group Show curated by Jack Ryan, White Stag Gallery, Portland Oregon 2010
• Alone and On Foot, Group Show, Ditch Projects Springfield Oregon 2010
• Of Walking In Ice, Group Show curated by Jack Ryan, Soil Gallery, Seattle WA 2009
• Hello Stranger: 3 Person Show with Giselle Potter and Neal Hollinger, Roos Arts, Rosendale, NY 2009
• Video included in Circles and Spinning Wheels, curated by Melody Owen, TBA Festival, Portland Ore 2009     
• Disappearing Show at Reading Frenzy, Portland Ore 2009
• Work Included in Melody Owen's 'The Dissapearing Book" 
• Solo Show, The Front Room Gallery, Portland, Maine 2008
• The 60 Second Southern Video Festival: Harmony Landing, Fugitive Projects, Harmony Landing,TN/ Ausstellungsraum Klingental , Basel, Switzerland 2007
• Text & Subtext, Works by New Faculty: Alexandra Lakin and Sarah McCoy, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA 2007
• http://1000crowns.tumblr.com/post/42198960352/alexandra-lakin-alfred-ny-2007-watercolor
• Salt City Dozen 2005 Exhibition, 1/2006, Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Print)
• “Sound in Video”, curated by Alexandra Lakin, Group Video Screening, OASIS Informal Screenings at ZKM, ZKM - Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany 2005
• Group Show, Florence Lynch Gallery, 532 West 25th Street, New York, NY 2005
• VII Salón y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba 2005
• Members Exhibition, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Juror’s Choice Award, 2005
• MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ceramics Museum, Alfred University, 2005
• Ritter on Ritter: Five Post Ritter Artists, Group Show, Student Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 2004
• Sporadique; Organic Flashlight, Collaboration with Matthew Underwood, John Wood Gallery/ Fishtank, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, (3 channel Video installation) 2004
• INIT: Collaborative Site Specific Installation, Tjaden Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2004