RESUME

BIO
Born in Portland, Oregon in 1983, Alisha Wessler earned her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006 and her MFA from the Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan in 2013.

She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums throughout the US and internationally, including at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (NYC), Castle Williams on Governors Island (NYC), Smack Mellon (NYC), Galerie Tator (Lyon, France), Kunsthalle Nummer Sieben (St. Petersburg, Russia), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Philadelphia, PA), Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Grand Rapids, MI), Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA), and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology (Ann Arbor, MI), and at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nuremberg, Germany) where she was awarded a fellowship and residency.

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 To Leave is to Die a Little, Galerie Tator, Lyon, France (solo)
2019 The Spherical Book, Kunsthalle Nummer Sieben, St. Petersburg, Russie (solo)
2018 Legerdemain, Tiger Strikes Asteroid (TSA), Philadelphia, PA
2013 From Afar It Is an Island, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, MI (solo)
2010 Der Struwwelpeter, Container Corps, Portland, OR (solo)
2009 Back Channels, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
Jennifer Parks and Alisha Wessler, Pony Club, Portland, OR
2008 Necessary Territories, Vorpal Space, Portland, OR (solo)
Two Years Under Olaf’s Sun, Core Gallery, Portland, OR

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Corps de Ville, H2M Espace d’art contemporain, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Afterglow, Sumo, Lyon, France
Horizonte, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Soleil Vert, Monopôle, Lyon, France
2022 Anonyme Zeichner, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
2020 Shady Parts, Chasm, New York, NY
MORMIR20, Kunsthalle Nummer Sieben, St. Petersburg, Russie
Confins, Galerie Tator, Lyon, FranceBinarités, Galerie Kashagan, Lyon, France
2019 Cosmorama XVIII, The Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
2018 Fugitive Designs, Biggercode Gallery, New York, NY
Trace Matter, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Asterisms, Hercules Art/Studio Program, New York, NY
2017 AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Art in Odd Places (AIOP) 2017: SENSE, New York, NY
2016 Source Material, InCube Art Space, New York, NY
With Passion, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY
Converging Paths, Objects, and Selves, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2015 A Story of a Story, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
personal:interpersonal:connected, SARDINE, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Highly Recommended, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Discrete Geometry, Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY
Curiovan, mobile museum, various locations in England
In Print, Work-Detroit, Detroit, MI
2013 citydrift/Detroit, Kunsthalle, Detroit, MI
Re:Day Job (Don’t Quit Your?), Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2012 Monster Drawing Rally, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2011 Návštěvníci/The Visitors, MeetFactory Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 (UofM)2 Exchange Show, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Ten by Ten, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2008 Protagonist: Contemporary Art from America, Claire Morris Gallery, Ireland
Wish You Were Here, City Space, San Francisco, CA
2007 Lollapalooza Festival, Chicago, IL
2006 Anonyme Zeichner, Blutenweiss – Raum fur Kunst, Berlin, Germany
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, G2, Chicago, IL

RESIDENCIES
2024 AIR 351, FLAD grant recipient, Cascais, Portugal
2022 Moly-Sabata, Fondation Albert Gleizes, Sablons, France
2021 LeGrandLarge (funded by Fondation Bullukian), Lyon France
2020 La Factatory, Lyon, France
2019 National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) Residency, St. Petersburg, Russia
2018 Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Space and Time Artist Residency, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
2016 NARS International Artist Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2015 Wave Hill Winter Workspace Residency, Bronx, NY
2011 MeetFactory Residency Program, Prague, Czech Republic

AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Grant, AiR 351, Portugal
2023 Fellowship, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
2014 Finalist, ArtPrize Juried Award for Three-Dimensional Work, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan
Smucker-Wagstaff Creative Work Research Grant, University of Michigan
2012 Nominee, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship
2011 Rackham International Research Award (Serbia and Croatia), U. Michigan
International Institute Grant for Films, Exhibitions and Performances, U. Michigan
2010 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Michigan School of Art & Design; Three-year teaching assistantship, tuition waiver and stipend
2007 Open Craft and Sculpture Award, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
2006 BFA Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

EDUCATION

2014 Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies, Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2013 MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

PRESS
Joël Riff, “2022 semaine 26 - Pachamama,” Chronique Curiosite, June 27, 2022.
Samuel Moncharmont, Lyon Interview, September 2, 2020.
Joël Riff, “2020 Semaine 23 - Ourdir,” Chronique Curiosite, June 1, 2020.
Elizabeth Michelman, “Trace Matter: Making Connections at Montserrat,” Artscope Magazine, December 2018, pp 35-37.
Adam Zucker, “Attention to Detail: Noticing Deeply Through Art,” Artfully Learning, September 19, 2018.
Edith Newhall, “Arts & Culture,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 10, 2018.
Pac Pobric, “Critic’s Pick: The Unknowns,” The Village Voice, September 14, 2017.
Allison Meier, “Harboring Art in Historic Spaces at the 2016 Governors Island Art Fair,” Hyperallergic, September 1, 2016.
Jessica Holmes, “Live Fully and Well: Art at Slag Gallery in a Time of Trauma,” artcritical,
July 1, 2016.
Benjamin Sutton, “Dissecting and Detecting Stories in Found Objects and Remnants,” Hyperallergic, July 23, 2015.
Paddy Johnson, “This Week’s Must-see Art Events,” Art F City, July 21, 2015.
David Xu Borgonjon, “Wondering, Not Knowing: An Interview with Alisha Wessler,” Wave Hill Blog, January 30, 2015.
Louis Meldman, “Artbeat: MFA Shows 2013,” Current, April 2013, pp 32.
Stacia Yeapanis, “OtherPeoplesPixels Interviews Alisha Wessler,” OtherPeoplesPixels Blog, October 4, 2012.
Mike McGonigal, “Interview with Alisha Wessler,” Yeti Magazine, Issue #9, August 2010.
Exhibition catalog with essay, “Protagonist: Contemporary Art from America,” Claire Morris Gallery, Ireland.
Julie Sabatier, “Art in Strange Places,” KBOO Radio, Destination DIY, April 17, 2008.
Richard Speer, “Post-Modern Zoo,” Willamette Week, May 16, 2007.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Monastère Royal de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Artexte, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art, Architecture & Engineering Library (AAEL) Special Collections,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
VCU Book Art Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA