Biography *1980, Boston, Massachusetts 1998-2002 New York University, New York, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2005 New Media Wall, Tufts University Art Gallery Aideman Arts Center, Medfort, MA, USA
        Test Run, Marvelli Gallery, New York, USA (with Angela Strassheim)
        Scope New York, featured artist with Galerie Adler, Frankfurt
2004 Tragically Sweet, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2003 Double Life: Alex McQuilkin; Trine Boesen, 404 arte contemporanea, Naples,  
        Italy (with Trine Boesen)


Group Exhibitions

2006  Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (curated by Max Hollein,

         Matthias Ulrich)

2005  Realities III: Exeptions, Fotogalerie Wien, Austria

         First We Take Museums, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsiniki, Finland

         COOLHUNTERS. Youth cultures between the media and the market, Künstlerhaus Wien, Austria

         Vicious, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA (curated by Liz Mulholland)

         Dead kids do nothing, 31 Grant, Brooklyn, USA (curated by Adam Stennett)

         Himmelsbilder, Dommuseum zu Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (curated by Dr. Peter Keller)

         boost in the shell, Cultural Center of Bruges (with Jake & Dinos Chapman, John Isaacs, Bruce

         Naumann a.o.)

         Videonale 10, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany  (curated by Georg Erben)

         Nocturnal Transmissions, curator´s office, Washington, USA (curated by Andrea Pollan)

         COOLHUNTERS. Youth cultures between the media and the market, ZKM | Center for Art and

         Media, Museum Karlsruhe, Germany

         Charmed, The Lower Eastside Girls Club, New York (curated by Michael St. John, Jason Duval)

         orgien, voelcker & freunde galerie, Berlin, Germany

         unspeakable, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium  

2004  Body, Gimm Eis, Copenhagen, Denmark

         Black, Marvelli Gallery, New York, USA

         Short Histories Of Video, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

         Like a Virgin, Eastern Edge, St. John's, Canada

         Pulse Of America, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium

2003  Without Fear or Reproach?, Witte Zaal, Gent, Belgium

         Foreplay, Ritter/Zamet, London, Great Britain

         Meanwhile In the Real World, Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, France

         Female Turbulence, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium

         De Cuerpos y Almas: Pornografias 03, Galería de Arte Carmen De La Guerra, Madrid, Spain

         Interdit aux moins 18 ans, Galerie Une, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

         Luxurious, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg

         No Platform Just a Trampoline, Marcus Ritter Gallery, New York, USA

         Emergencias, Galería de Arte Carmen De La Guerra, Madrid, Spain

         Le Printemps Extra Large Festival, Espace Cambre, Brussels, Belgium

         Bad Girls, Ikon Ltd./Kay Richards Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, California, USA

         Scope Video and Film Festival, -Scope New York, The Dylan Hotel, New York, USA

2002  Cabaret Electronico, Galería Carmen De La Guerra, Madrid, Spain

         Porn Ar(t)ound the World, KC nOna, Mechelen, Belgium

         Room For a Revolution, Deluxe Projects, Chicago, Illinois, USA

         Manifiesta 2002, La Casa de Campo de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

         Strip and Tease, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium

         Permanent Vacation: Senior Show 2002, Rosenberg Gallery, N.Y. University, USA

2001  Pixel Vision, Void, New York, New York, USA

         Reflect/Refract, Mickey's Blue Room, New York, New York, USA

1999  Jungle Juice, No Malice, New York, New York, USA
 

Collections
 

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

Collection Eric Decelle, Belgien

Collection Olbricht, Essen, Germany

Collection Aaron / Springmeier, Switzerland / Germany
 

Art Fairs
 

Armory Show New York, Scope London, Scope New York, art.fair Köln, Arco Madrid, Art Frankfurt, FIAC

Liste Berlin
 

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