Alexander Cheves

Education

1996 Master of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, California State University, Stanislaus, Cum Laude

Solo Exhibitions

2007
Careful skies, the sun and some, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia PA

2005
Not A Cloud In The Sky, 31 Rausch, San Francisco, CA

2003
Shipwrecks and Other Good Stuff Out Back, Ardency Gallery, Oakland, CA

2000
Farms, Barns and the Ranch House, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA

Farms, Barns, and the Ranch House, Carnegie Art Center, Turlock, CA
Sponsored by the Turlock Arts Commission and the California State University Stanislaus Alumni Association


Select Group Exhibitions

2007
Close Calls, Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA

Gentle On My Mind, R3 Gallery, San Diego, CA

This House Is Not Home, Blankspace, Oakland, CA (May)

Space, Alternative Arts Venue, Portland, ME (June)

2006
Dress Like a Bum, Act Like a Loser, 31 Rausch, San Francisco CA

10th Anniversary Exhibition of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts MFA Class of ‘96, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Friends of The Gallery of Urban Art, Stage Gallery @ G.U.A., Oakland, CA

Lost Out West, 19th and Union Gallery, Oakland, CA

“draw_drawing_2” London Biennale 2006, The Foundry, London, England

Recent Work, Red Window Galleries, Oakland, CA

2005
Artifactual Fictions, The Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, CA

2004
Introductions, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

Five Ways to See, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002
Ardency Gallery 1st Year Anniversary Show, Ardency Gallery, Oakland, CA

2001
Works from the Wash House, Ardency Gallery, Oakland, CA

1997
Narrative Sculpture, White Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Osvaldo Romberg, Artist, New York, NY

Backyard Sculpture Invitational, Philadelphia, PA

Alexander Cheves and Sarah Steinwachs / Recent Works and New Paintings,
The City of Philadelphia's Office of Art and Culture
Curators: Dean Daderko, Program Director, Art in City Hall and Nancy Lewis, Coordinator, Public Art Program

Works on Paper, 5th Biennial Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Curator: Jay Fisher, Curator of Graphic Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art

1996
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey
Juror: John Ollman, Director of Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

XV Group Show, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibitions, The Museum of American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Color Now, Main Line Center, Haverford, PA
Juror: Patrick Murphy, Director, Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

2UP, Philadelphia Art Alliance
Jurors: Michelle Stuart, Artist and Barbara Bratone, Director, La Napoule Foundation

1993
The Importance of Regionalism, Group Show, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA

Apathy, Four Valley Artists, Turlock, CA

Art in a Vacuum, Group Show, Modesto, CA

CCAL 40th Annual Spring Show, Gallo Winery, Modesto, CA
Juror: Phillip Linhares, Chief Curator, The Oakland Museum


Reviews and Publications

"Threesome at Anglim", Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, July 2004

"Alexander Cheves at Ardency Gallery", Lindsey Westbrook, Artweek, May 2003

"Critic's Choice: Works from the Wash House", Lindsey Westbrook, San Francisco Bay Guardian, December 5, 2001

"Landscape Sculptures Now on Display at Carnegie Arts Center", Aaron Swarts, The Turlock Journal, June 29, 2000

"No Story Here", Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, December 10, 1997

"Backyard Sculpture Invitational", Gerard Brown, Eye Level, September 1997

"Yard Art Better Than Flamingos and Gnomes", Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, August 13, 1997

"Yard Art", Jennifer Darer, Philadelphia City Paper, August 8, 1997

"Art Center Features 'Works on Paper'", Victoria Donahue, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 27, 1997


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