SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Pablos Birthday, New York, NY

2006
Miller Weitzel Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2004
ICONS (Project Room)
Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006
“ADDING INSULT TO IMAGERY”, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
“ADDING INSULT TO IMAGERY”, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
CREATIVE THRIFT SHOP, Nova Art Fair, City Suites Hotel, Chicago, Il
“FABULA”, Mushroom Arts, New York, NY
“MONKEY TOWN SEMIENNIAL”, Monkey Town, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
PABLO’S BIRTHDAY-Featured Artist, DIVA ART NEW YORK-Selected for DIVA Containers, Embassy Suites, New York, NY
“THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”, curated by Christopher Howard, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
“THE SOCIAL BODY”, curated by David Gibson, Rocket Projects, Miami, Fl

2005
The 1st Annual FEVA Pantheon Gala, New York, NY
“BEAUTIFUL DREAMER“, curated by David Gibson Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
“CINEMA SCOPE“, curated by Lee Wells, SCOPE ART 2005, Southampton, NY
“CULTURE VULTURE“, curated by David Gibson, Jack the Pelican, Williamsburg, NY
“MULTIPLE PARTNERS”, curated by Carla Gannis, Pablos Birthday, New York, NY
PABLOS BIRTHDAY, SCOPE ART 2005, Flatotel, New York, NY
PABLOS BIRTHDAY, SCOPE ART 2005, TownHouse, Miami, Fl
PHOTO NEWYORK, Creative Thrift Shop, New York NY
“STYLE SESSIONS“, curated by William Quigley, Milk Gallery, New York, NY
“XSEMINATION“, curated by John Derrick, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania

2004
“XSEMINATION“, curated by John Derrick, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne, Australia
“SHARED”, curated by Mark Powers, Streit’s Matzo, New York, NY
“PURVEYOR OF DREAMS”, W/O WALLS, SCOPE ART 2004, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
“MARKET VALUE”, Cuchifritos, New York, NY

2003
“DRAWINGS”, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
“PRESENCE”, curated by David Gibson, SCOPE ART 2003, The Dylan Hotel, New York, NY

2002
“ANYWHERE BUT HERE”, Hunter College, New York, NY
“BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH”, ABCNORIO New York, NY

2001
“MINIATURES”, TOWN HALL GALLERY, Wilton NH, Awarded Best in Show

2000
SLOP'S SUPERMARKET 2000 (www.slopart.com)
National Traveling Show

1998
Alumni Works, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH
Under 25 : Emerging Northeast Artists Fort Point Arts, Boston MA

SLIDE REGISTRY
01/04 White Columns (curated) New York, NY
03/05 The Drawing Center (curated) New York, NY

COLLECTIONS
Arne Zimmerman, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery
Daniel Ferris, Stephen Haller Gallery
William Petroni, Marian Goodman Gallery
Renee Vara, W/O Walls

TEACHING
Assistant Professor, Computer Art and Technology, Mercy College, White Plains NY
Adjunct Professor, Computer Arts Department (BFA, MFA), School of Visual Arts, New York NY
Instructor, Center For Advanced Digital Application, Master’s Program, New York University, New York

EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Arts in Painting
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY, May 2000

Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting
Minor in Art History, Architecture, Philosophy
University of New Hampshire, Durham NH, May 1996



My work begins with the impulsive desire to document my personal fixations. It does not attempt to create illusions or tell stories-unless these stories are non narrative. To achieve this, I engage in a form of search and retrieval from media culture blended with a form of introspective iconography. Often the imagery I use is something that attracts me and represents a visual archive of my likes. At times I’ve drawn on other artists, to my immediate urban landscape, and in instances I’ve chosen to represent things which have remained since my childhood. Usually this presents itself in the form of cartoons or manga. In a sense, I’m creating a space, bounded within my aesthetic, which compiles experiences-humorous and disturbing, good and bad, beautiful and profane-to create a synthetic, re-imagined whole. It is read in a superficial accessible manner, mediated through a hyper-structured sensibility, while alluding to deeper layers of meaning. Regardless, in all aspects I’m using ideas which have been given to me via culture. In this regard, what I do is a form of visual ethnography dealing with contemporary culture, albeit a self-selecting and highly idiosyncratic one.

People understand the media. It’s constructed to be comprehendible, spoken in a language which is superficial and accessible. I’m using the language and tools of mass media to recontextualize and neutralize original intentionality. My work attempts to subvert The Corporation using the very tools that give those institutions their power. In a sense, this slight form of trickery also introduces a collaborative act into the process because, in reality, the art object exists in a matrix between the original product, my intentionality, and the preconception of the viewer. In working with media culture it’s as if The Corporation is an unknowing but implicit participant in the art which uses corporative, culturally translated iconography as its starting point. This makes perfect sense because these units of media are built to be bought and consumed and I choose to resist this by freely subverting and appropriating.




Alexander Reyna's Publication List
Publications 09/06 AROUND NOON with Dee Perry, WCPN Cleveland FALL GALLERY SEASONS KICK OFF…, The Plain Dealer, Dan Tranberg CAPSULE REVIEW, Cleveland Scene, Zachary Lewis RAINBOWS, KITTENS AND DROIDS, Northern Ohio Live, Brooke Willis 06/06 PS1 Museum of Art, Art and Technology Radio, Daniel Durning 09/05 PERCHANCE TO DREAM, The Cleveland Free Times, Lyz Bly BEAUTIFUL DREAMER AWAKENS ROMANTICS, The Plain Dealer, Dan Tranberg 05/05 THE NEW POP ART: CULTURE-VULTURES, NYArts Magazine, Leah Oates 05/05 CULTURE VULTURE, Voice Pick, The Village Voice, April 27 - May 3, 2005, p 76 12/05 THE AGE, The Mouse That Roared MELBOURNE HERALD SUN, New York Brashness Comes to Town 05/04 CITYWIDE with Zoe Corneli , an Interview on WNYU radio 05/00 VIEWPOINTS, Local Artists take most Awards THE MILFORD CABINET, Milford NH CAPSULE REVIEW, Cleveland Scene, Zachary Lewis RAINBOWS, KITTENS AND DROIDS, Northern Ohio Live, Brooke Willis