CV
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
Born 1988 Kingston, PA
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, honors, 2011
RISD European Honors Program, Rome, Italy 2009
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Galleria 3H+K, Pori, Finland, March 2025 (Upcoming)
Synthetic Visions, Espoo Cultural Center, Espoo, Finland, 2024
Confluence: Synthetic Visions, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland, 2023
Inverse, Galleria Kajava, Vallila Library, Helsinki, Finland, 2023
System Settings Change, Galleria K, Vantaa, Finland, January 7 - 29, 2023
Reactivity, Makers’ Gallery, Vaasa, Finland, May 24 - June 12, 2022
Alex Markwith x Fat Lizard, Ravintola Fat Lizard City, Helsinki, Finland, March 9 - May 1, 2022
Overcurrents, Max Mara Helsinki + MM Hanko, Finland, 2021 (read more)
Elemental Transmissions, Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Finland, January 2021 (read more)
Alex Markwith, Jorge Andrew Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2017
Alex Markwith: Recent Work, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY, 2013
Constructions, Galerie Helene Bailly, Paris, FR, 2012
Variations on Two Themes, Hiram Butler, Houston, TX 2011
New Black, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY, 2011
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Technophilia & the New Society, curated by Globe Art Point, Kulttuuritila Merirasti, Helsinki, Finland, 2024
Urbana Hortus, Taidekeskus AHJO, Joensuu, Finland, 2024
Print Matters, Helsinki Urban Art, Pasila Urban Art Center, 2024
Custom Surfboards, Surf House Helsinki, 2023
Kunsthaus Jägermeister Final Exhibition, Helsinki, 2023
Siirappia, Helsinki Artists’ Association Taidelainaamo, 2023
NordArt 2023, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany, 2023
X Artists, organized by Artist Stop Being Poor, Berlin, Germany, 2023
Black is White / Black and White / Black or White, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat, Oman
Vapaakaupunki, Kauppakeskus REDI, Helsinki, 2023
Hope, Helsinki Artists’ Association, Helsinki, 2022
Light, Lapinlahden Lähde, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
People Need People, autumn salon 2022, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat, Oman, 2022
Luontoni / My Nature, Taidelainaamo, Helsinki Artist’s Association, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
Meri / The Sea, HAA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
Sikka Art & Design Festival, Dubai, UAE, 2022
Taidemaalariliiton Teosvälitys 2022, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
Color in the Dark, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland, 2021
Kiertokulku (Circulation), curated by Emmi Kallio, Galleria Ronga, Tampere, Finland, 2021
Forma, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat, Oman, 2021
I See Music, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat, Oman, 2021
Helsinki Artist’s Association Members Exhibition, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland, 2021
Metamorphosis, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY, 2021
Helsinki Artist’s Association Members Exhibition, Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland, 2021
In Black and White, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY, 2020
Isolation, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY, 2020 (online exhibition)
ABSTRAKT, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY, 2020 (online exhibition)
COLOR, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY, 2020
CREATIVE MOSAIC, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens, NY, 2020
Primar(il)y Red, Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Saugerties, NY, 2019
Every Ghetto Every City, BSB Gallery, Trenton, NJ, 2019
AFFECTION, presented by Orchard Galerie at Taste Collection, 83 Rivington St, New York, NY, 2019
FRIENDS AND FAMILY curated by Keith Mayerson, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA, 91101, 2019
Petit: An Exhibition of Smaller Sized Art, Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Saugerties, NY, 2019
LIC Fear III, curated by Tessa Kennedy and Jason Artiga, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY, 2019
Creative Mosaic, Plaxall Gallery, curated by Osman Can Yerebakan, Long Island City, NY, 2019
FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
Children’s Museum of the Arts New York, NY, 2018
Three Days at Custom Cabinets, California Custom Cabinets, curated by Mary Jones, pop-up exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Lemonade Stand Gallery 2017 Small Works Exhibition, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL, 2017
Chewing Tar, curated by Linda Griggs, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
Chewing Tar, curated by Linda Griggs, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 2016
Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2016
Mental Christmas, 10-01, Long Island City, NY 2016
40: The Anniversary Exhibition, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY 2015
RISD in Rome, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI 2014
Genesis Forward Battery, curated by Benjamin King, Underdonk Projects Brooklyn, NY, 2014
Visceral Integrity, curated by Bret Slater, et al Projects, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
Ille Arts Amagansett, NY, 2013
Phantasm, curated by Andy Pomykalski, Church St. School of Art & Music, New York, NY, 2013
Rock Them, Rox Gallery, New York, NY, 2013
What Have You Done for Me Lately?, 109 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
Ille Arts Amagansett, NY, 2012
0'0", 7 Dunham, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
Abstract Realities, Hal Bromm Gallery New York, NY, 2012
Abstract Realities, curated by Hal Bromm, The Studios of Key West Key West, FL, 2012
Pima Air & Space Museum Tuscon, AZ, 2012
The Active Space Brooklyn, NY, 2011
Horizons, 377 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 2011
Black Sheep Gallery Providence, RI, 2010
Adams Art Space, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2008
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Taidemaalariliitto (Association of Finnish Painters)
Helsinki Artists’ Association
GRANTS
City of Helsinki, 2022
Arts Promotion Center of Finland (Taike), 2022
Arts Promotion Center of Finland (Taike), 2021
Arts Promotion Center of Finland (Taike), 2020
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
CURATORIAL
1970s, Hal Bromm Gallery, co-curator, 2016
40: The Anniversary Exhibition, Hal Bromm Gallery, co-curator, 2015
PRESS
Tekoälyn ja taiteilijan yhteistyö paljasti yllättäviä asioita, Jussi Mankkinen, Yle, 26 July 2023
I See Music Exhibition, artwork featured in TV segment, Oman News Center, 2021
The New York Artist who Moved to Helsinki, Meeri Koskialho, Finland Center Foundation, 2021
Outside the Rectangle, interview and feature, by Estelle Pyper, BORO Magazine, 2019
The Artist Who Plays See and Think, interview and feature, by Nancy Ruhling, Astoria Characters, 2018
New Gallery in BK: Jorge Andrew Gallery, review of Alex Markwith solo exhibition, International Art Magazine, 2017
Visceral Integrity, review of group exhibition at et al Projects, Bushwick Daily, 2014
Raw Material, review of Alex Markwith solo exhibition at ILLE Arts by Janet Goleas, Blinnk, 2013
Alex Markwith - Update and Outtakes, studio visit and interview, Jonathan Chapline, #FFFFFFwalls, 2012
Constructions at Galerie Hélène Bailly, Slash Paris, 2012
Constructions d’ Alex Markwith et Littlewhitehead, Le Bon Bon, Paris Rive Gauche, Sept 2012
0'0" opening coverage, Riot of Perfume, 2012
Studio Visit & interview with Jonathan Chapline for #FFFFFFwalls, 2012
Each form is a world by Hannah Daly on ArtSlant, review of solo exhibition “New Black” at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, 2011
RESIDENCIES
ARTIVAL: Re-Connect 2023, in collaboration with IMMART, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2023
Tape Art Workshop, Nordisk kulturkontakt in collaboration with TAPE OVER Berlin, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
PUBLIC APPEARANCES / OTHER
GAP Art Summit 2024, “Censorship in A Digital Era”, panel discussion moderator, Luckan Helsingfors, 2024 (video link)
Midsummer Concert, Live painting and music performance with WE Guitar Duo, Helsinki, 2022
Virtual Studio Visits, organized by Arezoo Moshini, New York Public Library, 2022
Visiting Artist, I See Music artist talk, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat, Oman, 2021
Virtual Studio Visits, organized by Arezoo Moshini, New York Public Library, 2021
Virtual Artist Talk, Presenting Artist, Hal Bromm Gallery, 2020
Virtual Artist Talk, Presenting Artist, Emerge Gallery, 2020
Speaking Artist, Lichtundfire, 2016
Presenter / Speaking Artist, E32, The Clemente, New York, NY, 2015
Speaking Artist, Open Work, New York, NY, 2015
Teaching Artist, ProjectArt, New York, NY 2015
Kennedy Center Honors attendee, White House, Washington, DC, 2013
Artwork used on stage, Edward Albee’s The Lady from Dubuque, New York, NY 2013
Teaching Assistant, Project Open Door, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2010 - 2011
WRITTEN
Aysha Hamouda at SPRING/BREAK , review of “Each Body: A Vertiginous House”, Artcritical, 2019
Color Theory: Siri Berg opens at the Shirley Fiterman Fine Art Center, edited by David Cohen for Artcritical, 2016
