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|| Education
2009B.F.A. High Distinction Jewelry/Metal Arts - California College of the Arts, CA
2007Minor in Mathematics - Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO
|| Awards and Scholarships
2017 The FID Prize, Finalist
2010 Windgate Fellowship Recipient
Open Secrets, Best in Show
2009 Martin Streich Emeritus Scholarship
Oakland Metal Arts Guild, MAG Grant, Honorable Mention
2008 Susan B. Wood Scholarship
2007 Faculty Honors Scholarship
|| Residencies
2017 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2014 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Artist in Residence, Deer Isle, ME
2011 Sowing Seeds Residency, Andore, India
2010 Gallina Canyon Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
|| Exhibitions
2017 Elemental Exigency, Small Green Door, Los Angeles, CA
To Be Honest, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
Alexis Myre: Ghazal, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2016 Alexis Myre: Power of Limits, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
K & P Gallery, New York, NY
In Residence, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2015 Java Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Festina Lente, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL
Reverse, 28 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY
Out of the Blue, APT 141, New York, NY
Resident Show, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Mini Show, Morgan Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Taking Shape, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Faberge Big Egg Hunt, New York, NY
Taking Shape, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC
2013 Taking Shape, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Convergence, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Reflections, Oakland, CA
“Wall Pieces” Drunken Boat, Online
Yes/No, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2012 American Craft Council Exposition, Baltimore, MD
Cabinet of Curiosities II with Kiff Slemmons , Chicago, IL
The Heat is On: Society of North American Goldsmiths, AZ
Door Nine: Alexis Myre, Trickhouse, Phoenix, AZ
2011 Alexis Myre: a solving problem, North Gallery, Oakland, CA
Cabinet of Curiosities, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
American Craft Council Exposition, Baltimore, MD
Sowing Seeds, Kaas Bagh Art Space, Jodhpur, Indiia
2010 Six by Six, Charming Wall Gallery, New York, NY
Six by Six, Charming Wall Gallery, New York, NY
Wide Open, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, N
Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Arizona State University School of Art, AZ
Going to Extremes: Society of North American Goldsmiths, Houston, TX
Baccalaureate Exhibition, CCA Bruce Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Open Secrets, CCA Oliver Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009 A Solving Problem, CCA South Gallery, Oakland, CA
Radical Jewelry Makeover, Velvet DaVinci, San Francisco, CA
2008 Non-Ferrous, CCA Center Gallery, Oakland, CA
Broken, CCA Tecoah and Thomas Bruce Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Five Piece Suite, Lirielle Gallery, Piedmont, CA2010 Sowing Seeds Artist Village
|| Lectures/Talks
2017 Art Base, Artist Talks, Basalt, CO
2014 Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Artist Talk
2013 SOFA Chicago
|| Book Design/Fabrication
2016 Empty Set: Universe of Discourse, Artist Book with Anne Waldman
2013 Cover design: Catching On by Reed Bye
2012 Cry Stall Gaze, Artist book with Pat SteirIn collections of: Museum of Modern Art; Rhode Island School of Design Museum; National Gallery of Art; Columbia University.
2011 Cover design: The Milk of Universal Kindness with Anne Waldman/Ambrose Bye
2010 Drawings for Entanglement Film by Ed Bowes (2010 Guggenheim Fellowship
Project)
|| Publications
2016 Dalachinsky, Steve. Outtakes. The Brooklyn Rail. June 2016.
Alexis Myre with Anne Waldman, The Brooklyn Rail. April 2016
Matterer, Amy. “Power of Limits” The Brooklyn Rail, August 2016
2014 “Taking Shape” Western North Carolina Magazine, January 20, 2014. wncmagazine.com
2013 Strauss, Cindy. “Taking Shape: Celebrating the Windgate Felowship.” sofaexpo.com
“Wall Pieces” Drunken Boat, March, 2013. drunkenboat.com
2012 Waldman, Anne. “Alexis Myre: Orchid Petal and Twig of the Upper Hemisphere“ The Brooklyn Rail. September 2012.
Hope, Jennifer. “Poetry That’s Not Poetry.” Poetry Crush. www.poetrycrush.com
Saterstorm, Noah. “Door Nine: Alexis Myre.” Trickhouse. Vol. 13: www.trickhouse.com.
2011 Bhupat Dudi & Curator: Vagaram Choudhary, “Sowing Seeds (Beej Bonna) 2009–
Artists' Village Residencies”, Third Text. Vol.25 issues 5, (611-35).
2010 Intercollegiate Schools Out, Art Jewelry Forum. http://www.artjewelryforum.org
www.snagmetalsmith.org/Publications/.../SNAG_news_kudos/
www.craftcreativitydesign.org/research/windgate2010.php
www.cca.edu/news/jewelry-metal-arts
|| Related Work History
2010 - Present: Pat Steir Studio/Office Assistant
2008 - 2009 Young Artist Studio Program: Assistant Program Director