Alex Kanevsky

BIOGRAPHY

Alex Kanevsky Biography

Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.


Education

1989-93
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1980-83
Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania


Solo Exhibitions

2013
The Fox and the Hedgehog, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012
Barbara Frigerio Gallery, Milan, Italy
Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
Some Drawings, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2011
Heroes and Animals, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Heroes and Animals, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009
Proserpine, J Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Waves and X-Rays, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Visitations, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
Parlor Games, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Paintings, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada

2005
Instances of Stillness, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paintings, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2004
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Photographs, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Summerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE

2003
Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Meditated Pleasures, J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY

2002
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY

2000
Overwhelmed Portraiture, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE1998 Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA199
Motion Paintings, Merrimack College, Andover, MASomerville Manning Gallery, Greenville,
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1996
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1995
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


Select Group Exhibitions

2013
Body Politic, National Arts Club, New York, NY

2012
Accumulations, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2011
Being Body / Exhibited Bodies, Barbara Frigerio Gallery, Milan, Italy

2010
Remnants, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY
Visual Voices, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University

2009
The Morbid Anatomy Cabinet, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Five Artists of Accomplishment from PAFA, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
Four Photographers, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Into Your Head, Hopkinson House Gallery of Contemporary Art, Haddon Township, NJ
Painterly Painting: The Next Level, The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Waves and X-Rays, Edwards Art Gallery, Holderness School, Plymouth, NH
Images from North Mayo, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland
Edwards Art Gallery, Holderness School, Plymoth, N.H.

2007
Finding a Form, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
True Love Always Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
10 Year Anniversary, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
The First Three Years, Brady Art Gallery, G. Washington University, Washington D.C.
Bader Fund, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Very Early Pictures, Arcadia University Art Gallery
US Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Figura, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada

2004
Pittura e fotografia dal punto di vista dell’occhio modern, Castell Welsperg, Italy
Works on Paper, Arcadia University Art Gallery
Paintings and Photographs (with Jon Redmond), J. Cacciola Gallery, New York

2003
Mostra de Opere in Formato Piccolo, Casa Wassermann, Villabassa, Italy

2001
Form and Figure, J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY

1999
The Edge of the Vision, The Edge of the Sight, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

1998
Pertaining to Philadelphia, Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA


Residency/Fellowship/Awards

2012
Artist in Residency, Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA

2008
Paintings for the film Synecdoche, directed by Charlie Kaufman
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, painting fellowship

2007
Eagle Hill Foundation, Steuben, ME, painting residency

2006
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, painting fellowship

2004
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, painting fellowship

2003
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland, residency fellowship
Frantz and Virginia Bader Fund, grant

2002
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, painting fellowship

2002-03
New American Paintings, 1999 and 2003 Open Studios Competitions (Volumes 27, cover and 45)

1997
Pew Fellowship in the Arts, painting fellowship

1994
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, residency fellowship

1993
Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for painting
Mary Townsend and William Clarke Mason Memorial Prize in Sculpture

1992
William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Award
Pearson Memorial Prize for Paintin