About this person

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Alex Schmidt (née @bodyconfidence) is a cummunity-focused artist currently performing NOTAFLOFigure Modeling Embodiment Sessions on Zoom.

Schmidt has performed at MoMA PS1, the Kitchen, PERFORMA, and American Medium. Schmidt has exhibited sculptures as part of solo exhibitions at Leslie Lohman Museum (2018) and Rachel Comey (2016). Schmidt is the Co-Founder of @dykesoccer and Founder of @fallintothegay. They have taught improv comedy and clay play to senior citizens as a SU-CASA Artist-in-Residence (2018 + 2019).

Schmidt’s work has been featured in the New Yorker, Vogue, The Guardian, Paper Magazine, Girls Like Us, Office Magazine, Dazed Digital, Elite Daily, Queer York City (S1 Ep. 5 + 6 and S2 Ep. 2) Dazed & Confused Magazine, Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Art Council, Broadly, and Art 21.


I was voted “Second Best Laugh” in high-school.


Photo by HART+LËSHKINA
 

we become what we do


 
Photo by Eli Durst

Photo by Eli Durst

ALEX SCHMIDT b. 1987 Chicago, IL Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY Website: bodyconfidence.org Email: alexschmidt87@gmail.com Phone: (503) 442 - 9406 EDUCATION 2017 See Hear Here taught by Mariana Valencia, Movement Research at Abrons Art Center, New York, NY 2016 - Ongoing Upright Citi...