b. Chicago, IL, based in Brooklyn, NY.
SELECT EDUCATION
2024-2025
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Elaine G. Weitzen Studio Fellow, NY, NY
2024
MFA, New Genres, Hunter College, NY, NY
2009
BA, Art History, Reed College, Portland, OR
SELECT SOLO PRESENTATIONS
2026
(forthcoming), solo exhibition, Olympia, NY, NY
2025
Embodiment Session V/VI, performance, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
2025
NOT YET TITLED: SUB, performance, Olympia, NY, NY
2023
Performance Rehearsal: Understudies, thesis exhibition, Hunter College MFA, NY, NY
2022
Embodiment Session: II, performance, Duplex NYC, NY, NY
Embodiment Session: III, performance, Leslie-Lohman Museum, NY, NY
2022
Embodiment Session: IV, performance, Duplex NYC, NY, NY
2021
2021
Embodiment Session: I, performance, Leslie-Lohman Museum, NY, NY
GROUP FAIL PONY PLAY, solo exhibition, Leslie-Lohman Museum, NY, NY
2018
Body Confidence, solo exhibition, Rachel Comey, NY, NY
2016
2014
Drink Water, solo exhibition, 21st St. Projects for Critical Practices, Inc., NY, NY
SELECT GROUP PRESENTATIONS
FEED: Diverse Tactics in Video, Electronic Arts Intermix, NY, NY
2025
CAKE, Olympia, NY, NY
2025
2025
PROTOTYPE, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program Exhibition, NY, NY
2025
Spotlight, Project Art Distribution, Barely Fair, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
2025
München Monopoly, Project Art Distribution, Metalabel Feature, Virtual
Pornstar Politician, Peroxide Parasite, Guru Entrepreneur (video contributions), in Aisle 9 by Alison C. Nguyen, Art Basel Hong Kong
2025
2025
Eros: Gates of Heaven, performance, Blade Study, NY, NY
2025
In Practice: Not Yet Titled, performance, Galerie Timonier, NY, NY
2024
Dahlia Bloomstone + Alex Schmidt, exhibition, Beverly’s, NY, NY
2024
An Alternate Ending to a Tale of Two Cities, performance, Galerie Timonier, NY, NY
2024
P.A.D. x Parent Company, group exhibition, Parent Company, NY, NY
2024
Shadow Walls, inaugural group exhibition, Upstate Art Weekend, Purling, NY
2024
OVERLOAD, performance and group exhibition, New Uncanny, NY, NY
2024
Understudies, performance, PAGEANT, Brooklyn, NY
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES (cont.)
2023 Performance Rehearsal: Understudies, performance, Leubsdorf Gallery, NY, NY
2023 32 Dumble Dees, performance and Master of Ceremonies for A Lot Fair, Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Struggle Hunting: Sleep Study, performance, Flowers Fest, Essex Flowers, NY, NY
2023 Art of Access, benefit exhibition for Brigid Alliance, New Collectors Gallery and Visionary Arts, NY, NY
2023 Summer Break, group exhibition, 13 Monroe St., NY, NY
2023 Unexpect, group exhibition, Hunter MFA, NY, NY
2023 Dykette, audio narration for Jenny Fran Davis, MacMillan Audio, NY, NY
2023 LGBTV, performance with Lily Marotta, Come to Life World, NY, NY
2023 Withheld, group exhibition, Hunter MFA, NY, NY
2023 Swap Meat, group exhibition with Project Art Distribution, NADA, NY, NY
2022 In with the Old: Nearly Six Years of Project Art Distribution, group exhibition, Yeh Art Gallery, Queens, NY
2022 In with the Old: Five Years of Project Art Distribution, group exhibition, The Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2022 DahliAlex Bloomschmidt: He Only Understands the World in Black and White, Hunter MFA, NY, NY
2022 Liber Liber, group exhibition with Project Art Distribution, NADA Art Fair, NY, NY
2022 Second Semester Show, group exhibition, Hunter MFA Gallery, NY, NY
2022 Speech Psychology, performance with Craig Jun Li, Hunter MFA Gallery, NY, NY
2022 A cup of dirty water stands still: tits puddle out from a bra that no longer fits I’ve been pregnant for 1 year and counting with, two person exhibition with Zachary Delamater, Hunter MFA Gallery 210, NY, NY
2021 The Flog Prince, group exhibition with YAI, SPRING/BREAK, NY, NY
2021 München Monopoly, group exhibition, Christine Mayer Gallery, Munich, Germany
2021 Body Dissolve, group exhibition, Duplex NYC, NY, NY
2021 LIONEXXX, group exhibition, Kingsland Editions, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Pride, online group exhibition, The Real Real, NY, NY
2020 Pademic, group exhibition with Project Art Distribution, Permanent Maintenance, NY, NY
2020 VAVA VOOM 2020: NOT OVER, virtual exhibition, Visual AIDS, NY, NY
2020 In with the Old: Nearly Six Years of Project Art Distribution, group exhibition with Project Art Distribution, Walter Elwood Contemporary, Amsterdam, NY
2019 Ail Palaces Aretemporary Halaces, performance, Shanzhai Lyric, Abrons Art Center, NY, NY
2019 Best Foot Forward, group exhibition with Project Art Distribution, NY, NY
2019 Magic Hour, screening, Duplex NYC, NY, NY
2018 International Space Station 2, group exhibition, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
2018 Head Show, group exhibition, Fredericks & Mae, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Talk Hole Presents: ANUS 2018, performance, Sunday Sessions, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
2018 Home School Field Day, performance, Diamond Stingily Show, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
2018 Mad Girls Club, screening of performance, American Medium, NY, NY
2017 Queer Art of Improv for People Pie Pool, performance PERFORMA 17, Abrons Art Center, NY, NY
2018 Talk Hole: Warm Up, performance, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
2018 Queer Drive: Flash3, performance, Knockdown Center, NY, NY
2018 The Fool (excerpt), performance, dir. by Colin Self and Raul de Nieves, BOFFO 2017 Benefit, NY, NY
2018 The Fool, performance, dir. by Colin Self and Raul de Nieves, The Kitchen, NY, NY
2016 Sad Girls Club (IV), performance dir. by Maire O’Neill + Mia Ardito, American Medium, NY, NY
2016 Video Work, screening, curated by Georgia Wall, Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Children of the Playhouse, group exhibition, Shoot the Lobster, Chicago, IL
SELECT AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
2025
Storm King: Shandaken, residency, New Windsor, NY
Wages for (Art) Work, residency, NY, NY
2025
2024
White Columns Artist Registry, NY, NY
2024
Mayer Foundation, grant, NY, NY
2023
MFA Thesis Support Grant, CUNY, NY, NY
2020-2023
Ruth Stanton Scholar, merit scholarship, Hunter MFA, NY, NY
Social Practice CUNY Actionist with support from Mellon Foundation, fellowship, NY, NY
2021
2016
HOY HOY, residency, Mt. Tremper, NY
2016
MANA BSMT, residency, Jersey City, NJ
2008 + 2009
Awards for Academic Excellence, Reed College, Portland, OR
2008
Mellon Opportunity Grant, Reed College, Chicago, IL
SELECT ENGAGEMENTS
2024
Adjunct Faculty, Drawing, Art + Art History Department, CUNY Hunter College, NY, NY
Adjunct Faculty, Experimental Drawing and Queer Strategies, SUNY Purchase Painting & Drawing Department, Purchase, NY
2024
2024
Artist Lecture, Interdisciplinary Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
2023
Artist Lecture, Transmedia Department, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2023-Ongoing
Visiting Artist, The Chapin School, NY, NY
2022
Artist Lecture, Drawing + Painting, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2022
Artist Lecture, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2020-Ongoing
Visiting Artist, Henry Street Settlement, NY, NY
2022
Teaching Artist, YAI, NY, NY
2019
Resident Artist, Clay Play with Elders, SU-CASA, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist, Art of Improv, Wide Rainbow, NY, NY
2019
Resident Artist, Art of Improv with Elders, SU-CASA, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
2019
2018
Teaching Artist, Art of Improv, Wide Rainbow, NY, NY
Teaching Artist, Queer Art of Improv, Century 21, NY, NY
2018
2018
Teaching Artist, Queer Art of Improv, Sunview Luncheonette, NY, NY
Teaching Artist, Queer Art of Improv, School of Making Thinking, Abrons Art Center, NY, NY
2017
2017
Teaching Artist, Art of Improv, Marymount School, NY, NY
2014
Teaching Artist, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, Queens, NY
SELECT PRESS + PUBLICATIONS
“Olympia’s ‘CAKE’ Indulges in the Sweeter Side of Life,” Erin Ikecuchi, Hype Beast, July 20 2025.
“Confessions of a Fag Hag: Robert Rodi, My Au Pair, and Me,” Alex Schmidt, The Whitney Review Issue 005, May 2025.
“New Uncanny, New York, May 2024-??” The Public Review, Year in Review: 2024. December 31 2024.
“Alex Schmidt,” NUTS MAGAZINE, Book II, 2024.
“This Life is a Constant Rehearsal,” Alex Schmidt, CUNY Hunter College, January 5 2024.
“The NYC Exhibition Where Work Costs Up to $75,” Louis Bury, Hyperallergic, November 16 2022.
“Belonging to P.A.D (Project Art Distribution)” Sophia Ma, Art Spiel, March 12 2021.
“Zoom with a View: how lockdown art classes are booming online,” Nadja Sayej, The Guardian, May 14 2020.
“Embracing the Chaotic Side of Zoom,” Naomi Fry, New Yorker, April 27 2020.
“Life Drawing is So Much More Than a Hobby,” Kaye Blegvlad, Vogue, May 6 2020.
“This Generation of Comedy is Queer,” Jael Goldfine, Paper Magazine, June 20 2020.
“Biography,” Girls Like Us Issue #12, 2019.
“Dyke Soccer is helping people embrace their inner lesbi-jock,” Megan Munro, Dazed Digital, July 6 2019.
“Dyke Soccer,” Caroline Fortuna, Office Magazine, July 22 2019.
“I went on 40 dates in one night and here’s what happened,” Hannah Schneider, Elite Daily, June 13 2019.
“Top Five: Strategist,” New York Magazine, May 14 2018
“Interview: Alexandra Schmidt” in “Talk Hole: Why So Serious?” Patrik Sandberg, DAZED Magazine, May 2018.
“Raúl de Nieves & Colin Self Harmonize,” Art 21, February 7 2018.
“Premiering Sad Girls Club TV: Season 4 Episode 1,” Audrey Phillips, agnb, July 26 2016.
“What Getting Braces at 28 Taught Me About Life,” Alex Schmidt, Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 5 2016.