Alexis Manheim

Born 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Currently resides near San Francisco, CA. Her work consists of Contemporary Abstracts using soft pastels and ink on paper.

Alexis graduated from Stanford University in 1997 with a BA in Studio Art as well as a BA in International Relations. After graduation she went on to co-found and manage Madcapp Studios, a San Francisco based artist studio collective and event space where her studio was based until 2004. She is heavily influenced by jazz and blues music as well as "circles, alchemy, carnivorous plants, and raw pigments." She also makes many of her own pastels for her paintings in her studio. Alexis' work can be found in numerous private collections from San Francisco to Stockholm.

Stanford University, Stanford, California, BA Studio Art, BA International Relations, 1997

Recent exhibitions:
2006- Solo exhibition, "Lines and Shadows," Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2006- Solo exhibition, Metamorphosis Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2005- Annual Small Works Show and Benefit Sale, The Creative Center, New York, New York
2005- 699, Metamorphosis Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2005- Studio 333, Sausalito, California
2005- ROCK+PAPER+SCISSORS, City Hall Council Chambers, Sausalito, California
2005- Solo Exhibition, Of Fears and Recollections, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2005- Crushed Crushes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
200- 2005 Open, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Los Angeles, California
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