Alex Schaefer
Alex Schaefer
Los Angeles, California
About Alex Schaefer
Alex Schaefer was born in Los Angeles, California and still resides there to this day. He lives and works in his downtown L.A. studio and is an active fixture in L.A.’s contemporary art scene. He can be found quite often with his easel on the sidewalks of the bustling downtown city streets painting en plein-air street scenes often depicting many of the historical buildings located in and around the downtown area. With his outgoing personality he is one with the city where he lives and paints.
Keeping abreast of current events in the news, he is not shy about including controversial and artistic satire into his paintings and often expresses his views onto the canvas. During the great American recession starting in 2008, Alex gained international notoriety for his politically charged symbolic plein-air paintings depicting banks on fire.
Alex studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and is now a teacher there. His main influences are the early French Impressionists and San Francisco Bay area figurative and abstract artists of the 1950’s. His oeuvre is wide ranging from traditional plein-air landscapes, cityscapes and street scenes to figurative nudes, portraits and abstract paintings.
Keeping abreast of current events in the news, he is not shy about including controversial and artistic satire into his paintings and often expresses his views onto the canvas. During the great American recession starting in 2008, Alex gained international notoriety for his politically charged symbolic plein-air paintings depicting banks on fire.
Alex studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and is now a teacher there. His main influences are the early French Impressionists and San Francisco Bay area figurative and abstract artists of the 1950’s. His oeuvre is wide ranging from traditional plein-air landscapes, cityscapes and street scenes to figurative nudes, portraits and abstract paintings.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Art, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena 1992
Exhibitions
Coagula Curatorial, the Magnificent 7, Chinatown, CA June 2018
SPACE gallery hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, MARX@200, Pittsburg PA April 2018
Museum of Art History, Lancaster CA The Built Environment, 2018
The Hive Gallery, Tawdry, Los Angeles, CA 2017
Naming Gallery, Disruptive, Oakland CA 2017
BLAM projects FUTopia, Los Angeles CA 2017
Cactus Gallery, Sticks and Stones, Los Angeles CA 2016
Art Basil LA Projects, Van Nuys CA 2016
MuzeuMMM, EMS production Nude Survey 5, Los Angeles, CA 2016
Gabba Gallery, Wish List, Los Angeles CA 2015
Cypress College of Art Gallery, Contemporary Portrait, Cypress CA 2015
Art Share LA, Ode to the Bridge, Los Angeles CA 2015
Venice Canals EMS production Nude Survey 2, Venice CA 2015
Blackstone Gallery, Streetscapes LA, Los Angeles, CA 2014
Bleicher-Golightly gallery Masters of Illusion, Bergamot Station, CA 2014
Chinatown CHAOS REIGNS performance, Los Angeles CA 2014
Charlotte Street Foundation "We'll Make Out Better Than Okay", Kansas City, MO 2013
District Gallery, "Landscapes", Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Red Pipe Gallery, City and Self, Chinatown Los Angeles, 2013
Cal State Univ Northridge Art Gallery, "Burning Wall Street", Northridge, CA 2012
Charlie James Gallery, "Irrational Exhuberance", Chinatown, Los Angeles, 2012
Beacon Arts Building, “The Ends of Capitalism,” Inglewood, 2012
Beacon Arts Building, “Tel-Art-Phone,” curated by Mat Gleason, Inglewood 2011
The Hive Gallery, 2005-2011
Pasadena Museum of California Art, “California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” Pasadena every year from 2003 to 2011
Ultrastar Gallery, “Erotic Art School I, II and III:” Class of '69, 2010
Circus Gallery, “Strange Ranger,” 2008
First Street Studios, “Nostalgia,” 2008
Found Gallery, “Micro-gestalt, Installation” with Airon Bleicher, 2007
Found Gallery, “Joint Custody Project,” 2007
Bonham’s & Butterfields, “get: ART,” 2007
Found Gallery, micro/Gestalt, 2007
Tirage Gallery, “An Edgier Look,” 2006
Jaxon House Gallery, “21st Century LA,” 2006
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Demise of Democracy,” 2005
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, “LA Juried Exhibition,” Los Angeles, 2005
Hangar 1018, “The Max Show,” (bi-monthly shows), Los Angeles, 2005
Keller & Greene Fine Art, “Twisted Nerve,” Los Angeles, 2005
Gallery 825, “Southern California Open,” 2005
Robert Berman Gallery, “25 Years Group Exhibition,” Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, 2004
Santa Monica Museum of Art, “fresh stART,” Santa Monica, CA, 2003
Robert Berman Gallery, “Hourly Rates,” Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 2003
Robert Berman Gallery, “A Thousand Clowns,” Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, 2002
Gallery 825, “Expose(d),” Los Angeles, 2002
ArtHouse, “Erotica,” Los Angeles, 2002
Los Angeles Art Association, “Location, Location, Location,” Los Angeles, 2002
Gallery 825, “Naughty Bits and Pieces,” Los Angeles, 2002
Gallery 825, “What's the Story?” Los Angeles, 2002
Los Angeles Art Association Southern California Open, Los Angeles, 2001
Ross Ferrell Gallery, “Painting,” Pasadena, 2000
ArtShare “Los Angeles,” Los Angeles, 1999
SPACE gallery hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, MARX@200, Pittsburg PA April 2018
Museum of Art History, Lancaster CA The Built Environment, 2018
The Hive Gallery, Tawdry, Los Angeles, CA 2017
Naming Gallery, Disruptive, Oakland CA 2017
BLAM projects FUTopia, Los Angeles CA 2017
Cactus Gallery, Sticks and Stones, Los Angeles CA 2016
Art Basil LA Projects, Van Nuys CA 2016
MuzeuMMM, EMS production Nude Survey 5, Los Angeles, CA 2016
Gabba Gallery, Wish List, Los Angeles CA 2015
Cypress College of Art Gallery, Contemporary Portrait, Cypress CA 2015
Art Share LA, Ode to the Bridge, Los Angeles CA 2015
Venice Canals EMS production Nude Survey 2, Venice CA 2015
Blackstone Gallery, Streetscapes LA, Los Angeles, CA 2014
Bleicher-Golightly gallery Masters of Illusion, Bergamot Station, CA 2014
Chinatown CHAOS REIGNS performance, Los Angeles CA 2014
Charlotte Street Foundation "We'll Make Out Better Than Okay", Kansas City, MO 2013
District Gallery, "Landscapes", Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Red Pipe Gallery, City and Self, Chinatown Los Angeles, 2013
Cal State Univ Northridge Art Gallery, "Burning Wall Street", Northridge, CA 2012
Charlie James Gallery, "Irrational Exhuberance", Chinatown, Los Angeles, 2012
Beacon Arts Building, “The Ends of Capitalism,” Inglewood, 2012
Beacon Arts Building, “Tel-Art-Phone,” curated by Mat Gleason, Inglewood 2011
The Hive Gallery, 2005-2011
Pasadena Museum of California Art, “California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” Pasadena every year from 2003 to 2011
Ultrastar Gallery, “Erotic Art School I, II and III:” Class of '69, 2010
Circus Gallery, “Strange Ranger,” 2008
First Street Studios, “Nostalgia,” 2008
Found Gallery, “Micro-gestalt, Installation” with Airon Bleicher, 2007
Found Gallery, “Joint Custody Project,” 2007
Bonham’s & Butterfields, “get: ART,” 2007
Found Gallery, micro/Gestalt, 2007
Tirage Gallery, “An Edgier Look,” 2006
Jaxon House Gallery, “21st Century LA,” 2006
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Demise of Democracy,” 2005
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, “LA Juried Exhibition,” Los Angeles, 2005
Hangar 1018, “The Max Show,” (bi-monthly shows), Los Angeles, 2005
Keller & Greene Fine Art, “Twisted Nerve,” Los Angeles, 2005
Gallery 825, “Southern California Open,” 2005
Robert Berman Gallery, “25 Years Group Exhibition,” Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, 2004
Santa Monica Museum of Art, “fresh stART,” Santa Monica, CA, 2003
Robert Berman Gallery, “Hourly Rates,” Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 2003
Robert Berman Gallery, “A Thousand Clowns,” Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, 2002
Gallery 825, “Expose(d),” Los Angeles, 2002
ArtHouse, “Erotica,” Los Angeles, 2002
Los Angeles Art Association, “Location, Location, Location,” Los Angeles, 2002
Gallery 825, “Naughty Bits and Pieces,” Los Angeles, 2002
Gallery 825, “What's the Story?” Los Angeles, 2002
Los Angeles Art Association Southern California Open, Los Angeles, 2001
Ross Ferrell Gallery, “Painting,” Pasadena, 2000
ArtShare “Los Angeles,” Los Angeles, 1999
