Mexican-French, b. 1991 in New York, NY

Currently lives and works in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

2020-2022 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2010-2014 Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

2012-2013 Exchange Program, Wadham College, University of Oxford, UK

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2023-2024 BOLT Residency, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

2023 Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy

2023 Fund for Past Fellows, Dedalus Foundation, New York, NY

2022 Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2022 Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship, New York, NY

2021 Fundación Jumex de Arte Contemporáneo Grant Recipient, Mexico

2014 Spencer Barnett Memorial Prize for Excellence, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 For the mother of the many changing names, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

2024 Excavation, Seerveld Gallery, Trinity College, Palos Heights, IL

2022 Ex Votos, University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2021 Minutiae: Works on Paper, FLXST601 Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2019 Botanica, Silas von Morisse, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY

2018 Botanica Magnifica, Silas von Morisse, ChaShaMa, New York, NY

2017 Rebelde con Causa, XLV FIC, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico

2015 A Dance with Life and Death, Silas von Morisse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015 Mala Sangre, Bestiario, Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Xalapa, Mexico

2014 Mala Sangre, Instituto Cultural de León, Guanajuato, Mexico

2014 Mala Sangre, Museo Iconografico del Quijote, Guanajuato, Mexico

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Chicago Artists Coalition, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL

2023 Works in Progress, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

2023 The Body is Work, Stasias Gallery, Chicago, IL

2023 I Sing The Body Electric, Jane’s Room, New York, NY

2023 You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know which Way the Wind Blows, The Empty Circle, Brooklyn, NY

2023 Perros falderos de guerra, QiPO Fair, Proyectos Raúl Zamudio, Mexico City, Mexico

2022 This is Not a Curated Exhibition III, Galleria Ramo, Como, Italy

2022 Threads, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2022 Exit Counseling, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2022 SAIC Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

2022 This (Supposedly) Must be the Place, Visa Projects, New York, NY

2021 Preventative Maintenance, Patient Info, Chicago, IL

2021 Against Impossibility, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2020 Darkest Before Dawn: Art in Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen KuBe, Beacon, NY

2020 EXODUS III: Mexico in New York, WhiteBox Harlem, New York, NY

2019 Vertigo, Works on paper, Baahng & Co. Gallery, New York, NY

2018 Un nuevo viejo mundo, Centro Cultural Gabriel García Marquez, Bogotá, Colombia

2017 7102 Fantasma semiótico (s)cituacionista, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico

2016 Two Person Booth, Silas von Morisse Gallery, Zona MACO, Mexico City, Mexico

2014 Inaugural Exhibition, Silas von Morisse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013 What is an Art Book?, Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY

2010 DRAW, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2024 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy

2023 Davis Street Drawing Room, Evanston, IL

2021 Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL

2016 MAI Marina Abramović Institute, New York, NY

2016 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

2014 François Pinault Foundation, Paris, France

SELECTED LECTURES & ARTIST TALKS

2024 Conversation with Alberto Ortega Trejo and Cecilia González Godino, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

2024 Artist Lecture: Alexis de Chaunac on Excavation series, Seerveld Gallery, Trinity College, Palos Heights, IL

2023 Contextualizing the Mexican Milagros, Tanda Fall, Chuquimarca Projects, Chicago, IL

2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, Kuta Arts Foundation, Abeokuta, Nigeria

2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Troy University, Department of Art and Design, Troy, AL

2022 Artist Talk and Tour: Alexis de Chaunac with artist Adrian Wong, University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2021 Graduate Noontime Lecture Series, Alexis de Chaunac, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

2020 Cerebral Women: A Conversation with Alexis de Chaunac and Phyllis Hollis, New York, NY

2020 EXODUS III: Alexis de Chaunac in exchange with Raul Zamudio, WhiteBox Harlem, New York, NY

2017 Los Despachos del Poder, Alexis de Chaunac con Alberto Tavira, Mexico City, Mexico

2017 Charla con Gustavo Monroy y Alexis de Chaunac, Universidad De La Salle Bajío, Léon, Guanajuato, Mexico

2015 Artist Talk: Alexis de Chaunac in conversation with Raul Zamudio, Silas von Morisse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015 NY1, La búsqueda trascendendental del pintor Alexis de Chaunac, with José Manuel Simián, New York, NY

SELECTED PRESS AND REVIEWS

CGN (CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS), For the mother of the many changing names, November, 2024

QUIÉN, La subasta de Arte Vivo: donde la creatividad y solidaridad se unen, October 3, 2023

CGN (CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS), Chicago Artists Coalition welcomes BOLT 2023-2024 Residents, February 15, 2023

LABERINTO, Suplemento cultural de MILENIO, Imaginar el futuro, August, 2022

THE ARTISTS’ FEATURE, Alexis de Chaunac, by Jordan Porter-Woodruff, July, 2022

FLXSTNOW, An Excavation of History and Memory: An Interview with the Artist Alexis de Chaunac, April 7, 2021

NEW CITY ART, Art Top 5: March 2021, by Kerry Cardoza, February 24, 2021

ARTNET, Here’s Everything ‘The Undoing’ Director Told Us About Art’s Prominent Role, December 4, 2020

GRUPO ARCA, Mexican Art and Its Mark, by Regina Rocha, September, 2019

20 MINUTOS, Artistas comparten su noción de entropía en el Museo Carrillo Gil, January 31, 2018

QUADRATIN MEXICO, Aparece arte de no futuro con 7102 Fantasma semiótico (s)cituacionista, January 31, 2018

VANITY FAIR Mexico, Recuerdos del Abuelo, by Norberto Bogard, October, 2017

WHITEWALL Magazine, A Dance with Life & Death, by Kathy Donoghue, October 19, 2015

WHITEHOT Magazine, A Dance with Life & Death, by Jeffrey Grunthaner, October, 2015

HARPER’S BAZAAR Mexico, Alexis de Chaunac inaugura exposición, April 15, 2015

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC en Español, Arte en Veracruz, May 18, 2015, illus.

ARTSY Editorial, How Trilingual Painter Alexis de Chaunac Wrestles With His Multiple Histories, by Molly Osberg, September 16, 2015

ARTSY Editorial, Mixed Media in Brooklyn: ART 3 opens its Inaugural Exhibition in Bushwick, May 23, 2014

NEW YORK TIMES T Magazine, Primer, An Art Weekend in Bushwick, by Valeriya Safronova, May 29, 2014