GALLERY
Lives and works in Austin, TX
EDUCATION
2007 M.F.A. Studio Art (expected), University of Texas at Austin
2004 B.A. with Honors, Davidson College, NC
2004 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
2002 Centro de Lenguas Modernas, University of Granada, Spain
RESIDENCIES
2007 Takt Residency Program, Berlin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Swan School: The Matriculation, Art Palace, Austin, TX
2006 Who Killed Chuck Tracy? The Bungalow Project, San Antonio, TX
2005 On Virgin Land, Art Palace, Austin, TX
2004 Selective Sinning, Jacob Lawrence Studio, Skowhegan, ME
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Palace Does Dallas, Road Agent Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 20 To Watch, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX (curated by Diane Barber, Bill FitzGibbons,
Eva Buttacavoli, Dennis Kois); exhibition travels to Diverseworks, The Grace Museum,
and Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
2007 Aqua Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
2007 Y Que?, Landmark Arts at Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX (curated by Harmony Hammond)
2007 Luck of the Draw, Diverseworks, Houston, TX
2007 Me Odio y Quiero Comprar, Object Not Found, Mexico City, Mexico
2007 Sirens’ Song, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas (curated by Kelly Baum);
exhibition travels to El Paso Museum of Art and Galveston Art Center
2007 Artists and Cowboys Should Be Friends, Ft. Worth, TX, University of North Texas Artspace
2007 Affair at the Jupiter, Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
2006
2006 Factory Ball Auction, hosted by Glasstire, Houston TX
2006 The Christening (with Cruz Ortiz, curated by Risa Puleo), The Donkey Show, Austin, TX
2006 Grid, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
2005 New Texas Painting, Diverseworks, Houston, TX
2005 Casket Factory 05’, Southside on Lamar, Art Palace booth, Dallas, TX
2005 No Place Like Home, Gallery 3, Austin, TX
2005 Affair at the Jupiter, Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
2005 Fever, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
2005 5 x 7, Arthouse, Austin, TX; travels to Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2005 ID, part of Refraction Arts Project, The Blue Theater, Austin, TX
2005 Texas Biennial, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2005 Expo 2005, juried by Beth Taylor, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004 Beauty Box Drawing Project, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
2003 Davidson College Annual Juried Art Show, Van Every Gallery, Davidson College, NC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lee, Sasha, “Miami Art Fair Report: The Aqua Hotel,” Beautiful/Decay, December 2007
Dee Mitchell, Charles, “Art By Southwest,” Art in America, December 2007
Baum, Kelly, ed., The Sirens' Song (DVD catalogue), Austin: Arthouse at the Jones Center, 2007
Baum, Kelly, “The Sirens' Song” (exhibition brochure), Austin: Arthouse at the Jones Center, 2007
Amanda Douberley, “The Sirens' Song”, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, February, 2007
Puleo, Risa, “Selections from the Headless Traveling Trench coat,” Artlies (Winter, 2007)
Matalon, Mary Katherine, “The Siren’s Song,” might be good… February 9th 2007
Horyn, Cathy, “Lone-Star Style,” The New York Times, August 27th, 2006
Wolff, Elaine, “The CAM Cup is Still Half-Full,” San Antonio Current, July 16th, 2006
Faires, Robert, “Cream of the Crop,” Austin Chronicle, May 22, 2006
Moore, Nikki, “Christening: Ali Fitzgerald and Cruz Ortiz,” Austin Chronicle, May 22, 2006
Mueller, Kurt Dominick, “Ali Fitzgerald and Cruz Ortiz: Christening,” Artlies, issue 50
Weaver, Cherie, “Interior Carnivals of Exterior Shame: The Voyeur’s Lament,”
Cantanker, May 20, 2006
Koper, Rachel, “Grid,” Austin Chronicle, Feb. 10th 2006
Koper, Rachel, “Top 10 Art Installations of 2005,” Austin Chronicle, Jan. 6th 2006
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Wild West Show Meets Pop Culture,”
Austin American Statesman, Dec.8th, 2005
Klaasmeyer, Kelly , “Grab Bag,” Houston Press, December 15, 2005
French, Christopher, “Painting Roundup,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, January, 2005
“Go E.A.S.T. Young Man: On Virgin Land at Art Palace and The 2005 East Austin Studio Tour,”
...might be good 58, Dec. 2, 2005
Koper, Rachel, “E.A.S.T. Now With More!” Austin Chronicle, Nov.18th, 2005
Rybolt, Jen, “Art Palace at the Affair,” Portland Art News, 2005
Compton, J.R., “Texas Biennial,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, 2005
“No Place Like Home: 2 Views on Gallery 3’s First Show,” ...might be good 53, Sept. 9th, 2005
“They’ll Give You Fever at CRL,” ...might be good 49, July 22, 2005
Cohen, Rebecca S., “Texas Biennial 2005,” Artlies issue 46
Beach, Alaina, “Selective Sinning,” Direct Art Magazine V.11, Apr. 13, 2005
AWARDS AND HONORS
2007 Nominated for Joan Mitchell Award for Painting and Sculpture
2007 Nominated for Dedalus Foundation award
2006 Best Female Artist of the Year Nominee, Austin Critics Table
2005 Michael Frary Endowed Scholarship in Painting, University of Texas at Austin
2005 Robert Levers Endowed Graduate Scholarship in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
2005 Drawing Center Viewing Program and slide registry, New York, NY
2004 Second Prize, Annual International Direct Art Magazine competition
2004 Awarded fellowship to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2004 John Guerrin Centennial Endowed Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin
2003 Best of Show, Davidson College Annual Juried Art Show, Davidson, NC
2003 Bayles Travel Grant, Davidson College, NC
Curatorial Projects:
Summer Fling, Art Palace, Austin, TX
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