Alex Chaves

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Born 1989 in Summit, NJ

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Alex Chaves (b. 1989 Summit, NJ) currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. His practice encompasses painting, drawing, performance, and poetry. His solo exhibitions include The Chrysler Set, Harkawik (New York, NY), and Oaks of Righteousness, Martos Gallery (New York, NY). Recent group exhibitions include Harkawik (Los Angeles), Felix Art Fair (Los Angeles), Gallery Baton (Seoul), CFHill, (Stockholm), and Venus Over Manhattan (Los Angeles).

Exhibitions

The Chrysler Set

Mar 20 - Apr 25, 2021

HU

Sept 12 - Oct 24, 2020

Selected Works

Alex Chaves
Hayden
2020
Oil on linen
36”h x 30”w (91½ x 76cm)

Alex Chaves
Chyrsler Building with Flowers
2021
Acrylic on muslin
66”h x 50”w (167½ x 127cm)

Alex Chaves
White House
2021
Acrylic on muslin
50”h x 66”w (127 x 167½cm)

Alex Chaves
Sally
2021
Oil on canvas over panel
48”h x 36”w (122 x 91½cm)

Alex Chaves
Still Life with Purple Flowers
2021
Oil on canvas
16”h x 20”w (40½ x 51cm)

Alex Chaves
Snake Vase Still Life
2021
Oil on canvas
20”h x 16”w (51 x 40½cm)

Alex Chaves
Join or Die (Snake Mother)
2021
Oil on linen
30”h x 36”w (76 x 91½cm)

Alex Chaves
Pink Panther (from behind)
2021
Oil on linen
20”h x 16”w (51 x 40½cm)

Education

2012

Bachelor of Arts

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

2011

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2009

Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France

Solo

2021

The Chrysler Set

Harkawik, New York, NY

2020

Oaks of Righteousness

Martos Gallery, New York, NY

Material Art Fair

Mexico City, Mexico

2018

Art Brussels

Brussels, Belgium

2017

Dizzy Buchanan

Martos Gallery, New York

2016

Frieze Art Fair

Martos Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Rose Period

Martos Gallery, New York, NY

2015

The Amerikan Green Cross

Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

My Albatross

Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2013

Coppertone Girl

SPF Projects, Honolulu, HI

Group

2020

Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA

Felix Art Fair

Los Angeles, CA

2019

Last Call @ Michael’s

The Gallery @, Los Angeles, CA

NADA Chicago Invitational

Chicago, IL

Cygnus Loop

Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea

LA Dreams 2

CFHill, Stockholm, Sweden

2018

New “Bad” Painting

V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

POST-PROTOTYPE

Chapter II x, Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea

2017

Bicostal

Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC

2016

Fort Greene

Venus Over Manhattan, Los Angeles, CA

Le domaine enchanté

Galleria Acappella, Naples, Italy

Goulding the Lolly

Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY

2015

Maraschino

1430 Contemporary, Portland, OR

And There Is an End

Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

Lady Macbeth’s Bat Mitzvah

One River School, Englewood, NJ

Looking at myself from the...

American Medium, Brooklyn, NY

2014

Flowers in the Hot Tub

Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, CA

All Good Children Go To Heaven

ThreeFourThreeFour Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Louie Louie

Human Resources. Los Angeles, CA

Everytime

Pure O, Los Angeles, CA

2013

Concord Space, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Sugar Lotto, Lotto Sugar

Wilfred Yang Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Actors Studio

Wilfred Yang Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Nu Body

Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Curated

2015

Joining the Watershed

Del Vaz, Los Angeles, CA

Publications

2018

New “Bad” Painting

V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015

Abigail Adams

Penny-Ante Editions, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA