Alexandra Bischoff Explained

Alexandra Bischoff
Birth Date:1991
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Education:BFA, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2015
Field:Artist, Writer
Website:http://www.alexandrabischoff.com/

Alexandra Bischoff (born 1991 in Edmonton, Alberta)[1] is a Canadian artist who works primarily in performance, with an emphasis on sexuality and feminism. She lives and works in Montréal, Quebec.

Life and education

Bischoff received a Fine Art Diploma in 2012 from McEwan University, Alberta, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she was named valedictorian of her 2015 undergraduate class.[2] She is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at Concordia University in the department of Intermedia (Video, Performance, and Electronic Arts).[3]

Work

Bischoff's artistic practice, primarily in performance, video, and text, responds to the complexities of female sexuality and is influenced by her research engaging with archives.[4] Bischoff's archival research led to the Rereading Room, an exhibition of the Vancouver Women's Bookstore's inaugural 1973 catalogue. The Rereading Room initially was at exhibited at 221A in 2016-17[5] and, in 2018, was included in the Beginning with the Seventies: GLUT at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery.[6]

Also in 2018, Bischoff participated in the group exhibition SOOT, emerging from her publication of the same name. SOOT is a recount of Bischoff's experiences having been employed at a retail sex shop in Vancouver.

In 2017, Decoy Magazine published Happenstance, a series of temporary artworks by eleven artists including Bischoff, who worked in public spaces in the city of Vancouver. For this project, Bischoff explored the senses as her main theme for her work thrum. She performed her piece by walking across and interacting with the Granville Bridge in a time-based performance.[7]

Bischoff has been critical of Wikipedia's gender imbalance and has worked with the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery to address it through their annual Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.[8]

Major works

Awards and residencies

Exhibitions

Publications

References

  1. Web site: Unit 17. Unit 17. en. 2018-03-10.
  2. Web site: Emily Carr University 2015 Convocation Webcast. April 2015.
  3. Web site: Statement & CV. Alexandra Bischoff. en. 2019-03-10. 2017-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20170301063038/http://www.alexandrabischoff.com/statement--cv.html. dead.
  4. Web site: 10 Artists Who Work With Text. Ling. Steffanie. March 19, 2018. Canadian Art.
  5. Web site: Rereading Room. November 2016. 221A.
  6. Web site: Beginning with the Seventies: GLUT. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
  7. Web site: Happenstance: A Series of Temporary Artworks. Brennan. Whitney.
  8. News: Women get far less recognition on Wikipedia than men, and a group of artists is tired of it. 10 March 2017. CBC News. 2018-03-10. en.
  9. Web site: Beginning with the Seventies: GLUT exhibition. Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. en. 2018-03-10.
  10. News: Put it in words: How writing and reading by women influenced art in the '70s. Griffin. Kevin. 2018-01-13. Vancouver Sun. 2018-03-10. en-US.
  11. Web site: Decoy Magazine. Decoy Magazine. en. 2018-03-10.
  12. Web site: The James Black Gallery. The James Black Gallery. en. 2018-03-10.
  13. Web site: IKG LIVE. Illingworth Kerr Gallery. en-CA. 2018-03-10.
  14. Web site: What to see as The Works Art & Design fest goes into its final days. Griwoswky. Fish. June 27, 2015. The Edmonton Journal.
  15. Web site: Over Under Over Under. VANDOCUMENT. en-US. 2018-03-10.
  16. Web site: IKG LIVE 2. Illingworth Kerr Gallery. en-CA. 2018-03-10.
  17. Web site: Artist in Residence: Alexandra Bischoff . 2015-07-13 . burrardarts.org . Burrard Arts Foundation . 2018-03-18.
  18. News: Rereading Room: The Vancouver Women's Bookstore. 221A. 2018-03-10. en-CA.
  19. Book: Abdai, Fitzgerald, Kris, Louise. LAUGH Magazine 3. LAUGH Magazine. 2017.
  20. Web site: Theory Boner Zine. justseeds.org. en-US. 2018-03-10.

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