b. Hamburg, Germany
EDUCATION
MFA, Tyler School of Art (Temple University), Philadelphia, PA, USA
Art and Culture Seminar, Temple University, Rome, Italy
BFA, Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2018
Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, Montaje al Aire, Saint Louis, MO
2015
FRESH WINDOW, Targets, Brooklyn, NY
2005-17
Eastern State Penitentiary, I always wanted to go to Paris, France, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Inside-out Museum, Paper Boats, Beijing, China
2013
{ TEMP } Art Space, Welcome to the Real, Eavesdropping, performance, New York, NY
2011
Laundromat Gallery, Eavesdropping, Brooklyn, NY
7th Annual Art in Odd Places Festival, Just a German Shoeshine Girl, Ritual, NY
2010
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), County Affair Callicoon, Lebkuchenherzen, Callicoon, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Fallow Frames, PS122 Gallery, NYC, NY
Chicago Expo!, with SEIZAN Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023
Fallow Frames, Stephen Street Gallery, Queens, NY
Alexa Hoyer and Moeko Maeda, SEIZAN Gallery, NYC, NY
2022
Anonymous Architectures, Mana Contemporary, Newark, NJ
Meeting Point, curated by: Ya'ara Raz Haklai, PHOTO IS: RAEL, Kfar Yona, Israel
Upcoming: Trio, Kenektid, Seoul, Korea
“So do you remember?!!”, Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2021
PHOTO IS:RAEL, Meeting Point, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Kenektid X Gallery, Trio - The Fire Winds, NYC
Kenektid X Gallery, Trio, NYC
The Architectural League of NY, Shifting Ground, NYC
2020
Empirical Nonsense, END, NYC, NY
FRESH WINDOW, Artists in Quarantine, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Alice Austen Museum, Triennial shortlist screening
Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi Night of Photography, Tbilisi, Georgia
Upcoming: Nevada Humanities, Dry Wit, organized by the Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
The Invisible Dog Art Center, Friend of a Friend, Brooklyn, NY
Arles Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Night of the Year, Arles, France
Bronx River Art Center (BRAC), Tableau, Bronx, NY
FRESH WINDOW, Command N, Brooklyn, NY
Arcade Contemporary Art Projects, Contemporary Women Artist’s: In celebration of Women’s History Month, Selections from The Santo Foundation Collection, St Louis, MO
GOP (Greenpoint Open Studios), Alexa Hoyer, Brooklyn, NY
Casa Lü Parque Hundido, Primera Lectura, CDMX, Mexico
Empirical Nonsense, (No) Fun, NYC, NY
2018
Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the American Justice System, Houston, TX
Gran Sasso Science Institute, “Off Site Art / ArtBridge for L’Aquila”, L’Aquila, Italy
MAA-tila Gallery, Free Translation, Helsinki, Finland
ArtBridge 2018 Spring Art Auction
Reservoir, Callicoon Apple Barn, Callicon, NY
UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Plural, Las Vegas, NV
Gallery 524, Postcards from the Edge, NYC, NY
2017
UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Tested Ground, Las Vegas, NV
FRESH WINDOW, Touched Nature, Brooklyn, NY
Otisbk, The Streets are Talking, Brooklyn, NY
Smack Mellon, Kentucky Derby and Art Auction, Brooklyn, NY
Metro Pictures, Postcards from the Edge, NYC, NY
SITE: Brooklyn, The Figure, Brooklyn, NY
2016
ArtBridge, Change!, L'Aquila, Italy
David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Making the Future, Brooklyn, NY
Redling Fine Art, Turing’s Apple, Los Angeles, CA
Ken Allen Studios, Spring Photo Contest, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, 40@100, Saint Louis, MO
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, PPAC’s 6th Annual Contemporary Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
485 Lorimer Street, I Walk Deserts Full Of Matter, Brooklyn, NY
CENTER 548, Select Art Fair with FRESH WINDOW, New York, NY
Storefront Ten Eyck, Making History, Brooklyn, NY
ARCO Madrid, with FRESH WINDOW, Madrid, Spain
Crane Arts, Victory for Tyler 2015, Philadelphia, PA
Blacklist, Portrait Show, New York, NY
2014
Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Recapturing the Scenic Wilds, New York, NY
Boiler Room, NURTUREart Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
Inside-out Museum, Unfinished Lanscapes and Targets, Beijing, China
Brooklyn Museum, A Shoeshine for a Song, Bartertown, Brooklyn, NY
{ TEMP } Art Space, FEARFULAWESOME, New York, NY
Luring Augustine, Postcards from the Edge, New York, NY
2013
Airplane Gallery, Transitions, Bushwick Basel, Brooklyn, NY
Medical Office, Relax, this won’t hurt a bit, Brooklyn, NY
Cheim & Read, Postcards from the Edge, New York, NY
2012
Charles Bank Gallery, Nurture Art Benefit, New York, NY
Dumbo Arts Festival, Prehistoric Photo Booth, Bartertown, Brooklyn, NY
Medical Office, Crimes of the Future, Brooklyn, NY
Madison Jackson, BOFFO Show House 2012, New York, NY
2011
Chelsea Art Museum, Nurture Art Benefit, New York, NY
Zollamt, Moraltarantula, Hamburg, Germany
The End, These are afew of my favorite..., Brooklyn, NY
2010
Fortress To Solitude, Download/Destroy, Brooklyn, NY
Mad Art Gallery, Jack Ruby’s America, St. Louis, MO
2B Gallery, Foreign Bodies, Budapest, Hungary
Dumbo Arts Festival, Eavesdropping, The Work Office, Brooklyn, NY
Broken Home-Open Museum, Moraltarantula 4, Hamburg, Germany
Képesház, Withdrawn, Budapest, Hungary
Local Project, Drop in the Bucket, Long Island City, Queens, NY
Fortress to Solitude, Bushwick Schlacht, Brooklyn, NY
HKJB, Portable Caves, Long Island City, Queens, NY
SELECTED PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2024
Hyperallergic, “Documenting Ridgewood’s Abandoned Tree Beds”, by Greta Rainbow
Urban Omnibus, “In Absentia”, interview with Kevin Ritter
2022
Whitehot Magazine, “Anonymous Architectures at MANA Contemporary,” August, by Gary Ryan.
New Jersey Times, “Land of the Free” sizzles at MANA Contemporary, by Tris McCall
Artnet news, In Pictures: The best of Spring Break Los Angeles
2021
The Korean New York Daily, 진행 중인 작업”… 3명의 그룹 사진전 ‘Trio’ 첫선, ALEXA HOYER, BETSY KENYON, 박혜원 작품 선보여
2020
Mediatheque of Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Video ‘Tagets’
35s & 45s, IG conversation Alexa Hoyer with Mikayla Whitmore
Documentary about the project “Off Site Art / ArtBridge per L’Aquila” - “Change!”
2019
Musée Magazine, Woman Crush Wednesday: Alexa Hoyer, online
The Rencontres d’Arles - Arles 2019 Les Nuits catalogue, Alexa Hoyer, Targets, Arles, France, print
News 3 Las Vegas, KSNV-TV NBC, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery presents ‘Dry Wit’ exhibition, Las Vegas, NV, online
UNLV News Center, Barrick Museum of Art Partners with Nevada Humanities for “Dry Wit”, online
Vice.com, Alexa Hoyer: Patas de Gallo, Brooklyn, NY, online
FemmesPHOTOgraphes, Alexa Hoyer: Targets, Paris, France, print
Society Magazine, Les Griffes de la Nuit, Paris, France, print
Bronxnet, Open: Bronx River Art Center Tableau Exhibition, Bronx, NY, live TV and online
German Missions in the United States, German Artists at the Bronx River Art Center, NYC, NY, online
2018
Alive Magazine, New Photo Exhibit Explores Creativity, Scarcity and Shopping, by A. Hunt
Vice.com, Alexa Hoyer: The Homemade Gun Targets of the American West
Interview with WDR Cosmo, Cologne, Germany
Walls Turned Sideways, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
St. Louis Magazine, Alexa Hoyer: Montaje al Aire
Las Vegas Weekly, The Barrick’s ‘Plural’ Teams local and International Artists for an engaging show, Dawn-Michelle Baude
Webster University News, Hunt Gallery Presents Alumna Alexa Hoyer ‘Montaje al Aire’
2017
Vice.com, Alexa Hoyer: Cuba's Sparse and Poetic Storefront Windows, Brooklyn, NY
Harper's Magazine, The Weekly Package, New York City, NY, by Kim Wall
Wall Street International, Polluo Ergo Sum, by Sarah Corona
Domus, Magazzino, Rozzano, Italy
UNLV News Center, Trash Talk, Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Weekly, Recycled Culture, Las Vegas, NV
Barrick Museum of Art Blog, Alexa Hoyer’s Targets, by Ed Fuentes
2016
Domus, Change, Milano, Italy
Los Angeles Times, The Alan Turing effect: Show explores the evolution of Art in the Digital Age
Design Trust For Public Space, Instagram Campaign, New York City, NY
2015
Droste Effect, Room Service, a new not-for-profit art space in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, CA
The L Magazine, Alexa Hoyer: Targets, Brooklyn, NY, by Paul D’Agostino
Bushwick Daily, Special Performances for “Targets : Alexa Hoyer”, Brooklyn, NY, by Katie Killary
2014
Arttribune, Un progretto del collectivo SANE da TEMP Art space, a New York, by Helga Marsala, Italy
Wall Street Iternational, FEARFULAWESOME, Sarah Corona, New York, NY
ARTE FUSE, Picture this: Awesome and Nothing to Fear, Oscar Laluyan, New York, NY
2013
Nurture Art, Exhibition Catalogue 2012 / 2013
aiop - art in odd places, Catalogue, Alexa Hoyer, Edited by Juliana Driever
taz.der tagesspiegel, Das Mantra vom Qualitaetsjournalismus, by K. Finke, Berlin, Germany
Der Spiegel, Currywurst vom Wirtschaftspruefer, by Katharina Finke, Germany
Der Freitag, Finger weg von meinen Daten!, by Katharina Finke, Berlin, Germany
Greenpointers, “This Won’t Hurt A Bit” Art Exhibit in Old Greenpoint Medical Office Was Anything But Sterile, by Jennifer Galatioto, Brooklyn, New York
2012
Hyperallergic, At Greenpoint Open Studios, Wacky, Weird and Beautiful Art, by Emily Colucci, Brooklyn, NY,
The Huffington Post, 2012 BOFFO Show House At The Madison Jackson, by Katherine Brooks, New York, NY
Emergency INDEX 2011, Just A German Shoeshine Girl, Ugly Duckling Presse, New York, NY
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AND AWARDS
2024 Flushing Town Hall - Queens Community Arts Grant
2023 NYFA Grants - 2023 Queens Arts Fund: New Work Grant, Queens, NY
2022 Woodward Artist Residency, Queens, NY
2021 AIR LMCC Governors Island Residency Initiative, NYC, NY
2020 ArtBridge COVID-19 Artist Relief Grant, NYC, NY
2019 Shortlist - Alice Austen Museum Triennial, Staten Island, NY
2019 AIR Casa Lü, CDMX, Mexico
2019 Shortlist- IWPA, Toulouse, France
2019 Arles Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Night of the Year, Arles, France
2018 Shortlist- IWPA, Toulouse, France
2017 Shortlist - Athens Photo Festival, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Athens, Greece
2016 Finalist - Photo Urbanism Fellowship - Design Trust For Public Space
2014 AIR, Inside Out Museum, Beijing, China
2013 AIR, CAC Woodside AIR, Troy, New York, USA
2005 AIR, Hungarian Multicultural Society, Budapest, Hungary
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
The Santo Foundation Collection, St Louis, MO
Sage and Coombe Architects, New York, NY