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Artist Statement
My work revolves around how our relationships with our bodies are complicated by the perpetual need for conservation. The body is an industrious machine turned inside out and in need of maintenance. The line between exterior and interior is blurred and the topology is tubular, making its parameters cyclical, porous and absorbing.

We have generated ways to extend our selves through technological mechanisms and we use these conduits to prolong and preserve the confines of our leaky bodies. There is no longer a line between organic composition and appendage. I am interested in this pollution of surfaces and the disintegration of boundaries. This contradiction of materialities propels my work.
CV
Alisa Baremboym

Born in 1982 Moscow, Russia Lives and works in New York

Education

2010 M.F.A., Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2004 B.F.A., School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2003 Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

Exhibitions

2012
Abundant Delicacy (solo), 47 Canal, NY (April-May)
GRAN PRIX, Curated by Gresham's Ghost, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
A Disagreeable Object, curated by Ruba Katrib, Sculpture Center, L.I.C., NY (Cat.)
The Art of Cooking, curated by Hanne Mugaas, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
TEN TEN, Curated by Jason Lee and Alexander Shulan, Jason Alexander, NYC

2011
Alisa Baremboym + Skuta, curated by Rose Marcus, SHOW ROOM 170 Suffolk St., New York, NY
Foot to Foot, curated by Margaret Lee, Regina Gallery, London, UK
Step and Repeat, Toomer Labzda, NY
Chain Letter Show, Curated by Christian Cummings & Doug Harvey, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
White Columns 2011 Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, NY
How Do You Do, organized by Margaret Lee, Noma Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010
179 Canal/Anyways, curated by Margaret Lee, White Columns, NY
Real Nonfiction, curated by Baseera Khan and Jon Lutz, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, NY
36 Dramatic Situations, LOUIS V.E.S.P., NY
Alisa Baremboym/Thomas Torres Cordova Graham Anderson/Caitlin Keogh, 179 Canal, NY
Guilty Feet, curated by Tova Carlin and Colby Bird, 179 Canal, NY

2009
neverANDagain, curated by Elissa Levy, I.S.C.P., NY
Why and Wherefore, curated by Josh Klein, http://www.whyandwherefore.com/
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bard College, NY
Candygrammar, curated by Michael Wilson, 999 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Nobodies New York, curated by Josh Kline and Margaret Lee at “The Month of May” 179 Canal, NY

2008
I Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Poster Project: Nine Things, curated by Devon Costello,Nine Things, Frankfurt, Germany
Cube, Passerby 2008, curated by Michael Caputo, Gavin Brown Enterprises, Passerby, NY

2007
Poster Project, Participant Inc., NY

2006
Poster Project, curated by Devon Costello and Ilya Lipkin, Kantor/Feuer Window Space, NY
Two Friends and So On, curated by Jonathan Horowitz, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY

2004
Poets of Miniature, curated by Clifford Borress, Office Ops, Brooklyn, NY

Projects

Artist of the Month Club - June 2011 Edition, Invisible Exports, NY
Collaboration with Margaret Lee for NADA, Miami Beach 2010
Con Verse Sensations, Taxter and Spengemann, NY 2009
Circular File Channel, Performa 2009
Poster Project, Printed Matter Bookstore, NY 2007
Recipe Book for Downtown, curated by Adam Kleinman, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY 2006

Bibliography

Chamberlain, Colby, "A Disagreeable Object," Artforum, December 2012, p 278
Rosenberg, Karen, "A Throwaway? Not From This Angle," New York Times, October 5, 2012, page C30
Davis, Ian MacLean, http://www.bmoreart.com/2012/12/gran-prix-reviewed-by-ian-maclean-davis.html
Bilsborough, Michael, "Freshly Fishy," April, 2012 http://ceblog.sva.edu/2012/04/freshly-fishy/
A.M.C.: Interview with Michael Bilsborough, http://artistofthemonthclub.com/?page_id=9
Carlin, T.J., “Graham Anderson/Caitlin Keogh and Alisa Baremboym/Thomas Torres Cordova,” 179 Canal, NY, ArtReview, Issue 42, May 2010
Popova, Julia, http://www.expert.ru/printissues/expert/2008/28/soberi_idealnoe_iskusstvo/
Velasco, David, “Team Player,” Artforum.com, January 5, 2007
Birnbaum, Molly, Art Talk: Urban Flavor, Artnews, December 2006, p. 38
Schmerler, Sarah, Two Friends and So On, Time Out New York, July 20-26, p. 65
Saltz, Jerry, “Our Crowds: A two-headed butterfly flapping its wings,” The Village Voice, July 12-18, p. 54
Leakage Industries: Clear Conduit, 2012
Gelled emollient, bisque fired ceramic, usb cable with gender changers, flash drive, digital file, hardware
40h x 48d x 32w inches
Detail: Leakage Industries: Clear Conduit, 2012
Detail: Leakage Industries: Clear Conduit, 2012
Detail: Leakage Industries: Clear Conduit, 2012
Leakage Industries: Strainer, 2012
Archival pigment inks on cotton and silk, gelled emollient
60 x 44 inches
Leakage Industries: Soft Screw, 2012
Galvanized steel, glazed ceramic, gelled emollient, auger worm, silk gauze, hardware
37h x 12d x 60w inches
Installation Detail: Leakage Industries: Soft Screw, 2012
Galvanized steel, glazed ceramic, gelled emollient, auger worm, silk gauze, hardware
37h x 12d x 60w inches
Detail: Leakage Industries: Soft Screw, 2012
Detail: Leakage Industries: Soft Screw, 2012
Detail: Leakage Industries: Soft Screw, 2012
Bedpan, 2012
Glazed ceramic
14 x 11 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
Untitled, 2012
Ceramic, combination release buckle straps
21 x 16 x 3 inches
Untitled, 2012
Ceramic, USB cable, gender changer
11 x 7 x 5 inches
Beet Pallet, 2012
Archival pigment inks on cotton and silk
12 x 19 inches
Sardines, 2012
Archival pigment inks on cotton
55 x 40 1/2 inches
Sardine Luggage, 2012
Luggage, cans, archival pigment inks on cotton, shrink wrap
41 x 14 1/2 x 12 inches
Bredestal, 2012
Archival pigment inks on silk, mirrored plexiglas, shrink wrap, toilet paper
40 x 14 x 14 inches
Grinder Gears, 2012
Archival pigment inks on cotton and silk
60 3/4 x 40 1/2 inches
Meat Locker, 2012
Archival pigment inks and watercolors on silk, steel (hung in front of elevator)
93 x 88 inches
Grinder GIF, 2012
Digital file
Dimensions variable