Alexis Gideon

Alexis Gideon
Alexis Gideon performing at Manhattan's New Museum January 17, 2013

Alexis Gideon (born December 24, 1980) is a visual artist, director, composer and performer best known for his animated video operas. In 2013, Manhattan’s New Museum of Contemporary Art paired Gideon with William Kentridge in a joint program.[1] Gideon has performed his video operas over 400 times[2] at various venues including Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (2016),[3] Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2015),[4] Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco) (2015),[5] Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden (2014),[6] Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2014),[7] Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2013),[8] Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson (2013),[9] Oklahoma City Museum of Art (2013),[10] Portland Art Museum (2013),[11] Wexner Center for the Arts (2012),[12] Times Zone Festival (Bari, Italy) (2010),[13] Sudpol (Luzerne, Switzerland) (2010),[14] Centre d'Art Bastille (Grenoble, France) (2010),[15] Baltimore Museum of Art (2009). Gideon is notable for his fusion of music, visuals, literature, and mythology.[16] Gideon's work is in the collection of the Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, the Spencer Museum of Art[17] in Lawrence, Kansas as well as in the Debra & Dennis Scholl Collection in Miami, Florida. Gideon has been cited as a vital and visionary artist, both in the US[18] and internationally.[19][20][21][22]

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  9. ^ "MOCA Tucson Events". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  10. ^ "Oklahoma Gazette". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  11. ^ "NW Film Center Newsroom". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  12. ^ "Wexner Center for the Arts 2012 Event".[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Times Zone Festival Archive". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  14. ^ "Sudpol Events". 20 November 2010.
  15. ^ "Les Lutins Patates de L'Espace".
  16. ^ "Salt Lake City Weekly".
  17. ^ "Spencer Museum of Art Collection". Spencer Museum of Art.
  18. ^ "Portland Mercury".
  19. ^ "Chromatique Magazine (France)".
  20. ^ "E20 Romagna Magazine (Italy)". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  21. ^ "Baltimore City Paper".
  22. ^ "Vice Magazine and Intel's Creators Project".