Lives in New York, NY
Born 1962, New York, NY
Video and Performance Artist
The point of resistance generated by inserting acting into a space usually reserved for performance is the impetus behind my current work. Drama, emotionality, psychological problems, accidents and bad-hair days occupy a field in between the theatrical and the cinematic-drawn from minimalism, structuralist film, postmodern dance, video and performance art. A particular article of clothing, a rude interruption during an intimate moment or the assertion of a name addressed directly to the viewer can deliver crucial clues to time, place and feeling- or push you up against a mirrored wall.
1988 M.F.A., SUNY Purchase
1983 B.S., Cornell University
2010 Shoot, premiered at Esopus Space, New York, NY; also performed at ICI's 35th Anniversary Party, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2010 Talent, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
2009 Goldrush, The Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO
2008 After the Fall, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2006 The King, the Mice and the Cheese, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Bakalar Gallery, Cambridge MA
2004 Arena, premiered at Salon 94, New York, NY
2010 Signals, Bat Yam Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 Do / Redo / Undo, Wiels Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
2008 The Quebec City Contemporary Art Biennial: Manif Internationale d'Art de Quebec 4, Quebec City, Canada
2007 e v+ a 2007, A Sense of Place, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
| Year Awarded | 2011 |
| Category | Theater/Performance Art |
Alix Pearlstein, photo by David B. Smith
Alix Pearlstein, photo by Peter Field Peck 