Alice Lang

Alice Lang (born 18 March 1983) is an Australian contemporary artist. She works and lives in Los Angeles, CA. Lang has mounted many solo exhibitions of her work, and participated extensively in group exhibitions. She has held residencies in Canada, New York, and Los Angeles.

Lang's work is often feminist in nature, utilising mixed media. Lang often creates sculptural forms involving the female body that are surreal and organic in appearance."Ring of life"
''Sydney Morning Herald''

Early life and education

Lang grew up in Byron Bay, New South Wales."Splendid new artists"
''Northern River Echo''. st Jul 2009 In 2004 she gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, specializing in visual arts. Lang graduated with an MFA from CalArts in 2015.

Career

Lang's work was included in the Institute of Modern Art’s 2004 Brisbane exhibition of recent art school graduates.

In 2007 her art was included in the "Topsy" exhibition at the Metro Arts Gallery. Her "soft sculptures" were part of the 2008 show Together Forever at the Broadway Gallery in New York.

In 2010, Lang co-founded LEVEL, an artist-run initiative and feminist collective in Brisbane Australia with artists Courtney Coombs, and Rachel Haynes.

In 2013, Lang was a finalist for the churchie national emerging art prize. Her work ''Boxcopy Slide Night'' was on exhibit at the Metro Arts Gallery.

In 2016 Lang's work was included in an exhibition at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She also contributed works to the ''Fragmented Gaze'' exhibit at the Los Angeles Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery.

Grants and awards

Lang has been the recipient of many grants and awards including the Queensland Art Gallery Melville Haysom Scholarship (2009), the Australia Council Emerging Artist New Work Grant (2012), the Lord Mayor's Young and Emerging Artist Fellowship (2012) and the Freedman Foundation Traveling Scholarship for Emerging Artists (2013).

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

* 2021 ''Cool story bro'', Louise Alexander Gallery/AF Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 2016 ''BLOWBACK'', Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, AUS
* 2015 ''AIRHEADS'', CalArts, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 2013 ''Womp Womp Womp Womp'', CalArts, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 2013 ''OM NOM NOM NOM'', Boxcopy, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
* 2013 ''Forget I Said Anything'', RAID Projects studio space, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 2012 ''Teetering at the Edge of Rock Bottom'', InFlight ARI, Hobart, TAS, AUS
* 2011 ''Multiple Visions,'' Grantpirrie window space, Redfern, Sydney, NSW, AUS
* 2010 ''Just in Case,'' Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
* 2010 ''Crossing Over'', Firstdraft, Surrey Hills, Sydney, NSW, AUS

Selected group exhibitions

* 2017 ''Let's Talk About Art'', Artbank, Sydney, NSW, AUS
* 2017 ''Close Enough'', Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, QLD, AUS
* 2016 ''Domestic Observations'', JACE Space, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 2016 ''The Wicked Tongue'', Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 2016 ''Unfolding/Folding'', KINGS, Melbourne, AUS
* 2016 ''Spring 1883'', Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, AUS
* 2016 ''2017'', Art Centre, Pasadena, CA, USA
* 2016 ''Is This Thing On?,'' Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, Melbourne, AUS

References

External links

CV of Alice Lang"Alice Lang You Beauty"
''The Churchie Awards'', page 46.

A Material Concern: The Art of Alice Lang"
profile by Tim Walsh. ''Das Super Pape'' 20 (August 2011).
LEVEL art collective

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1984 births
Living people
Australian contemporary artists
Australian feminists
Artists from New South Wales
Queensland University of Technology alumni