Contact Info
Maddie Alexander (They/He)
E: maddie.b.alexander@gmail.com
Education
NSCAD University, MFA, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2018-2020
OCAD University, BFA, Toronto, Ontario, 2012-2016
NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2010-2012
Select Exhibitions
SOLO
2020 Constant Craving, The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2019 21 Days to make or break a habit, The Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, NS
2017 Dancing on my own, The New Gallery Resource Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2017 Vorpun: blar et litur Iongunarinnar, RYMD, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 Blue is the colour of longing for the distance you never arrive in,
Y+ Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario
DUO
2023 Standards of Care, Collaboration with Adrien Crossman, Art in the Open, Charlottetown, PEI
2019 Femme4Femme, Collaboration with Morgan Sears-Williams, LEFT Contemporary, Windsor, Ontario
2019 Femme4Femme, Collaboration with Morgan Sears-Williams, Pinbar, Femmewave Festival, Calgary, AB
2017 Femme4Femme, Collaboration with Morgan Sears-Williams, The Arquives, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP
2024 Queer Joy, Humber Art Gallery, Toronto
2023 New Vistas, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto
2023 Mudhouse Exhibition, Agios Ioannis, Crete, Greece
2023 Bad 2 The Bone, The Plumb, Toronto
2023 In the Rhubarb, Between Pheasants Contemporary, Ontario
2023 MakeShift , AHVA Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2021 SIN VERGUENZAS, Costa Rica
2020 behind the curtain, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Shapeshifters, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Flagging Velvet, The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2018 This is why we can’t have nice things, the Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2017 Earth Angel; Heart On, The Drake, Toronto
2017 Gender and the Lens, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2016 After/Thought, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2016 Career Launcher, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
2016 Traces, Gladstonne Ryerson Artscape, Toronto
2016 Nuit Rose, Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives, Toronto
2016 Too Queer: A Bi Visibility Cabaret (live performance), Buddies in Bad Time Theatre, Toronto
2016 OCADU Pride Exhibition, OCADU, Toronto
2016 New Century, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Scotiabank Contact Festival, Toronto
2016 Tough As Nails: Transgressive Queer Glamour, Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, Toronto
2016 INTAC: Desire, Nykyaika Gallery, Tampere, Finland
2016 Art + Design Social Justice Exchange, OCADU, Toronto
2016 INTAC: Desire, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2015 The Elastic Effect, OCADU, Toronto
2015 Feminist FoMo NoMo, OCADU, Toronto
2015 INTAC: Desire, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2015 HERE, Autumn Gallery, Toronto
2009 Contact Festival, Hotshot Gallery, Toronto
Curatorial Work
2018 Nightly Ritual, Co-Curated with Emily Davidson, Venus Envy, August 2021, Halifax NS
2018 a map for this place: 43º59 n, 79º51 w, L Space Gallery, Toronto
2018 Lavender Menace, The White House Studio Project
2018 real::in your relflection, co-curated with Safia Siad, Humber Galleries
2015 HERE, Autumn Gallery
Employment
2020-Present, IOTA Studios, Research Assistant and Art Manager – Public Art
2020-2022, BEING Studio, Project Coordinator
2020 Anchor Archive Zine Library, Library Coordinator
2020 NSCAD University, Sessional Instructor, CULT 4200 Respond/Resist the Archive
2019 NSCAD University, Sessional Instructor, ARTS 3166-1 Investigating Identity Based Art
2019 NSCAD University, CULT 3200 Queer Theory, Research/Teaching Assistant
2019-2020 NSCAD University Library, Archives Project Assistant
2019 NSCAD University, Intro to Visual Culture, Teaching Asistant
2019 NSCAD University, Intro to Photography, Teaching Assistant
2018 Humber Galleries, Programming Assistant
2019-2020 NSCAD University Library, Archives Project Assistant
2019 NSCAD University, Intro to Visual Culture, Teaching Assistant
2016-2018 OCAD University, Admissions and Recruitment
2016-2017 The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Gallery Attendant
2015-2016 Xpace Cultural Centre, Programming Assistant
2014-2016 OCADU Photography Centre
Residencies + Community Engagement
2023 Similkameen Artist Residency, Keremeos, BC
2023 Mudhouse Residency, Crete, Greece
2023 Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island
2020 Visual Arts Nova Scotia New Grad Program, Halifax NS
2019 Centre for Art Tapes, Co-curator in Residence with Emily Davidson, Halifax NS
2018- 2022 Eyelevel Gallery, Board Member + Chair of Programming
2018- 2020 The NSCAD Queer Collective, Member
2017 Y+ Contemporary, Artist in residence, Toronto
2017 Roundtable Residency, The Dragon Academy, Toronto
2016 YYZlab Artist residency, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto
2016 Art Camp, Ryerson Artspace, Toronto
2015 Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, Studio Artist in Residence, Toronto
2014 Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island
Awards
2023 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2019 The Reznick Family Fund for Student Creativity
2018 Joan Catherine DeWolfe Graduate Fellowship
2016 Project 31 Photography Award
Artist Talks, Publications + Press
2024 Behind and Beyond the Curtain; A conversation between Morgan Sears-Williams + Maddie Alexander, Femme Art Review, Ontario
2020 Constant Craving, Artist talk, The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
2019 Body Politic: The Power of Sweat, Essay, Art/iculation Magazine
2019 New Art Issue, Interview, The Coast, Halifax
2018 it is what it is, Exhibition Essay, Xpace cultural Centre, Toronto
2017 The Queer art of failing, then making it look like you did it on purpose, Visiting Artist and Lecture Series, University of Calgary
2017 Roundtable Residency Feature, Interview,
2017 Crush On Humans, Presentation on Queer Futures, Summerworks Festival, Toronto
2015 Art and Sexuality: Visuals of Feminism and Sexual/Gender Justice, Feminist Art Conference, OCADU, Artist Talk and Panel Discussion
2016 Art + Design Social Justice Exchange, OCADU, Artist Talk and Panel Discussion
2015 Chicago, The Malavita Collective, Zine, ISBN: 978-0- 9947486-5-2
2016 Being Digital, Exhibition Essay, Xpace Cultural Centre
2016 Open Crit, Evening of Critique held at Xpace Cultural Centre, Facilitator,
2016 Art, Glamour and Beyonce, Review of Tough As Nails in Daily Xtra
2016 Tough as Nails: Transgressive Queer Glamour. Curatorial Essay by Genevieve Flavelle,
2016 Review: Too Queer: A Bi Visibility Cabaret, Review by Mooney on Theatre.