Alexandra McGovern

Born:  NYC 1961

EDUCATION                

Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute 1988

Bachelor of Arts, Yale University 1983

Groton School, Groton Mass.

Ecole Active Bilingue, Paris, France

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Aug 5 - Sept 5, 2026, HM Contemporary, Scarborough ME: The Ocean

July 1-30 2023, HM Contemporary, Scarborough ME: Here and There

May-June 2019, Xolo Gallery, El Paso TX: Traveled Roads

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

July - Aug 2025; The Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle ME: Trees

June 2025; Whittemore Center for Conservation, Community and Culture, Oldwick, NJ: Missing the Trees for the Forest

April 2023; Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso TX: Study Is what you Do with Other People, 2023 UTEP Faculty Biennial,

Aug 2 - Sept 8, 2020; Edward Hopper House, Museum and Study Center, Nyack NY

Feb - April 2018; El Paso International Airport: Art Windows

August 2017; Public Art Acquisition: El Paso Museum and Cultural Affairs Department

December 2016; Mills Building, El Paso Texas: Art Windows

June 22 - July 25, 2015; First Street Gallery, NYC, NY

May 2013; Hunting Art Prize Finalist Exhibition Houston, Texas

Nov-Dec 2012;  International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas

June 2012; ArtHouse Coop, Brooklyn NY Sketchbook Project: Limited Edition.

October 2010; Poemales III Project, Drawing/Poem, El Paso TX

June-August 2008; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX: Artists on Art

May 2007; Mars Hill Gallery, El Paso TX: Fantasy and Reality, The Art of Play

April 2001; Union Art Gallery, University of Texas El Paso: Art by Women in the New Century

November 1996; Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland ME: Genius Loci, A Sense of Place

June 1996; Prallsville Mill, Stockton NJ: Genius Loci: A Sense of Place

November 1993; The Drawing Center, New York NY: The Return of the "Cadavre Exquis"

November 1992;  Art In General, New York NY: The Salon Show

May 1985; Fiorisce L'Arte, Mostra Internazionale de Pinturra a Roma; Sponsored by the City of Rome, Italy

Fall 1984; Grand Palais, Paris. France: Salon D'Automne

May 1984; Galerie La Mandragore, Paris, France: Jeunes Artistes

RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS                              

Palenville Interarts Colony, Summer 1991

Cummington Center for the Arts, Summer 1990

BIBLIOGRAPHY

June 2012; Sketchbook Project: Limited Edition. ArtHouse Coop, Brooklyn NY

2012; Chrysalis, El Paso Community College Literary and Arts Journal

October 2010; Drawing/Poem featured in “Poemales III” project, El Paso, Texas

2006; UTEP Department of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibition catalogue        

1995; Kahn, Robin editor; Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists. Published by Creative Time in cooperation with SOS Int'l

TEACHING

1998-2022:  Adjunct Faculty, Fine Art Department, University of Texas at El Paso

1995-96:  Instructor, Summer Session, Maine College of Art , Portland ME

1992-96:  Instructor, New School for Social Research NY

1988-1994:  Instructor, Learning Through An Expanded Art Program (LEAP); Artist in Residence, NYC Public Schools