Alex Da Corte (b. 1980, Camden, NJ) is a Venezuelan-American artist. He received a BFA in printmaking from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and a MFA in sculpture from the Yale University School of Art, New Haven. Institutional exhibition highlights include the monographic 20-year survey Mr. Remember at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (2022–23); the Whitney Biennial Quiet as It’s Kept (2022); the Roof Garden Commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2021); the Biennale di Venezia May You Live in Interesting Times, Venice (2019); the 57th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2019); and solo exhibitions at the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2018); Secession, Vienna (2016); Art + Practice, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2016); MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts (2016); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2015); and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2014, together with Jayson Musson). Da Corte lives and works in Philadelphia.
Selected Solo Shows
2023
“Fresh Hell,” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
“The Street,” Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2022
“Mr. Remember,” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
“ROY G BIV,” Luma Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland
2021
“American Speech,” Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
“As Long As The Sun Lasts,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Roof Garden Commission, New York, NY
2020
“Helter Shelter or The Red Show! or...,” Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
“Rubber Pencil Devil,” Prada Rong Zhai, Shanghai, China
2018
“THE SUPƎRMAN,” Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany
2017
“Slow Graffiti,” Secession, Vienna, Austria
“Free Roses,” Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2016
“50 Wigs,” Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
“A Season In He'll,” Art + Practice, Los Angeles, CA
2015
“Le Miroir Vivant,” Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
“Die Hexe,” Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY
2014
“Easternsports,” with Jayson Musson, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
“Delirium I,” David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
“Body Without Organs,” with Sean Fitzgerald, Fjord, Philadelphia, PA
“I O O O I S L A N D,” Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, NY
“Fun Sponge,” ICA at MECA, Portland, ME
“BACON BREAST,” ARTSPEAK, Vancouver, Canada
“CAR WHORE,” Wake, Detroit, MI
“Dead Zone,” Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
2012
“Candy Rain,” Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, NY
2011
“The Island Beautiful / Mortal Mirror,” Bodega / Extra Extra , Philadelphia, PA
2009
“Activity #91,” Golden Age, Chicago, IL
2005
“The Death of All Things Beautiful,” Window on Broad, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Shows
2023
“Full Burn: Video from the Hammer Contemporary Collection,” Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Topologies of the Real: Techne Shenzhen 2023,” Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, Shenzhen, China
“Incarnations: The Body in the macLYON Collection,” Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
“Entre / Between,” Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art / The Momentary, Bentonville, AR
2022
“Dark Light: Realism in the Age of Post-Truths,” Aïshti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon
“Wild Strawberries,” 125 Newbury, New York, NY
“In the Line of Flight, For Possible Worlds,” Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China
“The Dreamers: An Echoing film screenings: Blue Moon, 2017,” Basement Roma, Rome, Italy
“Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“REPEATER,” Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2021
“Super Fusion: 2021 Chengdu Biennale,” Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art and Tianfu Gallery, Chengdu, China
“Home Life,” Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
“A Question of Taste,” Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
“New Grit: Art & Philly Now,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2020
“Come and See: An Exercise in Description in the Absence of the Originals,” Luxembourg & Dayan, London, UK
“Topologies of the Real,” Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde,” University of Arts, Philadelphia
“Citizenship: A Practice of Society,” Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
“For a Dreamer of Houses,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2019
“The Ancient History of the Distant Future,” Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
“Garland,” Treignac Projet, Treignac, France
“May You Live In Interesting Times,” La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
“My Head Is a Haunted House,” Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
“The Mushroom Show,” SARDINE, New York, NY
“The Other Apartment,” The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, and Sazmanab, Tehran, Iran
“When the Whirlwind Begins,” The Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
2018
“Double Takes: Historic and Contemporary Film + Video,” Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
“57th Carnegie International,” Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
“Warhol 1968,” Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
“Collections,” Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
2017
“Dreamlands: Immersive Film and Cinema Since 1905,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2016
“Illumination,” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
“Fire Under Snow,” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
“The 5th of July,” Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2015
“Taut Eye Tau,” Biennale de Lyon, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
2014
“The New Beauty of Our Modern Life,” Higher Pictures, New York, NY
“Cardboard Lover,” American Contemporary, New York, NY
2013
“As Is Wet Hoagie,” OKO, New York, NY
2012
“Specifically Yours,” Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, NY
“First Among Equals,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2011
“The Unlimited Plan,” with Kate Levant, Cleopatra's, Brooklyn, NY
“That’s How We Escaped: Reflections on Warhol,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
“New Skin for the Old Ceremony,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
“SubStainability,” Texas State University Gallery, San Marcos, TX
2010
“Cellar Door: Front Room Series,” Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2009
“Between Spaces,” MoMA PS1, New York, NY
2008
“Love Explosion,” Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“L'Autre,” Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“This Is This,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005
“Turning Pages,” Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Education
2010
MFA in Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004
BFA in Printmaking / Fine Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Film / Animation and Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1999
Barnstone Studios, Copley, PA
1998
Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
Publications
2023
James, Jamillah. Rubber Pencil Devil. Copenhagen: At Last Books
Sachs, Sid, Erica Battle, David Breslin, Kim Nguyen, William Pym, and Amanda Sroka.Chicken. Brooklyn: Dancing Foxes Press
2022
Seeberg, Mathias Ussing, Alex Da Corte, Bruce Hainley, Derek McCormack, Delia Solomons, and Steven Zultanski. Mr. Remember. Lærke Rydal Jørgensen, Mathias Ussing Seeberg, William Pym, eds. Humlebæk: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Breslin, David and Adrienne Edwards, eds. Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art
Da Corte, Alex. Rubber Pencil Devil. New York: American Art Catalogues
Gavin, Francesca. Rough Version: The NTS Interviews. Copenhagen: At Last Books
2021
Burkeman, DB. Art Sleeves: Album Covers by Artists. New York: Rizzoli
Cattelan, Maurizio, Marta Papini, and Michele Robecchi. Index. Venice: Marsilio Editori
Jhaveri, Shanay, Jack Halberstam, and Alex Da Corte. Alex Da Corte: As Long as the Sun Lasts, The Roof Garden Commission. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Brainard, Joe, and Alex Da Corte. Paintings. New York: American Art Catalogues
Da Corte, Alex. Smiles. New York: American Art Catalogues
Da Corte, Alex, and David Breslin. Rubber Pencil Devil. New York: American Art Catalogues
2020
Als, Hilton, Charlie Fox, Martine Syms, William Pym, and Moitz Wesseler. Alex Da Corte: TRUE LIFE. Claus Due and William Pym, eds. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Burkeman, DB and Rich Browd. The Sm:)e Book. New York: Amazing Escapes
2019
Da Corte, Alex, John Canemaker, and Tausif Noor. Marigolds. New York: Karma
Da Corte, Alex, and Kevin Williamson. Rubber Pencil Devil. New York: Karma
Rugoff, Ralph, and Mary Richards, eds. May You Live in Interesting Times: Biennale Arte 2019. Venice: La Biennale di Venezia
2018
Da Corte, Alex, and Sam McKinniss. C-A-T Spells Murder. New York: Karma
Pym, William. That Way. Copenhagen: At Last Books
Schaffner, Ingrid, and Liz Park, eds. Carnegie International, 57th Edition. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art
2017
Da Corte, Alex, Sam McKinniss, Kim Nguyen, William Pym, Lior Zilberstein, and Michael Bank Christoffersen. Alex Da Corte: 50 Wigs. Herning, Denmark: HEART, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art
Earnest, Jarrett, and Lucas Zwirner, eds. Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from the Brooklyn Rail. New York: David Zwirner Books
Hainley, Bruce, Alex Da Corte, and Bob Nickas. Alex Da Corte: Slow Graffiti, 2 Vols. Berlin: Revolver Publishing
2016
Da Corte, Alex. A Man Full of Trouble. New York: Karma
Cross, Susan, Annie Godfrey Larmon, and William Pym. Alex Da Corte: Free Roses. Alex Da Corte and Susan Cross, eds. North Adams: Mass MoCA; Munich: DelMonico Books
Da Corte, Alex, and Jayson Musson. Easternsports. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art
2015
Pym, William. Alex Da Corte: Die Hexe. New York: Luxembourg & Dayan
2014
Leifheit, Matthew. Matte Yearbook 2014. New York: Matte Magazine
2013
Fuller, Daniel. Alex Da Corte: Fun Sponge. Portland, ME: Publication Studio
Klein, Alex, and Kate Kraczon, eds. First Among Equals. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
2012
Rose, Rachel, and Alex Da Corte. Open Poem. Portland, OR: Publication Studio
2011
Nguyen, Kim, J.J. Kegan McFadden, and Hope Peterson. Haven’t we been here before? Winnipeg: Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts
2009
Da Corte, Alex, and William Pym. Big Brother. Chicago: Golden Age
Cornell, Lauren, Massimiliano Gioni, and Laura Hoptman, eds. Younger than Jesus Artist Directory: The Essential Handbook to a New Generation of Artists. New York: New Museum; London: Phaidon
2007
Alex Da Corte: I Think About You All of the Time. Montreal: Parisian Laundry
2004
Graham, David. Declaring Independence. Saint Paul: Pond Press
Press
2023
Zargani, Luisa, “Prada, Alex Da Corte Team on Galleria Bag Campaign Fronted by Scarlett Johansson”, Women’s Wear Daily, May 16, 2023
Kiss, Irma, “Two artists take on Philadelphia in this season of PBS’s Art 21”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 13, 2023
Crimmins, Peter, “Philly artist Alex Da Corte explodes into The Street”, WHYY, January 22, 2023
Brown, Quinn Russell, “Alex Da Corte’s The Street is a love letter to Philadelphia written in Pop Art”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 18, 2023
2022
Vivanco, Felip, “Estas son las mejores exposiciones de arte que verás este otoño”, La Vanguardia, October 19, 2022
Ackermann, Tim, “Die Schösten Ausstellungen im October”, Weltkunst 204, October 2, 2022
Bodin, Claudia, “Ein Porträt”, Art—Das Kunstmagazin, October 2022
Berg, Sara, “Rena rama Disney på danska Louisiana”, Expressen, September 9, 2022
Bertilsson, Sofia, “Da Corte Sätter Färg På Själens Mörka Vrår”, Svenska Dagbladet, August 20, 2022
Moradian, Manijeh, “The US is Dangerously Quiet about US Imperialism”, Hyperallergic, August 11, 2022
Fagerström, Linda, “Alex Da Corte gör kitschig skrytkonst för amerikaner”, Sydsvenskan, August 8, 2022
Kotirinta, Pirkko, “Taidematka Kööpenhaminaan”, Helsingin Sanomat, August 7, 2022
“As Long As the Sun Lasts”, Apollo, July 29, 2022
“New Exhibition in Nanjing Probes Essence of Technology, Future, Art”, Global Times, July 22, 2022
Goodman, Lanie, “A Stroll Through the World’s Best Sculpture Parks”, Cultured, June 17, 2022
Davis, Ben, “Here is What the Riddle at the Heart of the 2022 Whitney Biennial Means”, Artnet, May 5, 2022
“The 2022 Whitney Biennial in Five Key Themes”, The Art Newspaper, April 7, 2022
Cotter, Holland, “A Show of Shadows and Light”, The New York Times, April 1, 2022
2021
Lubow, Arthur, “Alex Da Corte, Puppet Master”, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, June 15, 2021
“Goings On About Town”, The New Yorker, May 10, 2021
Budick, Ariella, “Blue-sky thinking brings Big Bird to the Met”, Financial Times, May 5, 2021
Thackara, Tess, “Taking Big Bird to New Heights”, The New York Times, April 4, 2021
“Follow that Big Bird—Up to The Met Roof”, The Art Newspaper, April 2, 2021
Madsen, Kristian Vistrup, “Eggs in Moonshine”, Frieze, no. 218, April 2021
Pogrebin, Robin, “Alex Da Corte Selected to Enliven the Met’s Roof”, The New York Times, February 12, 2021
2020
Clark, Annie, and Alex Da Corte, Interview, no. 530, March 2020
Elbador, Caroline, “For A Dreamer of Houses”, Flash Art 53, no. 331, Summer 2020
Goldstein, Caroline, “Artists from Do Ho Suh to Alex Da Corte Interpret the Meaning of Home in a Timely Exhibition in Dallas”, Artnet, April 1, 2020
Langjahr, Kathleen, “AP: Assembled Personalities”, The Brooklyn Rail, June 17, 2020
Russeth, Andrew, “In Philadelphia, Alex Da Corte Reinvents an Allan Kaprow Classic”, Surface, March 12, 2020
2019
Kron, Cat, “Marathon Man”, Cultured, Winter 2019
Angelleti, Gabriella, “Experimental Art Space in Tehran Has Been Recreated in Pittsburgh”, The Art Newspaper
Eblen, Shannon, “Seeing the Past from the Future”, The New York Times, October 23, 2019
Zwirner, Lucas, Alex Da Corte and Charlie Fox, “Artists Alex Da Corte and Charlie Fox are Into the Monster Next Door”, Interview, October 23, 2019
Tome, Anna, “Alex Da Corte: Marigolds”, The Brooklyn Rail, October 2019
Williamson, Kevin, and Alex Da Corte, “Fear Eats the Soul: Alex Da Corte in Conversation with Kevin Williamson”, Dazed, June 2019
Caldwell, Luisa, “Three Days At The Venice Biennale is Not Enough: A Report”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May 22, 2019
Rugoff, Ralph, and Daniel Birnbaum, “Double Vision”, Artforum 57, no. 9, May 2019
Smee, Sebastian, and Alex Da Corte, “Making Magic”, The Washington Post, May 1, 2019
Schwendener, Martha, “Pittsburgh Report: Five Places for Healing Through Art”, The New York Times, January 2, 2019
2018
Dafoe, Taylor, “The Carnegie International Wants You to Feel ‘Museum Joy’ Again, With Mr. Rogers, Vietnamese Coffee, and Its Own Past”, Artnet News, October 18, 2018
Hannon, Julie, “A Joyful Resistance”, Carnegie Magazine, Winter 2018
Kastner, Jeffery, “On Alex Da Corte”, Artforum, February 2018
May, Mikey, “Find The Devil In Gallery D At The Carnegie International”, Pittsburgh Magazine, October 13, 2018
Norton, Margot, “Alex Da Corte in conversation with Margot Norton”, CURA., October 15, 2018
2017
Canino, Gary, “Alex Da Corte On Scaling Your Art”, The Creative Independent, March 21, 2017
Jansen Charlotte, “Oscar Wilde Meets Wes Anderson In The Fantasy World Of Alex Da Corte”, Wallpaper, July 25, 2017
Miller, M.H., “An Artist Remakes A Film Classic — With Frankenstein’s Monster”, The New York Times, August 16, 2017
Marcus, Ezra, “Artist Alex Da Corte Looks At The World Through The Eyes Of Eminem Circa 2001”, Interview Magazine, October 20, 2017
Eckardt, Stephanie, “Eminem’s Comeback Has Stretched Over To The Art World Thanks To Alex Da Corte”, W Magazine, November 25, 2017
2016
Steiwer, Louise, “When Objects Disappoint”, Kunstkritikk, September 9, 2016
Powers, Bill, Alex Da Corte Promises To Be Good, Muse
Droitcour, Brian, “Coming Up Roses: Alex Da Corte at MASS MoCA”, Art in America, May 5, 2016
Eckardt, Stephanie “Frieze New York 2016: Alex Da Corte Soars Over the Fair”, W Magazine, May 4, 2016
Corcoran, Heather, “Inside the Technicolor Dreamworld of Artist Alex Da Corte”, Dwell, April 20, 2016
Smee, Sebastian, “Stuff and Nonsense in Spellbinding Show at MASS MoCA”, The Boston Globe, April 8, 2016
Kennedy, Randy, “Alex Da Corte’s ‘Free Roses’ Put His Eccentricities on View", The New York Times, March 27, 2016
Rutland, Beau, “Alex Da Corte: Free Roses”, Artforum, January 2016
2015
Formichetti, Nicola, and Alex Da Corte, “Pop Paradise”, Free Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2015
Russeth, Andrew, “Best in Show: Highlights at Art Basel”, ARTnews, June 6, 2015
Godfrey Larmon, Annie, “Openings”, Artforum, June 2015
Elms, Anthony, “Cat O’ Nine Tails”, Document Journal, Spring/Summer 2015
Bordignon, Elena, “Interview with Alex Da Corte: Devil Town”, ATP Diary, April 23, 2015
Alemani, Cecilia, “Alex Da Corte: Devil Town”, Mousse Magazine, vol 48, April 15, 2015
Earnest, Jarrett, “Alex Da Corte”, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2, 2015
Smith, Roberta, “Alex Da Corte: ‘Die Hexe’”, The New York Times, April 2nd, 2015
McLean-Ferris, Laura, “Plastic Spiritualism and Nice Hair”, Flash Art, March/April 2015
Leifheit, Matthew, “A Haunted Townhouse of Art Ghosts on New York’s Upper East Side”, Vice, March 2, 2015
Viveros-Fauné, Christian, “Alex Da Corte’s Twisted Installation at Luxembourg & Dayan Channels Blue Velvet and Pee Wee’s Playhouse", Artnet, March 4, 2015
Rimanelli, David, “Alex Da Corte”, Artforum, March 2015
Mckinniss, Sam, “Alex Da Corte’s Haunt”, Interview Magazine, March 2015
Ballard, Thea, “Inorganic Matter”, Modern Painters, February 2015
Shiffman, Allyson, “Arthouse Horror: Alex Da Corte Creates an Uptown Haunted House”, W Magazine, February 27, 2015
Martinez, Alanna, “Alex Da Corte’s Grandma Inspired his Upcoming “Haunted House” at Luxembourg & Dayan”, New York Observer, January 28, 2015
2014
Shannon, Thor, “Present Tense”, Out of Order, Issue 4, Spring 2014
Trezzi Nicola, “High and Low High to Low High Is Low”, The Room, Spring/Summer 2014
Da Corte, Alex, "Beautiful Genesis of a Retail Fantasy”, Photography portfolio, Pin-Up Magazine, Summer 2014
“The Artists’ Artists”, Artforum, December 2014Monnier Annette, ARTnews, December 2014
Leifheit, Matthew, Matte Yearbook, 2014
2013
“Crossover Cameo”, Studio, Summer/Fall, 2013
“Living the Dream”, Bullet, Winter, 2013
Vierkant, Artie, “Conversation Starter”, Art Papers, July/August, 2013
2012
Winant, Carmen, Critics’ Picks, Artforum.com, May 25, 2012
Fournier, Valerie, “Alex Da Corte”, WAD Magazine, January 2012
2011
Smith, Darcy, “Alex Da Corte”, Block Magazine, Issue 25, November 2011
Gerwin, Daniel, Machete, May 2011
Da Corte, Alex, Adbusters Volume 19 No. 3, “The Philosophy Issue”, cover image, May/June 2011
Machete, “Syrup on the Phone”, Issue 12, Volume 2, October 2010
Nonemaker, Katherine, “Interview: Alex Da Corte”, Open Lab, Issue III, Jan 2011
2010
Shia, Jonathan, “Sincerely L. Cohen”, Interview Magazine, December 2010
Bollen, Christopher, “Alex Da Corte”, Interview Magazine, March 2010
V Magazine, “The Sexy Body Issue”, No. 66, Fall Preview 2010
Possible Press, Vol. 1 Issue 2, September 1, 2010
2009
Standish, Maude, Missbehave Magazine, June 1, 2009
Foumberg, Jason, “Eye Exam: A Grolsch in my G-String”, New City Art, December 21, 2009
McKinniss, Sam, review, Big Red and Shiny, Issue 111, July 26, 2009
Garza, Evan J., review, Art Papers, September/October 2009
2008
Gerstein, Julie, Dazed & Confused, October 2008
Newhall, Edith, “One, two, many.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2, 2008
Public Collections
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Aïshti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
TPG/P&A, Philadelphia, PA
The West Collection, Philadelphia, PA