Tara Downs

Vikky Alexander

Biography

The work of Vikky Alexander (b.1959, Victoria, British Columbia) has been presented in numerous significant exhibitions at venues including The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Dia Art Foundation, New York; White Columns, New York; Musée d’ art moderne et contemporain, Genève; Downs & Ross, New York; New Museum, New York; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern; International Center of Photography, New York; Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto; Canada House, London; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Barbican Art Gallery, London; and Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Yokohama. Her works are included in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Deste Foundation, among numerous others. A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. Her work is currently on view in the group presentation True Pictures currently at the Sprengel Museum, Hannover, and next showing at Museum der Moderne, Salzburg. Her work is included in forthcoming presentations at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, and Museo d’arte della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano.

Vikky Alexander, Between dreaming & living #11, 1985. 20 × 24 in / 50,8 × 61 cm

Vikky Alexander, Rose Obsession, 1983. Archival inkjet prints, tinted Plexiglas overlay (diptych), 36 × 48 in / 91,4 × 121,9 cm

Exhibition view of Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Vikky Alexander, Portrait of Hugh Hefner, 1984. Chromogenic color prints mounted on acid-free black museum board, Plexiglas, 24 × 66 inches / 61 × 167,6 cm (framed).

Exhibition view of Legally Blonde. Downs & Ross, New York, 2022.

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander: A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism, 2020. Downs & Ross, New York.

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander: Nordic Rock, 2020. Fonderie Darling, Montreal. Photo © Maxime Boisvert

Vikky Alexander, Glass Benches (Dichroic), 2020. Dichroic glass, 36 × 36 × 16 inches / 91,4 × 91,4 × 40,6 cm. Photo © Maxime Boisvert

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander: Nordic Rock, 2020. Fonderie Darling, Montreal. Photo © Maxime Boisvert

Vikky Alexander, Glass bed (Dichroic), 2020. Dichroic glass, 28 × 48 × 60 inches / 71,1 × 121,9 × 152,4 cm. Photo © Simon Belleau

Vikky Alexander, Frozen Wall, 2020. Vinyl, dimensions variable. Photo © Maxime Boisvert.

Vikky Alexander, Glass Benches (Dichroic), 2020 (alternate view). Dichroic glass, 36 × 36 × 16 inches / 91,4 × 91,4 × 40,6 cm. Photo © Maxime Boisvert

Vikky Alexander, Chaises longues (Dichroic), 2020. Dichroic glass, 32 × 18 × 48 inches / 81,3 × 45,7 × 121,9 cm. Photo © Simon Belleau.

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty, 2019-20. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver.

Installation view: Vikky Alexander in Narrative Art
MAMCO, Geneva, 2017

Vikky Alexander, Pieta, 1981. Chromogenic color print, 65 × 27 in. / 165.1 × 68.58 cm (framed)

Vikky Alexander, Between Dreaming & Living VIII, 1985. Print on Moab Lasal photo matte paper, tinted Plexiglas overlay, 26 × 36 inches / 66,4 × 91,4 cm.

Vikky Alexander, Between Dreaming & Living V, 1985. Print on Moab Lasal photo matte paper, tinted Plexiglas overlay, 36 × 26 inches / 91,4 × 66,4 cm

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty, 2019-20. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver.

Vikky Alexander, Family, 1983. Chromogenic color prints mounted on acid-free museum board, 48 x 52 inches / 121,9 x 132,1 cm (framed)

Vikky Alexander, Entertainment, 1983. Chromogenic color prints mounted on acid-free museum board, 35.5 × 135.25 inches / 90,2 × 343,5 cm

Vikky Alexander, Entertainment, 1983 (detail). Chromogenic color prints mounted on acid-free museum board, 35.5 × 135.25 inches / 90,2 × 343,5 cm

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty, 2019-20. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver.

Vikky Alexander, Glass Bed with Tables, 1988. Plate glass, 28 × 48 × 60 in. / 71,1 × 121,9 × 152,4 cm (bed); 14 × 14 × 14 in. / 35,6 × 35,6 × 35,6 cm (each table)

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty, 2019-20. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver.

Vikky Alexander, Blue Noon, 1980. Chromogenic print mounted on black acid-free museum board, Plexiglas, 32 × 24 inches / 81,3 × 86,4 cm (framed)

Exhibition view of Vikky Alexander at Independent Art Fair, 2020. Presented by Downs & Ross, New York.

Vikky Alexander, New, 1985/2020. Vinyl, Dimensions variable

Installation view of Vikky Alexander, New, 1985. New Museum, New York.

Vikky Alexander, Grace, 1984. Found album covers, vinyl on acid-free museum board (framed). 112 × 48 inches / 284,5 × 121,9 cm

Vikky Alexander, Bryce Canyon, 1981. Direct Cibachrome, 25 × 50 inches / 63,5 × 127 cm (framed)

Vikky Alexander, Ecstasy, 1982. Type R prints, 24 × 102 3/4 inches / 61 × 261 cm (framed)

Vikky Alexander, Ecstasy, 1982 (detail). Type R prints, 24 × 102 3/4 inches / 61 × 261 cm (framed)

Vikky Alexander, Portage Glacier, 1982. Print on acid-free paper mounted on Dibond, 18 × 40 inches / 45 × 101,6 cm (framed)

Vikky Alexander, Descent, 1982. Cibachrome print, 12 × 24 inches / 30,5 × 61 cm

Biography

The work of Vikky Alexander (b.1959, Victoria, British Columbia) has been presented in numerous significant exhibitions at venues including The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Dia Art Foundation, New York; White Columns, New York; Musée d’ art moderne et contemporain, Genève; Downs & Ross, New York; New Museum, New York; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern; International Center of Photography, New York; Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto; Canada House, London; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Barbican Art Gallery, London; and Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Yokohama. Her works are included in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Deste Foundation, among numerous others. A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. Her work is currently on view in the group presentation True Pictures currently at the Sprengel Museum, Hannover, and next showing at Museum der Moderne, Salzburg. Her work is included in forthcoming presentations at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, and Museo d’arte della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano.