Alex Rheault lives in Portland, ME. Rheault is the director of Quimby Colony's Fashion, Costume, and Textile Arts program, Chair of the Illustration Department at Maine College of Art, and the founder of drawing room, a roving community-art project. Rheault received her MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College, her BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design, and studied Rome, Italy. Rheault explores themes of human identity, expression, and movement through transdisciplinary practices including drawing, writing, curating, objects, installation, and phtography. Rheault rummages through her personal compost, experience and rituals of the everyday, to sift origins of social structures and shake out human ambivalence and contradictions, which open to pathways to new meaning and subtleties of being. Rheault explores language, narrative, sexuality, raw experience, and the body as a site of transformation. EDUCATION 2004 MFA Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Arts/Union Institute and University, Montpelier, VT 2001 Photography, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME 1990 Millinery, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City 1985 BFA Illustration, Parsons School of Design, New York City 1981 Costume, L'Accademia di Costume e Moda, Rome, Italy SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 The Erotics of the Transforming Body, Art House Picture Frames, Portland, ME 2007 The World is the Third Floor, Filament Gallery, Portland, ME 2000 Toes, Fingers and Doll Decay, First Union, Captiva, Florida 1996 Order out of Chaos, Spring Studio, New York City 1994 Drawings, Spring Studio, New York City SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Storytellers, USM, Glickman Library, Portland, ME 2009 Stone House Book Arts Exhibit, Glickman Library, USM, Portland, ME 2009 Comic-al, Center for ME Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 2009 the Funnies, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME 2008 Merhaba Baghdad, Kisim Sabti Gallery, Karada, Iraq 2008 Chewed Toys Project, Patricia Carega Gellery, Center Sandwich, NH 2008 Six-Bee, The Garage, San Diego, CA 2008 Garden Archive, Gail Spaien, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME 2008 I LOVE Animals, drawing room, Portland, ME 2007 Free For All, Space Gallery, Portland, ME 2007 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, NYC 2007 Metamorphosis: A Journey of Dolls, drawing room, Portland, ME 2007 Translation: Dreams/Nightmares, Backroads Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Damariscotta, ME 2006 Springtime Salon, Filament Gallery, Portland, ME 2006 2nd Annual Best of Bath Banners, Bath, ME 2006 Long Overdue: Book Renewal The Altered Book Project, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME 2006 UMVA Exhibit, ME 2005 Opposites: Dismantling Symbolic Orders based on the Play of Opposites, Backroads Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Damariscotta, 20052005ME 2005 Long Over Due: Book Renewal, Maine College of Art and The Portland Public Library, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME 2005 Produced at Eyebeam: Works in Progress, Eyebeam, New York City 2005 Summer Exhibit, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, ME 2004 Destination: Biscay, 2004 Invitational, Backroads Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Damariscotta, ME 2004 Check It Out, South Portland Public Library, South Portland, ME 2004 Drawing as a Window, The Chocolate Church Center for the Arts, Bath, ME 2004 Touch, Space, Portland, ME 2004 Summer Exhibit, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, ME 2003 Photo a Ho Ho, BPIC, Portland, ME 2004 Summer Exhibit, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, ME 2002 911 ME Responds, ME Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME 2004Annual Exhibit, Spring Street Studio, New York City 1999 New Faces, Captiva Civic Association, Captiva, Florida 1997 Multi-dimensional Shoe, Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, New York 1994 Cinderella's Revenge, Cristinerose Gallery, New York City GALLERY AFFILIATION 2008-2005 Filament Gallery, Portland, ME 2002-2005 Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, New Hampshire 1998-1992 Carega Foxley-Leach, Washington, DC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Quimby Colony, Fashion Costume, and Textile Arts, director TEACHING Current-2008 Chair and Visiting Assistant professor, Illustration Department, Maine College of Art 2007 2007 Instructor, Fashion illustration, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME 2007 Bowdoin College, Summer Camp, visiting artist, Brunswick, ME 2004 Maine College of Art, Summer Camp, Instructor, cartooning, Portland, ME 2006 Bowdoin College Summer Camp, Instructor of cartooning and drawing, Brunswick, ME 2004 Maine College of Art, Instructor, Fashion Illustration, ME 2006-2005 Maine College of Art, Adjunct Faculty, Foundation, Portland, ME 2006-2005 Maine College of Art, Instructor, cartooning, Portland, ME 2006-2004 Artascope, Instructor, decorative painting, South Portland, ME 2001-1999 BIG Arts, Instructor of cartooning and Italian, Sanibel, Florida ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2007-2006 Maine College of Art, Printmaking Department, Portland, ME 2006-2005 Art Exchange, Mary Jo Rosania (internet classroom), Hunterdon Central Regional High School, New Jersey VISITING ARTIST 2009 Re-Imagining Victorian Clothes in conjunction with Elegantly Attired, Farnsworth Museum, ME 2009 Workshop for teachers, Farnsworth Museum, ME 2009 Boys and Girls Club, ME 2008 Visiting Artist, Illustration Department, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME 2007 Maine College of Art, Illustration department, Portland, ME 2007 Hall School, fourth grade class, fashion illustration 2006 Gardiner Area High School, Art class, Gardiner, ME 2004 Maine College of Art, Reviews 2006 Maine College of Art, Print Department, ME (Fall 05/ Spring 06) 2005 Maine College of Art, Print department, Portland, ME 2004 The Cambridge School, Collect, Stack and Arrange, A Collaborative Mural Installation Project with Todd Bartel and Drawing II classes, Weston, Massachusetts 2004 Maine College of Art, Painting, Print and Sculpture Departments, Portland, ME JURIES AND PANELS 2010 ³Thinking outside the Body², panel, Maine College of Art, ME 2009 Art In the Park, ME 2008 Anthromorph, ICA at Maine College of Art, ME 2008 Savannah College of Art and Design, The Art History Symposium, 2008 Contemporary artists intervening’/re-displaying museological collections, “drawing room, where community and drawing collide”, 20082008 2008Georgia 2007 ICA, Maine College of Art, Thursday Night Conversation, “Does Your Artwork Reflect your Philosophy?”, ME 2007 Maine College of Art Alumni exhibit, juror 2006 Master Artist Series, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME 2004Surreal Soiree, Portland Museum of Art, ME SELECTED TALKS 2009 ³Valentino², introduction to the film at the Farnsworth, ME Roundtable for Comic-al, CMCA, ME 2008 The Role of Design in Contemporary Fine Arts Curricula University of Southern ME, panelist, ME 2004 "Drawing": A slide presentation of works and influences, Cambridge School, Weston, Massachusetts 2004 A review of the artist's works from 1981-2004, MUSE, Portland, ME 2000 A Survey of Cartooning Through a Cartoonist's Eyes, Sanibel Captiva Art League, Sanibel, Florida SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2010 Daniel Kany, Portland Press Herald, "Art Review: Gallery puts on splendid show of drawing-based works", October 4 2010 Art New England, exhibitions section, pg 53 with image 2010 Jessica Bloch, Two Shows at CMCA to Engage Viewers, Bangor Daily News, 5 May 2010 GO section, Portland Press Herald, p10 2009 Norwalk Plus Magazine, 28 Dec 2009 2009 Ken Greenleaf, ³Easy on the Eyes², Portland Phoenix, February 27-March 5, p13 20082008www.thephoenix.com/Portland/Arts/77262-Easy-on-the-eyes/ 2008 Port City Life, One Day: Mongolia ME Print Exchange, May 2008 Port City Life, ArtVan Rolling, April 2008Justin Ellis, "Fit to a T," Portland Press Herald, Monday Magazine, August 13, B7, 8, www.pressherald.mainetoday.com 2008 Kay Liss, "Backroads Gallery presents provocative show," The Lincoln County News, July 26, p9A 2008 Brandi Neal, editor, "Metamorphosis, the unique journey of 18 dolls," front page, p18, 19, www.inthecourier.com 2008 Ian Paige, "Exquisite Corpses," The Portland Phoenix, July 20-26, www.thephoenix.com 2008 Lauren Fensterstock, "Fresh Paint, New Media, The Historic and the Contemporary: ME," Art New England, April/May, p20 2007 Kay Liss, The Lincoln County News, "Backroads Gallery presents provocative show," July 26 2007 Brandi Neal, Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, "Metamorphosis, the unique journey of 18 dolls," front page, p. 18, 19, 20082008200720072007www.inthecourier.com 2007 Ian Paige, The Portland Phoenix, "Exquisite Corpses," July 20-26, www.thephoenix.com 2006 Amy Sutherland, New York Times (Art & Design), "Wear This Book (But Bring it Back Friday)," April 23 2007 Susan Perrine, "The Forecaster", Letter to the Editor, Banners in Bath, April 23 2007 Bob Keyes, Portland Press Herald, "New on The Shelf," February 19 2005 Chris Thompson, The Portland Phoenix, "Book to The Future," April 22-28 2004 Kay Liss, The Lincoln County News, "Destination Biscay is an Artistic Adventure," July 2007 Philip Isaacson, ME Sunday Telegram, "Always Robust, art scene goes wild in summer," July 18 2000 Amy Fleming, Islander, "Artist focuses on 'ungainly' body parts in Captiva Show," November 17-23 2007 Libby Boren McMillan, Times of the Islands, "Tooning in the Islands," September/October 2007 Mason Laderer, San-Cap Style, "Fashionable Transportation," Fall 1999 Island Sun, "Cartooning at Big Arts," September 3 2007 Jill Goodman, Island Reporter, "Artist to teach cartooning at BIG Arts," July 29 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2010 "View from High Places", Carrie Scanga at Vox Populi,Click here to read the essay 2010 "pecarious balance: formless reciprocities², Susan Bickord at UMA, ME, essay 2005 "99 sounds," www.amystaceycurtis.com, November 2001 Islander, "Prunella: A cartoon character in search of a cartoonist," January 12-18 2001 Islander, "Koho Mori-Newton: Spontaneity," March 16-22 2001 Islander, "Art Funk," June 1-7 2000 Islander, "The Joy of Black and White and read-all over," August 4-11 2000 Islander, "Saul Steinberg: Life Draws itself," October 27-November 2 2000 Islander, "Keith Haring: Understood Underground," December 8-14 CARTOONING 2009 Whitney Art Works Cartoon (Click here) 2004-2003 Sun Messenger, Estero, Florida 2004-2000 Island Reporter, Sanibel, Florida CATALOGUE 2003/2004 The Past, Present, and the Future of the Nurse's Uniform. Mark Dion and J. Morgan Puett, Fabric Workshop, October 2003-February 2004 (drawings), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania COLLECTIONS Portland Public Library, Portland, ME South Portland Public Library, South Portland, ME Mobilelivre/Bookmobile, Canada private collections

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