ALEXANDER SI IS A NEW YORK-BASED ARTIST WHO'S INTERESTED IN RECONTEXTUALIZING OUR SOCIAL RELATION MEDIATED BY IMAGES AND IMAGE-MAKING MECHANISMS THROUGH HIS KINETIC SCULPTURES.
STAGE, SET, THEATER, CINEMA, CAMERA, LIGHTS, MICROPHONE, THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA - WE HEAVILY EXERCISE THESE DEVICES TO THE POINT WHERE WE OVERLOOK THEIR COLD AND LIFELESS MATERIALITY, TREATING THEM AS PROSTHESES OF OUR VERY OWN FLESH AND BONE.
TAKING THE FORMAL LANGUAGE OF SUCH APPARATUSES AS BUILDING BLOCKS, SI MANUFACTURES A SETTING TO FRAME AN INTERACTION TO CALL UPON THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE ONE WHO IS WATCHING AND ONE WHO IS BEING WATCHED.
EDUCATION
2019 School of Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts, New York (Ongoing)
2017 University of Toronto, Honor Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction, Toronto, Canada.
Double-major in Architecture Studies & Book and Media Studies
EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Staying Afloat, Tutu Gallery, NY (curated by Alexander Si)
2020
2020 Performance Anxiety, Chinatown Soup, New York, NY (group)
2020 red pulses, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY (group)
2020 The second coming of a starchitect, SVA Spring Open Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
2020 #abundance router, Spring Break NYC Booth 1016, New York, NY (group)
2019 Stage/Cage, SVA Fall Open Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
2019 #abundance router, Spring Break Art Show Miami (group)
2017 Us Against the World, two-person show with Qiaoer Jin, 187 Augusta, Toronto, Canada
Midnight Hunger magazine launch, 187 Augusta, Toronto, Canada
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019 Studio Assistance, David Row Studio, New York, NY (Ongoing)
Studio Assistance, Aya Rodriguez-Izumi Studio, New York, NY
2018 Editorial Intern, Monocle magazine, Toronto, Canada
Freelance Editor, i-D China, 2016 - 2018
Gallery Assistance, Three Shadow Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
Gallery Assistance, MKG127, Toronto, Canada