ALYSSA PHEOBUS
Born 1982, Frederick, MD
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2008 MFA; Visual Art, Columbia University, New York, NY
2004 BA; Visual Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
SOLO EXHIBITION
2009
LAY IN THE REINS, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Unaddressed Circumventions: Folds from a Failed Suicide, curated by Ajay Kurian, Gresham's Ghost, New York, NY
Nota Bene, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
The Practice of Joy Before Death: It just would not be a party without you (A Die Störung Situation), Scaramouche c/o Fruit and Flower Deli, New York, NY
2008
Lost in Your Eyes, curated by Dominic Mangila and Jon Cuyson, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
The New Academy, Robert Lehman Art Center, North Andover, MA
Summer Mix Tape Volume One, Exit Art, New York, NY
New York School, Rohrer Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Zero Zone, curated by David Hunt, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY
Opportunity as Community: Artists Select Artists, Dieu Donné, New York, NY
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
Face Forward, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007
Text Messages, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
First Year MFA Exhibition, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2005
No Nouns Allowed (Drawing as a Verb), LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2008
Workspace Residency, Dieu Donné, New York, NY
2007
Andrew Fisher Fellowship, Columbia University
LeRoy Neiman Fellowship, Columbia University
2004
Marshall-Allison Travel Award, Yale University
Richard B. Sewall Prize, Yale University
2003
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale in Norfolk Residency
John Boit Morse and Richter Travel Fellowships, Yale University
PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Brooklyn Review, Issue 26 (forthcoming)
BLACK IS THE COLOR (Special Project), NYFA Current, May 2009
Nichols, Matthew. Art in America, April 2009
Cotter, Holland. "The Practice of Joy Before Death; It just would not be a party without you," New York Times, April 17, 2009
Doran, Anne. "The Practice of Joy Before Death; It just would not be a party without you," Time Out New York, April 2009
2008
Coburn, Tyler. “The Rundown: Columbia University’s 2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Rhizome.org, May 14, 2008
Costello, Marie. The New Academy: 2008 Graduates of the Columbia University MFA Program (exhibition catalogue)
Withrow, Joel. “2008 Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Flavorpill, May 4, 2008.