Aleksandra Mir

Born in Poland in 1967, Aleksandra Mir grew up in Sweden where she studied Communications before moving to NYC in 1989. She received her BFA at the School of Visual Arts (1992) and studied Cultural Anthropology at the Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research (1994-96). Mir moved to Palermo Sicily (2005-2010) and currently lives in London. She holds a dual Swedish-American citizenship.

 

Her versatile practice includes staging large scale public events, publishing and traditional gallery exhibitions. Her work frequently involves many other people, experts in various fields as well as amateur enthusiasts, students and the general public who are given an active role in her work. Her most well known piece, First Woman on the Moon (1999), was staged on a Dutch beach for one day, while the video documentary of the event has been touring for 15 years and is included in both the Tate Modern and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collections. It was further acknowledged in Mir's correspondence with both Neil Armstrong and Arthur C.Clarke.

 

Her work has been included in over 200 group exhibitions such as Sydney Biennale, Sydney (2002), GNS (Global Navigation System), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2003), The Whitney Biennial (2004), 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice (2009), Print/OUT, MoMA, NYC (2012), ARTandPRESS, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2012), 9th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2013).

Solo exhibitions of her work have been mounted at New Museum's Window on Broadway (1997), Casco Projects, Wijk aan Zee, (1999), Cubitt, London (2002), Swiss Institute, NYC (2003), Compton Verney House Trust, Warwickshire (2003), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St Gallen (2003), Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2004), P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (2004), The Power Plant, Toronto (2006), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth (2005), Fundacion NMAC, Montenmedio (2005), Kunsthaus, Zurich (2006), Printed Matter, NYC (2007), Saatchi Gallery, London (2008), Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2009), The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC (2011), M-Museum, Leuven (2013), Drawing Room, London (2014); 

Solo exhibitions in private galleries include Mary Boone Gallery NYC (2008, 2007), Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona (2012, 2009, 2005), Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris (2011, 2009, 2006), greengrassi, London (2005, 2004), Gavin Brown's enterprise, NYC (2001), Gavlak, Palm Beach (2013, 2010), Jousse enterprise, Paris (2003), Lisboa 20-Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon (2008, 2005), Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (2001) and Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome (2013, 2012, 2010); Discoteca, Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome (2013) Antarctica: A Play, Playgoers Society, Dartington Hall, Devon (2016)

She currently represents herself and maintains an exhaustive web site archive of her work: www.aleksandramir.info