Bio:
Alex Podesta was born in Central North Carolina and later moved to South Eastern Virginia. As a teenager he attended the Governor’s Magnet School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia. He later studied sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Fate and circumstance led him to Louisiana and then the University of New Orleans where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in 2002 and his Master’s degree in 2007. He now lives and works in New Orleans.

Academic History:
MFA 2007 – University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA).
BA 2002 – University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA).

Solo and Special Exhibitions:
2008 - City Watch – two year outdoor installation, Falstaff building roof (New Orleans, LA).
2008 - Bunnies, Barbies and Beasties – Barrister’s Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2007 - Copies and Doubles - Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, Shell Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2007 - MirrorMirror - University of New Orleans Fine Arts Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2002 - Corporal Works + Self-Reality - Project (Wichita, KS).

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 - St. Claude Collective: a Prospect.1 Satellite Exhibition – Universal Furniture (New Orleans, LA).
2008 - Bizer, Fields, Jones, Podesta - Arthur Roger Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2007 - FabricFashionFantasy - Space 301 (Mobile, AL).
2007 - Podesta, Fields, Zeringue - Galerie im Andechshof (Innsbruck, Austria).
2007 - It’s OK to Hang Out - University of New Orleans Fine Arts Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2006 - Atypical Portraiture - Barrister’s Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2004 - Works in Progress - University of New Orleans Fine Arts Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2001 - Senior Thesis Show - University of New Orleans Fine Arts Gallery (New Orleans, LA).
2001 - Group Show -The Mermaid (New Orleans, LA).
2000 - Tiny Works for the Ages - Project (Wichita, KS).
2000 - Relationship of Body and Self - Cooper Street Gallery (Memphis, TN)
1999 - Tiny Works Little Licks - Project (Wichita, KS).
1998 - No Dead Artists - Positive Space (New Orleans, LA).
1995 - Group Show - Bicycle Gallery (Richmond, VA).

Awards/Lectures/Residencies/Publications:
Author of feature article on New Orleans artist, Jim Sohr – Persistence of Temerity, Art Voices Magazine, January 2009.
Author of feature article on Beijing artist, Zhang Dali - Exporting Dissidence, Art Voices Magazine, September 2008.
Recipient of a commission for public work in New Orleans from the Arts Council of New Orleans and Joan Mitchell Foundation, May 2008.
Recipient of a Louisiana Cultural Economic Fund Grant, May 2008.
Recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant, April 2008.
Panel discussion for FabricFashionFantasy – Space 301 (Mobile, AL). October 12th, 2007.
Nominated for a 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award.
Artist in Residence, 2007, City of Innsbruck, Austria.
Nominated for a 2007 Dedalus Foundation Fellowship.

Selected Bibliography:
Attack of the Bunny Men, Dale Hrebrik, Art Voices Magazine, December, 2008.
Art in Public Places, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, November 11th, 2008.
21 Public Art Installations, Dan Tague, Art Voices Magazine, June, 2008.
Bizer, Fields, Jones, Podesta, Art Voices Magazine, February, 2008.
Curioser and Curioser, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, August 17th, 2007.
Spotlight: Summer Art Exchange, Mike Rivault, The University of New Orleans Magazine, Summer, 2007.
Fabric of the Art, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, August 3rd, 2007.
Podesta, Fields, Zeringue, Show Catalog, University of New Orleans, May, 2007.
UNO Artists to Serve as Cultural Ambassadors, Times Picayune, June 26th, 2007.
In Your Face, D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, March 14th, 2006.