ALEX ISRAEL

b. 1982, United States

Alex Israel Biography

Alex Israel lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Recent solo exhibitions include Greene Naftali, New York (2022, 2019); The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (2021); Fosun Foundation, Shanghai (2021); MAMO, Marseille (2019); Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2016); The Jewish Museum, New York (2016); and Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (2015).

His work is in the collection of the Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.

Courtesy Greene Naftali

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Contemporary art exhibition Alex Israel Upside Down at Gagosian Davies Street London United Kingdom

Alex Israel Upside Down Gagosian 12 June–5 September 2026
Davies Street, London

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Almine Rech contemporary art gallery in Brussels Belgium

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Gagosian contemporary art gallery in 980 Madison at 76th Street New York United States

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Greene Naftali contemporary art gallery in New York United States

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News Alex Israel Wants You to Leak Your Photos at Art Basel Hong Kong Sam Gaskin ‘If you’re worried about an unflattering selfie or a pic with an ex‑lover flashing across a screen for a split second, probably better not to partake,’ he said.

News What Gagosian’s AI Press Release Means for Art Professionals Sam Gaskin The impacts of artificial intelligence are already being felt across the industry, and there’s huge potential for disruption in areas we haven’t yet anticipated.

Spotlight The scene of a crime: Shanghai art week 2016 Elliat Albrecht Frankly though, I couldn’t concentrate: a trade fair seemed trivial as social and political progress seemed on the brink of a steep and painful descent.

Conversation Alex Israel Stephanie Bailey This newfound sensitivity to my native landscape and its climate was deeply impactful on my thinking and on my art. Soon, all the art I was making at college was inspired by my hometown.

Spotlight Finding The Desert In The Desert: The Los Angeles Project At Ucca, Beijing Robin Peckham Ask a Beijing artist where they would like to spend time abroad living, working, seeing exhibitions, meeting artists and curators, and the answer is invariably New York. Aside from the obvious attractions, New York appears culturally exotic; there seems to be a consensus that Beijing, as an art center and urban environment, operates somehow...

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