Alexis Teplin
- Associate Lecturer
- Painting MA
Alexis is an artist working in the field of expanded painting. Her practice includes painting, performance, sculpture, film, large-scale installation and public artworks.
Teplin has exhibited internationally at institutions such as the Bluecoat in Liverpool, the New Art Centre, Roche Court, East Winterslow, and the Hayward Gallery Project Space. Her work has been shown as part of the Sydney Biennale, at Tramway for Glasgow International, in the Migros Museum in Zurich, the London Open, Whitechapel Gallery and the Serpentine Gallery for Park Nights.
As a public speaker, she has participated in lectures and symposiums at the National Gallery, on Bridget Riley at the Royal Festival Hall, as part of Brushwork, Women, Painting and Gesture, for the Journal of Contemporary Painting, the Expanded Painting Symposium at the ICA and in Women don’t Paint Well-It’s a Fact at the annual Women of the World (WOW) festival.
She received her MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena and her BA from University of California, Los Angeles and was also the recipient of the Starr Fellowship at the Royal Academy in 2003.
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The history of painting and its social position forms the central context of Teplin’s work. Through painting, she weaves together source material which examines the complexity of place, gender and diaspora. Her work looks at abstraction and how it can be connected to sound, literary language, and art historical moments.
Teplin uses colour and materiality to relate the language of gesture to implications of labour. Fundamental to her practice, painting is often the beginning of larger scale projects which look to the history of women and domesticity and can include the production of clothing, murals, ceramics, glass sculptures and short-form theatre. Through immersive installations, Teplin acknowledges the collaboration intrinsic to artistic production, addressing painting’s history, problems of communication and a politics of presence. Teplin frequently collaborates with artists, artisans, and performers to set up a dialogue of collectivity within institutional critique.
Publications, exhibitions, other outcomes
Exhibitions
(2024) Circle, Wave, Circle. Public Artwork Commission. Braidwood Passage. London
(2023) Come, stare, she makes a gesture. Gavlak, Palm Beach.
(2023) The Lives of Women (performance). National Gallery. London.
(2021) Nasturtiums or Hollyhocks, Mural Commission. Royal Academy. Summer Show. London
(2020) Artist Rooms. Encounter Contemporary. London
(2019) It’s My Pleasure to Participate. Bluecoat. Liverpool
(2019) Painted Costumes. NewArtCentre. Roche Court. East Winterslow
(2019) Bauhaus 100. Camberwell School of the Arts. London
(2018) Whitechapel Open. Whitechapel Gallery. London.
(2018) The Most Real Thing, contemporary textiles sculpture. New Art Center. Roche Court. East Winterslow.
(2016) Arch (The Politics of Fragmentation). Sydney Biennale. Sydney.
(2016) Drag, Push HOOT. Mary Mary. Glasgow.
(2016) HE and HO for O. Rise Projects. Silvie Fleming Collection. London.
(2015) 20thAnniversary Exhibition. Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst. Zurich.
(2015) Painting the Sky Blue. Mallorca Landings. Palma
(2015) Unpainting/ Resurfacing. University of Hertfordshire Arts. Hatfield.
(2014) A Merman I Should Turn To Be. Laura Bartlett. London.
(2014) La Grotto Rosa. Cardrde. Bologna.
(2014) San Marino Calling. Museo D’Arte Modena e Contemporanea. San Marino
(2013) He, Ho, HA, hmmm. Mary Mary. Glasgow
(2013) sss T !! Hayward Project Space. London
(2013) Sacre 101 - An exhibition based on the Rite of Spring. Migros Museum. Zurich
(2013) Costume : Written Clothing. Tramway. Glasgow
(2010) The Party. Tramway. Glasgow International
(2009) The Party. Park Nights. Serpentine Gallery. SANAA Pavilion. London
Speaking Engagements, Education Programs
(2023) Unexpected Views. Performance and Discussion on Cezanne. The National Gallery. London
(2019) Education Project. Drawing Act II. The Drawing Room, London, Screening,
(2019) Panel Discussion. Colour and Rhythm, Bridget Riley. Royal Festival Hall. London
(2019) In Conversation with Hettie Judah. Bluecoat, Liverpool
(2019) Bauhaus 100, performance. Camberwell School of the Arts. London
(2018) Panel Discussion. Brushwork, Women, Painting and Gesture. Journal of Contemporary Painting, Royal College of Art.
(2017) Invited speaker. Wimbledon School of Art.
(2017) Invited speaker. Chicago Art Institute.
(2016) Panel Discussion. Natural Staking. Standpoint. London
(2015) Panel Discussion. Christopher Williams. Whitechapel Gallery
(2015) Panel Discussion. Expanded Painting. ICA. London
(2013)Panel Discussion. ‘Women can’t paint, it’s a fact’. Women of the World Symposium. London