Education
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 2004-2008
•	BFA in Fine Art, with Honors- concentration in painting/drawing
o	Minor in Creative Writing- concentration in poetry
	
The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY 2007-2010
•	Studied under William Behnken, Michael Grimaldi, and the late Anthony Palumbo, among others.

Employment
Gallery788 Baltimore, MD 2013-
•	Assistant Director and Curator
o	Supervise and coordinate exhibitions
o	Ensure quality artist representation 
o	Regularly seek out and recruit new artistic talent
o	Oversee the marketing, promotion and sales of exhibitions and events

Elizabeth Kosterich, Contemporary Jewelry American Craft Council Show, Wholesale, Baltimore, MD 2014
•	Visual Merchandiser and Sales Consultant

Celia Barbieri, The Button Florist Artscape, Baltimore, MD 2012
•	Visual Merchandiser and Sales Consultant 

Event Network, Cultural Attraction Retail Baltimore, MD 2010-2014
•	Assistant Director of Retail Operations- National Aquarium Store and Port Discovery Children’s Museum Store
o	Increased Sales by 13%, Per Capita Sales by 9% and Average Sale by 6% over LY in the first year and double digit increases on top of each of those indicators in the second year of my assignment.
o	Achieved Highest Per Capita Sales Increase over LY among 5 Children’s Museum stores throughout the nation, Event Network company-wide award, 2012
o	Broke 8-year single-day sales record with a fraction of the former store’s physical area, 2013 
o	Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, Tradewind POS operating system, and WinRetail Inventory Management system
o	All phases of retail management experience

The Art Students League of New York Store, New York, NY 2008-2009
•	Sales Associate, Web Sales Associate
o	In-store sales, web sales, stock fulfillment, store facility maintenance
o	Proficient in Counterpoint SQL POS operating system

SWOON, Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, Deitch Projects, New York 2008
•	Artist Assistant, Installation Assistant, Ship Builder, Ship Crew, Play Performer 
o	“The project, ‘Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea,’ Swoon’s latest large-scale work, is part floating artwork, part performance, part mobile utopia”- The New York Times, 2008 
o	Helped build seven art boats envisioned by world-renowned artist SWOON that traveled 140 miles down the Hudson River, performing along the way in a play written by Lisa D’Amour; and docking at Deitch Projects Gallery on the East River, just around the tip of Manhattan, for the artist’s solo exhibition.
o	Assisted the artist in the art production and installation of her solo exhibition at Deitch Projects Gallery.

The Salvation Army Camp Puh'Tok, Monkton, MD
•	Indian Lore Director, Summer 2006
o	Educating 5-16 year old boys and girls regarding the cultural practices of various Native American groups including lore, crafting and traditional Native American dancing
•	Counselor, Summer 2005 
o	Counselor for 10-12 year old boys in an American Heritage-themed residential summer camp for boys and girls	

Artist Bio
Alex French lives and works in Baltimore, MD. He has a BFA from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. He has also studied with William Behnken, Michael Grimaldi, and the late Anthony Palumbo, among others, at the Art Students League of New York. After graduating in 2008, he moved back to New York to work for the street artist Swoon for the installation/performance/play/flotilla entitled Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea. Then, after two years of working at the Art Students League, riding bikes, hounding art everywhere, and overall utter madness, he returned to his home city of Baltimore. His art has been exhibited in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Memphis, TN, North Carolina, New Orleans, New Jersey, and New York City; and is in several private collections. Alex is an Assistant Director and Curator at Gallery788 in Baltimore, MD.

Website 
www.bakerartistawards.org/nominations/view/alexfrench/

Exhibition History
June 2014 The Big Show, Creative Alliance at The Patterson, Baltimore, MD

April 2014 Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

April 2014 NYC vs. BMORE, Gallery788, Baltimore, MD

April 2014 Co-Curator, with Tod Seelie (NYC); NYC vs. BMORE art exhibition featuring 10 artists from New York and 10 artists from Baltimore including renowned artist SWOON (NYC). Gallery788, Baltimore, MD
•	“Alex French, one of the exhibit’s curators, put these artists together to examine how sense of place factors into the self-identity and artistic expression”- Baltimore City Paper, 2014. 

February 2014 10+1, Gallery788, Baltimore, MD

October 2013 Elements, Gallery788, Baltimore, MD

October 2013 Art Night 2013, Hickok Cole Architectural and Design firm, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. 

May 2013 Open House, Ink Press Productions, Baltimore, MD

December 2012 Portrayal, Gallery788, Baltimore, MD

April 2012 Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

2011 The Big Show, Creative Alliance at The Patterson, Baltimore, MD

June 2009 The Art Students League of New York Presents The New Jersey Show, Jersey City, NJ 

May 2008 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC

2008 "Homecoming" on Permanent Exhibit, Baltimore Vet Center for Counseling and Readjustment, Baltimore, MD

2008 “Fracture” and “Stuck” collages published, Peal Magazine, Spring Issue 

2006-2007 Encaustic painting series exhibited, Holden Visual Arts Center, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC

2006 Juror's Commendation in Painting category, Juried Student Art Show, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 

April 2006 Curator, The Resurrection Art Show, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC

2006-2011 Created multiple public murals for various agencies including Camp Hope in New Orleans, LA, Charm City Art Space in Baltimore, MD, Warren Wilson College and the Hurricane Katrina Service Summit in Asheville, NC, and Revolutions Bike Cooperative in Memphis, TN 
Literary Experience
2008 Author, Cerebral Soap Dish, an Attention Deficit Disorder themed 42 page manuscript of poetry 

2007 Author and Guest Presenter, The Street Artist Swoon, in the panel presentation “Popular Culture and Art: Creative Art in a Dystopic World.” The Popular Culture Association in the South and The American Culture Association in the South’s Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL

2007 Third Place, Poetry Slam Competition, Columbia Festival of the Arts, Columbia, MD

2006-2008 Competitor, including placements in the finals and first place wins; multiple Poetry Slam competitions, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 

2006 Featured Poet, Local Color program, WNCW 88.7 radio station, Asheville, NC                

2006 Multiple poems published, Outlaw 28778 book of poetry, Asheville, NC

2006 Author, Jane Cohen, narrative from primary resource entered into The Smithsonian Institute’s Veterans Oral History Project, Washington, D.C.

2005-2008 Multiple Poems published, Peal Literary and Art Magazine, Asheville, NC