Alex Schmidt

@bodyconfidence

painting performance text Hunter College professor @whitneymuseum ISP 24-25
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‘The room in this room’ featured in @theartnewspaper in a lovely piece by Ben Sutton alongside work and words by Patrick Mohundro on his booth with @international___waters and the @good_naked booth with work by Langdon Graves, Mary Tooley Parker, Rachel Borenstein and Ryan Richey. Also got to learn about the brand new apartment fair @neighbors__gallery curated by Mirka Serrato 🌱 To quote @ceramic_canvas_in_the_attic “everyone is convinced to attend by the seriousness.” Open through April 19, exhibition text and images in my bio 🪽@theartnewspaper.official Slide 2: The room in this room Pt. 5 2026 Oil, silver leaf, linen, and pine 2 x 5 inches Slide 3: my shameless google alert featuring the other Alex Schmidts I usually learn about because they are a very active local news photographer / athlete, impressive really
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If you’re in Chicago this weekend, hmu for a walk through @barely_fair . I’d love to talk to you about the personal stories embedded in this mini-architecture. One of my favorite things about this work is that it can be viewed in totality or as discrete parts that shatter off. These are the three walls that make up ‘The room in this room’ with @project_art_distribution , along with the Italian Renaissance revival ceiling @themorganlibrary (commissioned by the founder of Chase Bank for his private library) and a recent quote by @itsbensutton for @theartnewspaper.official about the work 💎 The room in this room Pt. 1, 2, 3 2026 Oil, latex, acrylic, silver leaf, graphite, and MDF 19 ⅜ x ½ x 11 ⅞ inches photos by @psychaugas
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🤯 featured in my hometown’s coolest newspaper @chicago_reader !!! Link in b!o to read the whole piece ♣️ Thank you @funerin for interviewing @project_art_distribution @barely_fair @ceramic_canvas_in_the_attic + I about our work in this year’s Barely Fair 🎩 in this juicy article, I talk about the Thorne Miniature Rooms @artinstitutechi (Image 3), the Roger Brown Study Collection (I learned in this process that @saicpics sold it off to @jmkac ) and their display of mini houses among so much other gold (Image 5), uncanny mini-timacy (Image 7 is of @tinydollhousenyc , where I bought the ladder in my install), and Chicago-style humor (Image 9 is from the now-closed Uncle Fun’s, a joke shop that I saved every penny to spend $ at when I was a kid). Final image is of my studio rn after working up to this booth 🥵💅 so grateful to share this work … if u wanna meet up irl in Chicago, I’ll be visiting her April 18-19 before @barely_fair closes! There’s lots of other great work on view I can’t wait to see, including booths by @ceramic_canvas_in_the_attic @international___waters @unluckysnakesale @laurathegallery @rrainaterrorr @alina_tenser @jackbarrettgallery @essexflowers and @anna.markowska.hop.hop @gordonrobichaux !!! 📷 of my install by @psychaugas
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Ecstatic to share my solo booth ‘The room in this room’ with @project_art_distribution is open through April 19 @barely_fair in Chicago ▫️🪜▫️ty @ceramic_canvas_in_the_attic for having me and bringing the work to Chicago for my first ever solo presentation in my home town, ty @psychaugas for photographing the work, + ty @roropaints for hosting ▫️⬛️▫️link in bio for exhibition text, and head to the @barely_fair page for tickets !!!
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excited to find Alex featured in the @barely_fair SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM 💙💙💙 catch her project ‘The room in this room’ April 3-19 at Chicago’s Barely Fair 🔦 🪑 🏠 @bodyconfidence #BarelyFair #AlexSchmidt #AlexSchmidtAKAbodyconfidence #PADTheRoomInThisRoom #JuliusCaesarGallery
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very very pleased to be returning to @barely_fair this year and featuring the one and only Alex Schmidt AKA @bodyconfidence 💙 ‘The room in this room’ opens THIS Friday (4/3) and runs through 4/19 💙 🔏 Buy tickets online and find the our booth near McKinley Park in Chicago, IL thx to @juliuscaesarchicago 🎟️💙 #BarelyFair #AlexSchmidt #JuliusCaesarGallery #AlexSchmidtAKAbodyconfidence #PADTheRoomInThisRoom thank you @roropaints and @roartservices for all of your help! 💙💙💙
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1 month ago
Goodnight Three of Cups 🫗 Thank you @pa_secas + @da_kuzi of @frisson_gallery and to my fellow cups @allietaylorg + @maaaaarmz and to everyone who visited and performed with our work. It’s been an honor to begin the year with you🚰💦 if u missed the show but wanna see the install shots hmu ;) After After Life Model Gone Mad (virtual figure modeling performance, 2020), 2025 Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 inches 📷 @joeygonnella
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PERFORMING TONIGHT @frisson_gallery (141 Attorney St, 7pm). I’ll be singing a song or two and am co-hosting with @allietaylorg + @maaaaarmz to celebrate our 3-person exhibition *Three of Cups.* We’ll be joined by @andreasisson @eris_trivisa_itihasa #DaveMckenzie @col_bon @tessdworman . If you use the bathroom, you’ll get to spend time with this ^ work. Hydrate! + c u soon 🐭 Body Double in the Backroom, 2020-2025 Subtitled figure modeling performance, 4 minutes 51 seconds, 1080p
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When presented with choices I chose them all, 2025 Oil on linen, 5 x 7 x 1.5 inches On view at @frisson_gallery thru Valentine’s Day ❤️ 📷 by @joeygonnella
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I started this painting while in residence @shandakenprojects @stormkingartcenter - and worked on it between my private studio and the garage attached to our temporary home (ty @seaspoons @big.jules.xo + @a.mississippi.honey for helping me schlep her through the field at night!) The work began as preparation for a show that never came to be ~ referencing work that had already been. And now she’s @frisson_gallery alongside brill work by @allietaylorg + @maaaaarmz til Valentine’s Day ❤️ Come visit Tues-Sat 12-6 (141 Attorney St., NYC) and/or on Tuesday Feb 10 at 7pm, where we’ll be hosting a night of performances and readings by @col_bon @kare_with @eris_trivisa_itihasa @andreasisson @tessdworman + #DaveMckenzie until the present passed this o’clock, 2026 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 70.25 x 68.5 inches 📷 @joeygonnella
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~in 9 days~TUESDAY February 10 (7p), we’ll be hosting a night of performances and readings featuring @tessdworman @eris_trivisa_itihasa #davemckenzie @andreasisson + more Hosted by @allietaylorg @maaaaarmz and myself @frisson_gallery . First slide: repeat repeat repeat, 2026 Oil and acrylic on canvas, plexiglass mirror, blue light bulb, dimensions variable. 📷 by @joeygonnella
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ghosts, grief, desire, writing, and drawing for @impulse_magazine_ by the unstoppable inimitable darling diva friend Alex Schmidt <3 (and of course ft. @wendyssubway )
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