B.1988, San Francisco, CA

Currently residing in Nevada County, Northern California, USA

Education

 Masters of Fine Arts – Painting - The San Francisco Art Institute – 2014

Bachelors of Fine Arts – Painting- The San Francisco Art Institute – 2012

 

Solo/Dual Exhibitions

2020: “Wherever I May Roam: Ben Venom & Alex Ziv”, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

2017: “CutAway(s)”, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA,

2014: “Decoding The Urban Cowboy”, New Works by Alex Ziv, League Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2009: Fractal Revelations, New works by Alex Ziv, The Peanut Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024: “weird West”, Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2024: “Counter Cowboy”, Group Exhibition, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO

2023: “Group Shoe 3”, Curated by Mario Ayala, Group Exhibition, House Of Seiko, San Francisco, CA

2023: “For the Love of Dog”, Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2023: “Inaugural Group Show”, Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

2022: “Unnatural Histories XI”, Group Exhibition, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2022: “The Poison Garden”, Annual Group Exhibition, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2021: “Context Art Miami”, Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, Miami, FL

2020: “Greetings From Miami” Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, NYC, NY

2020: “Multiples” Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, NYC, NY

2020: “Friends & Family” Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

2016: “Summer Group Exhibition”, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

2015: “Tomorrow: A Group Exhibition”, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

2015: “Six Degrees”, Fecal Face Dot Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014: “Winter Group Show”, White Walls & Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014: “12x12 Squared Group Show”, White Walls & Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013: “Brilliant Optics: A Spectrum of Mediums and Color”, The Fort Wayne Museum Of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

2013: Dual Show, “Going No Where”, new Works by Alex Ziv and Mario Ayala, Fecal Face Dot Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012: Cigarettes, Phone Cars and Hip Hop Clothing, Fecal Face Dot Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011: Water Mcbeer Gallery. Online Gallery, Curated by Henry Gunderson

2011: Dual Artist Show, “Unibrow: Bridging the Gap: New Works by Quinn Arneson and Alex Ziv”, San Francisco, CA

2011: Rise Japan, Gallery Heist, San Francisco, CA2009: Cool Kids Only group show, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOWS

2011: A Contemporary Survey on Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2011: International Drawing Group Exhibition, The Leeds College of Fine Art, Leeds, England

 

Permanent Collections:

The Fort Wayne Museum Of Art

The Private Collections Of Brian Holliday & Janette Andrawes

The Private Collection Of Nimi Natan

The Collection of Ryan Fay & SFMODERN

 

Selected Publications/Interviews(web only)

Western Art Collector Magazine- Full Feature Spread, August 2023

Juxtapoz Magazine

Fecal Face Dot Com

Beautiful Decay

Be Street Magazine

Cicada Wheels