1975 USA, Ukraine
1993-97
Columbia University, New York
Bachelor of Arts - Visual Art & Art History
2001-03
de Ateliers, Amsterdam
Masters/Postgraduate Fellowship - Visual Art
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Group
2019
Breathers, Kunsthalle Center for Contemporary Art Andratx, Spain
Soothsaying, Sonntag, Berlin (cat.)
2018
Helene Appel, Alisa Margolis, Helen Verhoeven, (curated by Alisa Margolis) Galerie Judin, Berlin
2017
Procession and Madonella Project, Berlin
Lend Me Your Ear And I’ll Sing You a song, Berlin
2016
Sorry Superhero, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt
Let the flowers speak - Flowers and artificial nature from 1960’s and beyond Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany (cat.)
DRIFT, Alex Hubbard, Alisa Margolis & Diana Sirianni, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany (cat.)
2015
The Light in Me Weighs A Ton (in collaboration with Anike Joyce Sadiq),
C2 Spazio, Florence
Florenz Contemporary, Italian Embassy, Berlin
Residu 3, Kunsthal 45, Den Helder, NL
Time Lies, KIK Seven Kino International, Berlin
Fellows Show, Villa Romana, Florence, IT
Not An Archive of Mussels, curated by Federico Cavalini/Carico Massimo, Carrara, IT
2014
The Disappearance, Judin Galerie, Berlin
Gótico, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt
2013
The Phylogenesis of Generosity: The First Prinzessinnengarten Outdoor Sculpture Triennial, Berlin
2012
Sha la-la-la-la, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
30 Days of Peace Love and Painting, Ellen de Bruijne, Amsterdam
2011
Flamboyant Body: Discoteca Flaming Star, Alisa Margolis, Megan Sullivan, Arcade Fine Art, London
‘Theory of Everything’ Book Launch, Nolan Jüdin Gallery, Berlin
2010
You Are One of A Thousand, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
Ecstatic Liberation Stück, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
Dark As Ten Feet Down, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt
The Mountains Where The Whales Once Lived, Union Gallery, London
Wight Biennial: Another Romance, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles (cat.)
Re-Mediate, Merz Akademie & Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
Get Behind Me Satan and Push, Peres Projects, Berlin
Girl Overkill 2, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
‘High Drama: Works from the Collection of Hugo & Carla Brown', The Dutch Cultural Pop-Up Space, London
Madonna Psycho Slut, Grimm Museum, Berlin
2009
Walker Evans and the Barn, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
Rehang (curated by November Paytner and Sylvia Kouvali), Büyük Londra, Istanbul
2008
Cobra to Contemporary, Artnews Projects, Berlin
Freeze Frame, Thrust Projects, New York
East Shakes the Messenger, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Out of Art, Kunsthaus Centre PasquArt, Biel / Bienne
2007
Ancient History, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Berlin
2006
Painting Codes, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Italy (cat.)
Group Show, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Hybrid, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt
MRKS&SPNCR, Delfina Exhibition Space, London
The Afternoon of A Faun, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
Fresh, Renaissance Society, Chicago (cat.)
The Triumph of Painting, The Saatchi Gallery, London (cat.)
Alisa Margolis, Vilma Gold, London
2005
2004
The Prague Biennal, Prague (cat.)
Group Show, Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris
Theory of Everything, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Expander, Royal Academy of Art, London (cat.)
Now Is A Good Time, (curated by Dean Valentine), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Vixen, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Her Kind, The Approach, London
When the Lights Go Out, Cohan & Leslie, New York
I just don’t know what to do with myself, Marella Contemporanea, Milan (cat.)
Private Life; Paintings for the Blue Drawing Room, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam
2003
Paintings, de Ateliers, Amsterdam
Intravention, W139, Museum Amstelkring, Amsterdam (cat.)