Alice Tippit is a Chicago-based painter and printmaker. Playfully erotic, Tippit’s surrealist-inspired canvases function as visual poems or puns, resisting their often enigmatic titles. Unfolding references from art history, advertising, and linguistic metaphor, Tippit’s carefully selected color palette, and flat, graphic style mask her carefully constructed hand-painted surfaces. 

CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1975, Independence, KS
Lives and works in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION
2013
Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Zero eroS, Rodolphe Janssen, Belgium
Surely Any S is Welcome, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY

2021
Palsied Egg Thief, Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA

2020
Pallid Carrier, PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL
Unspelt, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY

2019
Still Life with Volcano, Grice Bench, Los Angeles CA
Delicious Sister, Kimmerich, Berlin, Germany

2018
Long Red Moans, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
Bad Form, Paris London, Hong Kong, Chicago, IL

2017
She Geometry, KRETS, Malmö, Sweden
Woman on Yellow Motorcycle in Crystal Lake, Kimmerich, Berlin, Germany

2016
Syntax Season, PRINTtEXT, Indianapolis, IN”¨Don’t Hate the Sky, The Backroom at Kim’s Corner Food, Chicago, IL
ESS ENVY, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY Monk’s”¨House, Night Club, Chicago, IL

2015
La Force, Paris London Hong Kong, Chicago, IL

2014
Little Grey Cells, Night Club, Chicago, IL

2013
Ella Hatchet (with Alex Chitty), Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL

2012
Imagine That You are Embracing a Statue, Jancar Jones, Los Angeles, CA
H.E.L.E.N., Important Projects, San Francisco, CA

2010
On Defense, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL

2008
When the World Was Flat, Grey Gallery, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Moreover: 50 Paintings, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2023
Dialogues, PATRON, Chicago, ILThe Moon and I, GRIMM, New York, NY
Basic Fit, Office Baroque, Antwerpen, Belgium

2022
(m)ad-libs, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Sarah Braman, Ellen Gronemeyer, Margherita Manzelli and Alice Tippit (in cooporation with Kimerich), Linn Luhn gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Chambres d’Amis: IKEA,Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium

2021
The Regional,Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH Travels to: Kemper Museum of Contemporary ArtKansas City, MO
Feelings are Facts, Poker Flats, Williamstown, MA
After Daan Van Golden, Parts Project, The Hague, NL

2020
Won’t you be my neighbor, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
Four Flags, Chicago Manual of Style, Chicago, IL
Noah’s Ark, Nichelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
Painting As Is, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2019
Small Painting, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Reductive Seduction, Chart Gallery, New York, NY
ZENTRIFIED! (Curated by Ken Johnson), Thomas Park Gallery, New York, NY

2018
Common Forms, PEANA, Monterry, MXӬBarbara or Ardor, Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CAӬMike Cloud, Peter Fagundo, Joseriberto Perez, Leonard Suryajaya, Alice Tippit, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Class Reunion, mumok, Vienna, Austria
Ellen Gronemeyer, Deborah Remington, Torsten Slama, & Alice Tippit, Kimmerich, Berlin, Germany
Got a Light, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WIӬ10, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

2017
Her Eyes are like Doves Behind Streams of Water, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
I Was a Wall, and My Breasts Were like Fortress Towers, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
PDF-Objects, El Elspectro, Mexico City, Mexico

2016
A Summer Painting Show, PSM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
BY HAND, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Heart of the Matter, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, Chicago, IL

2015
Two Steps Forward, 47 Canal, New York, NY
Let’s Get Figurative, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
Of Boldness and Subtlety, Hap Gallery, Portland, OR

2014
Meet Me at The Soho House, Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL
Rubbernecking in the Stacks, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Baudy, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL

2013
Should Have Gave You My Number, Art Amalgamated, New York, NY
Eightball, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Pages, Pages, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
Severe Style, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Chicago IL

2012
New Work, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL They Shapes, Gallery X, Chicago, IL

2011
First Show, Jancar Jones, Los Angeles, CA

2010
To Face, Lloyd Dobler, Chicago, IL

2009
Third Arm, Student Union Gallery, Chicago, IL
Now That’s What I Call Painting, Scott Projects, Chicago, IL

2008
Does This Show Make Me Look Fat, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
Section des Miroirs, G2, Chicago, IL
Go! Grey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007
Everything is All Really Happening Right Now, Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL
Targeting Johns, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
But Seriously, Folks, Francine Seders, Seattle, WA

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2019 Chicago Finalist, Artadia
2013 George & Ann Siegel Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006 Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission GAP Grant

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES & PANELS
2017
Visiting Artist, Interlink Visiting Artist + Curator Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023Fouts, Ally. Microcosm: A Review of “Dialouges” at Patron”, NewCity Art, November 29, 2023 
2020
Laster, Paul, “Reopened Galleries Offer Not To Be Missed Solo Shows,’ Art and Object, July
Pagel, David, “Inspired by Emily Dickinson, Alice Tippit’s Paintings Play Out as Visual Poetry, Los Angeles Times, January

2019
Miller, Chris, “Bigger Isn’t Always Better,” NewCity Art, July

2018
Buhe, Elizabeth. “Review: Alice Tippit.” Art in America, December 1, 2018

2017
Speed, Mitch, Review: Alice Tippit, Kimmerich, Frieze, February 16, 2017

2016
Raina, Kaveri and Smith, Jenn, Q&A with Alice Tippit, Maake Magazine, September 2016
Fateman, Johanna, Critics’ Picks, ARTFORUM, July 15, 2016
Johnson, Ken, What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week, The New York Times, July 14, 2016

2014
24 Artists to Watch, Modern Painters, Blouinartinfo.com, December 1, 2014

2013
Cristello, Stephanie, Ella Hatchet: Alex Chitty & Alice Tippit at Roots & Culture, New American Paintings. July 2, 2013

2012
Martinez, Christina, Enigmatic Signposts That Bear an Eerie Resemblance to Words, ArtSlant. March 3, 2012

2007
Farr, Sheila, Something Funny Going On at Francine Seders, Seattle Times, December 21,2007
Hackett, Regina, They are Women, See Their Art, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 28, 2007