Education
2005 B.A Fine Arts, Fort Lewis College, Cum Laude, Durango, Colorado
Solo Exhibitions
2014
I Believe You . Studio 111 . Denver, CO
2013
Landscapes of the Heart . Z Chiropractic . Durango, CO
Trust . ENO . Durango, CO
2012
Dearest...An Experiment in Handwriting . Diane West Gallery . Durango, CO
2011
Lost Dog Art Spectacle . Lost Dog Lounge . Durango, Colorado
2010
Nourishing Images . Alpine Arts Center . Edwards, Colorado
Selected Works of Alexis McLean . Fluid Coffee Bar . Denver, Colorado
2009
An Evening with the Artist
Collaboration with LEED-Certified/Green Building Development Project.
Edwards, Colorado
Fine Design: Featured Denver Artists . D’Vine Wine . Denver, Colorado
Portraits of Graduates . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
Group Exhibitions
2014
Exposed . Denver Art Society . Denver, Colorado
RedHanded 7: Juried Show . T Gallery . Denver, Colorado
Inside Out . Edge Gallery . Denver, Colorado
2013
Year: A Brief Underview of the History of Time . Studio & . Durango, Colorado
2012
Previously Entitled . Studio & . Durango, Colorado
Fairy Tale Fantasy . The Lost Dog . Durango, Colorado
Abstract Views: Juried Show . Durango Art Center . Durango, Colorado
2011
Private Studio . Underground Art Collective . Durango, Colorado
Deliciously Wierd . The Lost Dog . Durango, Colorado
The Soul of All Souls . Studio & . Durango, Colorado
Private Studio . 1111 Camino Del Rio . Durango, Colorado
Salon de Rochester . Rochester Hotel . Durango, Colorado
Entropy . Open Shutter Gallery . Durango, Colorado
2010
Paintings, Photography, Wares . Spaaah Shop . Durango, Colorado
A Novel Idea: Guerilla Art with Words . Public Art Venue . Durango, Colorado
Holiday Art Ole . Durango Arts Center . Durango, Colorado
Who’s New. Durango Arts Center . Durango, Colorado
Artist’s Market . Durango Arts Center . Durango, Colorado
40 Portraits . Steamworks Brewing Company . Durango, Colorado
Anything Goes . Durango Arts Center . Durango, Colorado
WET: A Guerilla Art Show . Public Art Venue . Durango, Colorado
34th Annual Juried Exhibition . Durango Arts Center . Durango, Colorado
2008
Deliciously Weird Art . Durango Arts Center . Durango, Colorado
2005
Juried Senior Exhibition . Fort Lewis College . Durango, Colorado
Edible Art . Durango Arts Center . Durango, Colorado
The Artists Book . Durango, Colorado
2004
Student Curated Show . Fort Lewis College . Durango, Colorado
Private Collections
"Stella" . Private Residence . Denver, Colorado
"Passage" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"In Deep" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"What you see, What you won't" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"What is not Lost" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"Space" . Private Residence . Minturn, Colorado
"The Kind of Silence that Seeps into Your Bones" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"The Answer Lies Within" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"Faded Wisdom" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"Back to the Beginning" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"Oceans to Cross" . Private Residence . Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Dear World, Watch the Fuck Out" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"Show Me the Blue in Your Heart and we Shall Meet Again" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"Golden Eggs & Wellsprings . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"Been Long Gone" . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
"The Red Circles" . Private Residence . Telluride, Colorado
"Red Tent Murals" . The Red Tent Women's Center . Durango, Colorado
"They Show Us it is Possible" . Spaaah Shop . Durango, Colorado
"Yin and Yang" . Spaaah Shop . Durango, Colorado
"Skies" . Travel Trailer . Bishop, California
“Been” . Spaaah Shop . Durango, Colorado
“One” . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
“Three Hearts” . Private Residence . Fort Collins, Colorado
“Sediment We Need” . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
“Forgive You” . Fredrick Zinc & Associates, PC . Durango, Colorado
“Portraits” . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
“You Said You’d Still Be There” . Café of Life Chiropractic . Boulder, Colorado
“For Annie” . Private Residence . Denver, Colorado
“Wait” . Private Residence . Durango, Colorado
“Then I Bled Again” . Private Residence . Edwards, Colorado
“This I Know is True” . Private Residence . Dolores, Colorado
"Max" . Private Residence . California
"All we can do is ask why" . Private Residence . Denver, Colorado
Wall Mural . Window Hangings . Santa Fe Cookie Company . Denver, Colorado
Wall Mural . The Red Tent . Durango, Colorado
Publications
2014
Christy Thacker . Artopsy: Alexis McLean . Birdy Magazine . Issue 5 . May
2013
Luke Mehall . Eat, Sleep, Paint . The Durango Telegraph . Feb 6
2012
Margaret Hedderman . Painting Backward . "Broken" The Durango Herald . February 20
2011
Ted Holteen, Art Center to Take Over... The Durango Herald . December 30
Stew Mosberg, Arts Alive! The Durango Telegraph . December 8
Ted Holteen, Artists Take Over Noel Night in Dowtown Durango . The Durango Herald . December 2
Ted Holteen, Lost Dog Taps McLean for Art Debut . "It Is Possible"
The Durango Herald . Sept 16
Stew Mosberg, Inspired, Introspective, Expressive . "Yin & Yang" "In Deep"
The Durango Herald . March 11
2010
Ground Up Arts Collective. “Sediment We Need, The Red Circles”
Seen Magazine. Volume 1 . July/Aug p 20-21
Joy Overbeck, Bob Winsett. How Green is Their Valley
The Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine. Summer/Fall. p 53-57
Ted Holteen, Take a Peek at the Unknown. The Durango Herald . November 8
Randy Wyrick . Satisfying a Craving for Creativity: Alexis McLean Sees, Captures Art Everywhere . The Vail Daily . July 23
