Alexis Rockman (b. New York City) is an artist and environmental activist who began making paintings and works on paper to build environmental awareness in the mid-1980s. Embarking on expeditions to distant locations like Antarctica and Madagascar in the company of professional naturalists, his work tells stories of natural histories confronting the challenging future we face of the biodiversity crisis, global warming, and genetic engineering. Notable solo museum exhibitions include Alexis Rockman: Manifest Destiny at the Brooklyn Museum (2004), which traveled to the Wexner Center for the Arts (2004) and the Rhode Island School of Design (2005).

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Education
School of Visual Arts, New York City; BFA

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Selected Exhibitions

Vanishing Point, Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, FL (2025)
Alexis Rockman and Mark Dion: A Journey to Nature’s Underworld; The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT (2023 - 2024)
Alexis Rockman: The Toxic Sublime, Magenta Plains, New York, NY (2024)