Alina Tenser
Overview
Alina Tenser is a Ukrainian-born artist working across sculpture, video, performance, and interactive engagement. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Lehigh University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally with recent solo exhibitions at KinoSaito Art Center, Verplanck, NY; HESSE FLATOW, New York, NY; SE Cooper Contemporary, Portland, OR; 17Essex Gallery, New York, NY, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, SE; Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; AIR, New York, NY; Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY; and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been widely reviewed and written about in publications such as The New York Times, New Yorker Magazine, Artforum, BOMB Magazine, Cultured Magazine, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Third Rail. She has participated in multiple artist residencies, including Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY; Queens Museum Studio Program, Queens, NY; Recess Activities, Brooklyn, NY; Interlude, Hudson, NY, among others.
Works
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Alina TenserConcrete Meander, 2024Concrete6 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 21 in
16.5 x 16.5 x 53.3 cm -
Alina TenserDoll Sleeve, 2024Vinyl, zipper29 x 18 x 4 1/2 in
73.7 x 45.7 x 11.4 cm -
Alina TenserFull Sleeve, 2024Vinyl, zipper64 x 26 x 8 in
162.6 x 66 x 20.3 cm -
Alina TenserCorridor, Orange and Gray, 2023Expanded metal, satin ribbon, steel, toggle latch15 x 15 x 15 1/4 in
38.1 x 38.1 x 38.7 cm -
Alina TenserL Shaped Layout, 2023Vinyl, zippers45 x 122 x 4 1/2 in
114.3 x 309.9 x 11.4 cm -
Alina TenserWater Carrier, 2023Sheet metal, hinges, vinyl hoseOverall: 66 x 20 x 2 in
167.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm
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Alina TenserWater Carrier, 2023Sheet metal, hinges, vinyl hoseOverall: 29 x 39 x 2 in
73.7 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm
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Alina TenserWater Carrier, Walking in Circles with Sharp Corners, 2023Sheet metal, hinges, vinyl hoseOverall: 72 x 48 x 2 in
182.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm
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Alina TenserParentheses, Green Path, 2022Satin ribbon, steel, expanded metal, casters72 x 41 x 16 in
182.9 x 104.1 x 40.6 cm
Exhibitions
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Circles with Sharp Corners February 29 - March 30, 2024“Repetition changes nothing in the object repeated, but does change something in the mind which contemplates it.' - David Hume via Gilles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition HESSE FLATOW is pleased to present Circles with Sharp Corners, Alina Tenser’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Working across sculpture, video, and performance,...Read more -
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A Particular Kind of Embrace February 18 - March 19, 2022Read more -
Common Expression
Gordon Hall, Carrie Rudd, Ilana Savdie, Howard Spann, and Alina Tenser December 3, 2020 - January 9, 2021Curated by Jesse Greenberg Common Expression is an attempt to call to attention newly emerging themes in art that have been dormant for some time, works that reinvigorate abstract expressionism and performative objects that induce intimate expressions by the viewer. The paintings in this show by Carrie Rudd, Ilana Savdie...Read more -
Proposition
Maria Antelman, Carver Audain, Karen Azoulay, Nathaniel deLarge, Ben Hagari, Hugh Hayden + Zachary Heinzerling, Meredith James, Jonah King, Bahareh Khoshooee, Molly Lowe, Asif Mian, Virginia Lee Montgomery, Robert Sandler + Jessica Wilson, Theodore Sefcik December 12, 2019 - January 11, 2020curated by Jesse Greenberg Maria Antelman, Carver Audain, Karen Azoulay, Nathaniel deLarge, Ben Hagari, Hugh Hayden + Zachary Heinzerling, Meredith James, Jonah King, Bahareh Khoshooee, Molly Lowe, Asif Mian, Virginia Lee Montgomery, Robert Sandler + Jessica Wilson, Theodore Sefcik, Jessie Stead, Alina Tenser, and Siebren Versteeg Hesse Flatow announces Proposition,...Read more -
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Reading Room @CRUSH CURATORIAL April 25 - May 24, 2019…emotions create the very effect of the surfaces and boundaries that allow us to distinguish an inside and an outside in the first place… -Sara Ahmed CRUSH Curatorial is thrilled to present Alina Tenser: Reading Room, a participatory space that invites the viewer to leaf through the artist’s new sculptural...Read more -
The Castle of Perseverance
ROBIN CAMERON, JAY DAVIS, STACY FISHER, ALEXIS GEORGOPOULOS, BEN HAGARI, JON KESSLER, MATHIAS KESSLER, MOLLY LOWE, OLIVER MICHAELS, PATRICK CARLIN MOHUNDRO, EVA O'LEARY, ALLISON SCHULNIK, PETER SUTHERLAND, ALINA TENSER, EMILY WEINER @CRUSH C October 8 - 22, 2016The show takes its title, The Castle of Perseverance, from the first theatrical production to citevand utilize props outside of masks. Theatrical property, later known as props, was characterized by their portability and capacity to suspend disbelief. In the original play, there is an “allegorical battle between good and evil...Read more
Press
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The Best Booths at NADA New York, From Sci-Fi Utopias to Remixed Folklore
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews, May 2, 2024 -
Standouts at NADA New York, the Fair for Up-and-Comers
Will Heinrich, The New York Times, May 2, 2024 -
Alina Tenser in "10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This April"
Taliesin Thomas, Hyperallergic, March 29, 2024 -
Alina Tenser in "8 Art Shows to See in New York This March"
Hakim Bishara, Hyperallergic, March 1, 2024 -
Interview: Alina Tenser’s Untethered Lexicon
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Colby Chamberlain, Artforum, May 1, 2022 -
Alina Tenser: A Particular Kind of Embrace
Helena Haimes, The Brooklyn Rail, March 9, 2022 -
New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now
Will Heinrich, The New York Times, May 16, 2019 -
Alina Tenser Toys with Our Desire to Connect
Catherine Damman, Cultured, January 8, 2019
News
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Alina Tenser in "Great Women Sculptors"
October 5, 2024Alina Tenser is among the artists featured in 'Great Women Sculptors', a wide-ranging survey championing the best-known women sculptors from art history alongside today’s rising...Read more -
Alina Tenser's "Wrk Frm Hm" at KinoSaito Art Center
March 9 - May 5, 2024 March 2, 2024KinoSaito Art Center is pleased to feature a solo presentation of Brooklyn-based artist Alina Tenser. A selection of floor sculptures and wall mounted reliefs accompanies...Read more -
"Drawing by Sculptors" curated by Carl D'Alvia at Helena Anrather, New York
January 5 - February 4, 2023 January 10, 2023A few years ago, as he embarked on a series of new works, sculptor and gallery artist Carl D’Alvia noticed an unconscious shift in his...Read more -
OPEN REHEARSAL: Alina Tenser, Juli Brandano, and Amelia Koper Heintzelman
From 2 to 5:30pm | HESSE FLATOW March 15, 2022On the occasion of her exhibition, Alina Tenser has invited choreographers Juli Brandano and Amelia Koper Heintzelman to activate her 'Parentheses' body of work in...Read more -
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Interlude Artist Residency August 13, 2021Alina Tenser is currently participating in Interlude Artist Residency Summer 2021 session. Interlude Artist Residency is a non profit in the Hudson Valley dedicated to...Read more
Events
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Artist Talk: Alina Tenser & Jess Wilcox
May 5, 2024On the occasion of her solo institutional exhibition Alina Tenser: Wrk Frm Hm at KinoSaito Art Center, Alina Tenser will do an exhibition walkthrough and...Read more -
NADA New York 2024
Amanda Martínez, Emma Safir, Alina Tenser May 2 - 5, 2024For NADA New York 2024, HESSE FLATOW is pleased to present an all-female artist booth featuring freestanding and wall-mounted sculptures by gallery artists Alina Tenser...Read more -
UNTITLED Miami Beach 2022
AGLAÉ BASSENS, MICHAEL CHILDRESS, SONIA LOUISE DAVIS, ADAMA DELPHINE FAWUNDU, NAT MEADE, LUIS EDGAR MEJICANOS, ALINA TENSER November 28 - December 3, 2022Hours: VIP & Press Preview Monday November 28, 1pm – 8pm General Admission Tuesday November 29, 11am – 7pm Wednesday November 30, 11am –...Read more -
Artist/Curator Walkthrough
January 9, 2021Please join us for a walkthrough of our current exhibitions with artists and curators. Quentin James McCaffrey, Chang Sujung and curator Jesse Greenberg will discuss...Read more
Publications
