Born 1993, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

2011-2012 BFA (pending), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Art
2013-2015 Los Angeles City College, Studio Art

Solo and two person exhibitions

2023
A Bug’s Life, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA

2021
The Hippest Trip in America - By Land, Air and Sea, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY

2018
Monsoon Lagoon, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA

2017
Myth Envy: Alake Shilling and Theresa Touma, No Place Gallery, Columbus,OH

2016
Alake Shilling, Maitland Foley, Los Angeles, CA

Group exhibitions

2023
Funk You Too!, MAD Museum, New York, NY
Clay Pop, Curated by Alia Williams, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Loyal @ El Royale, El Royale, Los Angeles, CA

2021
Clay Pop, Curated by Alia Williams, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY
Hot Concrete: L.A. Arrangement, Sow & Tailor, Los Angeles, CA

2019
Punch, Curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Go Away Road, Curated by Adrienne Rubenstein, Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
Dirty Protest, Hammer Contemporary Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Group Shoe, Organized by Mario Ayala, in lieu, Los Angeles, CA

2018
Body, Curtain, Advance, Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
New Acquisitions, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Fun House, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, England
American Fine Arts pt 1: life’s not fair and people don’t act right, BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA

2017
Cool World, Club Pro, Los Angeles, CA
All The Small Things, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Unclebrother, Hancock, NY
MECA Art Fair, 356 Mission, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2015
Group Exhibition, Spectrum, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Scholarship Exhibition, Da Vinci Gallery, LACC, Los Angeles, CA
DTLA Art Walk, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, CA
Now Trending PVA, The Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA (juried art show)

2014
Pop-Up Gallery Show Online Vol.2, @internet-art.net

2012
Art Bash, SAIC Columbus Dr. Building, Chicago, IL

2008
Animated Film Another Day in a Crazy World, Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY

Awards

2015 LACC Dynamic Scholarship, California, LA
2012 SAIC Presidential Merit Scholarship , Chicago, IL
2010 Scholastic Art Award – Silver Key Award, New York, NY
2010 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award Grant, Landsdowne, VA
2009 Scholastic Art & Writing Award, Gold Key Award, New York, NY
2009 California Arts Scholar, Los Angeles, CA
2008 California Arts Scholar, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography
Stromberg, Matt, Alake Shilling interviewed, Hyperallergic, 2018
Osberg, Annabel, Alake Shilling, Artillery Magazine, 2018
Milbrath, Claire, Alake Shilling, Editorial Magazine, August 17, Issue 17, 2017
Art scholarship show presents Dynamic Exhibit, Los Angeles Collegian, May 15, P6, 2015
Conversation with Alake Shilling, The Fine Print Magazine, December 15, 2015