Alex Schmidt (b. Chicago, IL) is an artist and MFA candidate at Hunter College (anticipated graduation F/W 2023). Alex has been a guest lecturer for my business growth programs on the topics of both feedback and improvisation for leaders. I find Alex’s work brilliantly helpful when it comes to thinking more openly about what feedback is and how improv can help you create a crack through which an unexplored version of yourself can emerge—very helpful when you find yourself growing as a leader. 

We talk about everything from pursuing an MFA to queering improv to considering why roasts can be so valuable and how to open your mind about feedback.  I can’t recommend Alex more highly as an instructor if you have a team that could benefit from improving your feedback and communication skills! 

Schmidt has held solo exhibitions at Leslie Lohman Museum (NY) and Rachel Comey (NY). Schmidt has performed at MoMA PS1, the Kitchen, PERFORMA, and American Medium. Schmidt is the Co-Founder of Dyke Soccer and Founder of Fall Into the Gay. 

Schmidt is the audio performer for Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis (Macmillan 2023). 

Schmidt’s work has been featured in the New Yorker, Vogue, The Guardian, Paper Magazine, Girls Like Us, Office Magazine, Dazed Digital, Elite Daily, Queer York City (S1 Ep. 5 + 6 and S2 Ep. 2) Dazed & Confused Magazine, Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Art Council, Broadly, and Art 21.