Aliza Nisenbaum was born in Mexico City, and is currently based in New York. She received her BFA and her MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. She is represented by Anton Kern gallery and is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University School of the Arts.

She has had recent shows at the Phillips Collection, Boston ICA, LA MOCA, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Whitney Biennial 2017; The Flag Art Foundation; The ICA at MECA; Biennial of the Americas, MCA, Denver; the Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; She has a forthcoming exhibition at Anton Kern gallery 2019; and at Tate Liverpool in 2021.

Her work has been covered by Artnet, The Brooklyn Rail, Artforum, Frieze, Vogue. ArtReview, The New Yorker and to name a few. Brian met up with Aliza at Anton Kern Gallery at the site of her solo show ‘Coreografias’ which is on view through November 2nd.