Alex Arzt
- Interdisciplinary 2027
Alex Arzt is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and gardener based in Oakland, California.
Her research-driven, place-based practice spans artist books, essays, installation, lectures, and living processes. She runs A Magic Mountain, a Risograph press with publications in the collections of Stanford, the Getty Research Institute, and SFMOMA. She was an Affiliate Artist at Headlands Center for the Arts from 2018 to 2022 and has received grants from the Puffin Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, and Art Bae. She is currently writing her first book about California’s feral cabbages, forthcoming from Heyday in 2028.