ABOUT

CHRISTOPHER JAMES ALEXANDER IS A STORYTELLER, STRATEGIST, and designer.

PRIOR TO LAUNCHING HIS LOS ANGELES-BASED BUSINESS IN 2015, CHRISTOPHER WAS A CURATOR OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AT THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE. AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE GETTY’S DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AND DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONTEMPORARY ART, HE CREATED GROUNDBREAKING EXHIBITIONS, CONTRIBUTED TO AMBITIOUS INTERDISCIPLINARY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING PACIFIC STANDARD TIME PRESENTS: MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN L.A., AND HELPED ACQUIRE PIVOTAL COLLECTIONS DEDICATED TO THE EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

CHRISTOPHER IS THE CO-CURATOR OF INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING:

• OVERDRIVE: L.A. CONSTRUCTS THE FUTURE, 1940–1990

• JULIUS SHULMAN’S LOS ANGELES

• JULIUS SHULMAN, MODERNITY AND THE METROPOLIS

• LESSONS FROM BERNARD RUDOFSKY

HIS PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FEATURED AT THE:

• J . PAUL GETTY MUSEUM . LOS ANGELES

• GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE . LOS ANGELES

• LOS ANGELES CENTRAL LIBRARY

• MAYOR’S OFFICE OF LOS ANGELES CITY HALL

• ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

• NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM . WASHINGTON, DC

• CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE . MONTREAL

• MUSEO DE LAS ARTES . GUADALAJARA

• SALA CANAL ISABELL II . MADRID 

• BOFFI LOS ANGELES

• LUIS DE JESUS LOS ANGELES

• JUDSON STUDIOS

CHRISTOPHER IS THE CO-EDITOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING PUBLICATION, OVERDRIVE: L.A. CONSTRUCTS THE FUTURE, 1940–1990; THE AUTHOR OF JULIUS SHULMAN'S LOS ANGELES; CO-CREATIVE DIRECTOR, CO-MANAGING EDITOR, AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR OF AMPLIFIED URBANISM; CO-CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND MANAGING EDITOR OF PERSONAL SPACE: THE DRAWINGS OF LAWRENCE HALPRIN; CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR OF WORLD ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY: FROM STONEHENGE TO THE ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER; AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR OF THE SOUTH KOREAN AND AMERICAN EDITIONS OF JAMES JEAN: ETERNAL JOURNEY.

HE SERVED AS THE CONSULTING DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BARNSDALL ART PARK FOUNDATION, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 2003 THAT IS DEDICATED TO SUSTAINING, ACTIVATING, AND ENHANCING THE LANDSCAPE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS OF BARNSDALL ART PARK. THE WORLD-RENOWNED PUBLIC PARK, LOCATED IN EAST HOLLYWOOD, INCLUDES HOLLYHOCK HOUSE, DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND DESIGNATED LOS ANGELES’S FIRST UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 2019, THE LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE, AND THE BARNSDALL ART CENTER AND JUNIOR ARTS CENTER.

CHRISTOPHER INITIATED AND LED A MULTIFACETED, PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE LOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION TO REVITALIZE BARNSDALL ART PARK’S HISTORIC OLIVE GROVE. HE ALSO DESIGNED THE BARNSDALL FOUNDATION’S NEW WEBSITE, LOGOS, AND FUNDRAISING MATERIALS, WHICH RESULTED IN ITS HEIGHTENED PUBLIC PROFILE AND EXPANDED COMMUNITY OF DONORS.

HE WAS THE FOUNDER, URBAN DESIGNER, PROJECT MANAGER, AND CITY OF LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND GRANT RECIPIENT FOR THE WEST LOS ANGELES CIVIC CENTER PLAZA AND BANDSHELL REVITALIZATION PROJECT, WHICH TRANSFORMED A NEGLECTED, HISTORIC RESOURCE INTO A COMMUNITY DESTINATION FOR OUTDOOR CONCERTS AND A WEEKLY FARMERS MARKET.

CHRISTOPHER EARNED HIS MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES AND BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN FINE ARTS AND ART HISTORY FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.