X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, with Exene in the center foreground

Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenka February 1, 1956) is an American musician and actress. Raised in Illinois and Florida, Cervenka moved to Los Angeles in 1976. In 1977 she met musician John Doe at a poetry workshop and founded the punk band X; they released their debut album, Los Angeles, in 1980, and, over the next six years, five more critically acclaimed albums. Today she continues her musical career with X as well as in solo performances and participation in bands such as The Knitters, Auntie Christ and The Original Sinners. In 1982 Cervenka published her first in a series of four books, Adulterer's Anonymous, in collaboration with artist Lydia Lunch. She has also performed and recorded solo work doing spoken word. Cover of 1997 X collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, taken from Amazon. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... John Doe, (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954), is the founder of the seminal L.A. punk band X. His musical compositions and performances are varied, including country and folk music. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology. ... The Knitters are a Los Angeles based band that play country and folk music. ... Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actor. ... Spoken word is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. ...

In 2005, her journals and mixed media collages were exhibited in a one-person exhibition titled America the Beautiful at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. The exhibit was curated by Kristine McKenna and Michael Duncan. An expanded version of the exhibition traveled to DCKT Contemporary in New York in January, 2006. The exhibition featured a selection of journals from the collection of approximately 100 that Cervenka has completed over the past thirty plus years, as well as eighteen collages. Cervenka's journals combine rough drafts of songs and personal reflections rendered in a baroque calligraphic script with photographs, drawings and scraps of ephemera found while traveling as a musician. Similarly, the collages are created from found materials to form an interpretative composite portrait of the country she's come to know through her life experiences on the road. DCKT Contemporary continues to represent her artwork. Collage (From the French: , to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ... The Santa Monica Museum of Art is a museum located in Santa Monica, California. ... Established in 2002, DCKT Contemporary is an art gallery located on W. 24th St. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Established in 2002, DCKT Contemporary is an art gallery located on W. 24th St. ...

Over the years she has also been known as Christine Cervenka, Exene Cervenkova, and Christine Edge (her married name).

Exene met Viggo Mortensen in 1986 on the set of the comedy Salvation!, a spoof of televangelism. Viggo played her husband, Jerome. They married on July 8, 1987. On January 18, 1988 Exene gave birth to her only child Henry Mortensen. Viggo and Exene were divorced in 1992. Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. ... Salvation! is a 1987 film by Beth B. (Beth Billingsly) and starring Exene Cervenka and Stephen McHattie. ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...

She appeared on the 2000 tribute album titled "Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors"" with Perry Farrell on the track "Children Of Night". Perry Farrell (born Simon Bernstein in New York City on March 29, 1959) is a musician who, as the frontman of Janes Addiction, was one of the pioneers of alternative rock. ...

As of 2006, she lives in Missouri with her husband, Jason Edge. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Official website
• Official website of X
• Exene Cervenka at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography at VH1
• Court document over child support at The Smoking Gun
• Exene Cervenka at DCKT Contemporary