Education

1999     MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

1996          Akademiebrief at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf

1994     Master Student, Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf (MFA)

Awards

1997          DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/ Fulbright, Yearlong Fellowship to

                    study in the US

            Förderpreis des Ruhrpreises für Kunst und Wissenschaft der Stadt Mülheim an

                    der Ruhr (prize for emerging artists)

1998     Resident at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah

Selected Solo Shows

2008     "Stay Calm, Walk Home, and Induce Low Stress", Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Berlin

2006     “Two Proud Society Spouses Are Reclining on Contemporary Furniture As A Golden-Eyed
                    Ghost Lady Looks Over The Coffee Tables”, Hudson Franklin, New York

            “Public Sculpture”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2004     "Centric 66", University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, curated

                    by Mary-Kay Lombino

            "Owl Society Part II", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

            "Pan American Nightclub Sculptures", boom editions, Chicago, IL

2003     "Owl Society", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

            "Owl Society Part II", Hudson and Franklin, New York, NY

2002     “Beautiful Ornaments as Shadows, Crashed Down and a Video of Flickering Light in

                    a 70’s Office Tower”, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

2001     Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles

1998     Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah

1996     Luis Campaña Gallery, Cologne

Selected Group Shows

2008     “The Whitney Biennial”, Whitney Musuem of American Art, New York, NY

   “We construct the chorus”, I-Space, Chicago, IL

2006     "Reality is an August Imagination", Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Andrew Hahn

            “Bring the War Home”, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York and QED, Los Angeles, curated by

                    Drew Heitzler

            New Ghost Entertainment Entitled, Or Gallery Vancuver, Kunsthaus Dresden, by Katrin Pesch

2005     “Celine and Julie Go Boating”, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, organized

                    by Michael Ned Holte

            "Kicking Rocks", Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

            "Bull's Eye", Hudson Franklin, New York, NY

2004     "Brown Constructions", LemonSky Miami, Miami, FL, curated by Amir Zaki.

            Backstage Tourismus, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (catalog)

            "Upstream: Idea drawings", Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles     

2003     Sundown Salon at the Schindler House presented by the MAK Center for Art &

                    Architecture at the Schindler House

            "International Paper", UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

             "Win, Loose, or Draw", Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

             "If the Hippies Cut Their Hair, I Don’t Care, I Don’t Care", Galerie Michael Hall,

                    Vienna, Austria

2002     “Play it as it Lays”, 17 Artists from Los Angeles, The London Institute, London

            “Out of the Ground Into the Sky Out of the Sky Into the Ground”, A Detour show

                   organized by Kopp Kordansky at Pond in San Francisco, Black Dragon

                   Society in Los Angeles

2001     “Sharing Sunsets”, MOCA Tucson

            “Drawn from LA (Home is where the Heart is)”, Midway Initiative,

                   Saint Paul, Minnesota

            “Tirana Bienniale”, Albania

2000     Guggenheim Gallery of the Chapman University in Orange County

            “The Closet Show”, Los Angeles, 3424 Council ST. Los Angeles

            “Legal Paper” Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles

            “DRS Project Wall 2000”, Los Angeles

1999     “Colab” at 240 South Broadway, Los Angeles

            “Expanding Limited Space”, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles

            “Touring the Frame”, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles

            “Remaining Speculations”, 926 Chung King Road, Los Angeles

            “The Temptations”, Mark Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles

            “The CAA Show”, Barnsdall Building, Los Angeles

1998     “Anwander” Bazaar de Cologne, Cologne

1997     “Das Leben in der Wüste”, kj, Cologne

1995     “Papier”, Bärbel Grässlin Gallery, Frankfurt

1994     “Zwischenbilanz”, Kunstverein Lingen

Selected Bibliography

2008        Keehn Dorka, “Frame of Reference: Alice Konitz”, California Home and Design Magazine,

                     June Vikram, Anuradha, “The LA Annual”, Artillery, May/June

              Volk, Gregory, “Spring In Dystopia”, Art In America, May
 

              Sneed, Gillian, “The Whitney Biennial 2008: Expanded Walls, Expanded Practices”,

                      Art Fairs International, March 10

              Cotter, Holland, “Art’s Economic Indicator” The New York Times, March 7

              Dalton, Trinie, “2008 Biennial Exhibition Catalogue”, The Whitney Museum of American 

                      Art, March 10

2007       Vogel, Carol, “Whitney Biennial Stretches to Armory,” New York Times, November 16
 

              “Artists Announced for 2008 Whitney Biennial,” Artforum.com, November 16
 

              Smith, Roberta, “In these Shows, the Material is the Message”, New York Times, August 10
 

              Coburn, Tyler, “Build it High: Laying Bricks”, Art Review, July/August
 

              Cotter, Holland, “Aspects, Forms and Figures”, New York Times, March 2

2006      Brooks, Amra, “Must See Art”, LA Weekly, July 26

             Miles, Christopher, “Disconcerting world views”, Los Angeles Times, July 21

             Site, Publication of text and images

             Melrod, George, Sculpture, July/August

             Bluhm, Erik, "Perfect City Telepathy", Art US, March/April, issue 12

             Balaschak, Chris, “Alice Könitz”, Frieze, April

             Martin, Victoria, “Alice Könitz at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artweek, April

             Holte, Michael Ned, “Alice Könitz”, Artforum, April, pgs 255-256

2005      Myers, Holly, “Six journeys of imagination”, LA Times, August 12

             Rath, Jessica, “Alice Konitz”, Art US, March 10

2004     Weinberg, Michelle, "Brown Constructions", Miami New Times, November 11

            Holte, Michael Ned, "Alice Konitz - Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects",

                  Artforum critic's pick, March 4

           "Backstage Tourismus", Forum Stadtpark, Graz, catalog

2003     Ruhrpreis für Kunst und Wissenschaft, 1987-2001, catalog

            Frank, Peter, "The Paper Chase", art on paper, April issue, pg 36-39

            Mathis, Sommer, "Paper Trail", UCLA Daily Bruin, January 31

            Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential", artnet, February

            Knight, Christopher, "Drawing, not toeing, the Line," Los Angeles Times, February 7

            Hammer Calendar, Winter Spring issue,

            Elaine, James, "International Paper - Drawings by Emerging Artists", UCLA Hammer

                  Museum, exhibition catalog, Los Angeles, CA, 2003

             Leah Ollman, "Three mediums, three messages", Los Angeles Times, January 10

 2002          “Play it as it Lays” at London Institute Gallery, by JJ Charlesworth, artext, Summer

                  issue

              Deamer, Julie, "London Street Projects", Quick Stretch, August 2

              "The London Institute", Contemporary, March issue

              Charlesworth, JJ, "Play it as it Lays" at London Institute Gallery, artext, Summer issue

 2001     Tirana Biennale 1, interview with Paul Quiñones

             Bruce Hainley, Artforum, April

             Julie Deamer, Flashart, March/April

             I-D Magazine, The Gallery Issue

             Malik Gaines, Art and Text, May

             Malik Gaines, essay about the show at the Guggenheim Gallery of the Chapman

                    University

             Doug Harvey, LA Weekly, November 26 - December 2

             David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, July 30

             Great God Pan, number thirteen, publication of drawings

             Christopher Smith, The Salt Lake Tribune, July

1998      Matthew Coolidge, CLUI Newsletter

1996      Martin Pesch, Frieze, November

Artist Talks

2003        University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

2001        Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

      Chapman University, Orange County, CA

Residencies
 

2006                Tong Xian Artist Residency, Beijing, China