SUSANNE VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES PROJECTS
OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS
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Born in New York, New York
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

EDUCATION

2001     MFA. California Institute for the Arts, School of Art, Valencia CA.
1997-9  California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.
1995-97School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Boston, MA.
1990     BA, University of Vermont, Environmental Studies, Burlington, VT.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007     “A Roof Upended,” Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA.
2006     “Thieves Vinegar,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen Germany.
2005     “More Yellow Wallpaper,” Mullin Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles.
2004     “Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany.
2002     “#9,” Olga Koumoundouros & Rodney McMillian, Unit #9, 5301 Sunset Blvd.
                  Los Angeles, CA.
1999     “Just in Case,” INMO Gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles.

     GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007       “Ohio,”  w/ Andrea Bowers, David Hullfish Baily, Sam Durant, Rodney McMillian,
                  Adrian Piper, and Robert Pruitt Gahlberg  Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.
           “Informal Architecture,” The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB, Canada.
           “Touched: Artist’s and Social Engagement,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena.
           “The Secretariat,” w/ Walead Beshty and Yoshua Okon, Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA.
           “Philosophy of Time Travel,” collaboration w/ Edgar Arceneaux, Vincent Johnson,
                  Rodney McMillian & Matthew Sloly, curated by Christine Kim,
                  Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY.
           “On a Porch,” performance w/Rodney McMillian, LAX-Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2006    “Capitol Punishment,” collaborative project w/ Pia Ronicke,
                  Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX.
           “Sculpture,” Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
           “Affair,” Tart, San Francisco, CA.
           “A Front Porch: Concurrent and Not Opposing,” performance collaboration
                  w/Rodney McMillian, The Suburban, Chicago Illinois.
2005    “Thing,” curated by Aimee Chang, James Elaine, Chris Myles, Armand Hammer Museum,
                 Los  Angeles, CA.
2004     “New Balance Frontier,” Soap Factory, curated by Aimee Chang, Minneapolis, MN.
            “Poster Project,” organized by Pia Ronicke, Coppenhagen, DN.
            “Journal of Aesthetics and Protest 3 Day Extravaganza,” Machine Gallery,
                  Los Angeles, CA.
2003     “Rent-a-Bench,” Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark.
            “Works on Paper,” Stephan Adamski Gallerie, Aachen, Germany.
            “Sculpture Invitational,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
            “Journal of Aesthetics and Protest,” poster collaboration, Los Angeles, CA.
2002     “Schindler House Reenactment,” collaboration w/MAK residents at Schindler House,
                  Los Angeles, CA,
            “Rent-a-Bench,” site specific installation, Los Angeles, CA.
            “All You Can Eat Karaoke,” C-level, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA.

2001     “Ars Moralis,”  Gallerie Für Gegenwartskunst, Barbara Claassen-Schmal,
                  Bremen , Germany. 

CATALOGS 

2007     “Informal Architecture,” curated by Anthony Kiendel, Banff, to be distributed.
            “Ohio,” curated by Brad Killam, Gahlberg Gallery, to be distributed.
            “A Roof Upended,” Open Satellite, to be distributed.
            “Philosophy of Time Travel,” curated by Christine Kim, Studio Museum of Harlem,
                  distributed.
2005     “Thing,” curated by James Elaine, Chris Myles, Aimee Chang, Armand Hammer Museum.
2003     “Rent-a-Bench,” curated by Jacob Fabricius with artists: Olafur Elliason and Sam Durant. 

GRANTS 

2005          Creative Capital Grantee, Art Collaboration 2005, for exhibition to be held at
                  Studio Museum of Harlem, 2007. 

RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS 

2007     “Open Satellite,” curated by Lead Pencil Studio, Bellevue, WA.
2000     Atlantic Center for the Arts, w/ Charles Ray, Jennifer Pastor, New Smyrna Beach, FL.
1999     California State University Long Beach, workshop w/ Sue Coe, Long Beach, CA.
1996     “Frogman’s Press,” affiliated w/ University of South Dakota, Beresford, SD.
 

INTERNSHIPS 

2000     Center for Land Use Interpretation, Culver City, CA.
            Sagamore Institute, conducted research on American Great Camps, Adirondack
                  State Park, NY. 
 

LECTURES/DISCUSSIONS 

2007     Sidestreet Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
            Visiting Artist Lecture, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
            Artist’s Voice Series, “Future Shock: Philosophy of Time Travel,” Columbia University.
2005     “Carved Verandah Posts of Nigeria and Site Specificity, Architecture and Monuments,”
                  California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003     “Art and Activism,” 6 Months Space, presentation exploring social activism and art,
                  Los Angeles, CA.           
2001     "Have a Cool Summer, Keep in Touch," discussion regarding transition from
                  student to artist, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA. 

PUBLICATIONS 

2008     Pence, Elizabeth, “A Roof Upended,” ArtUS, January/February, Issue 21
2007     Birk, Lacey, “Spotlight: Art Rising in the East,” Seattle Magazine, December
            Compton, Ann, “Philosophy of Time Travel at the Studio Museum,” Art in America,
                  p. 202, October
            Grant, Adriana, “Upended Roof Speaks to, and About, its Condo-Filled
                  Neighborhood.”, Seattle
Weekly, 19 September
            Graves, Jen, “The Other Half: A Crack House and a Luxury Tower Walk Into a Room.”
                  The Stranger,
5 September
            Bach, Ashley, “Bellevue getting arts influx.” The Seattle Times, 30 August
            Myers, Holly, “Social issues leave imprint in 'Touched'”, Los Angeles Times, August 22
            Graves, Jen, “Suburban Shacks and High-Rises: A Brave New Contemporary Art
                  Project in Bellevue,” The Stranger, August 1
            “Better Living,” In/Visible, Stranger Podcast, August 29
            Goodbody, Bridget, “Riffing on Modernism: Through the Roof, Brancusi!”
                  New York Times, April  20
            “Goings on About Town”, New Yorker Magazine, April 25, 2007- June 26, 2007.
            Schmerler, Sarah, “Tour de Force”, Time Out: New York, February 22-28 2007
            Anne Rochette, Wade Saunders, “Place Matters: Los Angeles Sculptures Today”,
                  Art in America, pp.182, no. 10, November
2005     Knight, Christopher, “The Next Big 'Thing' in L.A.“, Los Angeles Times, February 9
            Schmelzer, Paul, “Making Another World Possible”, Adbusters Magazine, # 57,
                  January-February  
2004     Hunt, Jon, “Where the Hell Are We,” Citypages, Minneapolis/St.Paul, volume 25,
                  issue 1233, July 21
2003     Myers, Holly, “Empty Lot, Blank Canvas,” Los Angeles Times, Aug 14