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Jedediah Caesar

1973
Born in Oakland, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
2001
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
1998
BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Selected Exhibitions

2015
"UNEARTHED: Found + Made," Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
"Stone Underground," Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2014
"Extraterrestrial," with Kate Costello, The Finley, Los Angeles, CA
"Jedediah Caear," Lucien Terras Inc., New York, NY
2013
"Rozoj," LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
"out where the stones grow like roses," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2012
"Platform 9," De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
"Jedediah Caesar: / ALBATROSS / BADGERS / CHIMPS / DINO / EMPIRE," D’Amelio Gallery, New York, NY
2011
"Soft Structures," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
"Mango Obstruction", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2010
"Jedediah Caesar," D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
"Comma23," Bloomberg Space, London, England
2009
"Holding Station," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2008
"The Ruinsed," Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
2007
"3 views from Space," DAmelio Terras, New York, NY
"City of Industry," Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
"Jedediah Caesar," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2004
"Done by the Forces of Nature," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2003
"Jedediah Caesar (with Brad Phillips)," Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2002
"Jedediah Caesar," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2018
"A Matter of Course,"curated by Richard Turner and Marcus Herse, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University
2017
"An Ephemeral History of High Desert Test Sites: 2002-2015," curated by Sohrab Mohebbi and Aram Moshayedi, Copper Mountain Mesa Community Center, Joshua Tree, CA
"This too shall pass," curated by Pablo Rasgado, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Concrete Island,” Venus, Los Angeles, CA
“99 Cents or Less,” Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI (Link)
2016
“GERD (the failed promise of enigma),” curated by Mark Verabioff, Phil Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
"Overgrowth", DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
"We Were Here", Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2015
“Surface Matters,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
"Consumed," University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, CA
"Lost in a Sea of Red," The Pit LA, Glendale, CA
"Experience 19: Touch," curated by Edward Goldman, ESMoA, El Segundo, CA
2013
"More Currency for Micronations," Glow Festival, Santa Monica, CA
A Round World Distorts a Flat Map, 5323 Abbott Place, curated by Isaac Resnikoff, Los Angeles, CA
"Made in Space," Gavin Brown’s Enterprise and Venus Over Manhattan, NY, curated by Laura Owens and Peter Harkawik
"Neo Povera," L&M Gallery, Venice, CA
"Recent Ruins," 143 Reade, New York, NY, organized by Lucien Terras
"Made In Space," Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
2012
The Venice Beach Biennial, Venice, CA
"Sunday @ 4," Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival/ Ball of Artists, Los Angeles, CA
"Pure Smoke Culture," Anthony Greaney Gallery, Boston, MA
2011
"The Shortest Distance Between 2 Points is Often Intolerable," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
"Undisclosed Destinations," CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
"Everything Must Go, A Project with Ceramica Suro Guadalajara, Mexico," organized by Jose Noe Suro and Eduardo Sarabia, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
"The Trap Door," Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2010
"New Art For A New Century: Contemporary Acquisitions 2000-2010," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"Animal Style: The New Warrior," Pepin Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Seedlings," Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX, curated by Regine Basha
"The Secret (Still) Knows," Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Los Angeles, CA
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009
"Coming in from the Cold," DUVE Berlin, Berlin, Germany, curated by Nicola Vassell
"Used," University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University, CA
"These are a few," JGM Galerie, Paris, France
1992009, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
"1999: 10 Year Anniversary Show," China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
"Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
"Stardust," Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
2008
"The Station," curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman, Miami, Fl
"Red Wind," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
"Multiverse," Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, curated by Pilar Tompkins
California Biennial 2008, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, curated by Lauri Firstenberg
WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"The Silence of Infinite Space," The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, curated by Aram Moshayedi
2007
"Everyday Eden," Public Art Fund at Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY
"Circumventing the City," D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY
"Paper Bombs," curated by Bart Exposito, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Artist Drawings," Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
"Jessica Stockholder, Jedediah Caesar, Markus Amm, Garth Weiser," Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
"Trace," Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York
2005
"Take it Further!" Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, curated by Gyonata Bonvicini
"Ask the Dust," D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY
"SculptureNouvelles formes," Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
"Sugartown," Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
"Fearless Vampire Killers," Casey Kaplan 10-6, New York, NY
"Thing," Armand Hammer Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
The 7th Annual Altoids Collection, Consolidated Works, Seattle; Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio; Soo Visual,
Minneapolis; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Luckman Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles
2004
"Rule the Wasteland," Locust Projects, Miami, FL
"Strange Animal," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles (in conjuction with High Desert Test Sites 4,Joshua Tree, CA)
"Black Dragon Society," Apex Art, New York, NY
"Surface Tension," Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York, NY
"Run For The Hills," Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2003
"Hitoshi Nishiyama, Jedediah Caesar, Robert Billings," Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"3D4Deep," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
"Butt Seriously," Moore Space, Miami, FL
"High Desert Test Sites 2," Joshua Tree, CA
"Win, Lose or Draw," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2002
"New Sculpture," Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Jack Tilton/ Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
"Beautiful Artists," Yamaguchi Institute of Art, Yamaguchi, Japan, curated by Yutaka Sone
"Drawing Show," Black Dragon Society, Vienna, Austria
2001
"Face Off," The Smell, Los Angeles, CA
"Frozen Wisdom: Jedediah Caesar and Craig Dongoski," Raymond Lawrence Gallery, Atlanta, GA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
"The Panoptic Mind," Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000
"Jedediah Caesar and Sue Maing," Welsh-Beck Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

2018
Koll, Juri, "So Much Art, So Little Time," ArtNow LA (web), February (Link)
2017
Diehl, Travis, “‘Concrete Island’ at Venus, Los Angeles,” art agenda, April 25 (Link)
2015
Napoli, Lisa, Turning Trash into Art: The Life-Changing Magic of Consumed, KCRW, March 30
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Vazquez, Neil, Michael Namkung, Jedediah Caesar Debut New Work at Locust Projects, Miami New Times (web), August 27
2014
Wagley, Catherine, "5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including a Miniature Ski Lift," LA Weekly, February 26 (Link)
2013
Trigg, Sarah, Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process, Princeton Architectural Press, September
Chang, Ian, "Jedediah Caesar at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," Frieze, September (Link)
Hutton, Jen, Review: Made in Space, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, Art Papers, July/August
Frank, Peter, Haiku Reviews: From Alfred Hitchcock To Asian Fairy Tales, Huffington Post, July 9
Mizota, Sharon, Jedediah Caesar walks the line between organic, artificial, Los Angeles Times, May 9
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, Night Gallery and Laura Owens, KCRW Art Talk, March 28
2012
Deitsch, Dina, Platform 9: Jedediah Caesar, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Exhibition Brochure
2011
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2010
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2009
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Searle, Adrian, The Saatchis art exhibition Abstract America is stupid stuff turned out smart, The UK Guardian, June 2
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Michno, Christopher, Multiverse: Idiosyncratic Theorizing, Inland Empire Weekly, January
2008
Wagley, Catherine, The Best Kind of Boring: 2008 California Biennial, dailyserving.com, December 1
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Camhi, Leslie, The Whitney Biennial and the Failure of an Empire, The Village Voice, March 11
Cotter, Holland Is Whitney’s subdued biennial a sign of the times?, International Herald Tribune, March 10
Schmerler, Sarah, The Biennial Aint what it used to be, New York Post, March 8
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2007
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2006
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2005
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and Cultural Canter, Los Angeles
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2003
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2002
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Curatorial Projects

2018
"Collapsing Stage, The," works by John Divola, Karen Thuesen Massaro, Kate Costello, Linda Stark, Max Ernst, Miljohn Ruperto and Ulrik Heltof, Original Replica Birds Eggs, Torbjorn Vejvi, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSU Bakersfield, CA
"Galeria Perdida: Oh is it, expert," Todd Madigan Gallery, CSU Bakersfield, CA
2017
Bill Jenkins: Substation 7, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSUB, CA
2016
Joseph Mosconi/ The Poetic Research Bureau: Bakersfield Fan Forum, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSUB, CA
Marie Lorenz: Kern Island, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSU
Three way weekend, with Dave Muller and Grice Bench Gallery, Rogers, Los Angeles, CA, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA, co-curator
2015
Open House, works by Paul Elliman, Asha Schechter, Martine Syms, Madelon Vriesendorp, Hannah Weiner, Pae White, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSUB, CA
Paul Elliman: Panic Attack, Rogers, Los Angeles, CA
Miljohn Ruperto & Rini Yun Keagy: Ordinal SW/NW, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSUB, April 4- April 25 (Traveled to Redcat, Los Angeles, CA January 2017)
Psychopomp, works by Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Leckey, Tala Madani, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSUB, CA
2014
Iconic Artworks from 1920s to Present from the collection of Aaron Moulton /with lamps by Pentti Monkkonen, Rogers, Los Angeles, CA, co-curator
2012
Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival/ Ball of Artists, Greystone Mansion, Los Angeles, CA, co-curator
2009
"Tables and Chairs," D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY, curated by Jedediah Caesar and Shana Lutker
"Extra, Extra," China Art Object Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Jedediah Caesar and Kate Costello
Alice Hutchins, D’amelio Terras, New York, NY
2005
UMBRELLA CORP., Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY, in conjunction with Fearless Vampire Killers curated by Nathan Carter
2004
FAÇADE, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, in conjunction with Run For The Hills curated by John Espinosa

Guest Lectures

2013
Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT, April 4
2012
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, November 15
2011
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, October 11
University of California, Davis, Studio Lecture Series, Davis, CA
2010
With Naheed Raza, Bloomberg Space, London, UK, May 28

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2018
SMFA at Tufts Traveling Fellowship
2016
Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts
2015
California Community Foundation, Mid-career artist grant

Public Collections

Blanton Museum, University of Texas at Austin, TX
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
New Museum, New York, NY
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Peréz Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Weatherspoon Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC