# Jedediah Caesar URL: https://vielmetter.com/artists/jedediah-caesar/ Has exhibited with Vielmetter Los Angeles ## Exhibitions - [Jedediah Caesar: Rozoj](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2013-09-jedediah-caesar-rozoj.md): September 7 — October 19, 2013 · LAXART, Los Angeles, CA · Artists: Jedediah Caesar - [Jedediah Caesar: out where the stones grow like roses](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2013-04-jedediah-caesar-out-where-the-stones-grow-like-roses.md): April 20 — May 25, 2013 · Artists: Jedediah Caesar - [Jedediah Caesar: Platform 9: Jedediah Caesar](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2012-05-jedediah-caesar-platform-9-jedediah-caesar.md): May 26 — August 12, 2012 · DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park · Artists: Jedediah Caesar - [Jedediah Caesar: Soft Structures](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2011-12-jedediah-caesar-soft-structures.md): December 17 — April 1, 2011 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Artists: Jedediah Caesar - [Jedediah Caesar: Mango Obstruction](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2011-02-jedediah-caesar-mango-obstruction.md): February 5 — March 12, 2011 · Artists: Jedediah Caesar - [Inaugural Group Exhibition](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/culver-city-inaugural-group-exhibition.md): January 23 — March 6, 2010 · Artists: Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Jedediah Caesar, Olga Koumoundouros, Wangechi Mutu, Ruben Ochoa, The Estate of Steve Roden, Amy Sillman, Tâm Văn Trần, Patrick Wilson - [Jedediah Caesar](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2009-04-jedediah-caesar-jedediah-caesar.md): April 11 — May 23, 2009 · Artists: Jedediah Caesar - [Jedediah Caesar: 2008 California Biennial](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2008-10-jedediah-caesar-2008-california-biennial.md): October 26, 2008 — April 15, 2009 · Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA · Artists: Jedediah Caesar - [Jedediah Caesar](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2007-03-jedediah-caesar-jedediah-caesar.md): March 17 — April 28, 2007 · Artists: Jedediah Caesar ## Biography 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](http://mocadetroit.org/99cents/)) 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](http://artnowla.com/2018/02/02/much-art-little-time/)) 2017 Diehl, Travis, “‘Concrete Island’ at Venus, Los Angeles,” art agenda, April 25 ([Link](http://www.art-agenda.com/reviews/%E2%80%9Cconcrete-island%E2%80%9D/)) 2015 Napoli, Lisa, Turning Trash into Art: The Life-Changing Magic of Consumed, KCRW, March 30 Morris, Asia, UAMs Three Newest Exhibitions Raise the Bar for the University as a Whole, Long Beach Post, March 13 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](http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/02/26/5-artsy-things-to-do-in-la-this-week-including-a-miniature-ski-lift)) 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](http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/jedediah-caesar/)) 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 Dambrot, Shana Nys, Hoarders: Art Gallery Edition, LA Weekly, December 1 Walen, Audreay, Jedediah Caesar, Sculpture Magazine, April Goldman, Edward, Hollywood: Art and Oscars, KCRW Art Talk, March 1 Pagel, David, Jedediah Caesar, Mango Obstruction at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, The Los Angeles Times, February 10 2010 Nichols, Matthew Guy, DAmelio Terras, Art in America, June 2010 Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah, Comma23: Jedediah Caesar, Bloomberg Space exhibition essay 2009 Berardini, Andrew, What a Mess! 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E33 Wood, Eve, Jedediah Caesar at Black Dragon Society, Art Week, March Harvey, Doug, Great Walls: Chinatown Revisited, LA Weekly, January 25-31, p. 39 Feaster, Felicia, Channel Surfing: Panoptic Mind, Creative Loafing, January 12 **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