Skip to content

Monique van Genderen

This image illustrates a link to the exhibition titled Monique van Genderen

This image depicts an artwork by Monique Van Genderen titled "Vienese Aktionist Painting 3." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 18" x 14" [HxW] (45.72 x 35.56 cm); 18 ³⁄₄" x 14 ³⁄₄" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (47.62 x 37.46 x 3.81 cm) framed. Its medium is Oil on linen.
Monique Van Genderen
"Vienese Aktionist Painting 3," 2023
This image depicts an artwork by Monique Van Genderen titled "Snapshot 4." This artwork was created in 2021 and measures 48" x 36" [HxW] (121.92 x 91.44 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas.
Monique Van Genderen
"Snapshot 4," 2021
This image depicts an artwork by Monique Van Genderen titled "Ligne Roset Lou." This artwork was created in 2019 and measures 20" x 16" [HxW] (50.8 x 40.64 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen.
Monique Van Genderen
"Ligne Roset Lou," 2019
This image depicts an artwork by Monique Van Genderen titled "A Side." This artwork was created in 2021 and measures 11' ¹⁄₂" x 35'  [HxW] (336.55 x 1066.8 cm). Its medium is Oil and pigment on canvas.
Monique Van Genderen
"A Side," 2021
Monique Van Genderen “Untitled,” 2023
Monique Van Genderen
“Untitled,” 2023
Monique Van Genderen “Untitled,” 2022
Monique Van Genderen
“Untitled,” 2022
Monique Van Genderen “Untitled,” 2020
Monique Van Genderen
“Untitled,” 2020
This image depicts an artwork by Monique Van Genderen titled "Untitled." This artwork was created in 2018 and measures 84" x 72" x 1" [HxWxD] (213.36 x 182.88 x 2.54 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen.
Monique Van Genderen
"Untitled," 2018
Monique Van Genderen “Untitled,” 2018
Monique Van Genderen
“Untitled,” 2018
Monique Van Genderen “Untitled,” 2017
Monique Van Genderen
“Untitled,” 2017
Monique Van Genderen “Untitled,” 2013
Monique Van Genderen
“Untitled,” 2013
Monique Van Genderen “Untitled,” 2012
Monique Van Genderen
“Untitled,” 2012
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
1991
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1987
BA, University of California at San Diego, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024-2025
"The Sea Ranch," Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2024
“A Sweet Sidelong Glance,” Galerie Richard, Paris, France
2023
"Monique van Genderen," Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
"Monique Van Genderen," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2022
"Monique van Genderen," Bernier Eliades, Brussels, Belgium
"After Images", Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2021
"Afterimages," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Each of these Paintings Can Be Named After a Famous Painter," Gallery Platform Los Angeles, online
2020
"Paintings are People Too," R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2018
“Festsaal,” Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
"Monique Van Genderen," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
2017
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2016
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2015
"Manufactured Paintings," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2014
TAI Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2012
DAmelio Gallery, New York, NY
Effearte, Milan, Italy
2011
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Monique van Genderen," Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies," Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2009
"The Library: Start this Story Over," Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
"Personal Exhibition," The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Effearte, Milan, Italy
"Dirty Water," Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2007
"New Works," The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
"Voges and Partner," Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2006
"The Sensory Foundations of Mental Life," Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
2005
Le Consortium (with Kirsten Everberg), Dijon, France (Link)
"Within the same breath," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
Howard House, Seattle, WA
2004
Locker Plant, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
"Pedestals for People," Curated by Monique van Genderen, Lompoc, CA (forthcoming)
2023
"Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"A Brief Survey Of Shapes And Colors Observed In The Greater Los Angeles Basin," Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021-2022
"Abstracted Vocabularies," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
2020
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"The light touch," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"To Start A Painting," Kunstmuseum Rosa Luxembourg Platz, Berlin, Germany
2018
"If I go there, I won't stay there," ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“Being Here With You/ Estando aquí contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA (Link)
"Belief in Giants," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2015
"Jacques Andre, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Monique van Genderen, Ola Rindal, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker," Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
"Lost in a Sea of Red," The Pit LA, Glendale, CA
"Be Abstract, Galerie am Markt, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
"Be Abstract," Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
"Stray Edge," Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, DC
2014
"Capture the Rapture," CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Ladies First!" Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
"Another Cats Show," 356 S. Mission, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Michael Janssen, Singapore
2013
"High Low," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
"Painting in Place," Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) at Farmers & Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA
"Garden Party," Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012
"Burning Colours," HOPSTREET, Brussels, Belgium
The Venice Beach Biennial, Venice, CA
"The Planter Show," ForYourArt, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Dorothea," Ancient & Modern, London, UK
"Works of Paper," ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Los Angeles Museum of Ceramics," ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Ambigu-Zeitgenoessische Malerie zwischen Abstraktion and Narration, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, CH
Brandstrup Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Hoehenkoller, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2008
"Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art," Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2007
"Back to Nature," Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Twentieth Century Fox Studios, organized by the UCLA/Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"Fleeing the Scene," The Happy Lion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Small but Beautiful," Gasser & Grunert, Inc New York, NY
"Sparkle Then Fade," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
"Modern Lovers," Glendale College of Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Group Show, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
2006
Art Unlimited, curated by Samuel Keller, Art Basel 37, Basel, Switzerland
III Edicio del Certamen Internacional de Pintura de Castello, Museum de Belles Arts de Castello, Castello de la Plana, Spain
Masters & Johnson, Galeria Charro Negro, Guadalajara, Mexico
"Off the Shelf: New Forms in Contemporary Artists Books," The Frances Lehmna Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Los Angeles Art Now, Galeri SE, Bergen, Norway
Rundumschlag, Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Hotel California, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
"Strictly Painting," presented by Galerie Michael Janssen, Dogenjaus Galerie, Voges + Partner Galerie, David Hunt, KLF-Project Space, New York, NY
2005
"Wall Paintings," curated by Francis Colpitt, University of San Antonio, Texas
"Strictly Painting III," The Right Side of Painting, Voges + Partner Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
"Sight Lines," Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany
"Closer to Home," The 48th Corcoran Biennial, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
2004
"Full House," curated by David Pagel, Clairmont Graduate Art Gallery, Clairmont, CA
The sixth annual altoids curiously strong collection, The New Museum, New York, NY
Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
"So few opportunities, so many mistakes," curated by Josh Smith, Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York
"Wake-up and apologize," Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Small Works Margo Victor Presents, Hollywood, CA
"The greatest album covers that never were," Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"The Art of Pain," Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
"Fragments," PSprojectspace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
"Art of Paper," APER, Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC
Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Fake Paintings, Kbond, Los Angeles, CA
2001
"Lineformcolor," Howard House, Seattle, WA
"Big Plastic," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
"Cross-Cuts; Seven Los Angeles Artists," Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College, Los Angeles, CA
"Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles," Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
"De Beaufort, Exposito, van Genderen," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Painting beyond Painting," Christine Rose Gallery, New York, NY
1997
"Trimmings and Scraps," Gavlak Projects, Silverlake, CA
"Trans Inter Post: Hybrid Spaces," (curated by Pamela Bailey), UC Irvine, Irvine CA
"Loves Labors Lost," (curated by Sue Spaid), collaboration with John Souza
1993
"Private and public pleasures," curated by Lauren Lesko
School of Beauty, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

2023
Combs, Seth. "The subversive abstraction of Monique van Genderen," San Diego Union Tribune, May 28 (Link)
2022
Gleiter, Dan. "New federal courthouse in Harrisburg: Sylvia H. Rambo U.S. Courthouse," Penn Live, December 8
2020
Frausto, Elisabeth. "New mural goes up on Girard Avenue in La Jolla: Can you spot the Berlin connection?," La Jolla Light, January 22 (Link)
2018
“If I go there, I won’t stay there” at ltd los angeles," Blouin Art Info, October 1 (Link)
2017
Pagel, David, "Review: Monique van Genderen at Susanne Vielmetter: Liquid energy, on a grand scale," Los Angeles Times, September 30 (Link)
2015
Wagley, Catherine. "5 Free Art Shows You Should See in L.A. This Week," LA Weekly, March 4
“Ameringer McEnery Yohe: Monique van Genderen,” Art + Auction, January
Melrod, George, “Monique van Genderen and Brad Ebberhard at Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects,” art ltd., May/June (Link)
Schad, Ed, “Monique van Genderen,” Art Review, May (Link)
2014
Abatemarco, Michael, "Bright star: Monique van Genderen's abstract paintings," Santa Fe New Mexican, August 8 (Link)
2013
Knight, Christopher, "Review: Conceptual Spree, LAND's 'Painting in Place,'" Los Angeles Times, June 18 (Link)
Shaw, Michael and Zellen Jody. "Olga Koumoundourous and Monique Van Genderen at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," ArtScene, April
Massadas, Bruna, "Monique van Genderen at Susanne Vielmetter," The Face Painters, March 26
Frederick, Jeff. "Review: Monique Van Genderen," Art In America, January
2012
Cohen, Edie. "What a Hunk," Interior Design, August 1
2011
Pagel, David. "Panache and purpose collide," The Los Angeles Times, August 25
Kristin Calabrese. "Monique van Genderen and Mindy Shapero," The Huffington Post, August 23
Pagel, David. "Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art at ACME," Los Angeles Times, January 13
Kilston, Lyra. "Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art," Artforum, January 20
2010
Bitterli, Konrad, Ambigu - Contemporary Painting between Abstraction and Narration, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (Exhibition catalogue)
2009
Knight, Christopher. "Transmitted and transmuted Los Angeles Times," June 12
Miles, Christopher. "Monique van Genderen at The Happy Lion," LA Weekly, May 27
Gibson, Allison. "Monique van Genderen at the happy Lion," Art Ltd. Magazine, September
2008
Marzoccchi, Isella. "Protagoniste Monique van Genderen," Allure, December, pp. 38-41
Hodge, Brooke. "Seeing Things|Flower Power," T Magazine/New York Times, June 26
2007
Schtte, Christophe. "Surfen Auf Malerei," Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, No. 40, October
Cochran, Rebecca. "Monique van Genderen at ACA Gallery of SCAD," Art in America, April, Vol. 95, No. 4, p. 147
Frank, Peter. "Sensuous Strokes: Norman Bluhm, Monique Van Genderen, Jeff Gambill," LA Weekly, July 3
Taft, Catherine. "Catherine Tafts Roundup of the Best Shows in LA in June," Saatchi-gallery.co.uk
2006
Devrin, Bayar, Frog, No. 4, Automne-Hiver, pp. 68-70
Defendini, Fabian, Frog, No. 4, Automne-Hiver: pp. 70-71
Schwabsky, Barry. "Monique van Genderen: The Happy Lion," Artforum, Vol. 44, No. 5, January, pp. 228-229
"Continuing and Recommended Exhibitions," ArtScene, September 30
VAC: Coleccin Valencia Arte Contemporneo, IVAM - Institut Valenci dArt Modern, Valncia, Spain (Exhibition catalogue)
Kurzner, Lisa, Monique van Genderen: The Sensory Foundations of Mental Life, ACA Gallery of the Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (Exhibition catalogue)
Lombino, Mary Kay, Ed. Off the Shelf, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
McFadden, Jane, Monique van Genderen, hammer.ucla.edu, (Illustrated essay)
Williams, Turia Stark, Monique Van Genderen Lectures, Presents Exhibition at SCAD-Atlanta, Scad.edu, (Illustrated essay)
2005
Knight, Christopher. "Bold Forms, Elusive Colors," Los Angeles Times, September 30
Funke, Claudia. "Four Young Artists at Michael Janssen," Klner Stadt-Anzeigen, March 17
Jankauskas, Jennifer, Wall Painting at UTSA gallery, Glasstire: texas visual art online, September
Binstock, Jonathan P. and Schmidt, Stacey, The 48th Biennial: Closer to Home, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Illustrated exhibition catalogue)
Colpitt, Frances. "Wall Painting," University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
2004
Frank, Peter. "Pick of the Week," LA Weekly, February 6-12, p. 142
Holte, Michael Ned. "Critics Pics," Artforum.com, January 16
2003
Seidel, Miriam. "A fine frenzy of pattern and color fit for Furness hall," Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10
Fallon, Roberta. "Sketches: Labor Pains," Philadelphia Weekly, October 1-7, p. 42
Miller, Blake. "What To Do," Philadelphia Magazine, September, p. 180
Baker, Alex, "Monique van Genderen", Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2002
O'Brien, John. "Monique van Genderen," Sandroni.Rey, Tema Celeste, Juli/August, No. 93
Pagel, David. "Like the Real World Only Crisper," Los Angeles Times, May 10
Doll, Nancy and Platt, Ron, Art on Paper 2002, Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC (Exhibition catalogue)
2001
Hall, Emily. "On Being Abstract, Feverish, Suggestive, Sick," The Stranger, Issue November 29 - December 5
Turner, Elisa. "A Visual Tale of Two Cities," The Miami Herald, October 28
Pagel, David, "Down to Earth and Eye Catching, Los Angeles Times, October 16
Subotnick, Ali. "Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles," Frieze, No. 62, October
Dambot, Shana Nys. "Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles," Tema Celeste, July/August
Goodale, Gloria. "Art Goes West," The Christian Science Monitor, July 6
Harvey, Doug. "Multiple Exposures," LA Weekly, Vol. 23, No. 35, July 20-26, pp. 52-53
Knight, Christopher. "A Snapshot of L.A. Artists," Los Angeles Times, June 6
Harvey, Doug. "Synthetics," LA Weekly, Vol. 23, No. 52, November 15-22, p. 48
Griffin, Tim. "Monique van Genderen," Time Out New York, February
Von Schlegell. "Mark, Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles," Art & Text, No. 75, p. 76
Ferguson, Russell, and Claudine Ise, "Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles UCLA Hammer Museum", Los Angeles, CA, (Exhibition catalogue)
1996
Kandel, Susan. "Making a Fashion Statement of Subtlety in Fancy Pants," Los Angeles Times, July 7: F11
Curtis, Cathy. "Distinguishing Marks," Los Angeles Times, O.C. Edition, October 22: F2-F3
"Critics Choices," Los Angeles Reader, March 5
Lesko, Lauren, Public and Private Pleasures. Lauren Lasko and Nomadic Site, Los Angeles, CA (Exhibition catalogue)

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2017
Batliner, Herbert, "Albertina : Sammlung Batliner Vol 2," Albertina Museum

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2019
Chiaro Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

Public Projects

2020
"Murals of La Jolla," La Jolla Community Foundation, La Jolla, CA

Public Collections

AIG SunAmerica Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Peoris, IL
Eileen Harris and Peter Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
KB Home, Los Angeles, CA
IVAM, Institut Valencia dArt Modern, Valencia, Spain
Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Montblanc Cutting Edge Art Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Rita and Herbert Batliner Collection, permanent loan to the Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.