Olga Koumoundouros
Olga Koumoundouros
Leprechaun Trap, 2013
Olga Koumoundouros
Leprechaun Trap, 2013
Couch, aqua-resin, marble counter top, acrylic spray paint
100" H x 58" W x 42" D (254 cm H x 147.32 cm W x 106.68 cm D)
Leprechaun Trap, 2013
Couch, aqua-resin, marble counter top, acrylic spray paint
100" H x 58" W x 42" D (254 cm H x 147.32 cm W x 106.68 cm D)
Olga Koumoundouros
Sun, 2013
Olga Koumoundouros
Sun, 2013
Satellite dish, florescent lights
67" H x 7.5" W x 36" D (170.18 cm H x 19.05 cm W x 91.44 cm D) Gallery Inventory #K
Sun, 2013
Satellite dish, florescent lights
67" H x 7.5" W x 36" D (170.18 cm H x 19.05 cm W x 91.44 cm D) Gallery Inventory #K
Olga Koumoundouros
Tail End, 2013
Olga Koumoundouros
Tail End, 2013
Garden hose, garden hose holder
13" H x 19" W x 17" D (33.02 cm H x 48.26 cm W x 43.18 cm D)
Tail End, 2013
Garden hose, garden hose holder
13" H x 19" W x 17" D (33.02 cm H x 48.26 cm W x 43.18 cm D)
Olga Koumoundouros
Ice Box, 2013
Olga Koumoundouros
Ice Box, 2013
Refrigerator door handles, collage of artist, friends and neighbors ephemera photos, drywall, joint compound
96" x 48" x 6"
Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects;
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Ice Box, 2013
Refrigerator door handles, collage of artist, friends and neighbors ephemera photos, drywall, joint compound
96" x 48" x 6"
Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects;
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Olga Koumoundouros
All Together, 2013
Olga Koumoundouros
All Together, 2013
Table and found objects, glitter and colored resin
37.5" H x 54.5" W x 17" D (95.25 cm H x 138.43 cm W x 43.18 cm D)
All Together, 2013
Table and found objects, glitter and colored resin
37.5" H x 54.5" W x 17" D (95.25 cm H x 138.43 cm W x 43.18 cm D)
Olga Koumoundouros
Flat Screen, 2013
Olga Koumoundouros
Flat Screen, 2013
TV, plastic cast, Scrabble board, game pieces, bottle caps, glitter and colored resin
37.5" H x 54.5" W x 17" D (95.25 cm H x 138.43 cm W x 43.18 cm D)
Flat Screen, 2013
TV, plastic cast, Scrabble board, game pieces, bottle caps, glitter and colored resin
37.5" H x 54.5" W x 17" D (95.25 cm H x 138.43 cm W x 43.18 cm D)
Olga Koumoundouros
Trickle Down, 2009
Olga Koumoundouros
Trickle Down, 2009
Cast 100 yr old cedar gutter made from: toilet paper, starch, metal stud, 7-Eleven double gulp cup
22' long x 4" wide and 6" high
Trickle Down, 2009
Cast 100 yr old cedar gutter made from: toilet paper, starch, metal stud, 7-Eleven double gulp cup
22' long x 4" wide and 6" high
Olga Koumoundouros
Installation View
Olga Koumoundouros
Installation View
Installation View
Olga Koumoundouros: Poor Pension Math
Installation View
Olga Koumoundouros: Poor Pension Math
Installation View
Installation View
Olga Koumoundouros
Cartwheel, 2011
Olga Koumoundouros
Cartwheel, 2011
car bumpers, fireplace mantel, iron, paper mache and casting resin
107" x 97" x 24"
Cartwheel, 2011
car bumpers, fireplace mantel, iron, paper mache and casting resin
107" x 97" x 24"
Olga Koumoundouros
Extend, 2011
Olga Koumoundouros
Extend, 2011
Wood, book binding thread, leather and latex paint peel from kitchen table
82" x 60" x 1 1/2"
Extend, 2011
Wood, book binding thread, leather and latex paint peel from kitchen table
82" x 60" x 1 1/2"
Olga Koumoundouros
Hogtie, 2011
Olga Koumoundouros
Hogtie, 2011
Wicker loveseat, paper mache of high interest loan papers and Martha Stewart magazine images
39" x 42" x 33"
Hogtie, 2011
Wicker loveseat, paper mache of high interest loan papers and Martha Stewart magazine images
39" x 42" x 33"
Olga Koumoundouros
The Ontogenesis of the Interest in Money by Sandor Firenczi, 2011
Olga Koumoundouros
The Ontogenesis of the Interest in Money by Sandor Firenczi, 2011
Toilet paper, plaster and melamine
24" x 124" 6"
The Ontogenesis of the Interest in Money by Sandor Firenczi, 2011
Toilet paper, plaster and melamine
24" x 124" 6"
Olga Koumoundouros
Hitch your wagon to a star, 2011
Olga Koumoundouros
Hitch your wagon to a star, 2011
truck hitch
9" x 43 1/2" x 18"
Hitch your wagon to a star, 2011
truck hitch
9" x 43 1/2" x 18"
Olga Koumoundouros
More Swords of Damocies, 2011
Olga Koumoundouros
More Swords of Damocies, 2011
Graphite, Wall Street Journal collage and acrylic on paper
64 1/2 x 35"
More Swords of Damocies, 2011
Graphite, Wall Street Journal collage and acrylic on paper
64 1/2 x 35"
Olga Koumoundouros
Share, 2011
Olga Koumoundouros
Share, 2011
Cast iron skillet
16" x 11" x 3 1/2"
Share, 2011
Cast iron skillet
16" x 11" x 3 1/2"
Olga Koumoundouros
Triumph Over Survival, 2010
Olga Koumoundouros
Triumph Over Survival, 2010
Himalayan salt lamps, Plycraft Lounge Chair with Ottoman
Chair: 93" x 30" x 32"; Ottoman: 21" x 17" x 16"
Triumph Over Survival, 2010
Himalayan salt lamps, Plycraft Lounge Chair with Ottoman
Chair: 93" x 30" x 32"; Ottoman: 21" x 17" x 16"
Olga Koumoundouros
Great Expectations, 2008
Olga Koumoundouros
Great Expectations, 2008
Aluminum, tar, jacks, chandelier
Overall size variable
Great Expectations, 2008
Aluminum, tar, jacks, chandelier
Overall size variable
Olga Koumoundouros
Great Expectations, 2008
Olga Koumoundouros
Great Expectations, 2008
Aluminum, tar, jacks, chandelier
Overall size variable (detail)
Great Expectations, 2008
Aluminum, tar, jacks, chandelier
Overall size variable (detail)
Olga Koumoundouros
Installation View, 2008
Olga Koumoundouros
Installation View, 2008
Installation View, 2008
Olga Koumoundouros
Bootstrap, 2008
Olga Koumoundouros
Bootstrap, 2008
Stained glass, silkscreen, gold leaf, wood
45” x 65”
Bootstrap, 2008
Stained glass, silkscreen, gold leaf, wood
45” x 65”
Olga Koumoundouros
Olga Koumoundouros
Born in New York, New York
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
2001
MFA, California Institute for the Arts, School of Art, Valencia CA
1997 – 1999
California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1995 – 1997
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Boston, MA
1990
BA, University of Vermont, Environmental Studies, Burlington, VT
2014
Roundhouse Shines, The Bowtie Project, Los Angeles, CA
2013
"We made life here for a little while," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Off-site, Altadena, CA
"Dream Home Resource Center," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Transformer Display for Community Fundraising: Phase 4, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (two-person show with Andrea Bowers)
"Posessed by Glint and Dreams," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011
Wall Works: CART-What Do We Need to Get By and How Do We Get There?, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Susanne VIelmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009
Demand Management, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA (June 26 August 23, 2009)
2008
"Great Expectations and The Wreck of the Hope, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Project Space)
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", 5301 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (two-person show with Rodney McMillian)
1999
"Just in Case, INMO Gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles.
2015
Glomar: Strange Engineering (A Giant 8 Fingered Crane), Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
"MetaModern," Krannert Art museum, University of Illinois; traveling to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona; The De Vos Art Museum, North Michigan University, Marquette; and the Cincinnati Art Museum
2014
"Greece," Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
"The Sunken Living Room," Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
"Your Shell is Made of Air," Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
"If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution," Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, PA (with Andrea Bowers)
2013
The Armory Show and Tell, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Painting in Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Farmers and Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Bakers Dozen V - Marginal Revolutions: Concerning activism, the 99%, Occupy, Anonymous, Wikileaks and other manifestations of the political Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2011
Greater LA," curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleaonor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
Site as Symbol, curated by Survey West Collaborative, FOCA, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Go West, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, curated by Jill Dawsey
Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Olga Koumoundouros, Rodney McMillian, Charles Gaines, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
2009
Thats All Folks. The Clash Between the Speech and the Fate., Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Belgium
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: Artists 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 Fr Gegenwartskunst, Barbara Claassen-Schmal, Bremen , Germany.
2014
Newhall, Edith, "Galleries: A long-forgotten artist, 1960s anarchy, and clay," The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28
2013
Tewksbury, Drew, "Living Spaces: When a House Becomes a Piece of Art," Los Angeles Magazine, November 27
Testado, Justine, Housing Values: The Dream House Resource Center exhibit, Archinect, August 15
OLeary, Lizzie, Making art out of the housing crisis, NPR: Marketplace, August 14
Fricano, Mike, Got housing woes? The Hammer offers consumers help, UCLA Today, July 18
Sommer, Danielle, "Review: 'Olga Koumoundouros: Possessed by Glint and Dreams,' " Art in America, June 2013
Shaw, Michael and Jody Zellen, ArtScene: Olga Koumoundourous and Monique Van Genderen at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, April
Griffin, Jonathan, "Olga Koumoundouros: Possessed by Glint and Dreams," Art Review, May
Cheh, Carol, A Bizarre Exhibit in a Foreclosed Home that was Turned Into a GalleryIs Now in a Gallery, LA Weekly, March 22
Tuck, Geoff, Confusing, wrong, and sometimes okay art without purity, but with ethics, Notes on Looking, January 25
Ollman, Leah, Olga Koumoundourous takes on American Dream of Home Ownership, Los Angeles Times, March 21
2012
Editors Picks: Miami Art Fairs, Interior Design Magazine, December 13
Bell Yank, Sue, "Do we need artists in Museums?", Artbound for KCET, November 14
Katzban, Nicholas, "Olga Koumoundouros: A Notorious Possession", 24700: News from California Institute of the Arts, October 19
McCullough, Danielle, "After the Gold Rush", In These Times, October 10
Cheh, Carol, When Olga Koumoundouros Neighbors Abandoned Their House, She Took It Over and Turned It Into Art, LA Weekly, October 2
Herbst, Robby, Notorious Possession: Occupying Foreclosed Homes with Art, KCET Artbound, September 25
A House Painted Gold, Hear In The City, September 20
2011
Rosenberg, Karen, "Art Fair: Business Over Activism," New York Times, December 2
Alvarado, Francisco, "Max Rameau and Umoja Village Invade Art Basel," New Times Miami, December 1
Loos, Ted, "Ten Things to Look Forward to at Art Basel in Miami," Vogue Daily, November 28
Smith, Roberta, A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel, The New York Times, May 31
Feil, David A., "Round 33: The Seventh House - Project Row Houses", Art Lies Quarterly, Issue 68, Spring - Summer
2009
Miles, Christopher, Olga Koumoundouros at REDCAT, ArtForum, November
Myers, Holly, Intelligent, but hardly passionate, Los Angeles Times, September 1
Pagel, David, It adds up: Color steals the show, Los Angeles Times, July 24
Myers, Holly, Her financial statement, Los Angeles Times, July 6
2008
Knight, Christopher, "Critics Preview, Los Angeles Times, June 12
Myers, Holly, "Startling, Strange and Elegant Works, Los Angeles Times, May 23
Machida, Nico, "Koumoundouros: New Sculpture, ArtSlant, May 19
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
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.
2012
Center for Cultural Innovation "Investing in Artists" Grant
California Community Foundation Fellowship for the Visual Arts
2011
California Community Foundation Creative Artist Agency Grant
Foundation for Contemporary Art, for exhibition Poor Pension Math, at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009
Durfee Foundation, for exhibition Demand Management, at REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Creative Time, for exhibition Democracy in America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2007
"Open Satellite, curated by Lead Pencil Studio, Bellevue, WA.
2005
Creative Capital Grantee, Art Collaboration 2005, for exhibition to be held at Studio Museum of Harlem, 2007
2000
Atlantic Center for the Arts, w/ Charles Ray, Jennifer Pastor, New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Center for Land Use Interpretation, Culver City, CA. Sagamore Institute, conducted research on American Great Camps, Adirondack State Park, NY.
1999
California State University Long Beach, workshop w/ Sue Coe, Long Beach, CA.
1996
"Frogmans Press, affiliated w/ University of South Dakota, Beresford, SD
2007
Sidestreet Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Artists 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.