1981

Born in Los Angeles, CA

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

2004

BFA, University of California, Los Angeles

Residency, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA

2007

Residency, St Barthélemy, French West Indies

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2024

"Eighteen With a Bullet," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Paris, France

2023

"Raffi Kalenderian: Call The Curtain / Raise The Roof/ Spirits On Tonight," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

2022

"Across the way moved in a pair
, With passion in its prime,
 Maybe they look through to us, And hope that's them in time," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland

"Before The Moon Falls," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA

2021

"Raffi Kalenderian," Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel

2020

"Raffii Kalenderian," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

2019

"Memento Vivo," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2018

"Always in Rare Form," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany (Link)

2017

"Portraits," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland (Link)

2016

"For the Dead," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

"Green River," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy

2015

"To Walk Through the Night," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland

2014

"Raffi Kalenderian," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

"Raffi Kalenderian," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2013

"Paint Work," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2012

"Interior Life," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland

"Currents, Undercurrents, and Maneuvers," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2011

"Raffi Kalenderian," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy

2010

"Memoranda," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland

2008

"Satellites," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland

2007

"Palimpsest: Selected Works on Paper," Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York, NY

2006

"Wicked Waters," Medium, St. Barthlemy, French West Indies

"Born Under Punches," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

"Overserved," Curated by Raffi Kalenderian and Alberto Cuadros, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

"Raffi and Al's Legendary Garden Party," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

"New Works by Lavaughan Jenkins, Mario Joyce, Raffi Kalenderian, Kiriakos Tompolidis," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2023

"Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

"Horizon Line," ABR Contemporary, Miami Beach, FL

2022

"New Visions," Curated by Andrew Reed and Sophia Kardonski, THE LOVE YOU GALLERY, Miami, FL

2021

"In the Meanwhile…Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

"Via Cafe," Tif Sigfrids, Comer, GA

2020

"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2019

"What is an edition, anyway?," McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2018

"Genius Loci", Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

"To our Fellow Artists and Poets who are Confused About Which Way to Go,” Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2017

"Hotel Kalifornia," Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France

"Whats Up New York," LVH Art, New York

2016

"Painter's Painters," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

“A Verdant Summer,” Taymour Grahne, New York, NY

“Imagine,” Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy

2013

"Body Language," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2011

"Goldmine," curated by Christopher Scoates, UAM, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA

2010

"Crystal World," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany

"Die Nase des Michelangelo," Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland

"Painting," curated by Roger Herman, LA Art House, Los Angeles, CA

"Portraits de Collectionneurs," Muro Gallery, Chtelaine, Switzerland

"Next Generation," Kunstmuseum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland

2008

"L.A. Potential: HangArt 7," Salzburg, curated by Lioba Reddeker

"Faces and Figures (Revisited)," Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY

"Stories: Portraits," Eleven Rivington, New York, NY

"Some Paintings: The Third (2007)," LA Weekly Annual Biennal, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2007

"Cali in CPH, Part ii: Bucket of Ice," Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark

"Warhol &," Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006

"Fall," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

"Boat Show," High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA

"Just My Funny Way of Laughing," South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA

2005

"Christmas in July," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

2004

"Walk You Home If You Walk Me Home Right After," Los Angeles, CA, curated by Eric Palgon

"Dear Summertime," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

"Living in the Ice Age," University of California, Los Angeles, CA

2003

"UCLA Undergraduate Juried Show," Official Selection, Los Angeles, CA

"New Work," University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Bibliography

2023

Artnet Gallery Network. "5 Trending Artists Grabbing the Attention of the Artnet Gallery Network This August," Artnet, August 4

2022

Kalenderian, Raffi. "Why This Art: Traveling Through Time with ‘The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light’," Alta, December 21 (Link)

Anderson, Mitchell. "Raffi Kalenderian’s Kaleidoscopic Compositions," Frieze, July 19 (Link)

2021

Soloski, Alexis. "What Megan Mullally Likes: Soft T-Shirts and Sad Songs," New York Times, Feb 9

2019

De Witt, Olivia. "Raffi Kalenderian," Artillery, June 26 (Link)

Irvin, Rebecca. "Raffi Kalenderian celebrates life in his exuberant, colourful, painted portraits," It's Nice That, June 7 (Link)

McNay, Anna. "Raffi Kalenderian – interview: ‘It’s like banging your head against a brick wall, but if you get through to the other side it feels so good'," Studio International, June 4 (Link)

2018

Nash, David. "Kendall Wilkinson Outfits the $15.5 Million Penthouse at San Francisco's 181 Fremont," Architectural Digest, October 30 (Link)

2017

Mahony, Anna, “Must-See Art Guide: Zurich,” artnet news (web), December 14 (Link)

Black, Ezrha Jean, “Best in Show 2016,” Artillery, January/February (Link)

2016

Seed, John, “Raffi Kalenderian: ‘For the Dead,’ at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,” Huffington Post, August 23 (Link)

Wagley, Catherine, “5 Free Art Shows to See in LA This Week,” LA Weekly (web), July 27

2015

Seed, John, “Collecting: Robert Shiell,” art ltd., March/April (Link)

2014

Shaw, Michael. "Raffi Kalenderian," ArtScene, July/August

"15 Young Art Stars to Keep Your Eye On," Complex, September 28

2012

Buckley, Annie, "Review: 'Raffi Kalenderian: Currents, Undercurrents, and Maneuvers,' " Art in America, April 2012

Raffi Kalenderian, Modern Painters, New York, April

2011

Latimer, Quinn. "The Nose of Michelangelo," Frieze, March, p. 142

2010

Raffi Kalenderian, Brand New Gallery, Milan, ex. cat.

So kommen Sie gut durch 2011, Art Basel Miami Beach, Eva Karcher, Sddeutsche Zeitung, Wochenende, Munich, No. 303, Dec. 31, p. 5

Raffi Kalenderian, Kunst 10 Zrich, Zurich, Nov. 11 14, pp. 84 85 cat.

Eine kleine Dsternis ist immer da, Ruth Hndler, Capital, Hamburg, No. 9, p. 135

Portraits de Collectionneurs, Tindaro Gagliano, Muro Gallery, Chtelaine, ex.cat.

Meier, Philipp. "Monumentalitt und Zuversicht," NZZ, Zurich, Oct. 16, p. 57

2009

Raffi Kalenderian, Frieze Yearbook, London, England

Meltzer, Burkhard. "Raffi Kalenderian," Frieze, March

2008

Reddeker, Lioba. "L.A. Potential: HangArt 7," Basis Wien, Austria

Kugelman, Kerry. "Raffi Kalenderian at Black Dragon Society," Art Ltd., May

Truong, Hong-An. "A Look at Raffi Kalenederian," Artslant, March

Harvey, Doug. "Some Paintings," LA Weekly, January

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2010

Portraits de Collectionneurs, text by Tindaro Gagliano. Muro Gallery, Châtelaine, Switzerland

Raffi Kalenderian: Memoranda, text by Doug Harvey, Nieves Books, Zurich (monograph)

Public Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA