
Shana Lutker
“Ra((-,” 2019
“Ra((-,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Ra((-,” 2019
Stainless steel
34 x 180 x 1" [HxWxD] (86.36 x 457.2 x 2.54 cm)
Inventory #LUT323
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Ra((-,” 2019
Stainless steel
34 x 180 x 1" [HxWxD] (86.36 x 457.2 x 2.54 cm)
Inventory #LUT323
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
“Fol-,” 2019
“Fol-,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Fol-,” 2019
Stainless steel, wood
85 x 40 x 58" [HxWxD] (215.9 x 101.6 x 147.32 cm)
Inventory #LUT326
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Fol-,” 2019
Stainless steel, wood
85 x 40 x 58" [HxWxD] (215.9 x 101.6 x 147.32 cm)
Inventory #LUT326
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
“Ana-,” 2019
“Ana-,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Ana-,” 2019
Stainless steel, wood
35 x 20 x 13.5" [HxWxD] (88.9 x 50.8 x 34.29 cm)
Inventory #LUT321
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Ana-,” 2019
Stainless steel, wood
35 x 20 x 13.5" [HxWxD] (88.9 x 50.8 x 34.29 cm)
Inventory #LUT321
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
“À L’armes,” 2019
“À L’armes,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“À L’armes,” 2019
Stainless steel
43.75 x 44.5" [HxW] (111.13 x 113.03 cm)
Inventory #LUT314
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“À L’armes,” 2019
Stainless steel
43.75 x 44.5" [HxW] (111.13 x 113.03 cm)
Inventory #LUT314
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
“Curtain (windy),” 2019
“Curtain (windy),” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Curtain (windy),” 2019
Lead and stainless steel
60 x 37 x 13" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 93.98 x 33.02 cm)
Inventory #LUT312
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Curtain (windy),” 2019
Lead and stainless steel
60 x 37 x 13" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 93.98 x 33.02 cm)
Inventory #LUT312
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

Shana Lutker
“My Most Distant Memory (de Chirico),” 2017
“My Most Distant Memory (de Chirico),” 2017
Shana Lutker
“My Most Distant Memory (de Chirico),” 2017
Mirror, wood, lights, hardware, timer
48 x 32 x 4" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 81.28 x 10.16 cm)
Inventory #LUT291
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“My Most Distant Memory (de Chirico),” 2017
Mirror, wood, lights, hardware, timer
48 x 32 x 4" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 81.28 x 10.16 cm)
Inventory #LUT291
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

Shana Lutker
Hands(G), 2017
Stainless steel
14 x 9 x 8" [HxWxD] (35.56 x 22.86 x 20.32 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Hands(G), 2017
Stainless steel
14 x 9 x 8" [HxWxD] (35.56 x 22.86 x 20.32 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Shana Lutker

Shana Lutker
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 4, 2015
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 4, 2015
Shana Lutker
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 4, 2015
Wood (cherry)
Table position: 29.75" tall x 72" wide x 38" deep, chair position: 81.50" tall x 72" wide x 38" deep
Photo cred: Robert Wedemeyer
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 4, 2015
Wood (cherry)
Table position: 29.75" tall x 72" wide x 38" deep, chair position: 81.50" tall x 72" wide x 38" deep
Photo cred: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
Attractive Fool, 2015
Attractive Fool, 2015
Shana Lutker
Attractive Fool, 2015
Mirror, wood, lights, hardware, timer
54" H x 41" W x 5" D
Photo cred: Robert Wedemeyer
Attractive Fool, 2015
Mirror, wood, lights, hardware, timer
54" H x 41" W x 5" D
Photo cred: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 1, 2015
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 1, 2015
Shana Lutker
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 1, 2015
Ceramic, wood
Table position: 29" tall x 51" wide x 51" deep, chair position: 64" tall x 51" wide x 21" deep
Photo cred: Jeff McLane
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 1, 2015
Ceramic, wood
Table position: 29" tall x 51" wide x 51" deep, chair position: 64" tall x 51" wide x 21" deep
Photo cred: Jeff McLane

Shana Lutker
La Closed L'Eyes, 2013
La Closed L'Eyes, 2013
Shana Lutker
La Closed L'Eyes, 2013
Chromed steel, mirror
20" H x 28" W x 1" D
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
La Closed L'Eyes, 2013
Chromed steel, mirror
20" H x 28" W x 1" D
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
Bureau of Research, 2013
Bureau of Research, 2013
Shana Lutker
Bureau of Research, 2013
Chromed bronze
2 pieces, 7" H x 20" W x .5" D
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Bureau of Research, 2013
Chromed bronze
2 pieces, 7" H x 20" W x .5" D
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
11 bis, 2013
11 bis, 2013
Shana Lutker
11 bis, 2013
Chromed steel, leather
42" H x 28" W x 21" D
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
11 bis, 2013
Chromed steel, leather
42" H x 28" W x 21" D
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Shana Lutker
Cruch, 2009
Cruch, 2009
Shana Lutker
Cruch, 2009
plastic
52" x 7" x 2"
Cruch, 2009
plastic
52" x 7" x 2"

Shana Lutker
Group Formation Studies (Fronts and Backs), 2007
Group Formation Studies (Fronts and Backs), 2007
Shana Lutker
Group Formation Studies (Fronts and Backs), 2007
Inkjet prints on newsprint on Plexiglass, wood shelf
Each panel 12" x 8"; 7 Groups of 14 panels each, installation view
Group Formation Studies (Fronts and Backs), 2007
Inkjet prints on newsprint on Plexiglass, wood shelf
Each panel 12" x 8"; 7 Groups of 14 panels each, installation view

Shana Lutker
Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.1), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.2), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.3), 2008
Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.1), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.2), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.3), 2008
Shana Lutker
Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.1), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.2), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.3), 2008
Light jet print mounted on plexi
each 23 3/4" x 27 1/2"
Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.1), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.2), Re-formation and Counter Re-formation (study no.3), 2008
Light jet print mounted on plexi
each 23 3/4" x 27 1/2"
- 1978
- Born in Northport, NY
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
- 2005
- MFA, Interdisciplinary Studio, UCLA, School of Art
- 2000
- BA, Visual Art and Modern Culture and Media, Brown University, Providence, RI
- 1999
- Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design, Visiting Artist
Selected Exhibitions
- 2019
- "An Analphabet," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2018
- "Phosphorescents, Pheasants and Unpleasants," performance at Art Catalogues LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- "a.k.a. Public Opinion," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "Mutual Admiration," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
- “SNAFU,” Barbara Seiler, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016
- “Scenes from Chapter Four,” 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
- 2015
- "Paul, Paul, Paul, and Paul," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "Shana Lutker: Le New Monocle, Chapters 1-3," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
- "Shana Lutker: Project Gallery," Perez Art Museum Miami, FL
- "Shana Lutker: The Raven, The Dove, Paul, and the Peacocks," Barbara Seiler, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2014
- "Realism," LAXART, Hollywood, CA
- 2013
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "The Blowing Nose," Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2012
- New Research Concerning Fistfights of the Surrealists, The Center For Ongoing Research & Projects, Columbus, OH
- 2011
- A. G. L. & X., Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
- Make Knot Meddle, New Positions, Wetterling Gallery, Art Cologne, Germany
- 2010
- H.Y.S.T. et al. Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- Here It Here, SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico
- Reading Seating, Works Sited, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
- 2009
- "Forever Will a Blockhead Be", Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2008
- Books, 2005-2008, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
- The Commiffioners, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- Combined Faulty Acts, Artists Space, New York, NY
- 2007
- CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA; curated by Jens Hoffman
- The Future of an Illusion, Room Gallery, UC Irvine, California; curated by Juli Carson
- 2006
- Excerpts, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Cloud 9," Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, CA
- 2019
- "Museum of Modern Art and Western Antiquities, Section II Department of Carving and Modeling: Form and Volume," Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal (forthcoming)
- "CURRENT:LA FOOD," City of Los Angeles Public Art Triennial, Los Angeles, CA
- "Enchanted Interior," Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, England, UK
- "Smoke and Mirrors," AF Projects, West Hollywood, CA
- "Dreamhouse vs. Punk House (+Cat House)," Serious Tropics, Inglewood, CA
- 2018
- "Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by her Writings," Tate St. Ives, UK (Link)
- "Twentyfourseven: 40 Years," Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- "EX-CORPSE," AWHRHWAR at OPAF, Battery Leary-Merriam Angels Gates Park, San Pedro, CA
- "26 on 3rd," LBMAx, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
- “No. 1,” The Magic Hour, High Desert, CA (Link)
- "My Kid Could Do That," Project Art Benefit exhibition at The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- “Vision Valley: The Glendale Biennial,” organized by The Pit, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
- 2017
- "99 Cents or Less," Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
- "Summer of Love," Wilding Cran, Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- "IN SITU," EXPO Chicago, curated by Diana Nawi, Chicago, IL
- “The Artists’ Library,” LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
- "PDF-OBJECTS," Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
- 2015
- "PASSING LEAP," Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
- "F.B.I.," Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Museum of the Unwanted," Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland. Curated by Clare Goodwin
- 2014
- Whitney Biennial, curated by Stuart Comer, Anthony Elms, and Michelle Grabner, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- "The Outlanders," The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
- "Pier 54," curated by Cecilia Alemani, High Line Art, New York, NY
- "Unsparing Quality," Diane Rosenstein Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Farrah Karapetian
- "Bachelor Machines," ROOM EAST, New York, NY
- 2013
- "Manifest Destiny," Public art project with Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Jacksonville, FL
- "The House that Jack Built," Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
- "The Nose, The Cane, The Broken Left Arm," Performa 13, New York, NY
- "The Unicorn," Transformer Station, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (Link)
- "subject, answer, countersubject," Disjecta, Portland, OR, curated by Summer Guthery
- "The Stand In (or a glass of milk)," Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project," Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), USA (Link)
- "A Round World Distorts a Flat Map," 5323 Abbott Place, Los Angeles, CA
- "Emmy Moore’s Journal," SALTS, Basel, Switzerland
- "Works Sited," Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn, NY
- "Double Life," SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY
- "Cats & Dogs," Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2012
- "Reflections on Form," Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
- "Things, Words and Consequences," Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
- "Perros Negros presents Perros Negros," New Jerseyy, Basel, Switzerland
- "A Brand New Baby Carriage Standing There on the Porch," Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
- "Barter Show," LAND, West Hollywood, CA
- "Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop," Los Angeles, CA
- "economy of means: toward humility in contemporary sculpture," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
- "Ball of Artists," Greystone Mansion, part of Pacific Standard Time Festival, Beverly Hills, CA
- 2011
- "The Trap Door," Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
- "Two Schools of Cool," curated by Sarah Bancroft, FOCA, Los Angeles, CA
- "Greater LA," curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleanor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
- "Suelto," curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas and Adrian Rivas, La Central, Bogota, Colombia
- 2010
- "Lovingly, Rose Peebles," Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
- "Session_12_Words," Am Nuden Da at Four Boxes Gallery, Skive, Denmark
- "Ruins (Los Angeles)," LA><ART Billboard, Los Angeles, CA
- "A Torrent of Words," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
- "Territories, Left of Center," The Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
- "Point to one end, which is always present," Small A Projects, New York, NY
- 2009
- Performa 09, X Initiative, New York, NY
- "Words," Am Nuden Da, London, England
- "An Object tossed from One Country to Another," Block Party, Highland Park, CA
- "In Bed Together," Royal T, Los Angeles, CA
- "Veronica", Pitzer Art Galleries, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, curated by Ciara Ennis
- "In Love With Night," Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, curated by Max King Cap & Ciara Ennis
- "On the Pleasure of Hating", Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
- "Bitch is The New Black," Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Emma Gray
- "Broken English," Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
- "Extra, Extra," China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
- "This Is Killing Me," Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
- "The May Show," Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
- "Put On," Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2008
- California Biennial 2008, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; offsite performances at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA; and the LAB, Costa Mesa, CA; curated by Lauri Firstenberg
- "Shana Lutker, Anna Sew Hoy, Brenna Youngblood," University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
- "Delusionarium 4," David Salow Gallery and Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
- "This Shadow is a Bit of Ideology," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; curated by Kelly Chen and Anthony Elms
- The 30TH Anniversary: PART II, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- "The Whole World is Watching," The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA; curated by Irene Tsatsos
- "November Again," Harris Lieberman, New York, NY; curated by Jeffrey Uslip
- "The Silence of Infinite Space," Glendale College Gallery, Glendale, CA; curated by Aram Moshayedi
- "3 Rooms: Shana Lutker, Sara Greenberger Rafferty," David Kennedy Cutler, DAmelio Terras, New York, NY
- 2007
- Art Perform, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL; curated by Jens Hoffman
- "You Are Here," Glassell School of Art Gallery, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
- "Passengers," CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA; curated by Jens Hoffman
- "Abstraction," Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "For Sale," Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal; curated by Jens Hoffman
- "The Pyramid Show," Monte Vista, Los Angeles, CA
- "Reality Disorder," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "88:88," The Project, New York, NY
- "Big Secret Cache," Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2006
- 2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
- "November," Harris Lieberman, New York, NY; curated by Jeffrey Uslip
- "People for a Better Tomorrow," Sweeney Art Gallery, UC Riverside, CA; curated by Meg Cranston
- "Re-make/Re-Model," DAmelio Terras, New York, NY
- "And Therefore I Am," Tang Museum, Skidmore, Saratoga, NY; curated by John Weber
- 2005
- "Happenstance," Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Lauri Firstenberg
- "Champion Fine Art 2003-2005," Art 2102, Los Angeles, CA
- Public Sculpture for Benevento Citta Spettacolo, Italy, Theater Festival; curated by Demetrio Paparoni
- Erzhl mal was, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, Germany
- "Supersonic 2," LA Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Paths of Moons and Planets," Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA; curated by Dawn Kasper
- 2004
- "Faith," Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA; curated by Matt Johnson
- "Delusionarium I," Legacy Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
- "Art and Propaganda," University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
- 2003
- "Record," Art 2102, Los Angeles, CA. Screening; curated by Sharon Hayes
- "The Stage," Stray Show 2003, Chicago, IL; special installation project with Matthew Rich
- "Instant Installations," Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, CA
- 2002
- "Slumberparty Noire," Municipal, Chicago, IL. Curated by Allison Frey and Casey Gunchel
- "Friends and Family," Lombard-Fried Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001
- "Addition|Subtraction," The Carlin Group, New York, NY. Organized by Isca Greenfield-Sanders
- "Day Job," Open End Art, Chicago, IL. Organized by Susannah Strang and Joshua Gleason
- "Trauma tic," Open End Art, Chicago, IL. Curated by Duncan Anderson
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- Moshayedi, Aram with Shana Lutker, Forever Will A Blockhead Be, exhibition catalogue, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
- Nawi, Diana, This is Killing Me, exhibition brochure, Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA
- Tsatsos, Irene, Shana Lutker in Common Threads, Shared Spaces: Five Years of Fellowships for Visual Artists from the California Community Foundation, 2004-2008, pp. 78-79
- Younger than Jesus/Artist Directory, The New Museum, New York, NY, Phaidon Press
- 2008
- Leong, Stephanie, California Girls, Daily Nexus, University of California, Santa Barbara, November 6
- Wahlquist, Grant, O.C. Art Attack!, Riviera, November
- Designed by Shana Lutker, Casa Magazine Santa Barbara, October 31
- Woodard, Joe, Hear, Hear: Shana Lutker arrives in two capacities this month, Santa Barbara News Press, October 31
- Olive, Ashley, Shana Lutker at CAFs Forum Lounge, Santa Barbara Independent, October 30
- Mizota, Sharon, Eureka Moments, Los Angeles Times, October 19
- OCMA Hits the Road, Jack!, Riviera, October
- Schwyzer, Elizabeth, The Art of Now, Santa Barbara Independent, September 25
- Martin, Victoria, Shana Lutker at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artweek, September
- Foss, Paul, Shana Lutker, ArtUS, September
- Frank, Peter, The Radiant Mind, The Body Politic: Lee Mullican, Shana Lutker and Olga Koumoundouros, LA Weekly, June 4
- Taft, Catherine, Catherine Tafts Round-Up of the Best Shows in LA, Saatchi Online, May 27
- Velasco, David, West Side Story, Artforum.com, January 31
- Firstenberg, Lauri, Shana Lutker in conversation with Lauri Firstenberg, exhibition catalogue from the 2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, pp 146-147
- Uslip, Jeffery, Shana Lutker: Combined Faculty Acts, exhibition catalogue, Artists Space, New York, NY
- Hoffman, Jens, Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Art, exhibition catalogue from Passengers 1.4, published by CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
- 2007
- Diaz, Karla, A Tour of San Francisco and Oakland, FlashArt Online, October
- Beil, Kim, "California Biennial at OCMA," in ArtWeek, Vol 38, February
- Carson, Juli, "Shana Lutker's The Future of an Illusion," Room Gallery, January
- Ritter, Ben, Shana Lutkers Bizarre Illusion, New University, Vol 40, January 16
- Wulffson, Jennifer, California Biennial, 2006, Latinart.com, January
- 2006
- Cotter, Holland, "November" in Art Review, The New York Times, December 22
- Armstrong, Elizabeth, "California Above All," Art Review, May
- Berwick, Carly, Happenstance, in ArtNews, April
- Pollack, Barbara, Happenstance, Time Out New York, Issue 536, January 5
- Holte, Michael Ned, "Shana Lutker," Exhibition Catalogue from the 2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, pp. 104-107
- Myers, Julian, I want to tell you Everything, from Excerpts, produced by Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
- 2005
- Cotter, Holland, Happenstance in Art in Review, The New York Times, December 30
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2016
- Artist Lab Residency, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
- 2014
- Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC,
- 2013-2014
- Artist in Residence, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
- 2012
- Artist in Residence, Cité des Art Internationales, Paris, France
- Artist in Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida
- 2011
- Artist in Residence, Sitterwerk, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- 2010
- Artist in Residence, SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2008
- California Community Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship
- 2006
- Durfee Foundation Completion Grant
- 2004-2005
- Art Council Award
- 2004
- Elaine Krown Klein Award
- Art Council Award
- Hoyt Fellowship
- 2003
- Orselli Fellowship, UCLA Department of Art
- Clifton Webb Art Award, UCLA Department of Art
Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books
- 2019
- Buhmann, Stephanie. Los Angeles Studio Conversations. The Green Box, Berlin, Germany
- 2016
- Sur, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
- 2014
- Whitney Biennial 2014, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 2014
Artist's Writing and Published Projects
- 2018
- Artist’s Portfolio, Apricota, Issue no. 1. Secretary Press, New York. pp 34–61.
- 2016
- Madames Electrics, with drawings contributed by Maria Candanoza, Kate Costello, Zoe Crosher, Julian Hoeber, Adriana Lara, and Interior Theatre. Book produced as part of exhibition I curated and organized at The Pit, Glendale, CA. “Notes on the Project X Forums,” X-TRA, Volume 18, number 2, pp 85-87.
- 2014
- “A to B to E to F to G to M to N: A conversation wtih Augustine, André Breton, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Gradiva, Me, and Nadja,” Whitney Biennial 2014, pp 369-372.
- “Have you ever slapped a dead person?” Cadavere Quotidiano, published by Project X Projects, pp 96-103.
- 2012
- New Research concerning the Fistfights of the Surrealists, 16-page newspaper published by the Center for Ongoing Research & Projects, Columbus, Ohio.
- “Some Fistfights of the Surrealists,” MATERIAL, no 3, pp. 51-59.
- “Kate Costello: Set Ups,” X-TRA, Volume 15, no. 1, p. 37.
- 2010
- “Transitional Objects,” Lovingly, Rose Peebles, broadsheet published by Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA.
- “Index: Studio, 2003-2006,” The Studio Reader, edited by Michelle Grabner and Mary Jane Jacob, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
- 2009
- “Eileen Cowin: Simply Because You’re Near Me,” Published brochure essay on the occasion
- of Cowin’
- s exhibition at Pasadena Community College Gallery, March 2009.
- “Artists Are Not,” thehighlights.com, February issue.
- 2007 “Confusion, Collateral, and Pain,” X-TRA, Winter 2007-8, Vol. 10.2. With Kris Paulsen.
- 2006
- “Notes on Display, Exhibition, and Awe,” X-TRA, Winter 2006, Vol 9.1
- “Every Garden a Munition Plant,” X-TRA, Summer 2006, Vol. 8.4.
- 2005
- “Ghosts of the Public,” X-TRA, Fall 2005, Vol 8.1, pp 48-52.
- 2004
- Sourcebook of American Chatter: Issue One (Fragments), contributor.
- 2003
- “Out with the Artist: The poet, the American, and the monster,” The 2003 Wight Biennial Catalogue, published on the occasion of the 2003 Wight Biennial, UCLA, p54-61.
- 2002
- “Kristin Lucas and Joe McKay,” New Art Examiner, Jan/Feb 2002, Vol. 29 no. 3, p. 67.
Public Collections
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
- Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA