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Shana Lutker “Ra((-,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Ra((-,” 2019
Shana Lutker “Fol-,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Fol-,” 2019
Shana Lutker “Ana-,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Ana-,” 2019
Shana Lutker “À L’armes,” 2019
Shana Lutker
“À L’armes,” 2019
Shana Lutker “Curtain (windy),” 2019
Shana Lutker
“Curtain (windy),” 2019
Shana Lutker “My Most Distant Memory (de Chirico),” 2017
Shana Lutker
“My Most Distant Memory (de Chirico),” 2017
Shana Lutker Hands(G), 2017
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
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
Shana Lutker
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 4, 2015
Shana Lutker, Attractive Fool, 2015, Mirror, wood, lights, hardware, timer, 54" H x 41" W x 5" D, Photo cred: Robert Wedemeyer
Shana Lutker
Attractive Fool, 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
Shana Lutker
As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 1, 2015
Shana Lutker, La Closed L'Eyes, 2013, Chromed steel, mirror, 20" H x 28" W x 1" D, Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Shana Lutker
La Closed L'Eyes, 2013
Shana Lutker, Bureau of Research, 2013, Chromed bronze, 2 pieces, 7" H x 20" W x .5" D, Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Shana Lutker
Bureau of Research, 2013
Shana Lutker, 11 bis, 2013, Chromed steel, leather, 42" H x 28" W x 21" D, Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Shana Lutker
11 bis, 2013
Shana Lutker, Cruch, 2009, plastic, 52" x 7" x 2"
Shana Lutker
Cruch, 2009
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
Shana Lutker
Group Formation Studies (Fronts and Backs), 2007
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"
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
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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2020
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2018
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2015
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2014
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Steinhauer, Jillian, "Westward Exhibition: Billboard Art Unfolds Across America," Hyperallergic, June 20 (Link)
Vogel, Carol, "State of Our Art, According to Whitney," The New York Times, February 28 (Link)
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Vankin, Deborah, LAXArt plans Hollywood gallery, citywide project called the Occasional, Los Angeles Times, September 10
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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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