# Caitlin Lonegan

URL: https://vielmetter.com/biography/wrklst-caitlin-lonegan-9765/

1982 Born in Long Island, NY  Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA   2010 M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles 2005 B.A. Yale University 2004 Yale/Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT 2002 Paul Mellon Center for British Art, London, England

**Selected Exhibitions**

  2019 "Points of View," Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria 2018 "Points of View," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA 2012 “The Mark on the Wall,” ACME, Los Angeles CA 2010 "Mari Eastman, Caitlin Lonegan, Anna Sew-Hoy," Idyllwild Arts Center, Idyllwild, CA 2009 "Recent Paintings," ACME, Los Angeles, CA

**Group Exhibitions**

  2019 "An International Boutique for Ladies," curated by Mari Eastman, Goldfinch Projects, Chicago, Il. (upcoming, November 2019)  "The light touch," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.  "Flat Files: Works on paper by 88 artists," The Pit, Los Angeles, CA.  "Household Effects," La Loma Projects, Pasadena, CA.  "Pippa Garner, Corey Fogel, Martin Kersels, Jason Kraus, Caitlin Lonegan, Brian O’Connell, Erlea Maneros Zabala, Kori Newkirk, Tony Oursler, Eric Wesley," Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA. 2018 "Six Artists: Theresa Chromati, Adam Henry, Spencer Lewis, Caitlin Lonegan, Emily Mae Smith, Tim Wilson," Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY  “Vision Valley: The Glendale Biennial,” organized by The Pit, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA 2017 "Abstraction Now! Gerhard Richter, Katarina Grosse, Sean Scully… ," curated by Florian Steininger, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria  "The Brightsiders," curated by Adam D. Miller / The Pit, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA 2015 "Heike-Karin Foll, Caitlin Lonegan, Frances Scholz, R.H. Quaytman, Tif Sigfrids," Los Angeles 2014 "Wake up Early Fear Death: Caitlin Lonegan, Rebecca Morris, Laura Owens," curated by Philipp Kaiser, Los Angeles, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Austria, Vienna  "Made in LA 2014," the Hammer Museum, curated by Connie Butler and Michael Ned Holte, Los Angeles, CA 2013 "Forms of Abstraction," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA 2012 "Sundays at 4," Todd Madigan Gallery, CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA  "Abstract Paintings and DVDs," curated by Monique van Genderen, Venice Beach Biennial, Los Angeles, CA  "Fun With Friends / Kristin Calabrese with Brenna Youngblood and Caitlin Lonegan," Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI  "Someone Puts A Pineapple Together," ACME, Los Angeles, CA 2011 "Joan Mitchell MFA Award Recipient Show," Cue Foundation, New York, NY  "Unfinished: Paintings by 38 Contemporary Artists," L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA  "Works of Paper, ACME," Los Angeles, CA  " Justin Beal, Tony Feher & Caitlin Lonegan," ACME, Los Angeles, CA 2010 "MFA Thesis Show #4: Caitlin Lonegan, Peter Lynde, David Snyder, Greta Svalberg, and Wu-Ingrid Tsang," New Wight Gallery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Small Paintings, Hole in the Wall Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design   "Wet Paint: 10 Young LA Painters," Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA  " Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties and Bastard Children," Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI  "MFA 2010," New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2008 "10th Anniversary Show," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

**Press (selection)**

  2018 Scarborough, James, "’Points of View,’ Caitlin Lonegan at Susanne Vielmetter Gallery," What The Butler Saw (web), July 9 ([Link](http://perhapsperhapsperhaps.typepad.com/what_the_butler_saw/2018/07/points-of-view-caitlin-lonegan-at-susanne-vielmetter-gallery-by-james-scarborough.html))  "Caitlin Lonegan’s “Points of View” at Galerie nächst St. Stephan," Blouin Art Info (web), July 2 ([Link](https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3132094/caitlin-lonegans-points-of-view-at-galerie-nachst-st-stephan))  Bryan O’Connell and Dierdre O’Dwyre, "Rakish Light — Make-Readies," Rakish Light Press, XTRA ([Link](http://x-traonline.org/article/make-readies/)) 2017 Ebersberger, Eva, “in: soart – artists in residence / Millstätter See,” Wien/Vienna, 172-175  “Reactive Restart for Kunsthalle Krems", Almuth Spiegler, Die Presse, July 1  Matzer, Alexandra, “Abstract Painting Now! Gerhard Richter, Katarina Grosse, Sean Scully… in the Kunsthalle Krems,” Art In Words, June 30  “Abstract Painting Now! Impressive Debut of Florian Steininger,” Culture and Wine, July 3  2016 Wagley, Catherine, “The Female Cool School”, Carla (web), November 16 ([Link](http://contemporaryartreview.la/the-female-cool-school/)) 2014 Bloomingdale, Natalie, Marisa Gluck, Shontel Horne, Abigail Stone and Marieke Trielhard, “Arts and Power; Collector’s edition, #5 Paul Schimmel,” Angeleno Modern luxury, December 12  Thompson, Andrew K., “MFA in L.A.,” Artvoices Magazine, September  Plagens, Peter, “Exhibit a Creation of Show, Not Tell: A Temporary Triumph of Display over Theory,” The Wall Street Journal, August 19  Lin, Jessica T. , “Step Into the ‘Thought Space’ of Artist Caitlin Lonegan,” Proktr, July 23  Tang, Kellyanne, “’Made in LA’ Mondays: Caitlin Lonegan,” Daily Bruin (web), July 21 ([Link](http://dailybruin.com/2014/07/21/made-in-la-mondays-caitlin-lonegan/))  Zimskind, Lyle, “Channing Hansen’s Quantum Paintings are Really Knit- Framed: The Hammer’s Made in L.A. 2014 biennial spotlights 35 contemporary artists,” Los Angeles Magazine (web), July 17 ([Link](http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/channing-hansens-quantum-paintings-are-really-knit/))  Chang, Richard,“’Made in L.A.’ focuses on emerging artists from City of Angels,” OC Register, June 20  Frank, Priscilla, “’Made In L.A. 2014′: To Walk Amongst Giants Or To Jam Out Alone?,” Huffington Post (web), June 21 ([Link](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/21/made-in-la-biennial-2014_n_5515407.html))  Knight, Christopher, “’Made in L.A.’ biennial art survey taps a social undercurrent,” Los Angeles Times (web), June 19 ([Link](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-knight-hammer-made-in-la-biennial-review-20140619-column.html))  Chan, Dawn, “Caitlin Lonegan: 500 Words”, Artforum (web), June13 ([Link](https://www.artforum.com/interviews/caitlin-lonegan-speaks-about-made-in-la-2014-and-her-literary-influences-47122)) 2013 “A Room of Owens’s Own: Laura Owens in conversation with Jan Tumlir and Stephen Berens,” X-tra, Fall   Mary Weatherford, “Another Abstraction by Caitlin Lonegan,” Little Star Weekly (web), December 27  “West Coast Edition, Juror: Janet Bishop, Editor’s Pick”, New American Paintings, December 2013 / January 2014  Stacy Dacheux, “Abstract Painters or Starks of Brightness with a Calm Sense of Vibrancy”, Beautiful Decay (web), May 10 ([Link](http://www.beautifuldecay.com/tag/caitlin-lonegan/)) 2012 Geoff Tuck, “Gregory Edwards, William J Obrien, Mariah Robertson,” NotesonLooking.com (web), February 3  2010 Wood, Eve, “Caitlin Lonegan,” Artillery, September/October

**Special Projects**

  2018 Site Specific Installation, Dryad Gallery, curated by Evan Holloway, Glendale, CA. 2016 Real Print Project, with Rakish Light Press, Los Angeles, CA

**Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books**

  2018 Artist Book, Caitlin Lonegan, One Star Press (forthcoming)  For Dorothea: Paintings, Drawings and Notes, 2012-2014, Caitlin Lonegan with essays by Michael Ned Holte and Kavior Moon, published by Verlag Fuer Modern Kunst, monograph 2017 Abstraction Now! Gerhard Richter, Katarina Grosse, Sean Scully… , Cornerhouse Publications 2015 Lonegan, Caitlin, “On Simon Bill,” The Benefit of Friends Collected: Volume 2, edited by Jesse Benson and Shana Lutker, Project X Projects 2010 Charles Shultz, “The Work of Caitlin Lonegan, Micah Daw, Kristin Haas, Brian Porray, and Janet Bruhn,” Joan Mitchell Foundation 2010 Grant Recipients Catalogue, New York, NY

**Screenings and Lectures**

  2018 Otis, Artists Lecture Series  Susanne Vielmetter, Conversation: Caitlin Lonegan with Michael Ned Holte and Tanya Rubbak 2016 Visiting Lecturer, University of California Riverside 2015 UCLA, Advanced Painting, Silke Otto Knapp 2014 Visiting Lecturer, Artcenter College of Art and Design  Orange County Contemporary Collectors Council, Artist Public Lecture 2013 Pomona College, Intro Painting, Mimi Lauter  UCLA, Advanced Drawing, Mari Eastman 2012 Claremont Graduate School, Visiting Artist Public Lecture  Visiting Lecturer and Artist in Residence, Graduate and Undergraduate Seminars, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

**Residencies**

  2010 Joan Mitchell MFA Award Recipient, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY  Hoyt Scholarship, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2009  Dedalus Award Nominee, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2008 Drawing Prize, 2nd place, Kay Nielson Memorial Award for Best Drawing, Gruenwald Center, Hammer Museum (Judged by Allegra Pesenti and Russell Ferguson), Los Angeles, CA 2005 Mellon Award for Research entitled, “Color Juxtapositions: the Role of Hue in Depth Illusions,” Yale University

**Public Collections**

   Berezdivin Collection, Puerto Rico  Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany  Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA  Strauss Collection, Rancho Santa Fe, CA