Luis Flores | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

Luis Flores

Education

: Born in 1985 in West Covina, CA
: Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

2014: MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2009: BA, Art, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Exhibitions

2022: "Luis Flores: Because of You, In Spite of You," Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2019: "Prende la Luz Que Tengo Miedo," Matthew Brown Los Angeles, CA
: "Another Thing You Did to Me," Salon 94, New York, NY
2018: "Does Your Dick Touch Your Asshole?," Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2015: "Whatever You Want It to Be," Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA
2014: "Boxer," D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2013: "I Am Handsome," Traction Arts, Los Angeles, CA
: "So Full of Potential… Is That All?," Lime Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
2009: White Room, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023: "Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
: "Sueñx," The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
2022: "Recent Sculpture," Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, CA
: "House Parté II: The Final Sale," Carlye Packer, Palm Springs, CA
2021: "ESTAMOS BIEN: LA TRIENAL 20/21," El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2020: "A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices Of Unrest In The American Experience; 20 Years Of The Beth Rudin Dewoody Collection," Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
: "Painting is Painting’s Favorite Food: Art History as Muse," South Etna, Montauk, NY
: "New Images of Man," curated by Alison M. Gingeras, Blum & Poe, CA
2019: "Thread.," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
: "ILACIONES," Timothy Taylor, New York, NY
: "Every Fiber of My Being," Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT
: "That Land That I Live In," Matthew Brown Los Angeles, CA
: "Latino Heritage Month," Art + Practice, Los Angeles, CA
: "People," Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2017: "Midtown," Organized by Macarone, Salon 94, Salon94 Design, NYC, NY
2016: "EVERYBODY! COME STAND ON THE ALTAR!," PSSST, Los Angeles, CA
: "Don’t Call Me When You’re Rich Or Famous. Call Me When You’re In the Gutter," Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA
2013: "4×4," Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2011: "After Works," Gallery 111, Los Angeles, CA
2009: UCLA Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Juror Mark Allen, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
: Undergraduate Senior Exhibition: Entitled, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
: "Collegial, A Painting Reapproach," Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
: "New Genres Exhibition," Broad Art Center 2122, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

2020: Binlot, Ann. "5 Artists Tell Us The Hardships—And Benefits—Of Creating In Isolation," Document Journal. June 12
: Leung, Gabrielle. "Artists Of Color Reflect On Own Identities In "Portraiture: A Private Room,”" Hypebeast. June 4
: Lang, Kristy. "LA’s Felix Art Fair — Partying With Hollywood History," Financial Times. February 17
: Emilia Yin. "How a Curator Visits Frieze LA," Wallpaper, February 16
: Knight, Christopher. "Review: Frieze? Please. Try the upstart Felix art fair at the Hollywood Roosevelt," Los Angeles Times, February 14
: Vankin, Deborah. "Judy Chicago And Jill Soloway Headline The Projects List At 2020 Felix L.A. Art Fair," Los Angeles Times, January 16
2019: Goldfine, Jael. "Contemporary Latinx Art Will Be Honored At Frieze," Paper Magazine, April 30
: Mizota, Sharon. "Nude Dude In Body Paint, Cat Lady In Bondage, Human Totems: Meet Jeffrey Deitch’s ‘People," Los Angeles Times, April 2
: Tilley, John Martin. "Regular Guy," Office, March 18
: Nowell, Cecilia. “Luis Flores Wrestles With Gender By Crocheting Himself in WWE Mode,” Bedford + Bowery, March 6
: Cascone, Sarah and Caroline Goldstein. “23 High-Energy Gallery Shows Opening in NewYork This March That You Won’t Want to Miss,” Artnet. March
2018: Goldstein, Andrew. “10 Of The Best Artworks From Frieze New York 2018,” Something Curated, May 4.
: “10 Of The Best Artworks At Frieze New York 2018,” Artnet News. May 3
: Abrams, Loney. "Is That What I Think It Is? 6 Of The Most Outrageous Artworks At Frieze," Artspace. May 3
2015: "18 Artists To Watch," Blouin ArtInfo. December 15.

Public Collections

: Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
: University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL

Catalogues

2020: A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience; 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection. Taubman Museum of Art, 2020, 19.