Olga Koumoundouros | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

: Born in New York, New York
: Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

2001: MFA, California Institute for the Arts, School of Art, Valencia CA
1997-1999: California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1995-1997: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Boston, MA
1990: BA, University of Vermont, Environmental Studies, Burlington, VT

Selected Exhibitions

2014: Roundhouse Shines, The Bowtie Project, Los Angeles, CA
2013: "We made life here for a little while," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Off-site, Altadena, CA
: "Dream Home Resource Center," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
: Transformer Display for Community Fundraising: Phase 4, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (two-person show with Andrea Bowers)
: "Posessed by Glint and Dreams," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011: Wall Works: CART-What Do We Need to Get By and How Do We Get There?, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
: Susanne VIelmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009: Demand Management, <a href="http://redcat.org/gallery/0809/koumoundouros.php" target="_blank">REDCAT</a>, Los Angeles, CA (June 26 August 23, 2009)
2008: "Great Expectations and The Wreck of the Hope, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Project Space)
2007: "A Roof Upended, Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA.
2006: "Thieves Vinegar, Adamski Gallery, Aachen Germany.
2005: "More Yellow Wallpaper, Mullin Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles.
2004: "Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany.
2002: "#9", 5301 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (two-person show with Rodney McMillian)
1999: "Just in Case, INMO Gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles.

Group Exhibitions

2015: Glomar: Strange Engineering (A Giant 8 Fingered Crane), Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
: "MetaModern," Krannert Art museum, University of Illinois; traveling to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona; The De Vos Art Museum, North Michigan University, Marquette; and the Cincinnati Art Museum
2014: "Greece," Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
: "The Sunken Living Room," Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
: "Your Shell is Made of Air," Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
: "If I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution," Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, PA (with Andrea Bowers)
2013: The Armory Show and Tell, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
: Painting in Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Farmers and Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA
: Bakers Dozen V – Marginal Revolutions: Concerning activism, the 99%, Occupy, Anonymous, Wikileaks and other manifestations of the political Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2011: Greater LA," curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleaonor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
: Site as Symbol, curated by Survey West Collaborative, FOCA, Los Angeles, CA
2010: Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
: Go West, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, curated by Jill Dawsey
: Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Olga Koumoundouros, Rodney McMillian, Charles Gaines, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
2009: Thats All Folks. The Clash Between the Speech and the Fate., Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Belgium
2007: "Ohio, w/ Andrea Bowers, David Hullfish Baily, Sam Durant, Rodney McMillian, Adrian Piper, and Robert Pruitt Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.
: "Informal Architecture, The Banff Centre – Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB, Canada.
: "Touched: Artists and Social Engagement, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena.
: "The Secretariat, w/ Walead Beshty and Yoshua Okon, Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA.
: "Philosophy of Time Travel, collaboration w/ Edgar Arceneaux, Vincent Johnson, Rodney McMillian & Matthew Sloly, curated by Christine Kim, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY.
: "On a Porch, performance w/Rodney McMillian, LAX-Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2006: "Capitol Punishment, collaborative project w/ Pia Ronicke, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX.
: "Sculpture, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
: "Affair, Tart, San Francisco, CA.
: "A Front Porch: Concurrent and Not Opposing, performance collaboration w/Rodney McMillian, The Suburban, Chicago Illinois.
2005: "Thing, curated by Aimee Chang, James Elaine, Chris Myles, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2004: "New Balance Frontier, Soap Factory, curated by Aimee Chang, Minneapolis, MN.
: "Poster Project, organized by Pia Ronicke, Coppenhagen, DN.
: "Journal of Aesthetics and Protest 3 Day Extravaganza, Machine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2003: "Rent-a-Bench, Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark.
: "Works on Paper, Stephan Adamski Gallerie, Aachen, Germany.
: "Sculpture Invitational, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
: "Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, poster collaboration, Los Angeles, CA.
2002: "Schindler House Reenactment, collaboration w/MAK residents at Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA,
: "Rent-a-Bench, site specific installation, Los Angeles, CA.
: "All You Can Eat Karaoke, C-level, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA.
2001: "Ars Moralis, Gallerie Fr Gegenwartskunst, Barbara Claassen-Schmal, Bremen , Germany.

Bibliography

2014: Newhall, Edith, "Galleries: A long-forgotten artist, 1960s anarchy, and clay," The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28 (Link)
2013: Tewksbury, Drew, "Living Spaces: When a House Becomes a Piece of Art," Los Angeles Magazine, November 27 (Link)
: Testado, Justine, Housing Values: The Dream House Resource Center exhibit, Archinect, August 15
: OLeary, Lizzie, Making art out of the housing crisis, NPR: Marketplace, August 14 (Link)
: Fricano, Mike, Got housing woes? The Hammer offers consumers help, UCLA Today, July 18
: Sommer, Danielle, "Review: ‘Olga Koumoundouros: Possessed by Glint and Dreams,’ " Art in America, June 2013
: Shaw, Michael and Jody Zellen, ArtScene: Olga Koumoundourous and Monique Van Genderen at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, April
: Griffin, Jonathan, "Olga Koumoundouros: Possessed by Glint and Dreams," Art Review, May
: Cheh, Carol, A Bizarre Exhibit in a Foreclosed Home that was Turned Into a GalleryIs Now in a Gallery, LA Weekly, March 22
: Tuck, Geoff, Confusing, wrong, and sometimes okay art without purity, but with ethics, Notes on Looking, January 25
: Ollman, Leah, Olga Koumoundourous takes on American Dream of Home Ownership, Los Angeles Times, March 21
2012: Editors Picks: Miami Art Fairs, Interior Design Magazine, December 13
: Bell Yank, Sue, "Do we need artists in Museums?", Artbound for KCET, November 14
: Katzban, Nicholas, "Olga Koumoundouros: A Notorious Possession", 24700: News from California Institute of the Arts, October 19
: McCullough, Danielle, "After the Gold Rush", In These Times, October 10
: Cheh, Carol, When Olga Koumoundouros Neighbors Abandoned Their House, She Took It Over and Turned It Into Art, LA Weekly, October 2
: Herbst, Robby, Notorious Possession: Occupying Foreclosed Homes with Art, KCET Artbound, September 25
: A House Painted Gold, Hear In The City, September 20
2011: Rosenberg, Karen, "Art Fair: Business Over Activism," New York Times, December 2
: Alvarado, Francisco, "Max Rameau and Umoja Village Invade Art Basel," New Times Miami, December 1
: Loos, Ted, "Ten Things to Look Forward to at Art Basel in Miami," Vogue Daily, November 28
: Smith, Roberta, A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel, The New York Times, May 31
: Feil, David A., "Round 33: The Seventh House – Project Row Houses", Art Lies Quarterly, Issue 68, Spring – Summer
2009: Miles, Christopher, Olga Koumoundouros at REDCAT, ArtForum, November
: Myers, Holly, Intelligent, but hardly passionate, Los Angeles Times, September 1
: Pagel, David, It adds up: Color steals the show, Los Angeles Times, July 24
: Myers, Holly, Her financial statement, Los Angeles Times, July 6
2008: Knight, Christopher, "Critics Preview, Los Angeles Times, June 12
: Myers, Holly, "Startling, Strange and Elegant Works, Los Angeles Times, May 23
: Machida, Nico, "Koumoundouros: New Sculpture, ArtSlant, May 19
: Pence, Elizabeth, "A Roof Upended, ArtUS, January/February, Issue 21
2007: Birk, Lacey, "Spotlight: Art Rising in the East, Seattle Magazine, December
: Compton, Ann, "Philosophy of Time Travel at the Studio Museum, Art in America, p. 202, October
: Grant, Adriana, "Upended Roof Speaks to, and About, its Condo-Filled Neighborhood., Seattle Weekly, 19 September
: Graves, Jen, "The Other Half: A Crack House and a Luxury Tower Walk Into a Room. The Stranger, 5 September
: Bach, Ashley, "Bellevue getting arts influx. The Seattle Times, 30 August
: Myers, Holly, "Social issues leave imprint in ‘Touched’, Los Angeles Times, August 22
: Graves, Jen, "Suburban Shacks and High-Rises: A Brave New Contemporary Art Project in Bellevue, The Stranger, August 1
: "Better Living, In/Visible, Stranger Podcast, August 29
: Goodbody, Bridget, "Riffing on Modernism: Through the Roof, Brancusi! New York Times, April 20
: "Goings on About Town, New Yorker Magazine, April 25, 2007- June 26, 2007.
: Schmerler, Sarah, "Tour de Force, Time Out: New York, February 22-28 2007
: Anne Rochette, Wade Saunders, "Place Matters: Los Angeles Sculptures Today, Art in America, pp.182, no. 10, November
2005: Knight, Christopher, "The Next Big ‘Thing’ in L.A.", Los Angeles Times, February 9
: Schmelzer, Paul, "Making Another World Possible, Adbusters Magazine, # 57, January-February
2004: Hunt, Jon, "Where the Hell Are We, Citypages, Minneapolis/St.Paul, volume 25, issue 1233, July 21
2003: Myers, Holly, "Empty Lot, Blank Canvas, Los Angeles Times, Aug 14

Catalogues

2007: "Informal Architecture, curated by Anthony Kiendel, Banff, to be distributed.
: "Ohio, curated by Brad Killam, Gahlberg Gallery, to be distributed.
: "A Roof Upended, Open Satellite, to be distributed.
: "Philosophy of Time Travel, curated by Christine Kim, Studio Museum of Harlem, distributed.
2005: "Thing, curated by James Elaine, Chris Myles, Aimee Chang, Armand Hammer Museum.
2003: "Rent-a-Bench, curated by Jacob Fabricius with artists: Olafur Elliason and Sam Durant.

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2012: Center for Cultural Innovation "Investing in Artists" Grant
: California Community Foundation Fellowship for the Visual Arts
2011: California Community Foundation Creative Artist Agency Grant
: Foundation for Contemporary Art, for exhibition Poor Pension Math, at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009: Durfee Foundation, for exhibition Demand Management, at REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
2008: Creative Time, for exhibition Democracy in America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2007: "Open Satellite, curated by Lead Pencil Studio, Bellevue, WA.
2005: Creative Capital Grantee, Art Collaboration 2005, for exhibition to be held at Studio Museum of Harlem, 2007
2000: Atlantic Center for the Arts, w/ Charles Ray, Jennifer Pastor, New Smyrna Beach, FL.
: Center for Land Use Interpretation, Culver City, CA. Sagamore Institute, conducted research on American Great Camps, Adirondack State Park, NY.
1999: California State University Long Beach, workshop w/ Sue Coe, Long Beach, CA.
1996: "Frogmans Press, affiliated w/ University of South Dakota, Beresford, SD

Guest Lectures

2007: Sidestreet Projects, Los Angeles, CA
: Visiting Artist Lecture, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
: Artists Voice Series, "Future Shock: Philosophy of Time Travel, Columbia University.
2005: "Carved Verandah Posts of Nigeria and Site Specificity, Architecture and Monuments, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003: "Art and Activism, 6 Months Space, presentation exploring social activism and art, Los Angeles, CA.
2001: "Have a Cool Summer, Keep in Touch," discussion regarding transition from student to artist, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA.