Raffi Kalenderian | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

1981: Born in Los Angeles, CA
: Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

2004: BFA, University of California, Los Angeles
: Residency, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
2007: Residency, St Barthélemy, French West Indies

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026: "Spotlight: Raffi Kalenderian," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2025: "Bathers (Nothing Comes From Nothing)," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024: "Eighteen With a Bullet," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Paris, France
2023: "Raffi Kalenderian: Call The Curtain / Raise The Roof/ Spirits On Tonight," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2022: "Across the way moved in a pair , With passion in its prime,  Maybe they look through to us, And hope that’s them in time," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
: "Before The Moon Falls," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2021: "Raffi Kalenderian," Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
2020: "Raffii Kalenderian," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2019: "Memento Vivo," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2018: "Always in Rare Form," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany (Link)
2017: "Portraits," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland (Link)
2016: "For the Dead," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
: "Green River," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2015: "To Walk Through the Night," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
2014: "Raffi Kalenderian," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
: "Raffi Kalenderian," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2013: "Paint Work," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012: "Interior Life," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
: "Currents, Undercurrents, and Maneuvers," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011: "Raffi Kalenderian," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010: "Memoranda," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
2008: "Satellites," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
2007: "Palimpsest: Selected Works on Paper," Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York, NY
2006: "Wicked Waters," Medium, St. Barthlemy, French West Indies
: "Born Under Punches," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026-2027: "Selections from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection," The Juilliard School, New York, NY
2025: "OCEAN," Ezra Gallery, The Hamptons, Sag Harbor, NY
2024-2025: "All Bangers, All The Time," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024: "Oasis," La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA
: "Overserved," Curated by Raffi Kalenderian and Alberto Cuadros, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
: "Raffi and Al’s Legendary Garden Party," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
: "New Works by Lavaughan Jenkins, Mario Joyce, Raffi Kalenderian, Kiriakos Tompolidis," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023: "Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
: "Horizon Line," ABR Contemporary, Miami Beach, FL
2022: "New Visions," Curated by Andrew Reed and Sophia Kardonski, THE LOVE YOU GALLERY, Miami, FL
2021: "In the Meanwhile…Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
: "Via Cafe," Tif Sigfrids, Comer, GA
2020: "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019: "What is an edition, anyway?," McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018: "Genius Loci", Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
: "To our Fellow Artists and Poets who are Confused About Which Way to Go,” Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2017: "Hotel Kalifornia," Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
: "Whats Up New York," LVH Art, New York
2016: "Painter’s Painters," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
: “A Verdant Summer,” Taymour Grahne, New York, NY
: “Imagine,” Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2013: "Body Language," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2011: "Goldmine," curated by Christopher Scoates, UAM, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2010: "Crystal World," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
: "Die Nase des Michelangelo," Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland
: "Painting," curated by Roger Herman, LA Art House, Los Angeles, CA
: "Portraits de Collectionneurs," Muro Gallery, Chtelaine, Switzerland
: "Next Generation," Kunstmuseum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
2008: "L.A. Potential: HangArt 7," Salzburg, curated by Lioba Reddeker
: "Faces and Figures (Revisited)," Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
: "Stories: Portraits," Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
: "Some Paintings: The Third (2007)," LA Weekly Annual Biennal, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007: "Cali in CPH, Part ii: Bucket of Ice," Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark
: "Warhol &," Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006: "Fall," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
: "Boat Show," High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
: "Just My Funny Way of Laughing," South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
2005: "Christmas in July," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2004: "Walk You Home If You Walk Me Home Right After," Los Angeles, CA, curated by Eric Palgon
: "Dear Summertime," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
: "Living in the Ice Age," University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2003: "UCLA Undergraduate Juried Show," Official Selection, Los Angeles, CA
: "New Work," University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Bibliography

2025: Miles McEnery Gallery. "In The Studio With Raffi Kalenderian And Friends," Artforum, May 1
2023: Artnet Gallery Network. "5 Trending Artists Grabbing the Attention of the Artnet Gallery Network This August," Artnet, August 4
2022: Kalenderian, Raffi. "Why This Art: Traveling Through Time with ‘The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light’," Alta, December 21 (Link)
: Anderson, Mitchell. "Raffi Kalenderian’s Kaleidoscopic Compositions," Frieze, July 19 (Link)
2021: Soloski, Alexis. "What Megan Mullally Likes: Soft T-Shirts and Sad Songs," New York Times, Feb 9
2019: De Witt, Olivia. "Raffi Kalenderian," Artillery, June 26 (Link)
: Irvin, Rebecca. "Raffi Kalenderian celebrates life in his exuberant, colourful, painted portraits," It’s Nice That, June 7 (Link)
: McNay, Anna. "Raffi Kalenderian – interview: ‘It’s like banging your head against a brick wall, but if you get through to the other side it feels so good’," Studio International, June 4 (Link)
2018: Nash, David. "Kendall Wilkinson Outfits the $15.5 Million Penthouse at San Francisco’s 181 Fremont," Architectural Digest, October 30 (Link)
2017: Mahony, Anna, “Must-See Art Guide: Zurich,” artnet news (web), December 14 (Link)
: Black, Ezrha Jean, “Best in Show 2016,” Artillery, January/February (Link)
2016: Seed, John, “Raffi Kalenderian: ‘For the Dead,’ at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,” Huffington Post, August 23 (Link)
: Wagley, Catherine, “5 Free Art Shows to See in LA This Week,” LA Weekly (web), July 27
2015: Seed, John, “Collecting: Robert Shiell,” art ltd., March/April (Link)
2014: Shaw, Michael. "Raffi Kalenderian," ArtScene, July/August
: "15 Young Art Stars to Keep Your Eye On," Complex, September 28
2012: Buckley, Annie, "Review: ‘Raffi Kalenderian: Currents, Undercurrents, and Maneuvers,’ " Art in America, April 2012
: Raffi Kalenderian, Modern Painters, New York, April
2011: Latimer, Quinn. "The Nose of Michelangelo," Frieze, March, p. 142
2010: Raffi Kalenderian, Brand New Gallery, Milan, ex. cat.
: So kommen Sie gut durch 2011, Art Basel Miami Beach, Eva Karcher, Sddeutsche Zeitung, Wochenende, Munich, No. 303, Dec. 31, p. 5
: Raffi Kalenderian, Kunst 10 Zrich, Zurich, Nov. 11 14, pp. 84 85 cat.
: Eine kleine Dsternis ist immer da, Ruth Hndler, Capital, Hamburg, No. 9, p. 135
: Portraits de Collectionneurs, Tindaro Gagliano, Muro Gallery, Chtelaine, ex.cat.
: Meier, Philipp. "Monumentalitt und Zuversicht," NZZ, Zurich, Oct. 16, p. 57
2009: Raffi Kalenderian, Frieze Yearbook, London, England
: Meltzer, Burkhard. "Raffi Kalenderian," Frieze, March
2008: Reddeker, Lioba. "L.A. Potential: HangArt 7," Basis Wien, Austria
: Kugelman, Kerry. "Raffi Kalenderian at Black Dragon Society," Art Ltd., May
: Truong, Hong-An. "A Look at Raffi Kalenederian," Artslant, March
: Harvey, Doug. "Some Paintings," LA Weekly, January

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2010: Portraits de Collectionneurs, text by Tindaro Gagliano. Muro Gallery, Châtelaine, Switzerland
: Raffi Kalenderian: Memoranda, text by Doug Harvey, Nieves Books, Zurich (monograph)

Public Collections

: Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
: Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA