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Represented by
Brigitte Henninger Art, Munich, Germany
Born
Normal, Illinois, USA, 1974. Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2007 MFA, Goldsmith’s College, London
1997 BFA, Skidmore College, New York
Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2007 Artist-in-Residence, The 5th Collective, London
2004 Art in Motion Project Grant, University of Southern California (USC)
1997 Sachs Award, Research Grant, Skidmore College
1997 Periclean Scholar Award, Skidmore College
1997 Art Historian Award, Skidmore College
Exhibitions/Projections/Screenings (*solo show marked by asterisk)
2010
Cutter on the Strip, Las Vegas, NV (public projection, Sister collaboration)
St. Philipa, St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, Pasadena, CA (public projection)*
Elysian Park Museum of Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
Off the Strip, New Genres Festival, Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Las Vegas, NV
2009
You Say Basel, I Say Basil, Miami Basel, Miami, FL, US (public projection)*
12 Ways for Santa Maria, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, IT (public projection)*
Watery Inception, Fondamenta de Ca’ Pasareo, Venice Biennale, Venice, IT (public projection)*
Back Water Inception, S. Marcual, Venice, IT (public projection)*
Construzione di Appartamento, Via Carmelo Lazzato, Palermo, Sicily, IT (public projection)*
2008
Council of Nicaea, The Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA*
Seen/And or Not Seen, 2nd Annual Art Exhibition, Museum of Hyperreal Art (MOHA), Malibu, CA
TERRA-BYTE 3.0, The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, CA
Where the Girls Are, The Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Brigitte Henninger Kunsthandel, Munich, DE
2007
A Chorus of Idle Footsteps, Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London, UK*
Projection Project for Kareem, Egyptian Embassy, London, UK (public projection)*
Maratess, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK (public projection)*
Catholic Conception of Conception, Catholic Church of Canterbury, Kent, UK (public projection)*
You Ought to be Proud that I’m Getting Good Marks, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, UK (public projection)*
Goldsmiths MFA Show, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, UK
Pure Balls, 222 Borough High Street, London, UK
2006
Zeitgenossische Positionen, Brigitte Henninger Kunsthandel, Munich, DE
Squeeze, Curated by Sandra Low, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Off the Map, Metro Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Utica Crib, The Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA*
Unbound, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, CA
Fin, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Woman’s Show, 1275 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Brigitte Henninger Kunsthandel, Munich, DE
Far at 4th and Main, The Continental Gallery, Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Most Sacred, Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord, Libanska 866/1, 3-Zizkov, Prague, CZ (public projection)*
Prostrate, Mercure Fryderyk Chopin, Al. Jana Pawla II, Warsaw, PL (public projection)*
Workers Shed, Opolska Strasse 14, Krakaw, PL (public projection)*
Sacred Heart, Sacre-Coeur, Scjwesterngemeinschaft. Stoftskirche Heiligenkreuz, Vienna, AT (public projection)*
Jesus Unsere, Rennweg 51, Vienna, AT (public projection)*
Pehhhst,Teri Negyvarad Teri Reformatus, Eguhazkozseg, Budapest, HU (public projection)*
Pehhhst, Belikuljetek Meg as Istennel, Budapest, HU (public projection)*
Author and Savior, Evang.-Luth. Adventskirche, Munich, DE (public projection)*
12 Ways on Holiday, Mailander Strasse 1, Frankfurt, DE (public projection)*
Cooley Crucified, Treseburger Strasse, Berlin, DE (public projection)*
Lady of Lourdes, Chancery of Diocese of Oakland, Lady of the Lourdes, Oakland, CA (public projection)*
Dolly, Mission Dolores, San Francisco, CA (public projection)*
St. Paula, St. Paul’s Catholic Church, San Francisco, CA (public projection)*
St. Dominatrix, St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, San Francisco, CA (public projection)*
The Actual Sister Superior,Sister Superior, Los Angeles, CA (public projection)*
St. Margaret, St. Mark Catholic Church, Los Angeles, CA (public projection)*
Public Policy, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA (12 ways) (public projection)*
ArchdiosThis, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA (public projection)*
2005
Accrochage, Curated by Brigitte Henninger, Andreas Binder Gallery, Munich, DE
Art in Motion VI, The University of California School of Fine Arts Sixth Annual International Festival of Time-Based Media, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Visiting Artist, Alte Wiede-Fabrik, Munich, DE*
Women’s Work, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
35th Annual Baldwin Bonanza, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanical Garden, Arcadia, CA
Veil-Blood-Book-Desert, Four New Symbols of Peace by Iraq and America, Selah Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Modern Art Downtown (MAD), Los Angeles, CA
Create/Fixate, Los Angeles, CA
Autumn Nights, Curated by Lilli Muller, CalTrans, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Rtea, David Lawrence Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Breaking Ground, Selah Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Evolving Perceptions, The*Space, Los Angeles, CA
Voids Filled by Consumerism, 4th and Main, Los Angeles, CA*
Put Up or Shut Up, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
Scotophobia, The Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA*
Cardboard Lofts, Selah Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Dinner Party, The Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (performance)*
Saints and Sinners, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ArtBank, Rtea, The*Space, Los Angeles, CA
Iditarod, Santa Domingo Cathedral, Cusco, Peru (public projection)*
Group Show, Blue Gorilla Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Muster, 4th and Main, Los Angeles, CA*
Nightmare on 18th Street, 18th Street Complex, Santa Monica, CA
Entangled, The Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA*
Self-Portraits, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Squareblue Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Infinitesimally Small and Villa Rica, 4th and Main, Los Angeles, CA*
Rubicund, Townhall, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Street, 4th and Main, Los Angeles, CA*
Post-Gen and Friends, Black Market Gallery, Long Beach, CA
OBD Group Show, The*Space, Los Angeles, CA
Xmas at Bedlam, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Usual Suspects, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Loft Dweller, 4th and Main, Los Angeles, CA (performance)*
Epoxy, Roark, Los Angeles, CA*
Creature Comforts, 1670 Beverly, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Launa Bacon, Paintings and Projects, Metro Gallery, Pasadena, CA*
2001
Molt, Kunstlershaft, Los Angeles, CA
Uberfrau, Kunstlershaft, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Stills, 381g, San Francisco, CA*
Loft Warming, 786 Minna, San Francisco, CA*
Wall Space, Miller Durazo, Los Angeles, CA
For the Kids? Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Anniversary Retrospective, 381g, San Francisco, CA
Horror Show, 381g, San Francisco, CA
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Pasadena Independent, "A Perspective on Painting and Projects," by Elizabeth Goold, vol. 7, no.9. Jan. 31-Febr. 6, 2002.
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