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Born in 1968, San Francisco, CA.
Lives and works in Los Angeles.
Education:
1998 MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of California, Los Angeles.
1995 BFA, Painting Major, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME.
Solo Exhibitions:
2004 "Ever1a57in6 60b570pper", Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
2002 "Checkmate", Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany.
1999 Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.
1998 "Black + Blue," Brent Peterson Gallery, Los Angeles.
1998 "New Work", Room 702, Los Angeles.
1995 "House Work," SCI-ARC, Southern California Institute of Architecture,
Los Angeles.
1994 Haynes Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
1993 "Naturally Manhattan," Installation at New York Studio Program, NY.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 “Some
Paintings, LA Weekly Biennial”, curated by Doug Harvey,
Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 “Gangbusters”, Plane Space, New York, NY
2007 "Lines", Texas Gallery, curated by Susie Rosmarin, Houston, TX
2007 " hovering
over the universe I aim my laser pistol into the eye of the universe and
time slowes down, is splayed out so I can see the interlocking spirals and
splatted fractal glowing shapes, all different sizes and moving different
speeds, but when seen from this vantage point, their spiney glorious and
gorgeous perfection when seen alltogether...", Honor Fraser Gallery,
Venice Beach, CA
2007 “No Jerks”, curated by Matt Chambers, The Rental Gallery,
New York, NY
2007 "Dedicated to the Search for the Miraculous", Soo-Plex, Nashville, TN
2007 "Big
Secret Cache", Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 “Glenn Goldberg and NYC Artists”, Philip Slein Gallery, curated
by
Glenn Goldberg,
Saint Louis,MO
2007 “True Love Always”, curated by Rebecca Campbell, Angles Gallery,
Venice,
CA
2006 “Hysteria”, Angles Gallery, Venice, CA
2006“ Untitled Group Show”, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 “LA Artgirls Fluxwear Event” included in “Draw a Line
and Follow It”, LACE, Los Angeles
2006 “Total Art Performance Event”, Getty Center, Los Angeles
2006 “Hotel California”, curated by Daniel Hug and Roger Dickes,
Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA
2006 “New Orleans Art Auction”, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “LA Art Girls’ Work”, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 “Incognito 2”, Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA
2005 "Apocalypse
Soon!", QED Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Little Things”, curated by Heather Brown, Blue 7 Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
2005 “Elizabeth Speaks”, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Take Creation Into Your Own Hands, The Elizabeths Phenom-eee-nological
Science
Fair”, included in “Irrational Exhibits 4", Track 16 Gallery, Santa
Monica, CA
2005 “We Can Do It!”, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2005 "A Warlike People", Monorchid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2005 "Pets", ICA, Monterrey, Mexico
2004 "Self-portraiture", Angles Gallery, Venice, CA
2004 "25th Annual Benefit Art Auction for LACE", LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2004 "Incognito", Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA
2004 "Carpetbag
+ Cozyspace", Healing Arts, Brooklyn, New York
2004 "Frame of Mind", Domestic Setting, Santa Monica, CA
2004 "Resistance, Rebellion, and Death" Narrenshiff, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Breathless," 608 Fulsom, San Francisco, CA.
2003 "My Mission, (self)-representation 2003", Le Musee di-visioniste, www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/start1.htm
2003 "Considered Space 2, Silent Contemporary Art Auction",
Cohan Leslie and Brown, New York, NY
2002-2003 Contemporary Art Project Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum, WA
2002 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA.
2001 "Rogue Wave: Eleven Artists From L.A.," L.A. Louver, Los Angeles.
2001 "I Am A Camera," Saatchi Gallery, London
2000 Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
2000 "Emotional Rescue: The ContemporaryArtProject Collection," Center on
Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
2000 "Extraextralarge," Kapinos Galerie, Berlin
1999 "21st Annual Benefit Art Auction", Los Angeles Contemporary
Exhibitions.
1999 "Three Day Weekend," CCAC, San Francisco, CA.
1998 "Sig-Alert," University Museum, Tempe, AZ.
1998 "Limits," The Dollhouse Gallery, Los Angeles.
1998 "Skowhegan Auction," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1998 "Under One Roof: Inhabited Space:" Artist Depictions, Long Beach Museum
of Art, Long Beach, CA.
1998 "Beyond the Matter of Space," Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA.
1997 Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art
Park.
1997 "Intercollegiate Show," CalState, LA, Los Angeles.
1996 "The One Hundred Dollar Show," Post Gallery, Los Angeles.
1995 "Inner City Arts Benefit Auction," Santa Monica Museum, CA.
1995 "Sweet," Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles.
1995 "Dreams of Life and Death," The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA.
1995 "Untitled Video Show," curated by Evan Holloway, Century Cable, Channel
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1995 "Escape to LA from the Chateau Marmont," curated by Jennifer Schlossberg,
West Hollywood, CA.
1995 "Low Cool," Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
1994 "Way Cool," Exit Art, New York, NY
1994 "La Fin de Siecle Syndrome,"
Awards and Honors:
1997 Levinson Award, University of California, Los Angeles.
1996 Levinson Award, University of California, Los Angeles.
Curatorial Projects:
2008 “lovable
like bastard children and orphaned kitties”, The Green Gallery, Milwakee,
WI
2007" hovering
over the universe I aim my laser pistol into the eye of the universe and
time slowes down, is splayed out so I can see the interlocking spirals and
splatted fractal glowing shapes, all different sizes and moving different
speeds, but when seen from this vantage point, their spiney glorious and
gorgeous perfection when seen alltogether...", Honor Fraser Gallery, Venice
Beach, CA
2007 "Big Secret Cache", Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 "Apocalypse Soon!", QED Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 "Carpetbag
+ Cozyspace", Healing Arts, Brooklyn, New York
2001 "The First Thing I'll Teach You is How to Fly a Kite" (co-curated with
Jennifer Nelson), traveling exhibition of paintings and conceptual work.
2001 Beyond Baroque Work Group, Beyond Baroque Literary Foundation, Venice,
CA.
2000 "By the Wayside," The Living Room Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; curated
monthly group shows.
1998 Across the Line, Inglewood Arts Council, Queen Gallery, volunteer and
assistant to curator.
1995 The Wight Biennial, New Wight Art Gallery, University of California,
Los Angeles.
1991 Founder and Director, Three Muses Artspace: San Francisco Alternative
Space, CA (through 1993).
Artist Projects and Collaborations:
2006 “LA Artgirls Fluxwear Event”, Performance Project at
LACE
2006 “Total Art Performance Event” Performance Project at the
Getty Institute.
2005 “Strange Love” DVD collaborative film exhibited at QED Gallery.
2005 “Elizabeth Speaks”, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Take Creation Into Your Own Hands, The Elizabeths Phenom-eee-nological
Science Fair”, included in “Irrational Exhibits 4, Track 16 Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
2004 understudy for The Elizabeths performance group, participating
in an Osseus Labrynt performance, Royce Hall, UCLA campus
2004 Price of Oil, X-tra, Vol. 6, #3, Spring 2004, pp. 16-18
2004 Drift, John Baldessari, Julian Sarmento, and Lawrence Weiner
Lectures/Panels/Teaching:
2008 Artist
in Residence, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2007 Lecture
and midterm critiques, Cal State Long Beach
2005 Artist in Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2004 Lecture and studio visits Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
2003-present Faculty, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
2003 Lecture and midterm critiques, New York Studio Program, New York, Mar.
2002 Lecture and studio visit, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland,
CA, Apr.
2001 Graduate Lecture Series and studio visits, California College of Arts
and Crafts, Oakland, CA, Feb.
2001 Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
2001 Lecture, CalArts, Valencia, CA, Mar.
2000 Lecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sep. Graduate Lecture
Series and studio visits
2000 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Apr.
1999 Faculty, California State Long Beach, Sep.
1998 Faculty, UCLA Extension, University of California, Los Angeles (through
2000).
1998 Lecture, California State Long Beach, Sep.
1997 Panel Member on Inaugural new Wight Biennial, Nov.
Public Collections:
Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA
The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Neuberger Berman, Inc., New
York.
Seattle Art Museum, WA.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Bibliography
Books and Catalogues:
2005 Vitaly Patsyukov, Erik Van Der Heeg, We Can Do It!
2004 Kristin Calabrese, Jan Avgikos, and Leo Koenig Inc. Ever1a57in6 60b570pper,
Kristin Calabrese, Leo Koenig Inc., New York City
2004 John Baldessari, Juliao Sarment, and Lawrence Weiner, Drift
2002 Young, Tara Reddy & Lisa Corrin. SAM Collects: Contemporary Art Project.
Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, p. 59. ----------.
2002 California Biennial. Newport Beach: Orange County Museum of Art.
2001 Maloney, Martin. I Am A Camera. London: Booth-Clibborn Editions, pp.
214-222.
Articles and Reviews:
2007 Pagel, David. "Collective
Fantasies Take Flight", Los Angeles Times,
August 31, p. E28
2007 Gray, Emma. "Emma
Gray Visits Kristin Calabrese at Her Studio in Los Angeles", Saatchi Online Magazine, August 2007.
2007 Brooks, Amra. Review: “Must
See Art”, LA Weekly, August 8, 2007.
2007 Myers, Holly. "Considering Affairs of the Heart",
Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2007: E21.
2005 Fyfe, Joe. Review: “Kristin Calabrese at Leo Koenig”,
Art in America, April 2005, p. 148.
2004 Smith, Roberta. Review: "Kristin Calabrese: Everlasting Gobstopper,"
New York Times, October 15, Arts Section.
2004 Davidow, Audrey. "Artfully
Dressed", Angelino Magazine, October, pp. 137-9.
2002 Bhatnagar, Priya, Samuele Menin, Michele Robecchi & Valentina Sansone.
"Focus Painting Part II." Flash Art, No. 227, Nov-Dec, pp. 81-81.
2002 Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week: 2002 California Biennial. LA Weekly,
Aug 30-Sep 5, p. 136.
2002 Pagel, David. Review: "'California Biennial" Is on the Right Laugh Track."
Los Angeles Times, Jul 17, pp. F1, F6.
2002 Schoenkopf, Rebecca. Review: "Conceptualists'
Stories." OC Weekly, Jul 12, p. 11.
2002 Mendenhall, Lauri. Review: "A Multi-Layered Debut." Coast, Jun, pp. 86,
88.
2002 Walsh, Daniella. "Avant Art." Riviera, May-Jun. Chang, Young. Review:
"Strange beauty." Daily Pilot, May 25, pp. A15, A18.
2001 Harvey, Doug. "Wilderness Tips." LA Weekly, Jul 27 - Aug 2 ----------.
2001 "Intimate Disclosures." The Times. "I Am A Camera at the Saatchi Gallery."
2001 Time Out: London, Jan 19. 2000 ----------.
2000 "L.A. Confidential: Art & Culture." W, Oct, pp. 257-282.
2000 Young, Paul. "Room with a View." Angeleno, May/Jun, pp. 218-219.
2000 Miles, Christopher. Review: Kristin Calabrese at Gagosian Gallery, Los
Angeles, Artforum, Mar.
2000 Pagel, David. "Images of Home Life Shut Door on Sentiment." The Los Angeles
Times, Jan 6.
2000 Ise, Claudine "Kristin Calabrese", Art Issues, March/Apr.,
p. 40.
1999 Harvey, Doug. Art Review, LA Weekly, Dec 24.
1999 Helfand, Glen. "Alumni Feature." i magazine, Spring, pp.9-12. 1998
1998 Ise, Claudine. "UCLA/Art." UCLA Magazine, Fall, pp. 40-47.
1998 Hulktrans, Andrew. "Surf and Turf." Artforum, Summer, pp. 105-111.
1998 Cooper, Jaqueline. "After the Hangover." The Chicago New Art Examiner,
volume 25, #5, Feb, pp. 34-38.
1998 Roche, Harry. "Critic's Choice: Art." The San Francisco Bay Guardian,
Feb 28, p. 83.
1994-1996 San Francisco Art Institute Undergraduate Catalogue: San Francisco
Profile/Interview, Illus., pp. 31-32.
1994 Chean, Steven. "Sarah Jacobson's Big Camera." Film Threat Video Guide,
Eye Light Productions, New York; Jan, pp. 67-69.
1993 San Francisco Art Institute: Spring 1993 Newsletter, Space to Show.
contact Kristin at 1springday@gmail.com