b. 1986 Pennsylvania
Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
college
2018 MFA Studio Art Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
2013 BFA Sculpture New Genres & Graphic Design / Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
other training
2023 Paradise Now with Ariana Reines Invisible College / Virtual
2021-23 Snake Oil with Ariana Reines Invisible College / Virtual
2021 Homeworks with Ren Ebel & Laida Lertxundi Polar Films Lab / Trosmø, Norway / Virtual
2021 Skin and Spine Workshop with Johanna Hedva Wendy's Subway / Virtual
2020 Gnostic Summer with Ariana Reines Invisible College / Virtual
2020 Inanna 12 Days of Sumer with Ariana Reines Invisible College / Virtual
2020 Joe Brainard Brain Trust with Ariana Reines Invisible College / Virtual
2020 Rilking: The Duino Elegies with Ariana Reines Invisible College / Virtual
2013-14 Acting Classes with Carol D'Andrea / Hollywood, CA
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
teaching
2022 Teaching Assistant Ariana Reines Gnostic Poetics / Scripps College / Claremont, CA
2018 Teaching Assistant Olga Koumoundouros Senior Projects / Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
2017 Teaching Assistant Bruce Hainley The Buried Individual / Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
non-teaching professional employment
2017-24 Art Director Dos Gardenias Swimwear / Malibu, CA
2021-23 Program Assistant Ariana Reines’ Invisible College / Virtual
2020-23 Website Design & Management Ariana Reines / Virtual
2022 Media Design Ariana Reines’ Divine Justice Performance Space New York / New York, NY
2022 Camera Assistant & Film Colorist Angela Featherstone’s L’ Etranger / Los Angeles, CA
2021 Exhibition & Sound Design Alison O'Daniel’s I Felt People Dancing Kunsthalle Osnabrück / Osnabrück, DE
2021 Curatorial Assistant Alison O'Daniel Hearing Aids McEvoy Foundation for the Arts / San Francisco, CA
2021 Post-Production Assistant Alison O'Daniel’s The Tuba Thieves Feature Film / Los Angeles, CA
2020 Graphic & Motion Designer Ariana Reines’ Invisible College / Virtual
2017 Video Producer Northside Media Group / Los Angeles, CA - Brooklyn, NY
2015-16 Art Director Zealot Networks / Venice, CA
2014 Performance Photographer Krysten Cunningham’s Under/Over Human Resources / Los Angeles, CA
2013-15 Sculpture Studio Assistant Krysten Cunningham / Los Angeles, CA
2013-14 Production Assistant Alison O'Daniel’s The Tuba Thieves Feature Film / Los Angeles, CA
2013 Video Editor Jonas N.T. Becker’s End(s) of the World Shulamit Gallery / Venice, CA
2013 Video Production Assistant UCLA Physics Lab / Westwood, CA
significant projects
2021-24 QuorumQuorum publishing & exhibition platform with Karolina Lavergne / Los Angeles, CA - Virtual
2019-20 DIS-PLAY is a virtual presence and live piece of art with Delia Juergens, Tarik Kentouche / LA, CA - Virtual - DE
2018 BODYSPILL MFA Thesis Exhibition Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
professional bibliography
2024 The Fountain with William Kim / Los Angeles, CA - Bushwick, NY
2022 Body Threads with Karolina Lavergne QuorumQuorum / Los Angeles, CA
2018 Thought Provoker Interview Voyage LA Magazine / Los Angeles, CA
2018 The Circumnavigation of a Maelstrom Thesis MFA Thesis Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
2009 "Malibu Pioneer's Artwork Converge Generations are Bonded.." Malibu Surfside News / Malibu, CA
press bibliography
2021 Nausicaä-Painting Over the Atlantic Contemporary Art Library / Virtual
2019 Meet Delia Jürgens, Jessica Dillon, Tarik Kentouche of DIS-PLAY Voyage LA Magazine / Virtual
2019 "Survival of the Artist: Making space for Other Places" Virginia Broersma The Long Beach Post / Virtual
2019 "A Showcase of Hard-to-Categorize Art Projects in San Pedro" Matt Stromberg Hyperallergic / Virtual
2012 "Otis students meet Palau leadership" Ti Belau / Koror, Palau
catalogs, zines, journals
2024 Cradle zine curated by Ching Ching Cheng Red Hen Press / Pasadena, CA
2024 One of the Dozens group show anthology Praxinoscope / Los Angeles, CA
2023 this table’s too long to hold hands zine curated by Sean T. Randolph Gattopardo / Los Angeles, CA
2023 Hours of the Day group show anthology Praxinoscope / Los Angeles, CA
2022 Flores de Rua zine curated by Andrea Huber Gutierrez Open Hearts Lisboa / Lisbon, PT
2022 CATS 200 images and 2 videos celebrating our relationship with divinity Dito Publishing / Rome, IT
2022 Dreamhouse with Karolina Lavergne curated by Cindy Rehm HEXENTEXTE / Los Angeles, CA
2021 ti-TCR 19 on ritual with Karolina Lavergne The Capilano Review / Vancouver, CA - Virtual
2021 Tower Songs zine curated by Juliana Lutz Invisible College / Virtual
2021 DEADTIME zine curated by Jade Rivera Invisible College / Virtual
2021 DIS-PLAY: DIS-PLAY catalog edited by Delia Jürgens / Berlin, DE
2020 Rilking zine curated by Marie Ségolène Invisible College / Virtual
2017 From the Particular to the General: The Public "I" with Chris Kraus and Annette Weisser / Pasadena, CA
2016 Profusely Sweating zine curated by Richard Andres / Los Angeles, CA
oral presentations
2022 Poetry & Performance with Karolina Lavergne One of the Dozens Praxinoscope Beyond Baroque / LA, CA
2022 Live Voiceover with Karolina Lavergne Hours of the Day Praxinoscope Poetic Research Bureau / Los Angeles, CA
2022 Poetry Reading When I consider everything that grows QuorumQuorum / San Pedro, CA
2022 Poetry Reading Dreamhouse LAND's Nomadic Divison for WOMANHOUSE / Los Angeles, CA
2020 Poetry Reading "I didn't know about the inside of me" Meridian Exhibitions / Los Angeles, CA - virtual
2016 Artist Talk Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
2012 Panelist for Palau Freedom Memorial Chised Oceania TV / Koror, Palau
solo exhibition
2018 BODYSPILL MFA Thesis Exhibition Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
curated group exhibitions
2023 A Room of One’s Own? curated by Karolina Lavergne QuorumQuorum / San Pedro, CA
2023 Brief and Spectacular curated by Elizabeth Folk Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2022 When I consider everything that grows QuorumQuorum / San Pedro, CA
2022 Creaturely Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2021 The All Else QuorumQuorum Other Places Art Fair / San Pedro, CA
2021 Nausicaä-Painting Over the Atlantic curated by Haris Giannouras Galerie Clages / Cologne, DE
2020 Touchless Touching curated by Kathie Halfin The Hive Art Community / NY, NY - Virtual
2020 The Day That Dawns For You, Will Also Dawn For Me Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2020 Diaries DIS-PLAY / Los Angeles, CA - Virtual
2020 “I didn’t know about the inside of me” Meridian Exhibitions / Los Angeles, CA - Virtual
2020 "Everything I want to say to the world right now" Meridian Exhibitions / LA, CA
2020 The Coming Community DIS-PLAY Braunschweig University of Art / Braunschweig, DE
2019 La Piedra y El Pescador with Marcus Zúñiga Descale Space / Malibu, CA
2019 Falling off the Edges DIS-PLAY / Gifhorner Schweiz, DE
2019 SCREEN DIS-PLAY Billy Jacob Projects / Hanover, DE
2019 "And I was feeling alive" Meridian Exhibitions / Los Angeles, CA
2019 TOUCH DIS-PLAY Other Places Art Fair / San Pedro, CA
2018 Can we ever be free? DIS-PLAY Herbstausstellung Kunstverein Hannover / Hannover, DE
2018 Some Ruins curated Chris Hanke Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2017 Amplified Presence curated Chris Hanke Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2017 One Woman Shows Animating the Archive: The Woman's Building organized by Cindy Rehm Pieter / LA, CA
2017 Kenopsia Art Center MFA Far Bazaar at Cerritos College / Norwalk, CA
2016 Refresh curated by Adam Stamp Galerie La Croix / Pasadena, CA
2015 The Toy Train Show Trunk Gallery / Mar Vista, CA
2015 Everything Will Happen curated by Alex Sanchez One of Us Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
2015 Alien-Tears curated by Svetlana Durel Gallery El Camino / Westchester, CA
2015 Plastic Growl Howl curated by Richard Andres Trunk Gallery / Mar Vista, CA
2014 The Hilltop Show curated by Jessica Dillon & Kelly Wall / Santa Monica, CA
2014 House Cooling curated by Jules Marasa / Westchester, CA
2013 “We are making people's days as much as we are ruining them!” Otis BFA Exhibition / Los Angeles, CA
2013 Head Trauma for Meg Cranston Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
2012 Head Dress Rehearsal Bolsky Gallery Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
2012 Silent Night Show curated by Jessica Dillon and Kelly Wall / Santa Monica, CA
2012 Absolute(ly) curated by Amy Adler Otis Fine Arts Junior Juried Exhibition / Los Angeles, CA
performance, site-specific, screenings
2024 (m)otherbody video screening with Karolina Lavergne North Figueroa Bookshop Praxinoscope / LA, CA
2023 Sophie Dupont’s performing breath group performance with Emji Saint Spero Praxinoscope / Los Angeles, CA
2023 a priori pivot / wet boots, dry river… performance for Brief and Spectacular Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2022 (m)otherbody video + poetry + performance with Karolina Lavergne One of the Dozens Praxinoscope Beyond Baroque / LA, CA
2022 Live Life, Watermelons, A.F. video + live voice over with Karolina Lavergne Hours of the Day Praxinoscope Poetic Research Bureau / LA, CA
2022 When I consider everything that grows poetry + performance QuorumQuorum / San Pedro, CA
2022 Searching the dead brush… performance with Karolina Lavergne Creaturely Scranch /Twentynine Palms, CA
2020 Touchless Touching performance The Hive Art Community / NY, NY - Virtual
2020 Corners, Walls: The Fool, The Surface Pool performance The Day That Dawns.. Scranch / 29 Palms, CA - Virtual
2020 A Slow Rise, Return to Self performance Diaries DIS-PLAY / Los Angeles, CA - Virtual
2020 I dream of the forest poetry reading “I didn’t know about the inside…” Meridian Exhibitions / LA, CA - Virtual
2020 FEELING A LIVE performance "Everything I want to say to the world right now" Meridian Exhibitions / LA, CA
2020 A LIVE ROCK The Coming Community DISPLAY Braunschweig University of Art / Braunschweig, DE
2019 La Piedra y El Pescador performance with Marcus Zúñiga’s installation Descale Space / Malibu, CA
2019 Stretch Stream: SCREEN performance with Sophia Loekenhoff & Eileen Lofink DIS-PLAY Hauptbahnhof Hanover / Hanover, DE
2019 ALIVE FEELING performance "And I was feeling alive" Meridian Exhibitions / Los Angeles, CA
2019 ROCKWATERBODY performance Bigger Than Us Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2019 TOUCH installation activation DIS-PLAY Other Places Art Fair / San Pedro, CA
2018 STILL, MOVE performance Can we ever be free? DIS-PLAY Kunstverein Hanover / Hanover, DE
2018 Caught on a corner... performance Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
2018 BODYSPILL performance Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
2018 Wind Walk performance Some Ruins Scranch /Twentynine Palms, CA
2018 Gilled River Blues video screening with Kelly Wall Films from the Last Generation…Human Resources / LA, CA
2017 The Changing Room performance with Karolina Lavergne Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
2017 Mudroom performance Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA
2017 Because I am a Woman performance Animating the Archive: The Woman's Building / LA, CA
2017 The Edge or the End Part II performance Amplified Presence Scranch / Twentynine Palms, CA
2017 The Edge or the End Part I performance Art Center's Kenopsia Far Bazaar Cerritos College / Norwalk, CA
2014 Natalie Jones’ Blueprint for Space performance Paradise Garage / Venice, CA
2014 Soup Ceremony ritual event with Kelly Wall / Santa Monica, CA
2012 Head Dress Rehearsal performance + installation Bolsky Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design / LA, CA
1999 Victoria Franklin-Dillon’s HOUSE performance Art of the State Pennsylvania State Museum / Harrisburg, PA
curatorial projects
2022 Onseeming Upon a site-specific sculptural display by Taylor Zepeda built to support a body of work by Reuben Merringer presented by QuorumQuorum for Other Places Art Fair / San Pedro, CA
2022 When I consider everything that grows a group exhibition with music, performance & poetry presented by QuorumQuorum / San Pedro, CA
2022 To Spring From You Divine a collaborative photography & poetry project from Aimée Keeble and Karolina Lavergne published by QuorumQuorum / Los Angeles, CA
2021 The All Else a pop-up exhibition featuring works Alexa Almany, with supportive tablet videos by Jessica Dillon & Karolina Lavergne presented by QuorumQuorum at Other Places Art Fair / San Pedro, CA
2020 The Day That Dawns For You, Will Also Dawn For Me a series of remote, live, virtual performances in the desert at the Scranch Landing Pad / Twentynine Palms, CA - Virtual
2019 BLUE LACE by Karolina Lavergne DIS-PLAY.XYZ / AZ - DE
2019 SCREEN internationally syncopated group exhibition combining objects with site-specific performances and installations presented by DIS-PLAY.XYZ with Billy Jacob Projects on the occasion of the 22 Zinnober / Hanover, DE
2019 TOUCH internationally syncopated group exhibition showcasing artist’s virtual archives through social media and site-specific performance and installation activations presented by DIS-PLAY.XYZ for Other Places Art Fair / San Pedro, CA
2014 The Hilltop Show a group exhibition curated by Jessica Dillon and Kelly Wall / Santa Monica, CA
2014 Soup Ceremony ritual event hosted by Jessica Dillon and Kelly Wall / Santa Monica, CA
2013 “We are making people's days as much as we are ruining them!” with Nick Kersulis Otis BFA Exhibition / LA, CA
2013 Head Trauma for Meg Cranston Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
2012 Head Dress Rehearsal a collaborative group installation & stage for durational performance with costume & instruments by senior studiomates with mentors Dani Tull and Chris Wilder Bolsky Gallery Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
2012 Silent Night Show a group exhibition curated by Jessica Dillon and Kelly Wall / Santa Monica, CA
public art
2012 Palau Freedom Memorial Public Art Project Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA - Koror, Palau
1995-96 Victoria Franklin-Dillon’s The Living Earth environmental sculpture commission / Scranton, PA