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Born 1963, Los Angeles, California |
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Education |
1992 |
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
1989 |
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
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Solo Exhibitions |
2007 |
Air de Paris, Paris, France |
2006 |
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY |
1998 |
Feature, Inc., New York, NY |
1995 |
Air de Paris, Paris, France |
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Group Exhibitions |
| 2009 |
Everywhere: LGBTQ Politics in Art, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Spain (catalogue) |
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Compass In Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation |
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Contemporary Drawing Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (catalogue) |
2008 |
Tell Tchaikovsky the News, Standard, Oslo, Norway |
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20 Years Ago Today, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
2007 |
Fata Morgana, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany (Catalogue) |
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Love in the USA, Bischoff/Weiss Gallery, London, UK |
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Kim Light Gallery,-Early 90's, Kim Light/Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA |
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Eden's Edge, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue) |
2006 |
Into Me/Out of Me, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Exhibition Travels to KW |
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin for Berlin Biennial of Contemporary Art Fall (catalogue) |
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Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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FOCA Fellowships: Evan Holloway, Vincent Fecteau, Monica Majoli, Armory Center |
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of the Arts, Pasadena CA |
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Too Much Love, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2005 |
Alpha Flight 2, Patrick Hill, Monica Majoli, Noah Sheldon, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY |
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Log Cabin, Artists Space, New York, NY |
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Liquid Los Angeles: Currents of Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA |
2004 |
Contemporaries, Redcat Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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SPF, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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The Leopard Spots, 18th St. Art Center, Santa Monica, CA |
2003 |
Intimates, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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Supereal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy |
2002 |
Endowed With Life: Persistence of the Term Fetish and its Relationship to Art, |
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
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LA Post-Cool, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA exhibition travels to Otis |
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College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2003 |
1997 |
Scene of the Crime, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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Smooth, Air de Paris, Paris, France |
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Dane County Collects, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI |
1996 |
First Person, Marc Foxx Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1995 |
Vital Signs, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA |
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In a Different Light, University Art Museum Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
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Under Construction, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
1994 |
LAX/94: Sincerity and Other Peccadillos, Otis, Los Angeles, CA |
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Dave's Not Here, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Sacred and the Profane, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Use of Pleasure, Terrain, San Francisco, CA |
1993 |
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY |
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Regarding Masculinity, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
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Eau de Cologne, Monika Spruth Gallery, Cologne, Germany |
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Coming to Power, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY |
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TRI-Sexual, TRI, Los Angeles, CA |
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Privacy, Spazio Opus, Milan, Italy |
1992 |
LACE 7th Annuale: Body Politics, LACE, Los Angeles, CA |
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Trouble Over So Much Skin, Feature, Inc., New York, NY |
1991 |
Situation, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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Someone or Somebody, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1990 |
All But the Obvious, LACE, Los Angeles, CA |
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Publications |
2010 |
Dijkstra, Bram. Naked in America, Rizzoli |
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Lord, Catherine and Meyers, Richard. Art in Queer Culture: 1885-Present, Phaidon |
2009 |
Rattemeyer, Christian. Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection (catalogue for exhibition), MoMA |
2007 |
Biesenbeck, Klaus. Into Me/Out Of Me (catalogue for exhibition), Hatje Cantz Garrels, Gary. Eden’s Edge: Fifteen LA Artists (catalogue for exhibition), Hammer Museum |
2006 |
Iles, Chrissie and Vergne, Philippe. Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night (catalogue for exhibition), Whitney Museum of American Art |
2003 |
Hainley, Bruce and Waters, John. Art—A Sex Book, Thames & Hudson |
2000 |
Hammond, Harmony. “Lesbianizing the Queer Field and Other Creative Endeavors”, Lesbian Art in America, Rizzoli |
1998 |
Miles, Sara and Rofes, Eric. Opposite Sex; Gay Men On Lesbians, Lesbians On Gay Men (cover image) NYU Press |
1997 |
Rugoff, Ralph. Scene of the Crime, MIT Press |
1996 |
Smyth, Cherry. “Monica Majoli”, Damn Fine Art, Cassell |
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Bibliography |
2009 |
McFarland, Paulina. Art XX Magazine, Interview, Spring/Summer |
2008 |
Asper, Colleen. «Monica Majoli/Air de Paris», Beautiful/Decay/Issue 5 |
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Sack, Adriano. Monopol, Interview, No. 12 |
2007 |
Bedford, Christopher. «Eden's Edge», Afterall |
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Holte, Michael Ned. «Eden's Edge», Artforum, May |
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Smith, Roberta. «Art/Eden's Edge», The New York Times |
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Knight, Christopher. «A City Garden of Earthly Delights», The Los Angeles Times |
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Harvey, Doug. «Personal Choices», The LA Weekly |
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Frank, Peter. «Eden's Edge», Art Week |
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Knight, Christopher. «A City Garden of Earthly Delights», The Los Angeles Times |
2006 |
Duncan, Michael. «Monica Majoli at Gagosian», Art in America, December |
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Johnson, Ken. « The Shock Of the Body In Its Messy Corporality», The New York Times |
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Stevens, Mark. “The Biennial Question”, New York, February 27, 2006 |
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Plagens, Peter. "The Whitney Biennial 2006' Art in America, May |
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Kimmelman, Michael. «Biennial 2006», The New York Times |
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Knight, Christopher. «Biennial? Who Needs It?», The Los Angeles Times |
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Gopnik, Blake. «Red, White and Bleak», The Washington Post |
2005 |
Cotter, Holland. «Log Cabin», The New York Times |
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Higgs, Matthew. “The Best of 2005: Log Cabin”, Artforum, December |
2004 |
Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week” (SPF), The LA Weekly |
2003 |
McKenna, Kristine. “Can L.A. Get Beyond Cool?”, The LA Weekly |
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Pagel, David. “Family, friends, other ‘Intimates’”, The Los Angeles Times |
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Rimanelli, David. “Brush Stroke”, Artforum, November |
2002 |
Cooper, Bernard. "In the Raw", Los Angeles Magazine, December |
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Pagel, David. “Once Powerful Fetishes Open the Door to Their World”, The Los Angeles Times |
2000 |
Hammond, Harmony. "Lesbianizing the Queer Field and Other Creative Endeavors", Lesbian Art in America |
1999 |
Duncan, Michael. "L.A. Portraiture: Post-Cool", Art In America, October |
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"Art Issues Showing the Work of Monica Majoli", Art Issues, September/October |
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"Dove va l'arte alle soglie del Duemila?", tema celeste, Ottobre-Dicembre |
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Knight, Christopher. "Fresh Paint: Post-Boomers Spearhead the Boom", The Los Angeles Times, Sunday Calendar |
1998 |
Johnson, Ken. “Monica Majoli”, The New York Times |
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Schmerler, Sarah. “Monica Majoli+ B. Wurtz+ Jesse Bransford”, Time Out New York |
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Arning, Bill. “Top of the Pops”, Out, February |
1997 |
Knight, Christopher. “There’s Evidence of Good Work Found at `Scene of the Crime`”, The Los Angeles Times |
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Darling, Michael. “Crime Seen”, The L.A. Weekly |
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Rugoff, Ralph. “L.A.’s Female Art Explosion”, Harper’s Bazaar, April |
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Knight, Christopher. “Look Out World, Here They Come!”, The Los Angeles Times, Commentary |
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Conti, Rena and Moskowitz, Ivan. "The Salad Years?", Art Muscle, |
1995 |
Regnier, Philippe. “Monica Majoli/Air de Paris”, Flash Art |
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Knight, Christopher. “Effeminism”, Art Issues, Summer |
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Duncan, Michael. “Queering the Discourse”, Art In America, July |
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Slonim, Jeffrey. “In with the Out Crowd”, Artforum, March |
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Killian, Kevin. “The Secret Histories”, Artforum, February |
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Bonetti, David. “Looking at Art `In a Different Light`”, San Francisco Examiner |
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Solnit, Rebecca. “Berkeley/Fax: In a Different Light”, Art Issues |
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Knight, Christopher. “Shining a `Different Light` on Both Artist and Viewer”, The Los Angeles Times |
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Wilson, William. “Ideas `Under Construction` at Armory”, The Los Angeles Times |
1994 |
Kotz, Liz. "Erotics of the Image", Art Papers, November |
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Kotz, Liz. "Beyond the Pleasure Principle", Lusitania, Fall |
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Saltz, Jerry. "L.A. Art", Art and Antiques, March |
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Kandel, Susan. "Of Mimicry and Woman", Art Issues, January/February, (cover image ) |
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Knight, Christopher. “`LAX/94`: Where’s the Heat?”, The Los Angeles Times |
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Kandel, Susan. “`Sincerity` Focuses on Beauty, but Not Without Irony”, The Los Angeles Times |
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Frank, Peter. “Art Picks of the Week” ( Sincerity and Other Peccadillos ), The L.A. Weekly |
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Kandel, Susan. “Taking a Collective Look at `The Sacred and the Profane`”, The Los Angeles Times |
1993 |
Roth, David. “Chamber of Horrors”, Sacramento News and Review |
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Tallmer, Jerry. “Hitler In Flower, Women’s Power”, The New York Post |
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Hess, Elizabeth. “Basic Instincts”, The Village Voice |
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Knight, Christopher. “The Trappings of Pleasure”, The Los Angeles Times |
| 1992 |
Duncan, Michael. “Body Politics”, Art Issues |
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Pagel, David. “`Body Politics` Exhibition Breaks the Mold at LACE”, The Los Angeles Times |
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Levin, Kim. “Choices” ( Trouble Over So Much Skin ), The Village Voice |
| 1991 |
Huygen, Christen. “So Intense”, Bay Area Reporter |
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Linwood, Elliot. “Every Story Tells A Picture Don’t It?”, The San Francisco Sentinel |
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Helfand, Glen. “Situation”, Art Issues |
| 1990 |
Rugoff, Ralph. “Body Doubles”, The L.A. Weekly |
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Fellowships/Awards |
2006 |
Fellows of Contemporary Art, Fellowship |
2002 |
California Community Foundation, Mid-Career (or Getty) Artist Grant |
2001 |
Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, |
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Included monetary award and residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts |
1994 |
Individual Artist Grant, Art Matters |
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Lectures/Panels |
2009 |
Visiting Artist, UC San Diego, Spring |
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Guest Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design, Spring |
2008 |
Guest Lecturer, Lecture Series, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Fall |
2007 |
Guest Lecturer, Art Center College of Art and Design, Fall |
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Visiting Artist, Queens College, New York, NY, Spring |
2006 |
Dialogue with the Artist, panel moderated by Michael Darling, MoCA, Los Angeles, CA |
2005 |
Visiting Critic, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, Spring |
2004 |
Visiting Critic, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, Spring |
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Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Spring |
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Visiting Artist, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, Fall |
2003 |
Visiting Artist, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, Spring |
2001 |
Guest Lecturer, Lecture Series, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, |
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Panelist, "Context, Communication, and Responsibility of Artists in the Creation |
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and Presentation of New Work", San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
1998 |
Guest Lecturer, Lecture Series, The Museum of Fine Art School, Boston, MA |
1997 |
Guest Lecturer, "Dialogues on Art", Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Summer |
1993 |
Guest Lecturer, Lecture Series, Otis College of Art and Design, Spring |
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Public Collections |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
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