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Biography - Laura Owens

Born

1970 Euclid, Ohio. Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education

1992 B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1994 M.F.A., CA Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2008 “Laura Owens: Works on Paper”, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
2007 “Paintings and Studies: 1994-2006”, Bonnefanten Museum, the Netherlands
“Laura Owens” Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster, Münster
2006 “Essential Painting”, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland
Camden Art Centre, London
“Laura Owens” Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2005 Shiseido Gallery, Japan
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Koln
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
2003 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The General Store, Milwaukee, WI
“Laura Owens” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2001 ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Isabella Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
2000 Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
“Statements,” Basel Art Fair, Gavin Brown Enterprise Booth, Basel, Switzerland
Sadie Cole’s HQ, London, England
China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA, in collaboration with Scott Reeder
1998 ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1997 Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Sadie Coles HQ, London, United Kingdom
1996 “Studio 246,” (with Lisa Anne Auerbach), Kunstlerhaus Bethanian, Berlin, Germany
1995 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Group Exhibitions

2007 “Sequence 1” Palazzo Grassi, Venice
“Contemporary Painters and Their Influences” Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Gallery Artists Summer Show Sadie Coles HQ, London (England)
Affinities - Neuankäufe Sammlung Seutsche Bank Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative Thomas Dane Gallery, London (England)
New Media/ New Materials: Highlights in Contemporary Art from The Fabric Workshop and Museum CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2006 “Essential Painting” The National Museum of Art - Osaka, Osaka
“Gruppenausstellund - hot spring … in autumn” Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
“Impression / ism” The City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
“Crown Point Press - The Art of Etching” The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
“Webs, Loops and Skeins in modern Contemporary Art” The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Opere su carta Studio Guenzani, Milano
2005 “Recent acquisitions” MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
“The early Show” White Columns, New York, NY
“Drawn to Cleveland” MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
“Miradas y conceptos en la Colección Helga de Alvear” Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid
“Landscape Confection” Contemporary Arts Museum • Houston, Houston, TX
“Old News” LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
“Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank” Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
“Miradas y conceptos en la colección Helga de Alvear” Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz
2004 “Post Modern”, Green Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
“Undiscovered Country”, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Huts”, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Never Never Landscape”, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
“Contemporary Painting”, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
“Whitney Biennial”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2003 “Inaugural Exhibition”, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
2002 “Drawing now: Eight Propositions,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
“Painting on the Move,” Kunstmuseum, Museum für Gegenwartskunst and the Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
“Strolling Through an Ancient Shrine and Garden,” curated by Chip Tom and ACME., ACME., Los Angeles, CA
“Cavepainting: Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, and Laura Owens,” Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2001 “Bastard (son of hot sauce),” Law Office, Chicago, IL
“Cal’s Art, Sampling CA Painting,” UNT Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
“Public Offerings,” The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Painting at the Edge of the World,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, organized by Douglas Fogle
Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX, organized by Maureen Mahony and Doug Lawing
“On Canvas: Contemporary Painting from the Collection,” Guggenheim, curated by J. Fiona Ragheb
“Art on Paper 2000,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, curated by Nancy Doll and Ron Platt
“The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern CA,” California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA, curated by Noriko Gamblim
“Examining Pictures: Exhibiting Paintings,” MOCA Chicago, IL; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Works on Paper from Los Angeles,” Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
1999 “Drawn to Nature,” George’s, Los Angeles, CA
“Facts & Fictions II: Los Angeles,” In ARCO, Torino, Italy, curated by Sergio Bertaccini
Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Standing Still and Walking in Los Angeles,” Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Terry R. Myers
“New Work: Painting Today,” SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
“Examining Pictures,” White Chapel Art Gallery, London, England
“Works on Paper (and some other things),” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
“Nach-Blid,” Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, curated by Peter Pakesch
“The Perfect Life: Artifice in LA 1999,” Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
“Hot Spots,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
“Local Color,” curated by Virginia Rutledge, The Harris Art Gallery, The University of LaVerne, CA
1998 “Color Fields,” Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, CA State University, Los Angeles, CA
“Young Americans 2,” The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
“I’m Still in Love with You,” Women’s 20th Century Club, Los Angeles, California
Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
“Visions,” XXIX Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
“Exterminating Angel,” Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
“Paintings Interested in the Ideas of Architecture and Design,” Post, Los Angeles, CA
1997 “Sharon Lockhart, Laura Owens, Frances Stark,” Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
“Project Painting,” Basilico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY, catalog
“Vertical Painting Show,” P.S. 1, Brooklyn, NY
“Palace,” Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Eagle Rock Show,” Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Hot Coffee,” Artist Space, New York, NY
1996 “Wunderbar,” Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
“Screen,” Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Joshua Decter
“The Speed of Painting,” Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
“Studio 246,” Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Painting Show,” Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1995 “Smells Like Vinyl,” Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY
“Tell Everyone,” Green Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
“From LA with Love,” Galerie-Praz Delavallade, Paris, France
1994 “Gorgeous Politics,” Las Vegas, Nevada, curated by Dave Hickey
“L.A.C.E. Annuale,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibtions, Los Angeles, CA
“Thanks Again,” Food House, Santa Monica, CA
“Playfield,” Rio Hondo College, Rio Hondo, CA, curated by Randy Sommer
“Hot Crop,” Claremont College, Claremont, CA, curated by Jean Willette

Selected Bibliography

2005 Bell, Kirsty; Kohno, Haruko. “Laura Owens”, published by Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
2003 Singerman, Howard. “Laura Owens,” Artforum, May, p. 163.
Weissman, Ben. “Interview with Laura Owens,” Cakewalk, Issue 5, winter, pp. 42-45.
2002 Gute, Charles, Ed. “Focus Painting Part One,” Flash Art, No. 226, October, p. 84.
Miller, Francine Koslow. “Laura Owens: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston,” Artforum International, January, p. 144.
2001 Schimmel, Paul. “Public Offerings,” The Museum of Contemporary Art, pp. 108-113, essay by Lane Relyea.
Fogle, Douglas. “Painting at the Edge of the World,” Walker Art Center, pp. 318-321, catalog.
Mariner, Robin. “LA Law,” Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 32, pp. 36-41.
2000 Knight, Christopher. “Catching the Next Wave of Painters,” LA Times, June 20.
Grynsztejn, Madelaine. Carnegie International 1999/2000, catalog.
1999 Dannatt, Adrian. “Old Masters of Tomorrow,” Art Newspaper, December.
Mauer, Simon. “Alle gegen alle und alle mit allen,” Tages-Anzeiger, June 17.
Iannaccone, Carmine. “Entertainment Complex,” Frieze, November/December, 1999, pp. 81-91.
Smith, Roberta. New York Times, November 13.
1997 X-Tra, Number 3, Los Angeles, CA, December, p. 3.
Carsley, Michael Ann. “Palace,” New Art Examiner, Chicago, May.
Morris, Rebecca. “Programming Attitude: An Interview with Laura Owens,” Art Issues, Feb/March, Vol.11, Issue 3.
1996 Smith, Roberta. New York Times, February 2, p. C26.
1995 Weissman, Benjamin. “Openings: Laura Owens,” Artforum, New York, November.
Morgan, Charles. “Gorgeous Politics,” Las Vegas Weekly, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21.

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

Awards

2001 American Academy of Arts and Letters
1999 Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel (“Art Statements Sector”)