Lauren Lavitt
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Education
2002-2005 MFA University of California Los Angeles
1998-2002 BFA Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
2010
Accrochage Ramiken Crucible NY NY
2009
Construct and Dissolve Galerie Sabine Knust Munich, Germany
Tables and Chairs Curated by Jedediah Caesar and Shana Lutker D'Amelio Terras NY NY
Last Day of Magic Markers VII | 53rd Venice Biennial ScalaMata Gallery. Venice, Italy.
Haunted House Curated by Colin Roberts and Jonah Olson LA CA
Lovable like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children The Green Gallery East Curated by Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster Milwaukee
Incognito Santa Monica Museum of Art Santa Monica, CA
Jacked Up Blazer PerformanceSilver Lake Lounge, LA CA
SCAPE Bandit Gallery, Los Angeles CA
The Big Three Michael Rosenthal Gallery , SF CA
2008
Business of Art 5436 Monte Vista Street, LA CA
New Work Sea and Space Explorations, LA – solo exhibition
Death and Resurrection of the Post-Hysterical Female West Los Angeles College Art Gallery Curated by John Souza. LA CA
Ex Roma 11 APT Gallery, London UK
24 Video Screening LACE Curated by Micol Hebron. LA CA
Artist as Publisher, The Center for Book Arts, NY,NY
Performance with Tom Harris, The Box, Chine Town, CA
La Saison Vidéo, Espace Croisé, Lille, France
Lust for LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions LA CA
2007
No Presents Please, Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art, Redwood City, CA
Circus Year, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles CA
LAX Benefit Auction, Los Angeles CA
The Wild Flower, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles CA, Curator Rosanna Albertini -Solo Exhibition
Next new, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA.
John Baldessari nominated Lavitt.
2006
Mattoni Water Colors, Billboard in Prague ,Czech Republic
Overlap 3, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
Urban/Suburban, Temple University, Rome, Italy
Trying to Land, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
Videoformes 21 art video/nouveaux media, Clermont Ferrand, France
Overlap 2,British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
2005
Overlap, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
Flower Album, Play Gallery, Berlin, Germany – Solo Exhibition
Fair play, Play Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Genderosity, 4F Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Anarchy, Slam dance Film Festival
Super Sonic, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles CA
The path of the moons and planets, Crazy Space, Santa Monica CA
Gea’s Sweets, Bologna Flash Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
2004
1234, Thing Studio, Venice CA
Blanking, The Smell, Los Angeles CA
Summer Show, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Where the art stops and starts, The Latch Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2003
Splat, Art 2102 Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Disquielted, 4F Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Materials Process, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA
The Lowe Gallery Invitational, The Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Anarchy, Slam dance Film Festival
Sundown Salon, curators: Fritz Heag, Pipilotti Rist and Skylar Haskard, Los Angeles
2002
Some times it’s dark, Practice Space, Los Angeles CA
Gallery Commencement, 4F Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Projects
2007 Fashion Photographer for le sang des betes by Trang Chau, Los Angeles
2007 Music Video for Clutchy Hopkins, Los Angeles
2006 Billboard Designer for Mattoni Water Colors, Prague (Czech Republic)
2006 Studio Assistant for John Baldessari, Los Angeles
2006 Brand Ambassador, Marketing Works, Los Angeles
2005 Videographer, Producer, Editor of video for UCLA Department of Art, Los Angeles
2005-2006 Photographer, Videoographer for Deltadivenere Publications, Rome (Italy)
2004 Video Production for Drift, by John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner and Juliao Sarmento
Bibliography
2009 Marc Weidenbaum, VIDEOS BY BLAYLOCK, LAVITT AT MICHAEL ROSENTHAL (SAN FRANCISCO) Disquiet -January
2007 Andrea Cangioli, “Los Angeles Da Espoizone” Flair, October pp 258
2007 Rosanna Albertini, “Unsafe, it’s wonderful” , The Wild Flower essay
2007 David Buuck , Next New and Mitra Fabian at San Jose ICA
2007 Michael Grant, “SoFA Sights”, Metro Active, August 15-21
2006 Sonia Campagnola, “Focus Los Angeles”, Flash Art January-February
2006 Videoformes 21,“American Video Art,” selection by Rosanna Albertini, pp58-59
2005 Carlo Alberto Bucci, “Accademie, Natale d’arte”, La Repubblica December
2005 Flash Art January-February p.46, Image
2004 Mark Roth, tinsquo, September 21
2004 Gea Politi, “Gea’s Square, Flash Art July-August, p.43
Lectures
2006 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
2006 Temple University in Rome, Italy
2005 British School at Rome, Italy
2004 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
Awards, Scholarships and Residences
2005-2006 Abbey Scholarship Residency Award, The British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
2004-2005 Orsellie Award
2004-2005 Clifton Webb Award
2004 UCLA Council Award
2002-2004 UCLA Graduate Division Award
2003-2004 Hoyt Award