EDUCATION
M.F.A. University of California Los Angeles
Photography
B.F.A. Cooper Union
Areas of specialization: Photography, Video, and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS (*SOLO)
2009
Mesler&Hug, Los Angeles*
The Camera Show, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
Portrait Studio, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
On From Here, Guild and Greyskull, NYC
2008
What Comes Naturally, Fake Estate, NYC
2007
Imagine Los Angeles, Spruth Magers Munich Projekte, Munich
Genesis I'm Sorry, Greene-Naftali Gallery, New York
Show, Jail Gallery, Los Angeles
Natural Geographic, N.D. Productions, Los Angeles
2006
Patterson Beckwith. Daniel Hug Gallery, L.A.*
Domino. Air de Paris, Paris
L.A. 25. Skadden Arps, Los Angeles
Second Annual Los Angeles Biennial. Track 16 Gallery, L.A.
Campari (This show was not sponsored by...)Curator: Luciano Perna Park Projects, L.A.
2005
Group Portrait Studio. E.S.L. Projects, L.A.*
Supermarket Bouquets. Counterpoint Harmony, L.A.*
Portrait Booth. Photo NY, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York.
2004
Home. American Fine Arts co., New York. *
None of the Above. Swiss Institute New York.
Let the Bullsh*t Run a Marathon. Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York.
2003
Bad Time Clocks. Ecart, Basel.
2002
Portrait Studio. Galleria del Cortile, Rome. *
Three Day Weekend. UCLA Hammer Museum, L.A.
2001
Portrait Studio. American Fine Arts co. New York* (Catalog). NY Downtown Arts Festival, commission for a mobile portrait studio.
The Love of Look. Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna (Curator: Kirsty Bell).
2000
Sentimental Education. Deitch Projects, New York. (Curator: David Rimanelli).
The Nocturnal Dream Show. Pat Hearn Gallery, New York (Curator: Daniel Reich).
Coal by any Other Name. American Fine Arts, Co. New York. (Founded, administered and taught at a art school run concurrently with the exhibition. See www.societyofcontrol.com for syllabus and documentation).
1999
XXX Dope. American Fine Arts, Co. New York.
Friends and Enemies. The 5th International, New York.
Answer Yes No or Don’t Know. Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.
1998
Inauguration of The 5th International. The 5th International, New York.
Sister Act 2/Back in the Habit. Chaos, New York.
Thriller. 303 Gallery, New York.
Utopian Art Festival 3: Aquarius Rising. Hotel 17, New York.
1997
Five and Ten. Organized by J.S.G. Boggs, Tampa Florida.
1996
Does Television Inform the Way Art is Made? Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria.
Cheese! Oasis, New York.
100 Photographs. American Fine Arts, Co. New York.
Utopian Art Festival 2: Circus of the Stars. Hotel 17, New York.
1994
Proposal for the Human Biology Wing, American Museum of Natural History. Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1992
Gallerist Colin De Land and 7 students from Cooper Union founded Art Club 2000 in 1992. Their collaborative projects included muckraking investigations of systems and institutions including the Gap, Ikea, New York real estate, and fashion. The group produced 7 consecutive annual solo
shows at American Fine Arts, co, as well as exhibitions in the UK, Belgium, Italy, and France, and a museum retrospective in Mexico City in 2000. Their 1997 limited edition self-published book, SoHo So Long, contains over a dozen illustrated interviews with art luminaries including Leo Castelli, Gary Indiana, Barbara Gladstone, and David Rimanelli.
LECTURES
2005
UCLA Video Art Lecture Series. Invited to undergraduate student-run lecture series; lectured on Art Club 2000.
2003
California State University Fullerton. Lecture on Art Club 2000 and individual work for art students in a writing class.
2002
ArtCenter. Studio Lecture. Hosted a class group in my studio; did a demonstration and spoke about my work.
2001
Cooper Union. Spoke to a class group on a field trip to visit my show at American Fine Arts.
1997
Glasgow School of Art. Presentation on NEW YORK public access TV.
1996
Glasgow School of Art. Presentation with Art Club 2000.
1995
Royal College of Art, London. Presentation with Art Club 2000.
Goldsmiths College, University of London. Presentation with Art Club 2000.
University of Brighton. Presentation with Art Club 2000.
1994
Cooper Union. Aspirin Design Conference Presentation with Art Club 2000.
Kunstwerke, Berlin. Presentation with Art Club 2000
Born 1970 Ulm, Germany
Lives and works in Munich and Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1993-2000
akademie der bildenden künste münchen
STIPENDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2006
villa massimo
2003
erwin u. gisela von steiner stiftung
bayerischer kunstförderpreis (staatsförderpreis)
1996-2000
studienstiftung des deutschen volkes
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
*CATALOGUE
2007
SurferRosa, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles (November 2007)
The Delicate Deformation*, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Munich
The Diamond Sea*, Kunstverein Ulm
2006
Glory Box, Galerie s.a.l.e.s, Rome
Mont Ventoux, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, berlin
Raum der Ekelhaften un-euklidischen Geometrie*, Kunstverein Oldenburg, Germany
2005
Purple Valley, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt
Cthulu, Kunstverein, Augsburg, Germany
2004
Fantastic Voyage*, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Munich, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
*CATALOGUE
2007
Ballet Mecanique, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
La Bomba IV, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago
Perspektive 07, Museum Lenbachhaus, Munich
All Hands on Deck, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Munich
La Boum III*, Warsaw, Breslau
From Abts to Zmijewski, Museum Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Hüben wie Drüben, Galerie Tom Christoffersen, Kopenhagen
auch das Unnatürlichste ist die Natur, Galerie Michael Neff
Perspektive 07, Museum Lenbachhaus Munich
Kunsthandlung Fichtner, Frankfurt
sunset in Athens, Vamiali´s gallery, Athens
2006
Summer Group Show, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles
Me, Myself and ..., Villa Massimo, Rome
la boum 2*, Galerie Sies und Höke, Düsseldorf
Zeichen und Wunder*, städt. Galerie Waldkraiburg, mit Bernd Ribbeck und Claudia Wieser
2005
Liquid Crystal, Lothringer 13, Munich, Switzerland
unburied/ reburied, Kunstbunker Nürnberg
kuratiert von Hans-Jürgen Hafner
Dead/Undead, Galerie Friedrich/Ungar, Munich, Germany
Favoriten*, Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
2004
und im Winde klirren die Fahnen, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, München
im Mai, Ausstellungsraum Chausseestraße, Berlin
2003
Niemand, sub 11, München
Konzept Wolfgang Kaiser
the state of the upper floor: panorama, Kunstverein München
Konzept Michael Beutler
das Schwarze sind die Buchstaben*, Kaufmannheim at Zimmerstraße, Berlin
kuratiert von Ben Kaufmann
Biography
Born 1975 Miami, Florida
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, CA. 2004 BFA.
Valand Kunstskolan, Goteborg, Sweden
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Maa-Nupi Wakipi, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
Uzihektaka Wakipi, (The Cave Project), Los Angeles, CA.
Kraadl, Open Satellite, Seattle, WA. (Upcoming) (Catalog)
Mesler and Hug, Los Angeles, CA. (Upcoming)
2007
Webik: Okori Wakipi, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY.
Laau pi, Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Waka Mi Cha, Trudi, Los Angeles, CA.
2006
Art Basel Miami, Art Positions, Miami, FL. (Catalog)
Kukadiku, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
Makawana Omawaki, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles, CA.
2004
Beneath the Shade of the Trees, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Bara, Bernhard Lehner, Chris Lipomi, Forever and a Day Buro, Berlin, Germany
Legende, Domaine de Chamarande, France (Catalog)
Black Dragon Society (closing exhibition), BDS, Los Angeles, CA.
Pruesspress, Rental Gallery, New York, NY.
2007
Koln Show 2, European Kunsthalle, Koln, Germany (Catalog)
Mongrel, Sixteen:One, Los Angeles, CA.
Maka Watcha Wana, High Desert Test Sites, Wonder Valley, CA.
Palisadenparenchym, Danese, New York, NY.
Kairos, Kantor Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Trudi, (No Jerks), Rental Gallery, New York, NY.
2006
Modern Primitivism, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Back from the End of the Earth, Ben Kaufmann Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
Group Show, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles, CA.
Volume 1; Breeze Over the Muffin Top, Universal Cube, Leipzig, Germany
Villa Holiday, Warsaw, Poland
Weltkunstsammlung, Centre, Berlin, Germany (Two Person)
2005
Pictures are the Problem, Pelham Art Center, New York, NY.
The February Show, 1103 La Brea, Los Angeles, CA. (Organized)
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.
Fastforward, House of Capri, Venice, CA.
2004
Group Show, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
Upstream: Idea Drawings, Hayworth, Los Angeles, CA. (Organized)
High Desert Test Sights, Joshua Tree, CA.
Awards
2003
Edward J. and Alice Mae Smith Award
2002
Lillian Levinson Scholarship Award
1999
Paul Sack Award
Public Collections
Seattle Art Museum
Detroit Museum of Art
Bibliography
Roberta Smith, "Pruesspress", New York Times, July, 2008
Paul Young, "Uzihektaka Wakipi", Los Angeles Times, February, 2008
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, "Uzihektaka Wakipi", NYFA Current, February, 2008
Isabelle Dupuis, "Webik: Okori Wakipa", Flash Art, January, 2008
Chiara Argentini, "Good Karma", International Auctioneers, Autumn, 2007
Holte, Michael Ned, “Mongrel”, Art Forum, November, 2007 (Good)
David Pagel, “Mongrel”, Los Angeles Times, August, 2007 (Bad)
Holte, Michael Ned, “Makawana Omawaki”, Art Forum, June, 2006
Bluhm, Erik, “Makawana Omawaki”, Art US, Spring, 2006
b. 1974
Singen, Germany
EDUCATION
1995-96
Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
1996-00
»Akademie Isotrop«, Hamburg. Herausgabe der Zeitschrift »Isotrop«
Seit 2001
Herausgeber von »Possible Press«
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
"Delphi", Daniel Hug, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Cabinet Gallery, London
"Der Moloch", Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg Germany
2005
"Crossing Jordan", Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
"Das Testament", Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
"Kontakt", Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich Germany
2004
"Die Chronik", Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany
"Der Übergang", Galerie Na Bidylku, Brno, Czech Republic
"Amnesia", Maschenmode Berlin, Germany
2003
"Sei frei", Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, New York
"Muskel der Menschheit", Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
"Prager Anker ii", brotherslasher, Cologne, Germany (with Astrid Sourkova)
2002
"Nur Mut", Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
2001
Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Stuttgart, Germany (with André Butzer)
2000
"Weltausstellung", Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
1999
"Bullshit Propaganda", Galerie Nomadenoase, Hamburg, Germany
1998
"New York City Girl", Galerie Nomadenoase, Hamburg, Germany
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)
2006
"Psycho – zeitgenössische Positionen zwischen Seelenheil und Apokalypse", MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach e.V., Germany
2005
"trouble with fantasy", Kunsthalle Nürnberg
"Styles und Stile" – Aktuelle Malerei aus Deutschland aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Stadtgalerie Sofia
"Brutal Ornamental", Galerie Kosak Hall, Vienna, Austria
"Schwarz Brot Gold", Oldenburger Kunstverein, Germany
"Tricky Trixi´s Memory Book", Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne, Germany
"Oktoberfest", Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
"Viewing Club", Henkelstuben, Berlin, Germany
"Diktatorin / 21st Century", Berlin, Germany
"Liebe", Center, Berlin, Germany
"unburied / reburied", Kunstbunker, Nürnberg, Germany
"dead/undead", Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Munich, Germany
"la nouvelle peinture allemande", Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France
"The Festival of Dreams", Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
2004
"Kommando Friedrich Schiller", Detroit
"Heimweh", Haunch of Venison, London, United Kingdom
"Made in Berlin", Art Forum Berlin, Berlin Germany
"The New Gothic: Art For the Tortured Soul", Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
"Kommando Pfannenkuchen", Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
2003
"deutschemalereizweitausenddrei", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
"Heckel und seine 3 Scheisshaufen", Neue Bahnnofstr. 5, Berlin, Germany
"8 Frauen im Autocenter", Autocenter Berlin, Germany
2002
"Cruisen, Diskurs Alpha bis Omega", Königsbau Stuttgart, Germany
"Bitches of all genders they come and go", Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Köln, Germany
"HOSSA – German art of the year 2000", Centro Cultural Andratx, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
"Offene Haare, Offene Pferde – Amerikanische Kunst 1933–45", Kölnischer Kunstverein Showroom Kleiner Schlossplatz, Cologne Germany
Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Stuttgart
2001
"Horror Vacui", INIT, Athens, Greece
"Aua Extrema", Museum Kornelimünster, Aachen, Germany
"Viva November", Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
"Favoritin", Danzigerstr. 44, Berlin, Germany
"The Ölwechsel", Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2000
"Berlin-Binnendifferenz", Galerie Krinzinger Wien, Bregenz, Salzburg und Innsbruck
"Akademie Isotrop", Bergen, Kunstakademie
"Deutsche Kunst in Moskau", Haus für Kunst, Moskau, Russia
"It’s the year of thirteen moons, ...", Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1999
"Akademie Isotrop", Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany -
Galerie Hoffmann und Senn, Vienna, Austria - Cubitt, London - Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen - Kunstverein Graz
"Polizeiterror und die geteilten Zoepfe", Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
"Scorpio Rising", Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1998
"Reality Investment", Ulm, Germany
"Polizei", Städtische Galerie Tuttlingen, Germany
"Akademie Isotrop", Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
"Ausschnitte aus Figuren", mit Helena Huneke, Galerie Nomadenoase, Hamburg, Germany
1997
"Akademie Isotrop", Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart, Germany