| Bio |
| Monica Majoli |
| 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 |
| 2023 |
Space of the Line: Ben, Rameses, Tom, Hannah Hoffman Gallery at the Paul R. Williams residence, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2019 |
Blueboys, Galerie Buchholz, New York, NY |
| 2014 |
Pam, Air de Paris, Paris, France |
| 2012 |
Black Mirror, L & M Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2010 |
Black Mirror/1, Air de Paris, Paris, France |
| 2007 |
Rubbermen Bound, Air de Paris, Paris, France |
| 2006 |
Rubbermen, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1998 |
Feature, Inc., New York, NY |
| 1995 |
Air de Paris, Paris, France |
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| Group Exhibitions |
| 2023 |
Ecstatic: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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Hardcore, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK |
| 2022 |
Abundance, Queer Thoughts, New York, NY |
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Flanigan’s Wake, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Sexkino Roland, GTA Exhibition Nexpo and Queer Format, ETH Zürich, Zürich |
| 2021 |
The Going Away Present, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2020 |
Made in L.A. 2020: a version, the Hammer Museum and the Huntington, Los Angeles, CA (June 7- August 31, 2020) |
| 2019 |
The Castelet, the Vulva and the Boss, Contemporary Art Centre of Ivry-Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, France |
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Milk, Édouard Montassut, Paris, France |
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Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale, Vancouver, BC
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| 2018 |
Hölle, Galerie Buchholz, New York, NY |
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Pussy, King of the Pirates, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA |
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Monica Majoli and Ruth Novaczek, Queer Thoughts, New York, NY |
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Rock, Phil, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2017 |
Homeward Bound, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Working/Not Working, curated by Matt Connors, CANADA, New York, NY |
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A Slow Succession with Many Interruptions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
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L’Image, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2016 |
Coming to Power: 25 Years of X-Plicit Art by Women, Maccarone, New York, NY |
| 2015 |
O, Shanaynay, Paris, France |
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Better Far Pursue a Frivolous Trade by Serious Means, than a Sublime Art, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2014 |
Tony Greene: Amid Voluptuous Calm, Made in LA, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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Trust (Vita Vel Regula), Fluxia, Milan, Italy |
| 2013 |
Petrone/Petrole, Air de Paris, Paris, France |
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The Symbolic Landscape: Pictures Beyond the Picturesque, Contemporary Arts Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA |
| 2011 |
Florbelle (after Sade), Air de Paris, Paris, France |
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K Acker: The Office/Ruling ‘N’ Freaking, Triangle France, Marseille, France |
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Compass: Drawings of the Museum of Modern Art New York, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany |
| 2010 |
Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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Desire: Six Los Angeles Artists, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
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Meet Me Inside, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA |
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Dark Horse: Amy Adler and Monica Majoli, Phil, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2009 |
The Perpetual Dialogue, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY |
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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 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 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, 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 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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| Fellowships/Awards |
| 2021 |
The Mohn Career Achievement Award, Made in L.A. 2020: a version, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
| 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, Included monetary award and residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts |
| 1994 |
Individual Artist Grant |
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| Lectures/Panels |
| 2022 |
Artist’s lecture, Sexkino Roland, ETH Zürich, Zürich, CH |
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Warhol: Real Love, conversation with Warhol scholar and biographer Blake Gopnik, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO |
| 2021 |
Panelist: Why Warhol Persists, Museum Confidential, NPR, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
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Guest Curator, Bloomberg Connect app, exhibition tour for Andy Warhol: Lifetimes |
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Guest Artist, Otis College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA |
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Guest Artist, Gallery Platform L.A., Los Angeles. CA |
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Guest Artist, Modern Art Notes, No. 479: Monica Majoli interviewed by Tyler Green |
| 2019 |
Guest Artist, Tours and Talks: Sarah Lucas Artist Walk-through, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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Guest Artist, Graduate Seminar Lecture Series, Art Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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Guest Artist, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA |
| 2018 |
Guest Artist, UCLA, Graduate Program, Los Angeles, CA |
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Guest Artist, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA |
| 2016 |
A Symposium in conjunction with Lutz Bacher Magic Mountain, 356 S. Mission Rd., Los Angeles, CA |
| 2015 |
Guest Artist, Fine Art Society Artists Lecture, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA |
| 2014 |
Panelist, Tony Greene: His Broken Lines, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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Panelist, The Re-emergence of Tony Greene, MAK Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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Guest Artist, John Altoon: Artist Study Day, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA |
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Guest Lecturer, Paul Branch Lecture Series, CalArts, Valencia, CA |
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Guest Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA |
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Guest Lecturer, Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2013 |
Guest Lecturer, Gender Studies, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA, Spring |
| 2012 |
Artist on Artist: Monica Majoli on Michael Queenland, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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Panelist, LA Raw, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
| 2011 |
Guest Lecturer, The Garfield Lecture Series, USC, Spring Visiting Artist, UC Riverside, Winter |
| 2010 |
Guest Lecturer, Gender Studies, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA, Fall |
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Visiting Artist, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, Spring |
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Visiting Artist, The Burkhardt Lecture Series, UCLA, Winter |
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Guest Lecturer, The Interdisciplinary Seminar, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY Spring |
| 2009 |
Guest Lecturer, Gender Studies, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA, Fall |
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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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Guest Lecturer, School of Visual Arts MFA Program, New York, NY |
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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 |
| 2002 |
Guest Lecturer, Lecture Series, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA,Panelist, “Context, Communication, and Responsibility of Artists in the Creationand 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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| Curatorial Projects |
| 2021 |
Andy Warhol: Lifetimes, Aspen Art Museum |
| 2020 |
Houseguest: Monica Majoli Selects from the Grunwald Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (September) |
| 2019 |
BLUE WAVE Lutz Bacher, University Art Gallery and Contemporary Art Center Gallery, UC Irvine |
| 2015 |
Tony Greene: Room of Advances, with Judie Bamber, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Public Collections |
| The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
| The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
| The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
| The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
| The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
| The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| The Pinault Collection, Paris, France |
| The Grunwald Center, Hammer Museum |