CV — Lisa Anne Auerbach

Education
MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1994
BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 1990

Solo Exhibitions
2019
”Libraries,” Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2014
“Spells,” Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“American Megazine #1,” The Ski Club, Milwaukee, WI
“The Age of Aquarius,” Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
“Bookshelf,” Alias Books East, Los Angeles, CA

2013
“Chicken Strikken,” Prick Your Finger, London, England

2012
“Chicken Strikken” Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
“United We Stand,” Hammer Museum AIR: Artist in Residence, Los Angeles, CA

2011
“Torn Porn,” Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2010
“The Tract House: A Darwin Addition,” APS Museum & Philagrafika2010: Out of Print, Philadelphia, PA

2009
“Take This Knitting Machine and Shove It,” Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
“UMMA Projects: Lisa Anne Auerbach,” University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI

2008
“Election Sweater Project,” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
“If Nothing Changes It Changes Nothing,” Printed Matter, New York, NY

2007
“Auerbachtoberfest,” David Patton Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“Along the Dixie Highway,” Art Positions/Gavlak at Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL

2006
“Lisa Anne Auerbach,” Gavlak, West Palm Beach, FL
“Right On, Weatherman,” CPK Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

1995
“Self Titled Debut,” Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2019
”Transworld,” Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest and Los Angeles, CA
FORMS OF ENCLOSURE: New prints 2019/Winter, International Print Center, New York, NY
”Garb,” Art Center College of Design Williamson Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2018
“Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection,” Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY``
“Pussy, King of the Pirates,” Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA
“How They Ran,” Over the Influence, Los Angeles, CA
“Artists and Their Books/ Books and Their Artists,” Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
“Radical Vulnerability,” The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
"Forms and Alterations,” Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, MA

2017
“An Ephemeral History of High Desert Test Sites: 2002-2015,” High Desert Test Sites, Fire House at Copper Mountain Mesa Community Center, Joshua Tree, CA
“This is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
“Homeward Bound,” Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Top Five Buddy Cop Films,” Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Erzählstoffe” (textiles telling stories), Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden- Baden, Germany
“Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Flaming June VII (Flaming Creatures),” Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA

2016
"Wasteland," Mona Bismarck Center and Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
“The I-71 Project,” (billboards), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
"Cut, Fold, Recreate," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
“This Wicked Tongue,” Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2015
“Afghan Carpet Project” Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Parasophia, Kyoto International Festival of Culture,” Kyoto, Japan
“Homespun,” Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA
“Feminist Bookstore,” Minikin Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Words, Words, Words,” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2014
“Naughty by Nature,” 2 person show with Liz Craft, Hacienda, Zurich, Switzerland
“Another Cats Show,” 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA
“Square(s),” Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Abstract America Today,” Saatchi Collection, London, U.K.
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“Who Shall Deliver Us From the Greeks and Romans?” Galeri Mana, Instanbul
“Out of Sight, Out of Mind,” Machine Project Space for Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2013
Stickat. Från mössor, tummar och hälar till fred, konst och politik. (Knitwear. From hats, thumbs and heels to peace, art and politics) Lilla Björka, Berg, Sweden
C.O.L.A. Individual Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Cat Show.” White Columns, New York, NY
“Whole, In Part. Artists' Publications from the MACBA Collections.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
“My Echo My Shadow.” Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2012
“Plane Text.” (airplanes flying text banners above the ocean) Miami Beach, FL
“Funny.” FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
“Girl Talk: Women and Text,” CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
“Erogenous Zones,” Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Book on the Fritz,” Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
“Candor: In Honor of Mike Kelley,” Long Beach City College Art Gallery

2011
“Word Is...” Luckman Gallery, CalState LA, Los Angeles, CA
“Trespass|Parade,” West of Rome, Los Angeles, CA
“Doublespeak,” Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
“The Optimist’s Parking Lot,” Beacon Arts, Inglewood, CA
“Getting Upper,” Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
“Geared,” Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
“Designated Drivers,” The Block Museum, Evanston, IL
“Five Year Anniversary Show,” Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2010
“inSCRIPTion: Text-Image-Action,” Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
"Art and Social Justice," Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
“Ordinary Miracles,” SlaughterhouseSpace, Healdsburg, CA
“Re:Cycle — Bike Culture in Southern California,” Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA
“New Language,” Ogilvy & Mather, The Chocolate Space, New York, NY
“Wrap Your Head Around This,” Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
“Think Pink,” Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
“Substitute Teacher,” Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2009
“Nine Lives,” Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Prescriptions,” Acme Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Tract House,” Threewalls, Chicago, IL
“Craftwerk 2.0,” Jönköpings County Museum, Jönköping, Sweden

2008
“The Station,” Art Basel, Miami, FL
“Hello Liberty,” The Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
“Cottage Industry,” Baltimore Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
“The Way That We Rhyme,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Fare una Scenata / Making a Scene,” Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy
“2018: Fate, Fortune, Coming Times,” Less Than Three Gallery, Long Island City, NY
“Gestures of Resistance: Craft, Performance, and the Politics of Slowness,” Gray Matters, Dallas, TX
“Vested Interest,” Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
“Make You Notice,” San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francicso, CA
“Here, There, and Everywhere,” Bike Oven, Los Angeles, CA

2007
“Read Me,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
“Words Fail Me,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
“High Desert Test Sites 07,” Joshua Tree, CA
“Common Threads,” Confederation Centre for the Arts, Prince Edward Island, Canada
“Pass It On: Connecting Contemporary Do-It-Yourself Culture,” A & D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2006
“Open Walls 2,” White Columns, New York, NY
“Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Fair Exchange,” LA County Fair, Pomona, CA
“Locale,” curated by Kris Kuramitsu, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Miss America,” (with Aleksandra Mir), Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Flaming June,” Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
“Interstate,” Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, Queens, NY
“High Desert Test Sites 05,” Joshua Tree, CA
“The Workmanship of Risk,” St. Lawrence University Art Gallery, Canton, NY

2005
“Opening Group Show,” Gavlak Projects, West Palm Beach, FL
“IHC Hiking Club,” as part of Frieze Projects with Andrea Zittel, London, England
“Political Textile Show/Knitknit Release,” ThreeWalls, Chicago, IL
“Post-Postcard,” Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2004
“Publish and Be Damned,” Cubitt, London, England
“High Desert Test Sites 03,” Joshua Tree, CA
“Groundhog Day,” Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane, Australia
“KnitKnit,” Three Walls, Chicago, IL
Knitknit at Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, CA

2003
“High Desert Test Sites 02,” Joshua Tree, CA
“Sandwich Board,” (with Daniel Marlos), curated by Jacob Fabricius, Los Angeles, CA

2002
“High Desert Test Sites 01,” Joshua Tree, CA

1998
“Kamikaze,” Marstall, Berlin, Germany

1997
“Ten Los Angeles Artists,” Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Her Eyes are A Blue Million Miles (Version),” Three Day Weekend, London, UK
“The Eagle Rock Show,” Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Eagle Rock, CA

1996
“Wunderbar,” Hamburg Kunstverien, Hamburg, Germany
“246,” Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
“Skin Deep,” Thomas Soloman’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
“246,” Mark Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Los Angeles Visits P-House in Tokyo,” Three Day Weekend, Tokyo, Japan
“Chance,” Art Center, Pasadena, CA

1995
“P.L.A.N.: Photography Los Angeles Now,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Smells Like Vinyl,” Roger Meriens, New York, NY

1994
“Thanks,” Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
“Dave’s Not Here,” Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
“Group Show,” Food House, Santa Monica, CA
“Utter Realities,” Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
“Red Rover, Red Rover,” Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
“Gorgeous Politics: 8th Annuale,” LACE, Los Angeles, CA. Traveled to Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
“Grammerians,” Guggenheim Gallery of Chapman University, Orange, CA

Fellowships, Grants, Commissions, Residencies
2019
Frieze Project, Frieze Art Fair, Los Angeles

2017
Island Press, Arthur L. and Sheila Prensky Visiting Artist, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Beverly Center, Beverly Hills, CA: Contemporary art installations curated by Jenelle Porter

2016
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Petersborough, NH

2014
Ferrall Artist-in-Residence, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

2013
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist COLA Grant

2012
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Petersborough, NH

2009
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award

2007
California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists

Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Saatchi Collection, London, U.K.
The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Printed Matter, New York, NY
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI