Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Olga Koumoundouros
Born in New York, New York
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
MFA, California Institute for the Arts, School of Art, Valencia CA
California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Boston, MA
BA, University of Vermont, Environmental Studies, Burlington, VT
2011
“Wall Works: CART-What Do We Need to Get By and How Do We Get There?”, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Susanne VIelmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009
“Demand Management”, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA (June 26 – August 23, 2009)
2008
"Great Expectations and The Wreck of the Hope”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Project Space)
2007
"A Roof Upended,” Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA.
2006
"Thieves Vinegar,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen Germany.
2005
"More Yellow Wallpaper,” Mullin Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles.
2004
"Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany.
2002
"#9,” Olga Koumoundouros & Rodney McMillian, Unit #9, 5301 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA.
1999
"Just in Case,” INMO Gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles.
2011
“Greater LA”, curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleaonor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
“Site as Symbol”, curated by Survey West Collaborative, FOCA, Los Angeles, CA
2010
“Inaugural Group Exhibition”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
“Go West”, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, curated by Jill Dawsey
“Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Olga Koumoundouros, Rodney McMillian, Charles Gaines, Nery Gabriel Lemus”, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
2009
“That’s All Folks. The Clash Between the Speech and the Fate.”, Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Belgium
2007
"Ohio,” w/ Andrea Bowers, David Hullfish Baily, Sam Durant, Rodney McMillian, Adrian Piper, and Robert Pruitt Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.
"Informal Architecture,” The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB, Canada.
"Touched: Artist’s and Social Engagement,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena.
"The Secretariat,” w/ Walead Beshty and Yoshua Okon, Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA.
"Philosophy of Time Travel,” collaboration w/ Edgar Arceneaux, Vincent Johnson, Rodney McMillian & Matthew Sloly, curated by Christine Kim, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY.
"On a Porch,” performance w/Rodney McMillian, LAX-Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2006
"Capitol Punishment,” collaborative project w/ Pia Ronicke, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX.
"Sculpture,” Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
"Affair,” Tart, San Francisco, CA.
"A Front Porch: Concurrent and Not Opposing,” performance collaboration w/Rodney McMillian, The Suburban, Chicago Illinois.
2005
"Thing,” curated by Aimee Chang, James Elaine, Chris Myles, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2004
"New Balance Frontier,” Soap Factory, curated by Aimee Chang, Minneapolis, MN.
"Poster Project,” organized by Pia Ronicke, Coppenhagen, DN.
"Journal of Aesthetics and Protest 3 Day Extravaganza,” Machine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2003
"Rent-a-Bench,” Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark.
"Works on Paper,” Stephan Adamski Gallerie, Aachen, Germany.
"Sculpture Invitational,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
"Journal of Aesthetics and Protest,” poster collaboration, Los Angeles, CA.
2002
"Schindler House Reenactment,” collaboration w/MAK residents at Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA,
"Rent-a-Bench,” site specific installation, Los Angeles, CA.
"All You Can Eat Karaoke,” C-level, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA.
2001
"Ars Moralis,” Gallerie Für Gegenwartskunst, Barbara Claassen-Schmal, Bremen , Germany.
2011
Smith, Roberta, “A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel”, The New York Times, May 31
2009
Miles, Christopher, “Olga Koumoundouros at REDCAT”, ArtForum, November
Myers, Holly, “Intelligent, but hardly passionate”, Los Angeles Times, September 1
Pagel, David, “It adds up: Color steals the show”, Los Angeles Times, July 24
Myers, Holly, “Her financial statement”, Los Angeles Times, July 6
2008
Knight, Christopher, "Critic’s Preview”, Los Angeles Times, June 12
Myers, Holly, "Startling, Strange and Elegant Works”, Los Angeles Times, May 23
Machida, Nico, "Koumoundouros: New Sculpture”, ArtSlant, May 19
Pence, Elizabeth, "A Roof Upended,” ArtUS, January/February, Issue 21
2007
Birk, Lacey, "Spotlight: Art Rising in the East,” Seattle Magazine, December
Compton, Ann, "Philosophy of Time Travel at the Studio Museum,” Art in America, p. 202, October
Grant, Adriana, "Upended Roof Speaks to, and About, its Condo-Filled Neighborhood.”, Seattle Weekly, 19 September
Graves, Jen, "The Other Half: A Crack House and a Luxury Tower Walk Into a Room.” The Stranger, 5 September
Bach, Ashley, "Bellevue getting arts influx.” The Seattle Times, 30 August
Myers, Holly, "Social issues leave imprint in 'Touched'”, Los Angeles Times, August 22
Graves, Jen, "Suburban Shacks and High-Rises: A Brave New Contemporary Art Project in Bellevue,” The Stranger, August 1
"Better Living,” In/Visible, Stranger Podcast, August 29
Goodbody, Bridget, "Riffing on Modernism: Through the Roof, Brancusi!” New York Times, April 20
"Goings on About Town”, New Yorker Magazine, April 25, 2007- June 26, 2007.
Schmerler, Sarah, "Tour de Force”, Time Out: New York, February 22-28 2007
Anne Rochette, Wade Saunders, "Place Matters: Los Angeles Sculptures Today”, Art in America, pp.182, no. 10, November
2005
Knight, Christopher, "The Next Big 'Thing' in L.A.", Los Angeles Times, February 9
Schmelzer, Paul, "Making Another World Possible”, Adbusters Magazine, # 57, January-February
2004
Hunt, Jon, "Where the Hell Are We,” Citypages, Minneapolis/St.Paul, volume 25, issue 1233, July 21
2003
Myers, Holly, "Empty Lot, Blank Canvas,” Los Angeles Times, Aug 14
2007
"Informal Architecture,” curated by Anthony Kiendel, Banff, to be distributed.
"Ohio,” curated by Brad Killam, Gahlberg Gallery, to be distributed.
"A Roof Upended,” Open Satellite, to be distributed.
"Philosophy of Time Travel,” curated by Christine Kim, Studio Museum of Harlem, distributed.
2005
"Thing,” curated by James Elaine, Chris Myles, Aimee Chang, Armand Hammer Museum.
2003
"Rent-a-Bench,” curated by Jacob Fabricius with artists: Olafur Elliason and Sam Durant.
2007
"Open Satellite,” curated by Lead Pencil Studio, Bellevue, WA.
2005
Creative Capital Grantee, Art Collaboration 2005, for exhibition to be held at Studio Museum of Harlem, 2007
2000
Atlantic Center for the Arts, w/ Charles Ray, Jennifer Pastor, New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Center for Land Use Interpretation, Culver City, CA. Sagamore Institute, conducted research on American Great Camps, Adirondack State Park, NY.
1999
California State University Long Beach, workshop w/ Sue Coe, Long Beach, CA.
1996
"Frogman’s Press,” affiliated w/ University of South Dakota, Beresford, SD
2007
Sidestreet Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Artist’s Voice Series, "Future Shock: Philosophy of Time Travel,” Columbia University.
2005
"Carved Verandah Posts of Nigeria and Site Specificity, Architecture and Monuments,” California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003
"Art and Activism,” 6 Months Space, presentation exploring social activism and art, Los Angeles, CA.
2001
"Have a Cool Summer, Keep in Touch," discussion regarding transition from student to artist, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA.
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