Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Whitney Bedford
Lives and works in Los Angeles
2003
MFA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1998-2000
Fulbright Visiting Artist under Professor Wolfgang Petrick, Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin, Germany.
1994-1998
B.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.
1998
Art and Architecture of Rome at RISDE European Honors Program, Palazzo Cenci, Rome.
1996
Pont-Aven School of Art, Pont-Aven, France.
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1993
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, Maryland.
2011
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010
“Whitney Bedford (here and there)”, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2009
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2008
“Whitney Bedford”, Art:Concept, Paris, France
2007
“Whitney Bedford: The Escape Artist Series”, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, USA
2006
Art:Concept, Paris, France.
2005
D’Amelio Terras, New York, New York.
Cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA.
2004
Art:Concept, Paris, France.
2000
“Whitney Bedford”, Hotel de Ville, Biot, France.
1999
“Whitney Bedford”, Fulbright-Kommission, Berlin, Germany.
1998
“Whitney Bedford”, BEB Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island.
1997
“Whitney Bedford”, Sokolofska #124 Space, Prague, Czech Republic.
2012
"Between a Run and a Cascade: Constraint, Desperation, and Optimism in Water, CA";, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2011
“Everything Must Go”, A Project with Ceramica Suro Guadalajara, Mexico, organized by Jose Noe Suro and Eduardo Sarabia, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
2010
“The Gleaners: Works from the Sarah and Jim Taylor Collection”, Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, CO
“Five from L.A.”, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Bagna Cauda”, Gallerie Art Concept, Paris, France
“Houdini: Art and Magic, 1919-1949”, the Jewish Museum, New York, NY, traveling to: Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2009
“This Is Killing Me”, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
2008
Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2007
“X - Snow Falls in the Mountains”, St Paul's St Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, curated by Jan Bryant
“Poker”, Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Milan.
2006
“Melancholy in Contemporary Art”, Sommercontemporaryart, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
“Step Into Liquid”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver.
“Peindre des images”, Galerie de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
2005
“CUT”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
“Evidence”, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX.
“The Third Peak”, Art:Concept, Paris, France.
“Rogue Wave”, LA Louver, Venice, CA.
“Wunderkammer 2”, Nina Menocal, Mexico City, D.F.
“Sad Songs”, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
“Project Room: A Show Without Works”, curated by Daniele Perra, Spazio Lima, Milan, Italy.
2004
“summer group show”, cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA.
“Carpet Bag and Cozyspace”, Healing Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
“Rimbaud”, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
2003
Black Dragon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
“MFA Exhibitions Show #1”, UCLA New Wight Gallery/Kinross, Los Angeles, CA.
1998
“New England Connection”, Lanning Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
“Woods-Gerry Invitational Exhibition”, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island.
1997
“Inagurative Show”, Space 1026 Space, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1996
L’Ecole Nouveau de Pont-Aven (The New Pont-Aven School Painters)”, Hotel de Ville, Pont-Aven, France.
“Salon de Refuses”, Gallerie M, Pont-Aven, France.
1995
“Common Threads”, Rites and Reasons Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island.
2011
Goodrich, John, “Five From L.A.”, City Arts, January 26
2009
Tran, Khanh T.L., “Memo Pad: A Portrait of the Artist”, Women’s Wear Daily, Vol. 197, Iss. 49, p. 12, March 9
2007
Freeman, Tommy, “Reviews”, Artweek, December/January
Bedford, Christopher, “Whitney Bedford at Cherry and Martin”, Art In America, Vol. 95, Iss. 11, p. 168, December
Sonia Campagnola, "Live from Los Angeles" in Flash Art, n° 257, pp. 100-103, November-December
Mizota, Sharon, “Whitney Bedford at Cherry and Martin”, Art Ltd., November, p. 17
Wilder, Matthew, “Critic’s Pick”, Artforum, October
Myers, Holly, “Gallery World: Making a Scene”, Los Angeles Times, October 17
Brooks, Amra, “Must See Art”, LA Weekly, October 10
Knight, Christopher, “Around the Galleris”, Los Angeles Times, October 5
Wilder Matthew, "Whitney Bedford", Artforum, October
2006
Mendelsohn, Meredith, “The New Romantics”, ARTnews, February, pg. 123
2005
Freeman, Tommy, Art Review, December
Baldessari, John, “100 Future Greats: Whitney Bedford”, Art Review, December
“News & Features, Art Basel Miami: They’re a Steal!”, ARTINFO, December
Ollman, Leah, "The Raw Power of Full Color", Los Angeles Times, September 14
"LA Louver Catches Rogue Wave," Santa Monica Mirror, June 29
Bennou, Kassiani, “The risk of Art: Yorgos Tsibiridis Collection”, Ozon, July/August
Rogue Wave ’05, exhibition catalog, LA Louvre, Venice, CA
2004
“Fertiles Textiles”, Jalouse, November
Brochard, Yves, “Mixed Paint: A Survey of Contemporary Painters”, Flash Art, November
Dagan, Philippe, “Le allusions fantomatiques de Whitney Bedford”, Le Monde, October
Brochard, Yves, “Whitney Bedford”, Louise, September 11- November 6
Selbach, Gerard, “Whitney Bedford”, paris-art.com, September
Bedford, Whitney, “Self Portrait”, Tema Celeste, May/June, pg. 84-85
2000
Search for Art, catalog sponsored by Mandarina Duck
1999
“Whitney Bedford, An Artist in Berlin”, Connections
1996
New England Connection
2001
UCLA Hammer Museum Drawing Biennial Winner
2000-2003
UCLA D’Arcy Hayman Award
1998-2000
Fulbright Graduate Fellowship, Hoschule der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
1998-1999
Karl-Hoffer Gesellschaft Atelier, Kunstler Werkstatt Banhoff Westend
1997
Peggy Guggenheim Collection Studentship, Venice, Italy
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