- 1973
- Born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Lives and works in Los Angeles
- 2012
- MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- 1995
- BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Select Exhibitions
- 2018
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- W+K Gallery, Portland, Oregon
- 2017
- “Starship Pegasus,” Antonio Columbo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
- Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX (solo)
- "Now More Than Ever," LACE Benefit Art Auction, Los Angeles, CA
- "For the Good Times," Sp(a)ce, Pasadena, CA
- 2016
- "The 11th Annual Blab Show," Curated by Monte Beauchamp, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Furies," Visitor Welcome Center, Los Angeles, CA
- "Cocoon," Arts Factory, Paris, France
- "Galactic Plains," Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
- "Hearsay," Artists Reveal Urban Legends, LosJoCos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
- "Atrium," Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
- "New Works," Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX
- The Future Arrives, Galleri Galleberg, Norway, (solo)
- Two-Person Exhibition, Family Lexicon, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milan, Italy (with artist Fred Stonehouse) (catalogue)
- 2014
- "Sky," Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA, (curated by DeWitt Cheng and Elizabeth Ferrer)
- "Amazon Solitaire," Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Eagle Rock, CA
- "Explorers," CSC Gallery, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
- "Hexenhaus," 495 Alameda St, Altadena, CA
- "With Open Eyes," Grafikens Hus, Mariefried, Sweden (with artist Mark Todd)
- "It’s Not a Circus Without a Big Top," Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX
- 2013
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2012
- "Hidden Behind the Stars," Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX, (solo)
- Permanent Collection, Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY
- Cal/Arts MFA Graduate Exhibition, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Catherine Taft)
- Fort Beavatron, CalArts Mint Gallery, Valencia, CA, (solo)
- 2011
- CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA, (solo)
- "Incognito," Santa Monica Museum of Art
- "Land Of Magic," Lesher Center for the Arts, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
- "Women in Comics," (Curated) Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX
- 2010
- New Works, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX, (solo)
- 2009
- "Visions of the Future," Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, CA (with artist Owen Smith)
- "Texas Instruments," Domy, Austin, TX, (solo)
- "When in Texas act like a Texan," Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX
- 2008
- "3rd Annual LA Weekly Biennial," Track 16, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Doug Harvey)
- "Failure," The Lab at Belmar, Lakewood, CO
- "Blab Show!," Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Kansas City, MO (curated by Monte Beauchamp)
- "LA Paint," Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA (curated by Phil Linares)
- 2007
- "The Weirding Field," La Luz De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA, (solo)
- 2006
- "What I Remember," Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery, Pasadena, CA (solo)
- 2005
- "Keep On Laughing," Katherine Mulherin Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Selected Press
- 2019
- Freeman, Nate. "The Future of Art Fairs Is in a Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard," February 15 (link)
- Remenchik, Jennifer. "Placing Art in Hotel Rooms Can Yield Genuinely Surprising Results," Hyperallergic, February 16 (link)
- Smith, Roberta. "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," New York Times, January 8 (link)
- Womack, Catherine. "The assignment: Design a poster that dispels America's myths about immigrants," Los Angeles Times, December 24 (link)
- 2018
- Remenchik, Jennifer, "A Painter Illustrates the Charm and Tragedy of the American Dream," Hyperallergic (web), July 9
- 2014
- Lemke, Meg, "Dear Diary: An Interview with Esther Pearl Watson," The Paris Review (web), June 20 (link)
- Simek, Peter, "This Week’s 5 Best Art Gallery Openings and Events," D Magazine (web), May 28 (link)
- 2012
- Laughlin, Jamie, "Puppets And Spaceships Invade Waxahachie," Dallas Observer (web), November 15 (link)
- Morgan, Kendall, "Wacky and whimsical works from Miss Pussycat and Esther Pearl Watson invade Webb Gallery," Culture Map Dalllas (web), November 16 (link)
- Farr, Kristin, "Esther Pearl Watson," Juxtapoz, February
- 2011
- Hudgens, Christopher, "Episode 323: Esther Pearl Watson," Badatsports (web), November 7 (link)
- 2010
- Farr, Kristin, "Big Dreams: Esther Pearl Watson at Sandra Lee Gallery," KQED Arts (web), June 11 (link)
- Enholm, Molly, "Esther Pearl Watson," art ltd. (web), July 10 (link)
- O'Toole, Meighan, "Esther Pearl Watson: Space is the Place," My Love For You (web), February 18 (link)
- 2009
- Weeks, Jerome, "Flying Saucers, Teen Angst and Esther Pearl Watson," Art and Seek (web), August 11 (link)
- Schroeder, Audra, "Building Spaceships in the Yard, Austin Chronicle (web), June 12 (link)
- Hamada, Jeff, "Esther Pearl Watson," Booooooom (web), February 27 (link)
- 2007
- Gray, Emma, "L.A Confidential," Artnet (web), January (link)