RESUME (click here to download)
Born in Brooklyn, NY
Lives in Irvine, CA, studio in Tustin, CA
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1985 BA, Philosophy, California State University, Fullerton, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
• "Charted Territories," Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station,
Santa Monica, CA
2008
• “Deliberations Through Practice . . . piecing things together,” Jancar Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
2005
• “Observations Toward Clarity,” d.e.n. contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2004
• “Wind Diagrammatics,” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA,
Curated by Carl Berg
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
• "Auction 2012", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA,
Curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Exhibitions
2011
• "Smorgasbord", Sangria Fine Arts, Encino, CA,
Curated by Charity Burnett and Maria Bjorkdahl
• "Ron Pokrasso and Colleagues", Riverside City College, Quad Gallery,
Riverside, CA and Zane Bennett Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• "Small Works Group Show", Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• "Earth-Like Planet" Group Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center,
Curated by Matt May, Irvine, CA
• "Second Nature: Landscape Variations" Artists Reinvestigate Landscape,
Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA
• "Tel-Art-Phone," Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA,
Curated by Mat Gleason
2010
• “Earthviews (A Landscape Show),” SCA project gallery, Pomona, CA,
Curated by Bob Pece
• “OsCene,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA,
Curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Exhibitions
• “Auction One Hundred,” Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA,
Curated by Bolton Colburn, Museum Director
• “Organic Line," Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
2009
• “Long Beach Exposed,” Long Beach, CA,
Curated by Public Art and Design Arts Council of Long Beach
• “One Week Only,” Jancar Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA,
Curated by Tom Jancar and Mery Lynn McCorkle
• “All You Can Eat,” Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
2008
• “Trajectories," California State University, Fullerton, CA,
Curated by Michel Oren
• “Southern Exposure,” RubyGreen art space, Nashville, TN
• “…66 pieces of art on the wall…,” Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, NY
• “External/Internal,” California State University, Channel Islands, CA,
Curated by Ashley McClean Emenegger
• “Art Paris,” Haim Chanin Fine Arts, Paris, France
• “Sum of Parts,” dba256 Gallery, Pomona, CA,
Curated by Andi Campognone
2007
• “Pillow Talk,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA,
Curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle
• “Art Auction = Stimulus,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA,
Curated by Tyler Stallings
• “W.O.P. Works on/of Paper,” The Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA,
Organized by John O’Brien and
Curated by Joan Kahn
2006
• “Gift Shop,” another year in LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
Curated by David E. Stone
• “Out of Line,” California State University, Stanislaus, CA,
Curated by Andi Campognone and Peter Frank
• “Alternate Routes – Mapping in the Studio,” Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads
School for Arts and Sciences – Santa Monica, CA,
Curated by Pam Posey
• “Out of Line,” Parks Exhibition, Idyllwild, CA,
Curated by Andi Campognone and Peter Frank
• “Chain Letter,” High Energy Constructs Gallery, Chinatown, CA,
Curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey
• “Monothon II,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
• “EarthWaterSky,” Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA,
Curated by Kyungmi Shin through Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
• “Group Exhibition of New Monotypes,” d.e.n. contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
• “Tax-Onomies,” Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
• “Systematics: Theologies of Complexity,” California State University,
Long Beach, CA
• “Irvine 35 Exhibition,” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2005
• “Collected Recordings,” group exhibition, d.e.n. contemporary,
Los Angeles,CA
• Pierogi, The Flat Files, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
• “Serene Obsessions,” Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, NY
2004
• Scope Miami Art Fair, Miami, Florida, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Jeju Culture & Art Center, Buk Jeju Gun, South Korea,
Curated by Sanyang Ri and Myeon (catalogue)
• “Talking in Circles,” Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• “Pulp Works on Paper,” Cypress College, Cypress, CA,
Curated by Carl Berg
• “Winds”, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, NY
2003
• “Imaginary Spaces Real Places,” California State University,
Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
• “Inflatable Evolution – White Lodestone,” California State University,
LongBeach, Long Beach, CA
2002
• “Works on Paper,” Forget it Jake, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
• “The G.A.S. Station,” Long Beach, CA,
• “Insights 2002,” University Art Museum, California State University,
LongBeach, CA
2001 -- 1997
• The Second City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA,
• Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
• Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
REGISTRIES
The Drawing Center, New York, NY, viewing program, www.drawingcenter.org
Pierogi, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, The Flat Files, www.pierogi2000.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
• La Boussière, Sabine, “A Conversation with Virginia Katz”,
American Contemporary Art Magazine, December
• Studio Visits Magazine, Volume 15, November
• Mallinson, Constance, "Virginia Katz", Art in America, October
• Gottlieb, Shirle, "Virginia Katz," Artscene, July/August
• Kussatz, Simone, "Virginia Katz, Charted Territories", Whitehot Magazine, July
• Carasso, Roberta, "Earth-Like Planet", Coast Magazine, July 1
• Davies, Stacy, "'Earth-like Planet' says Extinction, Shmextinction", OC Weekly,
June 16
• Grenda, Anastacia, "Virginia Katz, Artist Spotlight", Orange Coast Magazine,
May
• Studio Visits Magazine, Volume 13, March
• "Second Nature: Landscape Variations", ArtweekLA - Art Here Now,
January 24
2010
• Davies, Stacy, “Definitely an E-Ticket”, IE Weekly, June 10
2008
• Hargreaves, Kathryn, “Sum of Parts”, exhibition essay, March 2008
• Frank, Peter, “Playing Scales”, LA Weekly, February 6
• “Deliberations Through Practice…piecing things together,” ArtScene
Recommended Exhibitions, February
• Pagel, David, “Getting Lost in a World of Nuances”, Los Angeles Times,
January 11
• Nys Dambrot, Shana, “Deliberations Through Practice…piecing things
together”, Flavorpill, January 5
2006
• Frank, Peter, “Alternate Routes”, LA Weekly, November 8
2005
• Nys Dambrot, Shana “Collected Recordings”, Artweek, October
• Ollman, Leah, “A recycling center for memories,” Los Angeles Times, July 15
GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2010
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Residency
2003
Marilyn Werby Memorial Scholarship Award
1999
Peter and Masha Plotkin Foundation Award
