Lynn Aldrich

EDUCATION

MFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
BA Fine Arts, California State University, Northridge, CA
BA English Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Desert Springs, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
         Aqueous, 9th Street Entry Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
2008 All Nature Sings, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Aqua Marine, Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 Light and Space and Tight and Dark, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Research and Development, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 A Material World, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1999 Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA
1998 Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
         Think Tank, Fine Art Gallery, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
1997 Cristinerose Gallery, Project Room, New York, NY
         Infusoria, LASCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         Designer's Choice, Archer Hall Gallery, Greenville College, Greenville, IL
1994 Visions After the Sermon, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Flying Lessons, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1992 Running Out, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Altarwings: The Birds of America, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
1990 The Pleasure and the Terror, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of California,
         Irvine, CA
1989 Grid Buster, Fine Art Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
         Krygier Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 OBSERVE, Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
         Twenty Years Ago Today, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
         The Brewery Project 1993-2007:The Finale, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
         Blue, Fine Art Gallery, La Canada Presbyterian Church, La Canada, CA
2007 The Object, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 The S-Word: The State of Spirituality in Contemporary Art, Jusdon Gallery of
         Contemporary and Traditional Art, Pasadena, CA; traveled to the Gallery at
         Our Lady Of the Angels Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA
         Swell, New York Center for the Art and Media Studies (NYCAMS Gallery), NY
         Sub-Urbane, Art Gallery, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
         Extreme Materials, Memorial Art Museum, Rochester, NY
         Materialwise Revisited, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
         Raw Materials, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2005 The Next Generation, Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY
2004 Certain Traces: Dialogue Los Angeles / Prague 2004, POST, Los Angeles, CA,
         traveled to Kampa Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
         Bio Ballistic, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         Contemporaries, REDCAT Gallery, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
         Take This Bread, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
2003 LA Post Cool, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design,
         Los Angeles, CA
2002 LA Post Cool, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
         New Works, New Spaces, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
         Return Engagement, Copia: American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts,
         Napa, CA
         Tradeshow, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2001 Liquid Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
         Biennale di Firenze dell’Arte Contemporanea, Fortezza de Basso, Florence, Italy
         The Permanent Collection: 1970 to 2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
         Los Angeles, CA
         99 Cents Store Show, Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
         New Work, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA
         Cross-Pollination, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Like a Prayer, Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
         C.O.L.A. 2000, UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
         Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
         Made in California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999 In-Visible, Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
         Ideas in Things, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1998 Site Specifics ’98, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
1997 My Favorite Femmes, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         Outlooks, Fine Art Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA
         The Garden Show, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
         Yard Sale, Special K Projects, Los Angeles, CA
         Working out the Kinks, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
          Blind Date, Fine Art Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
1996 Simple Means: Contemporary Sculpture from Los Angeles, Montgomery
          Gallery, Pomona College, Pomona, CA
         Open House, Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1995 Intersections: The Personal and the Social in the Permanent Collection,
         Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
         Postmarked LA, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
         Felicity, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Chasing Angels, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
         LAX/94, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
         Animal Allegories in Contemporary Art, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
         Forms of Address, Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute,
         San Francisco, CA
         Pagine Tesseili, Biblioteca Rispoli, Comune di Roma, Rome, Italy
         The Green Show, The M.Y.T.H. Series at the Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, CA
         Detours: Site Specific Art Works, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA
1994 Interdisciplinary, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
         Damned: Life, Death, and Surface, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 Altered States: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of
         Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
         Serious Beauty, The Momentary Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles, CA
         A Simple Complex, The M.Y.T.H. Series at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
         Cherry Bomb!, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
         The Death and Resurrection of Nature, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount
         University, Los Angeles, CA
         Laughing Matters, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 FAR Bazaar, Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
         The Environment: West Coast Statements, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
         The Day the Earth Stood Still, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Essentially Raw, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
         The Chapman Market Show, Los Angeles, CA
1990 The Bradbury Building Show, The Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, CA
         Flora, Krieger Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Center For Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2008 CIVA Presidents Award (Sculpture)
2001 Third Prize in Sculpture, Biennale Internazionale dell’ Arte Contemporanea,
         Florence, Italy
         Liquid Art Award, granted by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
         California, award presented for Blue Line Oasis
2000 J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
         Award, granted by the California Community Foundation
1999 City of Los Angeles (COLA), Individual Artist Fellowship
         Art Here and Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Purchase Award

PUBLIC ART

2007 Baptistery, temporary installation in the sanctuary, Glendale Presbyterian
         Church, Glendale, CA
2005 Ray, temporary installation in rotunda of Dance and Visual Arts Center,
         Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi
1996 Blue Line Oasis, permanent Installation at Artesia Station, Art for Rail
         Transit on the Metro Blue Line, Los Angeles, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009 Prescott, Theodore, IMAGE: Journal of Faith, Art, Mystery, Desire and
         Longing, Winter issue, n. 60.
2008 Von Taube, Annika, SLEEK Magazine, Multiple Chaos, Spring issue, no. 18.
         Ollmann, Leah, Los Angeles Times, Aldrich is Such a Natural at Fakery,
         January 18.
         Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, Objects of Affection, January 18-24,
         Vol. 30, no. 9.
         Wood, Eve, Artillary, Review: Lynn Aldrich, March, Vol. 2, issue 4, p. 51.
2007 Pagel, David, Los Angeles Times, Injecting Life into Ordinary Materials,
         February 16
2005 Johnson, Ken, Nine Artists Motivated by Christianity, New York Times,
         August 19
         Jirousova, Vera, Dialog Los Angeles-Prha, Atelier Journal of Contemporary Art,
         January 20
         Wood, Eve, Lynn Aldrich, Art US, July-September
2004 Ollman, Leah, Art Review: The Double Helix, Los Angeles Times, November 2
         Ruiz, Alma, Dossier: Los Angeles, Carnet Arte, April-May
2003 Harvey, Doug, Stuff: The Sculptures of Lynn Aldrich, LA Weekly, November 7
         Knight, Christopher, Around the Galleries, Reflections on Water, Los Angeles
         Time, October 31
2002 Cheng, Scarlet, A Competition that Plumbs Pools of Talent, Los Angeles Times,
         January 6
         Paulsen, Sasha, Changeling Art, Napa Valley Register, September 19
         Roosa, Wayne, Re-Viewing Ancient Religious Texts, ARTS, January 14
2001 Hamburger, Susan, Artburgher Cross Pollination, Waterfront Weekly, Vol. 11
         Myers, Holly, Art Reviews: Five with Promise, Los Angeles Times, March 30
2000 Campbell, Clayton, Los Angeles, C.O.L.A., Flash Art, Summer
         Duncan, Michael, Reviews: Venice, Art in America, January
1999 Chattopadhyay, Collette, Reviews: Ideas in Things, Artweek, December
         Ise, Claudine, Art Reviews: Shifting Perceptions, Los Angeles Times, April 2
         Newhouse, Kristina, Art/Text, August-October Issue
         Zellen, Jody, Out of House and Home, Dart, Summer Issue
1998 Dyrness, William, Whispers in Ordinary Time, Image: Journal of Arts and
         Religion, No. 19
         Greenstein, M.A., The Meeting of Disciplines: Lynn Aldrich and Margaret Honda,
         World Sculpture News, Summer Issue
         Harrison, Helen A., Art Review: The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum,
         The New York Times, May 24
1997 Chattopadhyay, Collette, Lynn Aldrich at Gallery LASCA, ArtWeek, July
         Harris, Paul, Cosmos with ‘Baby Names’, St Louis Post-Dispatch, March 10
         Kandel, Susan, Art Reviews: Intriguing Concepts, Los Angeles Times, May 2
         Nolan, Timothy, Reviews: California, New Art Examiner, July-August
1996 Iannaccone, Carmine, The Clown and the Contemporary Sculptor, LA Weekly
         October 4
         Wilson, William, ‘Means’ Finds New Meaning in Old Schools of Thought,
         Los Angeles Times, September 7
1995 Levin, Kim, The Short List: ‘Postmarked LA’, The Village Voice, July 5
1994 Darling, Michael, Skin Deep, ArtWeek, February 3
         DiMichele, David, Past Lives, Art Week, February 3
         Kandel, Susan, Tricking the Eye, Los Angeles Times, January 27
         Muchnic, Suzanne, Reviews: Los Angeles, Artnews, May
         Paine, Janice, Beasts of Burden, Milwaukee Sentinel, November 18
         Tanner, Marcia, Five Artists in Search of an Exhibition, ArtWeek, November 3
1993 Artist Statement, Fixing the Earth, Part II, ArtWeek, September 23
         Berg, Mary Hellen, Environmental Art: Pretty Landscapes are Fine but There’s
         More to Nature, Los Angeles Times, April 9
         Sullivan, Meg, Rediscovering the Wonder of the Wild Blue Yonder, Daily News,
         April 27
         Welsh, Clarissa, Sexual Politics: Cherry Bomb, ArtWeek, June3
1992 Jarrell, Joe, Reviews: Los Angeles, Visions, Fall Issue
         Jarrell, Joe, Reviews: California, Sculpture, September-October
         Jones, Amelia, Los Angeles Review: Running Out, ArtForum, Summer
         Schwendenwien, Jude, Cravings: Food into Sculpture, Sculpture, November
         Curtis, Kathy, Lynn Aldrich’s Winning Streak, Los Angeles Times, September 24
1991 Frank, Peter, Art Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, March 8
         Kandel, Susan, LA in Review: Essentially Raw, Arts Magazine, November
         Pagel, David, Ephemerality is Essential in ‘Raw’ Exhibit, Los Angeles Times,
         August 8
1990 Curtis, Kathy, Los Angeles Times, January 15
         Hirsh, Jeffrey, Work in Progress, LA Style, June
         McKenna, Kristine, Flora: An Ecology-Oriented Exhibition that Grows on You,
         Los Angeles Times, June 26
         Spaid, Susan, Flora at Krygier Landau, Visions, Fall Issue

PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTATIONS

2008 The Universe in a Peacock's Tail, essay by Lynn Aldrich,
         SEEN: Journal of Christians in the Visual Arts, Vol. VIII, no. 1
2006 Objects of Desire, book review by Lynn Aldrich, Creative Spirit:
         Journal of the Arts and Faith, vol. IV, no.3, pp.50-52
         The S-WORD: The State of “Spirituality” in Contemporary Art, exhibition
         catalogue
2005 The Next Generation, exhibition catalogue, p. 168
2004 Enthralled with Being in the World, text by the artist, Creative
         Spirit: Journal of the Arts and Faith, Vol. IV, No. 1
         Contemporaries, exhibition catalog, California Community Foundation
         Dialogue: Los Angeles/Prague 2004, exhibition catalog
2003 Research and Developments, exhibition catalog, Carl Berg Gallery,
         Los Angeles, CA
         Book of Lies, Volume III, a work of unique, serial objects by thirty artists,
         Published by Eugenia Butler, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Road Trip with Huell Howser, KCET, Los Angeles, September 15
2001 A Celebration of Water in Public Places, Aqueduct Magazine, Fall Winter
         Like a Prayer, exhibition catalog
         Visual Faith, William Dyrness, Baker Book House Company, Grand Rapids, MI
2000 What’s the Matter with Matter?, Beholding the Glory: Incarnation Through the
         Arts, Jeremy Begbie, Dean of Theology, Cambridge University, England,
         essay by Lynn Aldrich
         C.O.L.A. 2000, exhibition catalog
1999 Ideas in Things, exhibition catalog
1998 Startling Juxtapositions, Northridge Magazine, California State University,
         Northridge, CA Spring
         Site Specifics ’98, exhibition catalog
1997 Grid Buster, THE Magazine of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, February
1996 Open House, exhibition catalog
         Simple Means, exhibition catalog
         Womenhouse, artist contributor, www.cmp.ucr.edu/womenhouse
1994 Filiforme, exhibition catalog for Pagine Tessili
         Chasing Angels, exhibition catalog
         Forms of Address, exhibition catalog
         LAX/94: The Los Angeles exhibition catalog
         Silver Anniversary Photo of my Wedding Gifts, photo and text by Lynn Aldrich,
         Frame-Work: the Journal of Images and Culture, Volume 7, Issue 1
1993 The Death and Resurrection of Nature, Loyola Marymount University,
         Los Angeles, CA, exhibition brochure
1990 The Pleasure and the Terror, University of California, Irvine,
         CA, exhibition brochure

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Calder Foundation, New York
Biola University, La Mirada, CA
Neuberger Berman, Inc., New York
Neiman Marcus, Inc., Dallas, Texas
New York Public Library, New York
Palomar Westwood Hotel, Westwood, CA
Studley, Inc., Irvine, CA