VIRGINIA KATZ
14711 Mulberry Avenue
Irvine, CA 92606
vkatzart@aol.com
www.virginiakatz.com
(949) 697-5475
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
2015
Spaces and Forms, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA (October)
2014
Passages – Surface and Form, Mainframe Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
Between States, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Tracing Places – Eight Years, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
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, Culver City, CA
2004
Wind Diagrammatics, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Carl Berg
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Art Auction and Exhibition XVI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Breaking Illusion – Artist As Scientist, University of La Verne Law School, Ontario, CA, Curated by Conchi
Sanford
Abstract Mystique, Kellogg Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, Curated by
Quinton Bemiller and Michele Cairella-Fillmore
2014
18 Gallery Artists, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
From the Dust Returns, i23 International Exchange Exhibition, Ichibeicho Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Curated by
Kio Griffith, Co-curated by Yuko Wakaume and Shingo Francis
Connect and Collect: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Exhibition and Auction, San Jose, CA, Curated by
Donna Napper, Curator of Exhibitions
In Search of Turrell, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Carl Berg, with Catalog
Over Under On In Near (three-person show), Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA, Curated by Ed
Giardina
Spirits in the Material World?, Hiatus, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Mike McLain
We Love LA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Curated by Carl Berg
Fallen Fruit, Fruitique, Hammer Museum Projects, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by David Burns and Austin Young
LA in CV, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA, Curated by Mike McLain
Art Auction 2014, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of
Exhibitions
2013
Shared Skies, YMCA, Los Angeles, CA, A collaborative project by Kim Abeles, with Catalog
Shared Skies, The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, A collaborative project by Kim
Abeles, permanent collection
Small Works, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Homing Pigeon, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan, Curated by Kio Griffith
Beasts and Bodies, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Mary Judge
Connect & Collect: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Exhibition and Auction, San Jose, CA, Curated by
Donna Napper, Curator of Exhibitions
Summer Group Show, Red Pipe Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Mat Gleason
Museum Group Show, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Venice Artwalk, Google Inc., Venice, CA
Women Artists of the Permanent Collection: Mid-Nineteenth Century to Present Day, Riverside Art Museum,
Riverside, CA, Curated by Kathryn Poindexter
M.A.S. Attack (Mutual Appreciation Society), LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Max Presneill
2012
Holiday Art Show, Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Susan Joseph
Small Works, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Trace Evidence, Cultural Alliance for Long Beach Galleries and Sixpack Projects, Long Beach, CA, Curated by
Jeff Rau, with Catalog
The Nature of Things, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Curated by Virginia Katz
and Constance Mallinson
$99 Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center Fundraiser, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Carl Berg
True Blue, Sangria Fine Arts, Encino, CA, Curated by Charity Burnett
Departures, PS Zask Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (four-person show), Curated by Peggy Zask, with
Catalog
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, Curated by Leslie Brown
Small Works Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Earth-Like Planet, Group Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Matt May
Second Nature: Landscape Variations, PS Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA
Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA, Curated by Mat Gleason and Virginia Katz, Charity
Burnett, Maria Bjorkdahl, Dominic Quagliozzi, Anita Ray, Lavialle Campbell, Victoria Corradi, Lester P.
Grant, Neil Gitnick, and Shizuko Greenblatt
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, Bergamot Station, 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, Culver City, 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, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA
The Flat Files, Pierogi, 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, with Catalog
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, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2002
Works on Paper, Forget it Jake, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
The G.A.S. Station, The Second City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Insights 2002, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2001 – 1997
The Second City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
RELATED WORK AND PROJECTS
ArtConversations Host: Monthly Art Conversations on Painting, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2011 –
current
Co-curated Shows:
The Nature of Things, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Curated by Virginia Katz
and Constance Mallinson, 2012
Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA, Curated by Mat Gleason and Virginia Katz, Charity
Burnett, Maria Bjorkdahl, Dominic Quagliozzi, Anita Ray, Lavialle Campbell, Victoria Corradi, Lester P.
Grant, Neil Gitnick, and Shizuko Greenblatt, 2011
REGISTRIES
The Drawing Center, New York, NY, viewing program, www.drawingcenter.org
Pierogi, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, The Flat Files, www.pierogi2000.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
Beholders Eye Art, Speak with Artists at Gallery Opening Reception, University of La Verne College of Law,
www.law.laverne.edu, March 16
Breaking Illusion explores science as art, by Brooke Grasso, Campus Times, University of La Verne College of
Law, February 27
2014
In Search of Turrell: Group exhibition explores the Dutch seacoast through the eyes of 11 artists,
www.ArtDaily.org, September 22
2013
Connect & Collect, Exhibition Artist Profile, by Donna Napper
Kussatz, Simone, Between States, art ltd., September
2012
Departures, Exhibition Catalog, Statement and Reproductions, pp.8-9, Essay by Jeannie R. Lee, pp. 2-3
Lee, Jeannie R., Departures, ArtScene, November
Long Beach Arts Month, on-line Catalog, pp. 120-133,
http://longbeachartsmonth.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LBAM_Book_FINAL_1013.pdf,
October
Spitz, Sarah, Capturing Nature’s Beauty, Santa Monica Daily Press, August 2
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, January 24
2010
Davies, Stacy, Definitely an E-Ticket, IE Weekly, June 10
2008
Hargreaves, Kathryn, Sum of Parts, exhibition essay, March
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, http://flavorpill.com, ill.,
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
RESIDENCIES / GRANTS / AWARDS
2015
Seen & Heard Project, Los Angeles, California, Award
2014
Foundation Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Residency
2010
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Residency
2003
Marilyn Werby Memorial Scholarship Award
1999
Peter and Masha Plotkin Foundation Award