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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Seeing the Unseen, 100-Foot Rope Offramp Gallery Spring
2015 BODIES (Cyanotypes) groundspace Los Angeles Opening Reception Saturday Sept 13, 6 - 9, 1427 E Fourth Street Los Angeles 2014 Ruptured: girls at eleven, Ave 50 Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, September 2014
2013 Rightsizing Narrative Los Angeles Center for Digital Art October 2013
2012 Compare & Contrast, Wallspace Gallery, Los Angeles, Dec 2012
2012 Past & Present: Boulders & The Crying Desert Joshua Tree October 2012
2010 Rightsizing Narrative Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, April 2010
2007 12.26 Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, Jan 2007
2005 Surface Streets, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, Summer 2005
2004 Still Live, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 2004
2002 Memories of Childhood, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs’ Canoga Park Youth Art Ctr Gallery, LA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2014 Being Here and There, Curated Sant Khalsa, MOAH Lancaster November 2014
2012 Wilderness Mind: Dissolving Duality, Angles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, 2012 Runoff - Who Gets the Water in a Desert?
2009 REBUS Amelia Museum of Archeology, Amelia Italy Summer 2009 Runoff - Who Gets the Water in a Desert?
2006 Zoom! Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Alaska, 2006 - 2007 Installation: Surface Streets 2005 Drive Time Exhibit, Wignall Museum Gallery, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 2005 Installation: Surface Streets
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Sampled, Curated by Anita Bunn, Offramp Gallery, Los Angeles April 2015
2015 Female Power Association of Hysteric Curators, DAC Gallery, March 2015
Reimagining Femmage, Foundry Art Centre, St Louis MO February 2015
Voices: An Artist Perspective, National Association of Women Artists Gallery, NY April 2015
Transforming Community, WCA at Westbeth, New York February 2015
2014 Heads Will Roll, Coagula Curatorial, LA August 2014
LA Contraventions, Gallery Merkel, Germany June 2014
Gallery Tally For Your Art, Los Angeles, April 2014
2013 Arroyo Arts Discovery Tour, Exhibition, November 9 – Dec 8 2013
“Narrative Space” Venice Art Center, Los Angeles November 2013
The Art of Photography Show, San Diego October, 2013
Material Witness, Georgia Sept – October 2013
Love for Sale: 200 clams, XVY Art Gallery, Los Angeles January 2013
2012 Terrestrial Life, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, Oct – Nov 2012
Photography Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, June –August
Wilderness Mind: Dissolving Duality, Angles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro May 20 – Aug 18
Photo LA: Artist Invitational “LA Artist BookArts” Jan 2012
2011 Yea Big: small works, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles Nov 2011– Jan 2012
Chain Letter 2012, Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, LA Summer 2012
2011 OUT THERE, “girls at eleven” series, Gallery 825, Los Angeles 2011 June
Summer Reading, Letters to Mother, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles June – July 2011
4th Annual Intl Plastic Camera Show, Rayco Photo Center, San Francisco March 2011
SEE THRU: FRACTAL, ICON Gallery, and Los Angeles October 2010
2010 SEE THRU: FRACTAL, Gallery 825, Los Angeles August 2010
3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura CA 2010
SUMMER MIX, LACMA PAC Creative Photography Workshop, Los Angeles 2010
BLUE PLANET, SomArt CENTER, SF July 2010
MEMORYS TOUCH, Broome Library Gallery, CSU Channel Islands 2010
GroupSC2009 Gallery Skart MOPLA Projection 2010
REBUS RECONSTRUCTURING, Center for the Art in Eagle Rock 2010
From the Center: Now! Woman Made Gallery, Chicago 2010
GroupLA2008, Los Angeles Art Show 2010
Group Show 33, Humble Arts Foundation, NY, hafny.org, Winter 2010
2009 I SPY, A& I Photographic, December 2009
New & Improved II LACDA Los Angeles October 2009
REBUS Amelia Museum of Archeology, Amelia Italy July-August 2009
GroupLA2008 Gallery Skart, Santa Monica, April May 2009
Sustainability, Woodbury University Hollywood Exhibitions, March 2009
2008 Novella, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, September 2008
New and Improved, LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, June 2008
Here & Now, Brand 37 Works on Paper, Juried Kim Abbles, October 2008
Christmas Show, Project Room, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Dec 2008
Thirteen: Photographers from Southern California, Cuesta College Art Gallery, California. March
2007 The Art of Photography Show 2007. Award Winner, Juried by Tim Wride, San Diego
Forever Lost? . Long View Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, February 2007
Women’s Work is Never Done, Fullerton College Art Gallery, January 2007
2006 That Show, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles Dec 2006
TREE, Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles September
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Chinatown LA,
Art World Poker I-5 Gallery at The Brewery Los Angeles
BIANNUAL Curated by Jeremy Strick, LAAA South/Napoliollo Gallery, Hermosa Beach
Venice Art Walk & Auctions, Focus on Photography, 2006 Venice CA
Photo Exhibition: Techniques From 1860 to 2006, FIRST PLACE, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach
FOH Exhibit for Photo LA/Lucie Award Reception, Ocean Front Gallery, Venice CA
2005 "Installed" directed by Barbara T. Smith, LAAA / Gallery 825, La Cienega, Los Angeles CA,
“Ritual 1: Birthday” installation of Photographs, mixed media, and discarded objects.
Petite Works LAAA/ G825 Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, December
F Stops Here, Juried by Amanda Doenitz, Gallery 825 Los Angeles, CA
Create Fixate, 2nd Annual Photography Show, Los Angeles, CA July 2005,
Teen Parents, Project Show, Julia Dean Workshops Gallery, Venice CA
Innocence Lost, Juried by Eleana Del Rio, Gallery 825, La Cienega, Los Angeles,
Girl at Eleven, One Foot After Another, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland Oregon
2004 F Stops Here, Juried by Tim Wride, Gallery 825 Los Angeles, CA 2004, Surface Sts
Visual Vernacular, Juried by Noel Korten, Gallery 825 Los Angeles, CA 2004
Intl Fine Art Photography, Ctr. for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins MOCA, Colorado, 2004, 3rd Place
White Plains, Gallery 825 LA, CA April 2004,
2004 Between One and Ten, Juried by Jack Rutberg, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Feb 2004
1999 The Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA1999,
1998 Still Life Exhibition, Photography Collective, Los Angeles, 1998
New Photography 1998, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair, First, and (4) HM
1997 New Photography 1997, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair, Honorable Mention
1995 Spring Street Gallery Group Show August 1995
1995 P.L.A.N. Photography Los Angeles Now with LACMA at the Unity Art Center July 1995
1994 Photo Consortium Group Show, Random Gallery, May 1994
AWARDS
2013 Inaugural Fresh Perspectives Visiting Curator Award for “Narrative Space” Photo Show at Venice Art Center, November 2013
2010 Curious Camera, 2nd Annual Competition, Curiouscamera.org Third Place
2008 Selected, Transformation Participating Spaces, FotoFest
2007 Women In Photography International 2007 Competition, Honorable Mention
The Art of Photography Show 2007. Award Winner, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego,
2006 Women In Photography Turning Silver, 2006, Honorable Mention
Photo Exhibition: Techniques From 1860 to 2006, FIRST PLACE, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach
2005 IPA Awards 2005, Fine Art- Honorable Mention, People-Honorable Mention,
LACMA – Art Here And Now, Surface Streets, 2005/2006
“Top 40” LACDA International Juried Competition Winners Show, LA Center for Digital Art,
ARTSEEN, Emerging Artists Award, James Elaine: Hammer, Howard Fox: LACMA, jurors,
Decisive Moments, Women In Photography Intl., 2005, Third Place; Honorable Mention,
2004 Virtual Visual, Women In Photography Intl., 2004 Honorable Mention
Intl Fine Art Photography, Ctr. for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins MOCA, Colorado, 3rd Place
Alternative Photography Competition, Julia Dean Workshops, Venice, CA 2nd Place
1998 New Photography 1998, Los Angeles County Fair, First, and (4) Honorable Mention
1997 New Photography 1997, Los Angeles County Fair, Honorable Mention
BOOKARTS / LEAFLETS
2014 Joshua Tree: Find a Boulder, an Artist Handout with image guide and map for Being Here and There, (Landscape Exhibit) MOAH Lancaster November 2014
2012 Meg Madison, The Stream of Life, Los Angeles 2012. Photography by Meg Madison, Text excepts from The Stream of Life by Clarice Lispector, Translated by E. Lowe & E. Fritz, Letterpress, Silver gelatin prints, Linen thread, Paper, Linen Cloth, 21 pages, Edition of 10
2010 Meg Madison, Letters to Mother Los Angeles 2010, in edition of 20. Deconstructed children’s book, Teddybears Cookbook, Susanna Gretz & Alison Sage, Doubleday 1978 with original 32 pages replaced by 34 pages of Artist Inserts. Original cover and flypaper retained
2008 Meg Madison, Nine Thousand Ninety, Hand Sewn Booklet Edition of 20, Photos of Hands
administering chemotherapy and radiation, 2008
2005 Meg Madison, 12.26 Photographs of discarded Christmas tree in hand sewn binding by artist
Charlene Matthews. Limited Edition of 20. December 2005
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2015 Leah Ollman, Spirited Tussle with photos. Thread wraps art, LA Times March 13, 2015
2015 Colin Westerbeck. The Here and Now, From A to Z, Artillery March-April 2015
2013 Betty Ann Brown, Artweek.LA, Other Visions, Other Venues: Two Indie Curatorial Projects in Los Angeles, November 2013
2012 Lisa Young De-Leon, Wallspace LA: Compare and Contrast, lifeinla.com December 2012
2012 Art Picks: Meg Madison, Photography Palos Verdes Art Center, Wilderness Mind: Dissolving Duality, Angles Gate Culture Center, This is the South Bay, July 6, 2012
2012 ITCH Magazine, e-issue # 10, May 2012 www.itch.co.za/?article=668
2010 LAAA, Icon LA, & CalTech Connection, SEE THRU Catalog, Los Angeles 2010
Photo Techniques,<<Underexposed, Oct 2010, Rightsizing Narrative, Meg Madison, LA
BW Gallerist, Preview: Meg Madison at Kristi Engle Gallery, bwgallerist.com/2010/03/29
Tim B. Wride, The Curatorial Eye, Estate Sale, March 2010 curatorialeye.com
2009 I SPY, A& I Photographic Publishing December 2009
2007 Hayden’s Ferry Review, 12.26 pictures, No. 41 2007 p 70. 71. 72
2007 Jacquelyn Davis, “Meg Madison”, ArtUS May 2007, Page 27
2007 Kim Beil, “Meg Madison at Kristi Engle Gallery”, Artweek. Volume 38. Issue 2. March 2007, Pg 18
2007 12.26 Catalogue, 20 pages, 7.5" x 7.5" Essay by Holly Myers, Kristi Engle Gallery 2007
2007 Holly Meyer, 12.26 Exhibition Catalog Essay, Kristi Engle Gallery, February 2007
2007 Bill Lasarow, ”Continuing and Recommended”, ArtsScene, California. February 2007
2006 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, ZOOM! Planes, Trains & Automobiles 2006, Catalog
2005 Meg Madison,12.26 Photographs of discarded Christmas tree in hand sewn binding by artist
2005 Charlene Matthews. Limited Edition of 20. December 2005
2005 Holly Myers, “Lie Down, Roll Over, But Never Beg, The Everyday Car Show”, LA Times, July 1, 05
Elenore Welles, “July Preview- Meg Madison, Surface Streets”, Artscene, Cal July 2005,
FLM magazine, Spring 2005, Kelly Makes a Movie” cover photo
1994 The Photo Review (Photography Publication) Summer 1995, “Claire at 7” 1994
PROJECTS & CURATORIAL
2015 SEEING THE UNSEEN ,OIMOA (Optical Image Makers of America) Curated exhibit of work exploring tension between the Seen and the Unseen taking inspiration from the essay, The Invisibles, by David Abram. Our exhibition builds on the insights of Abram, Judd and other artists in the post-modern tradition, and seeks to further their examinations by discovering what can occur when the invisible and visible collapse in upon each other. We will be looking for work where the invisible and the visible are combined in a way that brings about a wholly new and metamorphic result. We believe the important thing is to pay attention to the unexpected and the phenomenal.
2014 THE ASSICIATION OF HYSTERIC CURATORS - a fluid, evolving, trans-generational group of women who gather bi-weekly to share in a discussion around contemporary feminist practices and the historicity of the term. We seek to explore notions of the feminine and the presence of gendered articulations through a non hierarchical structure, working towards a provisional partnerships , film screenings, and exhibitions at Los Angeles art spaces and institutions.
2013 OIMOA – Optical Image Makers of America, (with Kireilyn Barber & Walker) Inaugural Fresh Perspectives Visiting Curator Award for “Narrative Space” Group Photography show at Venice Art Center, Venice November 2013 with Kireilyn Barber, Anita Bunn, Bia Gayotto, Sant Khalsa, Meg Madison, Kyungmi Shin, Gregory Walker & Performance by Nancy Popp and Ali Tobias
2012 Past & Present: Boulder & The Crying Desert Joshua Tree October 2012 with Barbara Desantis and David Ordaz. Site specific installation for HiWY 62 ART TOURS where visitors walk in the desert with map to assist in locating the boulders in the photos and hear the sound installation of inhabitants of the desert past and present. A bubbling brook under footbridge over a dried up wash, an early Native American chant, wailing woman, and others sounds.
2012 EcoArts Collective ( WCA) Wilderness Mind: Dissolving Duality Exhibition, Performance Day , & Panel at Angeles Gate Cultural Center. May 2012
2010 SEE THRU : Assemble: After Le Dejeuner, A science-art collaboration with Dori Atalntis, Ching Ching Chen, & Mei Xian Qui with scientific guidance of Dr. Shin Shimojo creating a sculptural photographic installation that deconstructs a photograph into fragments for the viewer to construct by bits and pieces exploring perception and visual reconstruction.
2010 GroupSC 2009 Curator, MOPLA Gallery Skart Santa Monica April 2010
2006 photodisruption, Kristi Engle Gallery, July 15 to August 26 2006, Curator of group show
featuring seven artists using photography as material. Suzanne Adelman, Danielle B. Ashton,
Mimi Drop, Alyssa Gorlick, Lesley Krane, Rosalyn Myles, and Kyungmi Shin
2005 Photography: NOW!, Artspeak G825 November 2005, Panel discussion about collecting,
producing, and appreciating photography with local Los Angeles writer, photography gallery
director, and photographers.
2003 “Teen Parents” photo essay/book project with visiting nurse/writer Blandine Hendelman on teen parents visits in South Central Los Angeles and other Southern California cities.Supporting change with photography in the lives of Los Angeles under served teen parents. 2003/2006
PROJECTS & CURATORIAL-CONT
1994 Metro Mural Project Barnsdall Art Park with Stuart Vaughn, Barnsdall, Los Angeles, 1995. The opening exhibited 25 B&W prints by M Madison “Los Angeles Children Making Tiles” 1994-95
FILMS
2005 Surface Streets, 2005, cell phone videos of driving in Los Angeles. Edited w StuartRobertson.
1986 Leaving 1986, A woman’s journey leaving as she examines sentimental objects 16mm short
1987 Not a Through Street 1987, Two women discuss relationships and sex while driving.16mm
COMMUNITY SERVICE
-Board of Directors, Program Committee Chair, Treasurer, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Associates at Barnsdall 2008 - 2012
-Organizer, Moderator, Artist Critique Groups (based on SITE model), Los Angeles Art Association 2007-2012
-Art Donations: Craft & Folk Art Museum, SF Camerawork, Paws LA, Project Angel Food, LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall, Venice Art Walk, Breaking in Two: Women Make Movies, Center for Arts at Eagle Rock, LAAA, Photo Review, Life Support Japan, Fresh Start, Art Share LA, LAAA / Gallery 825, etc.
EDUCATION
1987 BA Film San Francisco State University 1987
Otis College of Art (photography courses) 1993-1996