Ami Tallman

 

Born 1979 California

Lives and works in Los Angeles

 

Education                   

Art Center College of Design

                                    Pasadena, California

MFA Fine Art, April 2006           

 

                                    New School for Social Research,

Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science

                                    New York, New York

                                    Graduate Philosophy Department, 1999-2000

 

                                    The San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, California

BFA Interdisciplinary Fine Art (emphasis: new genres), May 1999   

 

 

Exhibitions              

2008     Against the Grain, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (12 June - 10 August)

            When the sun shines, it does not need proof (solo),  See Line Gallery, Santa Monica (21 June - 26 July)

            Free Love Gods, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland (5 August - 30 August)

            General Electric, curated by Lia Trinka-Browner, The Projects Proudly Presents, Los Angeles (10 August - aprox. 10 September)

 

2007     Compound Objects from the Spy who Loves You, (curated) The Confederacy of Creative Ephemera

at Circus Gallery, Los Angeles
Don’t Torture the Rotten Ducklings, Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Le Flaneur, Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles
No Jerks, Rental Gallery, New York
Timeline, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica
Juvenilia, Koo's Art Center, Long Beach
Rainbow Goblins, Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles

Memoriam for our Gentle Friends, Trudi Gallery, Los Angeles

Paper Bombs, Matt Chambers Project Space in Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles

ReDraw, Brooklyn Fireproof, New York

 

2006     Braveland, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles

                                    Naïve Set Theory, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles

Chainletter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles

Super/Sonic, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles

Boat Show, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles

Stately Fellows, MFA Thesis Show, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena 

 

2005     Urban Birds 2, Hang, San Francisco

                                    Bedwetter Show, Paxico Gallery, Los Angeles

                                     

2004     Dark Side of the Sun, Wight Gallery, UCLA (Wight Biennial)

                                    Pulp: Works of Paper, (curated) Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley

                                    Urban Birds, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco

 

                        1999     Screening, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco   

 

                        1998     17 artists, 35 works, 500 guests, 976 Valencia, San Francisco

 

Press               

                        2008     Don't Panic, "Child's Play, The Art of Ami Tallman," interview, The Hope Issue, July 2008

                                    Art Forum Online, "Against the Grain," review (critics' picks), July 2008

                                    Saatchi Online, "Catherine Taft's Round-Up Of The Best Shows In LA," review, July 2008

                                    Art Ltd, “Ami Tallman,” profile, May 2008 (special issue on

                                    young artists)

 

                        2007     ◦ Artweek, “Braveland,” review, March 2007

                                   Artweek, “Naïve Set Theory,” review, February 2007

 

                        2006     ArtUs, “Boat Show,” review, Issue 14, July-September 2006

                                    I Heart Darkness, interview, 2nd Cannons Publications

 

                        2004     Mission Arts Monthly, “Urban Birds at Balazo Gallery,” review,

                                    September 2004

                                    Artweek, “Urban Birds,” review, Volume 35, Issue 8

 

Publications    

                        2008     ◦ The Yellow Book, inclusion in reader as supplement to a show called Yellow,

                                    curated by Lia Trinka-Browner, at The Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

 

                        2007     ◦ There Weren't Many Girls Around, So We Dated Ideologies. This

                                    Left Us Always on the Brink of War. We Often Discussed That a

                                    Likely Result of Battle Would Have Been More Girls to Go Around

                                    Amongst the Survivors, but We Quibbled Rather Than Acted, &

                                    Slept Alone in Our Cold Beds Dreaming of Glory. artist’s book,

                                     2nd Cannons Publications

 

                        2005     After Such an Outburst of Emotion as is Represented by these

                                    Landscape, er, Renderings, We May Find it Necessary to Avoid all

                                    Future Contact with You (for the sake of some semblance of

                                    dignity) artist's publication with Christopher Russell

                                    Portfolio #3, limited edition folio from Analogue Press

 

                        2004     Bedwetter Magazine, artwork contributions to Issues 7-11

 

                        2001     Tirana Biennale 1, “Nathan Weber,” catalog essay

Flash Art Magazine, “The NY Decency Panel,” Vol. 34, Issue 218, news story

Flash Art Magazine, “Aperto San Francisco,” Vol. 34, Issue 217, region profile

Flash Art Magazine, “Ultrabaroque,” Vol. 34, Issue 215, review

 

Residencies    

2006     Atlantic Center For the Arts, Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant,

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

 

                        2003     Painting’s Edge, Full Scholarship, Idyllwild, California