Born 1979
Lives and works in
Education
Art
MFA Fine Art, April 2006
New School for Social Research,
Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science
Graduate Philosophy Department, 1999-2000
The San Francisco Art Institute
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,
◦ 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,
◦ Paper
Bombs, Matt Chambers Project
Space in Jack Hanley Gallery,
◦ ReDraw, Brooklyn Fireproof,
2006 ◦
Braveland, See Line Gallery,
◦ Naïve Set Theory, Cirrus
Gallery,
◦ Chainletter, High Energy Constructs,
◦ Super/Sonic,
◦ Boat Show, High Energy Constructs,
◦ Stately Fellows, MFA Thesis Show,
2005 ◦ Urban Birds 2,
Hang,
◦ Bedwetter Show,
Paxico Gallery,
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,
1999 ◦
Screening, Artists’ Television Access,
1998 ◦ 17 artists, 35 works, 500
guests, 976
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,
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
Amongst
the Survivors, but We Quibbled Rather Than Acted, &
Slept Alone in
Our Cold Beds Dreaming of Glory. artist’s book,
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 ◦
New
2003 ◦ Painting’s Edge, Full
Scholarship,