Rebecca Niederlander

BORN

1965 St Louis, MO
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

MFA University of California, Los Angeles, CA
BFA California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
BA Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Slices, 269 N. Beverly, Beverly Hills, CA.
         A PhantomGalleriesLA project curated by Liza Simone
2005 A Family Tree, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Deep End, Solway Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Inscaping, Solway Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         Crop, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1997 Meniscus, Nexus Gallery, Oakland, CA
1996 DSM301.83, A21 Gallery, Oakland, CA
1994 Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
         15 Steps Gallery, Ithaca, NY
         JAT Gallery, Ithaca, NY
         Artspace Gallery, Owego, NY
1993 Cornell University, Olin Library, Ithaca, NY
         Willard Straight Gallery, Ithaca, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Abstraction 2, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         Alumni at the Centennial, California College of the Arts, Oliver Arts Center, CA
         Haus Guests, Haus Gallery at the Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA
         Pillow Talk: Small Comforts in Hard Times, Ruth Bachofner Gallery,
         Santa Monica, CA
2006 Sundown Salon # 29: The Young Ones, Fritz Haeg’s Sundown Salon,
         Los Angeles, CA
         Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Chinatown, CA
2005 Touch Me, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
         Little Things, Blue 7 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Fantasticism, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         American Gothic, Talent for the Dark Ages, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
         Miniature Worlds, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
2004 The Political Landscape, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Art
         Park, Los Angeles, CA
         Paperworks II, Mirta Demare International Visual Art, Rotterdam,
         The Netherlands
         Where we Live: Outside and In. Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
         White Box Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2000 Fahrenheit 2000, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
1999 Cerritos College, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Toki Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1996 In the Hot Box, California College of Arts and Crafts, Berkeley, CA
1995 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
         Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO
         Faculty Exhibition, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY
1994 30th Anniversary Blowout, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
         Faculty Exhibition, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY
         Arnot Art Musuem, Elmira, NY
1989 Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1988 The Gallery at Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, MO

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005 Myers, Holly, Drive of the Human Spirit, Los Angeles Times, December 2
         Art Scene: Recommended Exhibitions: American Gothic: Talent for the Dark Ages,
         January
         Wyszpolski, Bondo, Touch Me, Hermosa Beach, Easy Reader, April 7
2004 Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, May 14-20
         Wyszpolski, Bondo, American Gothic: Talent for the Dark Ages, Hermosa Beach,
         Easy Reader, December 16
         Cunningham, Mark, Decay and Decreptitude. Rarified Air, December 9
         DuTan, Stephanie, Rebecca Niederlander: The Deep End of Intelligence,
         Coagula Art Journal August, pg 24
         Frank, Peter, Elizabeth Bryant and Rebecca Niederlander at Solway Jones,
         ArtWeek p. 22
         Frank, Peter, Recommended Exhibitions: Where We Live: Inside and Out, June
         Korten, Noel, The Political Landscape, catalog, Los Angeles Municipal
         Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
         Art.blogging.la, Mixed Media @Overtones, May 7
         BeverlyTang.com, Deep End, April 26
         Frank, Peter, Art Pick of the Week: The Political Landscape, LA Weekly,
         April 9-15
         Pagel, David, Our Place in the World, Los Angeles Times, March 25
2002 Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, August 2-8
         Ollman, Leah, Los Angeles Times, August 2
2002 Recommended Exhibitions, Art Scene, October
2000 Anderson, Michael, Fahrenheit 2000, catalog, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
1999 Speight, Charlotte and Toki, John, Hands in Clay, Mayfield Publishing
1997 Speight, Charlotte and Toki, John, Make it with Clay, Mayfield Publishing
1994 Lockmer, Kelly, Rebecca Niederlander, Ithaca Times, May 15
         Shepley, Carol Fering, St Louis Post Dispatch, September 7
         Soltys, Jacqueline, Ithaca Journal, March 10

PUBLICATIONS/CURATORIAL

2007 Catalog essay for Carrie Ungerman in the 2007 City of Los Angeles
         Department of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist          Fellowship Exhibition (COLA)
         at the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park
2005 Secrets and Light catalog essay for Donnie Molls exhibit at Carl Berg Gallery,
         Los Angeles, CA
         2, 4, 6, 8...Time to Transsubstantiate! for catalog of Paul Paiement exhibit at Laguna
         Art Museum/Laguna Wilderness Press
         Catalog for terra firma: part 1 exhibit at Manhattan Beach Art Center,
         Manhattan Beach, CA
2004 Review of Peter Shire Exhibit. American Ceramics. Vol. 14, issue 4, Fall
         2004. p. 62
         Eelcmwo ot hte wlodr fo nseert vdieral* (welcome to the world of ernest velardi)
         catalog essay for Cypress College exhibit
         Curate Hieronymus Slept Here Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA.
2001 SuperPhat: Big-Time Innovation at Remba Gallery and Mixografia Workshop
         catalog essay for Superphat at Cypress          College, Cypress, CA.
         The Ambassadors of Ulipio (Why It is Okay to Feel Again) in Scripps College 57th Ceramic
         Annual Catalogue, Claremont CA, Scripps College/Perpetua Press
2000 Better Living through Tea: Contemporary Artists Investigate Two Forms in
         Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000 Los Angeles County
         Museum of Art/Rizzoli International Publications

GRANTS AND HONORS

2007 ARC Grant, The Durfee Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Kaus Australis Artist’s Residency, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Presidents Recognition Award, California College of Arts and Crafts,
         Oakland, CA
1992 Individual Grant, Council of Creative and Performing Arts,
         Cornell University, Ithaca, NY


Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Rather Attached
2007
Coated copper electrical wire
96" x 21"

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Rather Attached (detail)
2007

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Call and Response *
2007
Coated copper electrical wire
74" tall

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Call and Response (detail) *
2007
Coated copper electrical wire
74" tall

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Sir Thomas
2007
Coated copper electrical wire
29 inches long

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Baby Blues
2007
Coated copper electrical wire
71 inches tall

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Baby Blues (detail)
2007

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: A Full Year
2006
Coated copper electrical wire
10 feet tall

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: A Full Year (detail)
2006

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Light Comes in from One Single Star
2006
Coated copper electrical wire
82 inches tall

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Facing Up To It All *
2006
Coated copper electrical wire
39 inches tall

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Facing Up To It All (detail) *
2006

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree : Stormy Time *
2006
Coated copper electrical wire and polycarbonate tube
5 feet and 7 inches

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Stormy Time (detail) *
2006

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Stormy Time (detail) *
2006

Rebecca Niederlander
Family Tree: Open Indoors and We are Still Lucky *
2006
Steel
11 inches tall

Rebecca Niederlander
A Family Tree
2005
Mylar, staples, lucite and steel chains
dimensions variable

Rebecca Niederlander
A Family Tree (installation view)
2005
Mylar, staples, lucite tubing and steel chains
dimensions variable

Rebecca Niederlander
A Family Tree (installation view)
2005
Mylar, staples, lucite tubing and steel chains
dimensions variable

Rebecca Niederlander
A Family Tree (installation detail)
2005
Mylar, staples, lucite tubing and steel chains
dimensions variable

Rebecca Niederlander
Nitelite
2002
Plastic, celulose, LED Lights, electronics
dimensions variable

Rebecca Niederlander
Untitled
2004
Mixed Medium

Rebecca Niederlander
and then the snow made sense *
2003
paper
99 x 66 inches

Rebecca Niederlander
Below the Salt
2002
Porcelain, lighting, plastics
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