Siri Kaur
Siri Kaur | |
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Born |
Siri Kaur 1976 Boston, MA |
Nationality | American |
Education | M.F.A. 2007 California Institute of the Arts |
Known for | art, photography |
Awards | Center for Cultural Innovation/ Durfee Grant [2011], Portland Museum of Art Biennial Purchase Prize [2006] |
Siri Kaur is an artist/photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles, where she also serves as Associate Professor at Otis College of Art and Design. She received an MFA in Photography from California Institute of the Arts in 2007, an MA in Italian Studies in 2001 from Smith College/Universita’ di Firenze, Florence, Italy, and BA in Comparative Literature from Smith College in 1998. Kaur was the recipient of the Portland Museum of Art Biennial Purchase Prize in 2011. She regularly exhibits and has had solo shows at Blythe Projects and USC’s 3001 galleries in Los Angeles, and group shows at the Torrance Museum of Art, California Institute of Technology, and UCLA’s Wight Biennial. Her work has been reviewed in Artforum, art ltd., The L.A. Times, and The Washington Post, and is housed in the permanent collections of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the University of Maine.
Solo Exhibitions
- This Kind of Face, Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2015.[1][2]
- They Live in Caves, Blythe Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2013.
- Know Me for the First Time, Blythe Projects, Los Angeles, CA (catalog), 2013.
- Field Trip, 3001 Gallery, Roski School of Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2013.
- More Than or Equal to Half of the Whole (with Kate Johnson), Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, 2013.[3]
- I too was in Arcadia, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
- Cruiserweight, D300 Gallery, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA, 2007.
- The Collectors, L-Shape Gallery, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA, 2006.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
- INFOCUS: Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
- Of the Afternoon, Darnley Gallery, London, UK
- Summer Open, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
- 99¢ Plus!, 99¢ Plus, New York, NY
- 24/7 (still life), Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- A Forest: Cathy Ackers, Annie Buckley, Anita Bunn, Siri Kaur, 2A Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- From Her, El Pueblo Historical Monument, Los Angeles, CA
2013
- Influenced by the Sun, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Staking Claim: The California Triennial of Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
- Falling From Great Heights: Siri Kaur, John Knuth, Heather Rasmussen, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Out of Thin Air, LAX, Los Angeles, CA
2012
- Siri Kaur, Soo Kim, and Christina Ondrus, Woodbury University Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2011
- Pissed Elegance, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Cosmic Prom, Vortex Immersion Dome, Los Angeles, CA
- Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Too True, POST, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
- Nuove Opere, U-Skill Gallery, Rome, Italy
- The Series, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
- Fuck Pretty, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Redefining Hollywood, The Factory at Fabrik Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
- Play Time, See Line Gallery at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Sing Me to Sleep, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Curious Silence, Brand Library Gallery, Glendale, CA (catalog)
- 2011 Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (catalog)
2010
- (Por)trait Revealed, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
- See-Thru, Gallery 825 and The Icon, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
- Altimetry, curated by Mark Steven Greenfield, Terminal 1, LAX and Los Angeles
- Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Contemporary Art RUHR Projects, Ruhr, Germany
- Outside the Project, curated by Jess Minckley, RAID Projects and Light & Wire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Exalted One, curated by Sam Lee, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2009
- A Million Little Pictures, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA & New York, NY
- Curious Silence, curated by Renee Martin & Heather Rasmussen, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Perspective, curated by Paula Tognarelli, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
- More with Less, curated by Kristina Newhouse & Robert Brander Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2008
- Truth or Dare, curated by Craig Krull, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
- In the Bedroom, curated by Marty Weiss, Meter Gallery, New York, NY
- Members Only, curated by Keith Carter, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
- Everyone’s a Curator, Telic Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Conventions and Attitudes, curated by Karen Atkinson, Trade & Row, Los Angeles, CA
- Projection, curated by Maria Jenson, Salon Oblique, Santa Monica, CA
2007
- All In, curated by Lorraine Molina, Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, CA
- My Buddy, UCLA Wight Biennial, curated by Russell Ferguson, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- You are Beautiful, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- For Ever, curated by Eungie Joo, 915 Mateo, Los Angeles, CA
- Making Meaning, curated by Howard Fox, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2006
- Mid-Residency Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- Open Show, curated by Ann Philbin, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
- I Would Be You, Newspace Gallery, Portland, Oregon
- Photography Now, curated by Natasha Lunn, 401 Projects & Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York, NY & Woodstock, NY
2006
- NOW, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2005
- Nothing to See Here, curated by Walead Beshty, Art 2102, Los Angeles, CA
- New Photography, Riverside Metropolitan Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- Beauty, Women in Photography International, New York, NY
- In Focus: Photography Techniques and Trends, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
- Photography Now, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
- The Image is the Message, DreamBox Photo Gallery, Chicago, IL
- National Women’s Show, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
2004
- Virtual*Visual, Women in Photography International, New York, NY/ Los Angeles, CA
Public Collections
- Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
- National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
- University of Maine Art Museum, Orono, ME
- Washington Gallery of Photography, Washington, D.C.
Awards & Grants
- COLA Grant Artist Portraits, 12 portraits for COLA grants catalog, 2012
- Center for Cultural Innovation/ Durfee Grant, 2011
- Portland Museum of Art Biennial Purchase Prize, 2006
- California Institute of the Arts Merit Scholarship, 2006
Residencies
- Bakery Photographic Collective, Westbrook, ME, 2009
Further reading
- Osborne-Bartucca, Kristen, “Siri Kaur,” Artillery Magazine, Jan/ Feb 2015.
- Anderson, Phil, and Christine Santa Ana, Of the Afternoon, Issue 6 (September 2014): 30.
- Bea De Giacomo, The Milan Review, Milan, Italy. Forthcoming, 2015.
- Christina Procter, “Zealous Eyes,” Trend art +design +architecture Magazine, Issue 1, June 2014, p. 18.
- Traff, Thea, “Seeing Double,” The New Yorker, November 26, 2014.
- Bill Bush, “Falling From Great Heights,” Huffington Post, March 26, 2013.[4]
- Paul Caridad, “Film Photography of Galaxies through a Telescope,” Visual News, May 14, 2013.
- Amanda Gorence, “Ethereal Photos of Distant Galaxies,” Feature Shoot, May 14, 2013.
- Nicholas Grider, “Crow’s Field,” Public Display Magazine, March 2013.
- Catlin Moore, “Emergent Presence: Siri Kaur” in Eight LA Artists You Should Know, Fabrik Magazine, Issue 20, April 2013. 44-45.
- A. Moret, “Siri Kaur,” Installation Magazine, “California” Issue (July 2013): 8.
- Holly Myers, “Photographs that Say ‘yes/and’,” The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 2013. D16.
- Violeta Olteanu, “Culoarea spatiului. Cele mai indepartate galaxii surprinse pe film” (“Color Space: Faraway Galaxies Captured on Film,” Yuppy Magazine, May 23, 2013.
- Bianca Rocco, “Siri Kaur Captures the Galaxies: Telescope Photography,” Quixote, August 14, 2013.
- Matt Stromberg, “Outer Spaces, Los Angeles: Falling from Great Heights,” Art Practical, April 14, 2013.
- Maya Sugarman, “The Color of Space,” Audiovision, KPCC.org, May 9, 2013.
- Phil Tarley, “Cohen Gallery Exhibition: Falling from Great Heights,” Fabrik Magazine, Issue 20, April 2013. 68-73.
- Westerbeck, Colin, “All Together Now! Themes and Shared Concerns in Staking Claim: A California Invitational,” 2012
- Leonardo Bravo, “Big City Forum: Interview with Soo Kim, Siri Kaur, and Christina Ondrus,” KCET’s Artbound, October 22, 2012.
- For Your Art, “Big City Forum: The Hub,” October 11, 2012.
- Marnie Hanel, “Hella Cool,” Marie Claire 19, issue no. 6 (June 2012): 131.
- Natalie Hegert, “Does Photography Matter?,” Artslant, Los Angeles Art Special Edition 2012, January 14, 2012.
- A. Moret, “Looking Forward into the Past,” Installation Magazine, In Blank We Trust Issue (May 2012): 28-33.
- Daniel Rolnik, “Photo LA,” Argot & Ochre, January 13, 2012.
- Natalie Hegert, “Does Photography Matter?”, Artslant, Los Angeles Art Special Edition 2012, January 14, 2012.[5]
- Daniel Rolnik, “Photo LA”, Argot & Ochre, January 13, 2012.
- “Portland Art Museum Awards Biennial Prizes”, April 8, 2011.[6]
- Edgar Allen Beem, “The Art Forecast: No Shortage of Discoveries in Portland Museum of Art Biennial,” The Forecaster, Portland, ME, April 4, 2011.
- Chris Busby, “Trash Talking”, The Bollard, May 8, 2011.
- Shana Nys Dambrot, “Fuck Pretty at Robert Berman Gallery,” art ltd., Sep./Oct. 2011.
- Shana Nys Dambrot, “Critic’s Picks Los Angeles: Siri Kaur,” art ltd., Nov./Dec. 2011, pp. 48–49.
- Travis Diehl, “Critic’s Picks”, artforum.com, Feb. 7, 2011.
- Peter Frank, “Haiku Review”, The Huffington Post, Aug. 12, 2011.
- Daniel Kany, “Every Decade or so, PMA’s Biennial is Extra Special,” Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegraph, April 17, 2011.
- Annie Larmon and Nicholas Schroder, “Touring the PMA’s Biennial,” The Portland Phoenix, April 13, 2011.
- Anne Martens, “Contemporary Art RUHR”, Artillery Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 4, March/April 2011, pp. 42–43.
- Thomas Meaney, Menace and Wonder, in Know Me for the First Time, Icon Books, Los Angeles, 2011.
- Leah Ollman, “Art Review: Siri Kaur at Blythe Projects,” The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 10, 2011.
- Ray Routhier, “Five Artists Receive Purchase Prizes at Portland Museum of Art 2011 Biennial Opening,” Portland Press Herald, April 10, 2011
- Katie Shapiro, “A Poetic Counter-World Photographed by Siri Kaur,” www.featureshoot.com, Nov. 29, 2011
- Sebastian Smee, “Biennial Hits,” The Boston Globe, May 8, 2011.
- Aline Smithson, “Siri Kaur,” www.lenscratch.com, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
- Siri Kaur, “Do You Want to Make a Picture Book?”, in Words Without Pictures, Alex Klein, Ed., Aperture, New York, 2010, pp. 172–174.
- Cary Berglund, Interview, NBC Channel 4 News, April 10, 2009.
- Zoe Crosher, “Interrupting the Imaginary Inside the Ship of My Imagination”, Art Lies Quarterly, no.61 (Spring 2009), pp. 24–27.
- Laurel Ptak, Iheartphotograph.com, January 20, 2009.
- Laurel Ptak, Iheartphotograph.com, March 10, 2009.
- Aline Smithson, lenscratch.com, January 21, 2009.
- Page Weary, “Gallery 825”, Artillery Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, 2009.
- Peter Mays, “Sustaining Emerging Artist’s Communities”, THE Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, October 2008.
- Harris Fogel. “Thoughts On Photography”, Houston Center for Photography Quarterly, Winter 2007.
- John Rabe & Queena Kim, Siri Kaur and Superman. Offramp, 89.3 KPCC radio, Los Angeles, CA January 6, 2007.
- CMYK Magazine #31. Curtis Clarkson, editor. Aroune-Freigen Publishing, New York, NY, 2005. P. 41.
- CMYK Magazine #30. Curtis Clarkson, editor. Aroune-Freigen Publishing, New York, NY, 2005. P. 48.
- Jessica Dawson, “Through A Lens Starkly”, The Washington Post, June 16, 2005, p. C5.
- John Motley, “New Photography”, The Portland Mercury, Portland, OR, 2005.
- Holly Hughes, “Photo Annual”, Photo District News, New York, NY, May 2005, p. 157.
References
- ↑ "Seeing Double". Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.
- ↑ "Siri Kaur". Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.
- ↑ "Kate Johnson and Siri Kaur". Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.
- ↑ "Falling From Great Heights". Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.
- ↑ "ARTSLANT'S SPECIAL EDITION, Los Angeles Art 2012". Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.
- ↑ "2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Highlights 47 Contemporary Maine Artists". Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.