1972 

geboren in Philadelphia PA, USA 

 

lebt und arbeitet in Los Angeles, CA, USA 

 

 

1998 

MFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA 

1995 

BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, USA 

1994 

Summer Program, Yale, Norfolk, USA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 

Sundance Film Festival, New Frontiers, Official Selection 

 

Cannes Film Festival, Director’s Fortnight, Official Selection 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 

OMG BFF LOL, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA 

2009 

SPILLING HOT GOSSIP, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norwegen 

2008 

GIRL STUDIES, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Deutschland 

2006 

EVERYTHING IS AMERICAN, Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, Schweden 

 

EVERYTHING IS AMERICAN, DA2. Center of Contemporary Art of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spanien 

 

EVERYTHING IS AMERICAN, Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Deutschland 

 

EVERYTHING IS AMERICAN, f a projects, London, UK 

 

EVERYTHING IS AMERICAN, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA 

2003 

AND JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE HULL, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA 

2001 

UNDERSTANDING JOSHUA, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA 

1999 

IN A MATTERS OF DAYS, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA 

 

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, USA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010 

PRESS ART. DIE SAMMLUNG ANNETTE UND PETER NOBEL, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Österreich 

 

PRESS ART. DIE SAMMLUNG ANNETTE UND PETER NOBEL, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz 

2009 

GOLDEN AGERS & SILVER SURFERS, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Schweiz 

 

NINE LIVES. VISIONARY ARTISTS FROM LA (kuratiert von Ali Subotnick), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA, USA 

 

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, New Frontier (organisiert von Shari Frilot), Park City, UT, USA 

 

THE PUPPET SHOW, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX, USA 

 

THE PUPPET SHOW, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA 

2008 

THE PUPPET SHOW, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA 

 

THE OLD, WEIRD AMERICA, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX, USA 

 

MIXED EMOTIONS, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spanien 

2007 

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: ART AND ROCK AND ROLL SINCE 1967, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA 

 

ART IN AMERICA NOW, MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China 

 

SIX: ALUMNI MAKING FINE ART, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

 

BETWEEN TWO DEATHS, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Deutschland 

 

ROCK'N'ROLL VOL.I, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Schweden 

2006 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION, Samuel P.Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL, USA 

 

DARK PLACES, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, USA 

2005 

AFRICAN AMERICAN ART: SELECTION FROM THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA), Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA 

2004 

I FEEL MYSTERIOUS, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL, USA 

 

SEX AND FLOWERS, Studio Technica, Oslo, Norwegen 

 

BEGINNING HERE: 101 WAYS, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA 

 

DREAMWEAVERS, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA 

 

OTHERWISE: PHANTASTIC ART, Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz, Österreich 

2003 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL, USA 

 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, USA 

 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA, USA 

 

OCTOPUS 2003: MORE THAN REAL LIVE, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australien 

 

STRANGE WORLDS, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, USA 

2002 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA 

 

SITUATED REALITIES: WORKS FROM THE SILICON ELSEWHERE, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA 

 

SOME OPTIONS IN REALISM, Harvard University: Carpenter Center, Cambridge, MA, USA 

 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, USA 

 

2002 CALIFORNIA BIENNIAL, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA 

 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, USA 

 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, USA 

 

LAID BARE, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norwegen 

 

LAID BARE, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Sørlandet, Norwegen 

2001 

SOMETIMES WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART, P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York, USA 

 

MY REALITY: THE ART OF ANIME, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, USA 

 

SOMETIMES WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spanien 

 

SOMETIMES WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, USA 

 

SOMETIMES WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 

 

ROGUE WAVE, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

 

MY REALITY: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE CULTURE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA 

2000 

ABOVE HUMAN, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA 

 

SOMETIMES WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, USA 

 

SOMETIMES WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, USA 

 

2000 ANOS LUZ, Centro de Arte La Recova: Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Canary Islands, Spanien 

1999 

TRUE WEST, P.P.O.W.Gallery, New York, USA 

 

SOMETIMES WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA (travels to Tacoma Art Museum, USA; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art USA; P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York, USA; Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spanien, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) 

1996 

THE NAME OF THE PLACE (organized by Laurie Simmons), Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, USA 

1995 

SOMATOGENICS (selected by Sarah Charlesworth, Cindy Sherman and Laurie Simmons), Artists Space, New York, USA