virginia katz

education

2004 MFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA

1985 BA, Philosophy, California State University, Fullerton, CA

solo exhibitions

2023

Transitory Nature, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

2015

Spaces and Forms, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2014

Passages – Surface and Form, Mainframe Gallery, Seattle, WA

2013

Between States, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Tracing Places – Eight Years, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2011

Charted Territories, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2008

Deliberations Through Practice . . . piecing things together, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005

Observations Toward Clarity, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA

2004

Wind Diagrammatics, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Carl Berg

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific, PST Art: Art & Science Collide, Getty Foundation with Fulcrum Arts and Chapman University, Orange, CA, Curated by Robert Takahashi Crouch and Lawrence English

California: Then and Now, Palm Court Arts Complex, Great Park Gallery, Irvine, in conjunction with the Irvine Museum, Irvine, CA, Curated by Adam Sabolick

2023

Blue Hour: Above & Below, AltaSea Ocean Institute, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, CA, Curated by Kim Abeles, (October 14)

Le Paysage et le Déplacement (Landscape and Displacement), Residency and Exhibition, Château Beaurepaire, Loudun, France, Curated by Patricia Smith

Solace/Sublime, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, Curated by Molly Enholm

Reflections, KingStudio, Venice, CA, Curated by Linda King (February – March)

2022

Prospective Memory, Cal Baptist University, Riverside, CA, Curated by Quinton Bemiller

Not Non-Objective, Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA), Los Angeles, CA, Curated by David DiMichele, with Catalog

eine feministische Intervention, galerie asterisk *, der Christina Stark, Frauenmuseum, Berlin, Germany

As Seen on the Radio, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK, Curated by Graham Dane

2021

Abstraction/Not Abstraction, i-beam Gallery, Altadena, CA, Curated by David DiMichele

2020

The Five Facets of Humanity, Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA), Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Khang B. Nguyen, with Catalog

Small is Beautiful, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Constance Mallinson, with Catalog

Phenomenology of Hope, Co-curated by Joteva Elí, Kio Griffith, and Khang B. Nguyen

International Exhibition of Art Made in Quarantine, Curated by Seann Brackin

The Great Pause Earth Day Dialogues, Co-curated by Amy Lipton and Patricia Lea Watts

Intra-Being: Ecological Civilization, Spring/Break Art Show LA, Row DTLA, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Khang B. Nguyen

LA Stories, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA, Curated by Paul Paiement

2019

ephemeral, PØST Kamikaze, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Virginia Katz

Art Auction and Exhibition XVIII, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

2018

Geo Ontological, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA, Curated by James MacDevitt

A Matter of Course, Chapman University, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA, Co-curated by Marcus Herse and Richard Turner with Catalog

Mothers, Eggshells and the People Who Birth Us, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Kim Abeles

The Feminine Sublime, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, Curated by Constance Mallinson (five-person exhibition)

LAND, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Yevgeniya Mikhailik

Breaking Illusion – Artist as Scientist, Claremont Graduate University, Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont, CA, Curated by Conchi Sanford

2017

The Fate of Landscape Painting, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Curated by Grant Vetter

Reality of Nature, Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Kristine Schomaker

Art Auction XVII and Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Flat Earth Society, Eastside International (ESXLA), Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Jason Ramos

Postcards to Alaska:  Artists on Climate Change, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK, Curated by Graham Dane

With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA, Co-curated by Walter Maciel and Monica Lundy

2016

Small Works Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2015

Art Auction and Exhibition XVI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Breaking Illusion – Artist As Scientist, University of La Verne Law School, Ontario, CA, Curated by Conchi Sanford

Abstract Mystique, Kellogg Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, Co-curated by Quinton Bemiller and Michele Cairella-Fillmore

2014

18 Gallery Artists, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

From the Dust Returns, i23 International Exchange Exhibition, Ichibeicho Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Curated by Kio Griffith, Co-curated by Yuko Wakaume and Shingo Francis

Connect and Collect:  San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Exhibition and Auction, San Jose, CA, Curated by Donna Napper, Curator of Exhibitions

In Search of Turrell, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Carl Berg, with Catalog

Over Under On In Near (three-person exhibition),Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA, Curated by Ed Giardina

Spirits in the Material World?, Hiatus, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Mike McLain

We Love LA, Foundation Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Curated by Carl Berg

Fallen Fruit, Fruitique, Hammer Museum Projects, Los Angeles, CA, Co-curated by David Burns and Austin Young

LA in CV, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA, Curated by Mike McLain

Art Auction 2014, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Exhibitions

2013

Shared Skies, YMCA, Los Angeles, CA, a collaborative project by Kim Abeles, with Catalog

Shared Skies, The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, a collaborative project by Kim Abeles, permanent collection

Small Works, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Homing Pigeon, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan, Curated by Kio Griffith

Beasts and Bodies, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Mary Judge

Connect & Collect: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Exhibition and Auction, San Jose, CA, Curated by Donna Napper, Curator of Exhibitions

Summer Group Show, Red Pipe Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Mat Gleason

Museum Group Show, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Venice Artwalk, Google Inc., Venice, CA

Women Artists of the Permanent Collection: Mid-Nineteenth Century to Present Day, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, Curated by Kathryn Poindexter

M.A.S. Attack (Mutual Appreciation Society, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Max Presneill

2012

Holiday Art Show, Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Susan Joseph

Small Works, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Trace Evidence, Cultural Alliance for Long Beach Galleries and Sixpack Projects, Long Beach, CA, Curated by Jeff Rau, with Catalog

The Nature of Things, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Co-curated by Virginia Katz and Constance Mallinson

$99 Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center Fundraiser, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Carl Berg

True Blue, Sangria Fine Arts, Encino, CA, Curated by Charity Burnett

Departures, PS Zask Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (four-person show), Curated by Peggy Zask, with Catalog

Auction 2012 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Exhibitions

2011

Smorgasbord, Sangria Fine Arts, Encino, CA, Co-curated by Charity Burnett and Maria Bjorkdahl

Ron Pokrasso and Colleagues, Riverside City College, Quad Gallery, Riverside, CA, and Zane Bennett Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Curated by Leslie Brown

Small Works Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Earth-Like Planet, Group Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curated by Matt May

Second Nature: Landscape Variations, PS Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA

Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA, Co-curated by Mat Gleason, Virginia Katz, Charity Burnett, Maria Bjorkdahl, Dominic Quagliozzi, Anita Ray, Lavialle Campbell, Victoria Corradi, Lester P. Grant, Neil Gitnick, and Shizuko Greenblatt

2010

Earthviews (A Landscape Show), SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, CA, Curated by Bob Pece

OsCene, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Exhibitions

Auction One Hundred, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Curated by Bolton Colburn, Museum Director

Organic Line, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA

2009

Long Beach Exposed, Long Beach, CA, Curated by Public Art and Design Arts Council of Long Beach

One Week Only, Jancar Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, Co-curated by Tom Jancar and Mery Lynn McCorkle

All You Can Eat, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA

2008

Trajectories, California State University, Fullerton, CA, Curated by Michel Oren

Southern Exposure, RubyGreen art space, Nashville, TN

“…66 pieces of art on the wall…”, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, NY

External/Internal, California State University, Channel Islands, CA, Curated by Ashley McClean Emenegger

Art Paris, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, Paris, France

Sum of Parts, dba256 Gallery, Pomona, CA, Curated by Andi Campognone

2007

Pillow Talk, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle

Art Auction = Stimulus, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Curated by Tyler Stallings

W.O.P. Works on/of Paper, The Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA, Organized by John O’Brien and Curated by Joan Kahn

2006

Gift Shop, another year in LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by David E. Stone

Out of Line, California State University, Stanislaus, CA, Co-curated by Andi Campognone and Peter Frank

Alternate Routes – Mapping in the Studio, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences – Santa Monica, CA, Curated by Pam Posey

Out of Line, Parks Exhibition, Idyllwild, CA, Co-curated by Andi Campognone and Peter Frank

Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs Gallery, Chinatown, CA, Co-curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey

Monothon II, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

EarthWaterSky, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA, Curated by Kyungmi Shin through Los Angeles Cultural Affairs

Group Exhibition of New Monotypes, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA

Tax-Onomies, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY

Systematics: Theologies of Complexity, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Irvine 35 Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

2005

Collected Recordings, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA

The Flat Files, Pierogi, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Serene Obsession, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, NY

2004

Scope Miami Art Fair, Miami, Florida, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Jeju Culture & Art Center, Buk Jeju Gun, South Korea, Co-curated by Sanyang Ri and Myeon, with Catalog

Talking in Circles, Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Pulp Works on Paper, Cypress College, Cypress, CA, Curated by Carl Berg

Winds, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, NY

2003

Imaginary Spaces Real Places, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Inflatable Evolution – White Lodestone, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

2002

Works on Paper, Forget it Jake, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

The G.A.S. Station, The Second City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Insights 2002, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

2001-1997

The Second City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA

Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

related work and projects

Contributing Editor: Painters talking painting

Art Discussions Host: Monthly Conversations on Painting, Eastside International (ESXLA), Los Angeles, CA, 2010 - 2020

Curated Shows

ephemeral, PØST Kamikaze, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Virginia Katz

The Nature of Things, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Curated by Virginia Katz and Constance Mallinson, 2012

Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA, Curated by Mat Gleason, Virginia Katz, Charity Burnett, Maria Bjorkdahl, Dominic Quagliozzi, Anita Ray, Lavialle Campbell, Victoria Corradi, Lester P. Grant, Neil Gitnick, and Shizuko Greenblatt, 2011

registries

The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Viewing Program, 2003 - present, The Drawing Center

Pierogi, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, The Flat Files, 2003 - present, Pierogi

bibliography

2024

Meet Virginia Katz, Voyage LA, Bold Journey Series, February 13

2023

Kussatz, Simone, The Landscape as an Extraordinary Human Experience – an Interview with California-based Artist Virginia Katz, Arete Blogspot, December 6

Garnett, Joy, A Visit to the British Museum and Other Poems, Evergreen Review, F/W 2023

Black, Ezrha Jean, Virginia Katz: Spent Lights and Passing Skies Long Beach Museum of Art, Artillery Magazine, September 1

Brock, Sherwood, Transitory Nature, Long Beach Museum of Art, July 29

Velazco, Molly Enholm, Solace / Sublime, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center catalogue essay, July 8

Spiller, Nancy, Transitory Nature, Long Beach Museum of Art, July 5

Black, Ezrha Jean, Beyond the Frame, June 16

Artist Spotlight: Virginia Katz, Art and Cake, May 25

Long Beach Museum of Art, Transitory Nature, April 15

2022

Mallinson, Constance, Landscape as Object, #artiq_cm, September 4

2021

Mallinson, Constance, On the Importance of Being Small, Less Art: The Blog, July 25

ShoutoutLA, Meet Virginia Katz, July 22

Zyta Misztal v. Blechinger, Community of artists in dialog with nature – Exhibition for ONE, insediamento, April 11

2020

Davis, Genie, An Online Adventure in Art: The Phenomenology of Hope, Diversions LA, September 23

Heitzman, Lorraine, Spring/Break Art Show 2020, Los Angeles, Art and Cake, February 26

Davis, Genie, All Art Fairs All Weekend, Artillery Magazine, February 19

2019

Voyage LA, Meet Virginia Katz, December 5

Teves, Haley, Art Collections at Chapman University – Virginia Katz Collaborating with the Wind, May 7

Rubin, David S., Painting for the Green New Deal, Visual Art Source, February 7

2018

Harvey, Doug, UNDER THE RADAR: TEMPORARY SERVICES, Artillery Magazine, July 2

Mizota, Sharon, A 14-foot-long painting of trash makes an epic argument for ‘The Feminine Sublime’, The Los Angeles Times, May 28

Enholm, Molly, The Pasadena Museum: The Feminine Sublime, Fabrik Contemporary Art and Design, April 23

Rubin, David, “The Feminine Sublime,” Visual Art Source, March 23

Carasso, Roberta, LAND at Irvine Fine Arts Center, ArtScene, February 26

Heitzman, Lorraine, The Feminine Sublime at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Art and Cake LA, February 12

Johnson, Jackie Bell, Breaking Illusions: Artist as Scientist at Claremont Graduate University, Art and Cake LA, February 9

Senn, Evan, LAND at Irvine Fine Arts Center, Art and Cake LA, February 6

Mallinson, Constance, The Feminine Sublime, Pasadena Museum of California Art Brochure, January 30

Barton, Dave, LAND at Irvine Fine Arts Center, OC Weekly, January 25

Landi, Ann, Signs of the times: Part Two, Vasari21, January 22

Bowen, Bliss, Pasadena Museum of California Art exhibit offers more boldly immersive feminine perspectives on nature and the environment, Pasadena Weekly, January 18

2017

Stevens, Anise, Reality of Nature at Launch LA, AEQAI, September 23

Brown, Betty, Forest Bathing at Launch LA, Art and Cake, September 15

Nys Dambrot, Shana, The Reality of Nature, The Huffington Post, September 9

Landi, Ann, Reinventing Landscape: Part One, Vasari21, April 17

Kussatz, Simone, With Liberty and Justice for Some, ArtScene Recommended Exhibitions, January

2016

Landi, Ann, Virginia Katz, Vasari21, December 19

2015

Carasso, Roberta, Virginia Katz, ArtScene, November/December

Beholders Eye Art, Speak with Artists at Gallery Opening Reception, University of La Verne College of Law, March 16

Grasso, Brooke, Breaking Illusion explores science as art, Campus Times, University of La Verne College of Law, February 27

Abstract Mystique, ArtScene, January

2014

In Search of Turrell: Group exhibition explores the Dutch seacoast through the eyes of 11 artists, ArtDaily.org, September 22

2013

Napper, Donna, Exhibition Artist Profile, Connect & Collect

Kussatz, Simone, Between States, art ltd., September

2012

Lee, Jeannie R., Departures, Essay, pp. 2-3, Exhibition Catalog, Statemenft and Reproductions, pp.8-9

Lee, Jeannie R., Departures, ArtScene, November

Long Beach Arts Month, on-line Catalog, pp. 120-133, October

Spitz, Sarah, Capturing Nature’s Beauty, Santa Monica Daily Press, August 2

2011

La Boussière, Sabine, A Conversation with Virginia Katz, American Contemporary Art Magazine, December

Studio Visits Magazine, Volume 15, November

Mallinson, Constance, Virginia Katz, Art in America, October

Gottlieb, Shirle, Virginia Katz, ArtScene, July/August

Kussatz, Simone, Virginia Katz, Charted Territories, Whitehot Magazine, July

Carasso, Roberta, Earth-Like Planet, Coast Magazine, July 1

Davies, Stacy, ‘Earth-Like Planet’ says Extinction, Shmextinction, oc weekly, June 16

Grenda, Anastacia, Virginia Katz, Artist Spotlight, Orange Coast Magazine, May

Studio Visits Magazine, Volume 13, March

Second Nature: Landscape Variations, ArtweekLA, January 24

2010

Davies, Stacy, Definitely an E-Ticket, IE Weekly, June 10

2008

Hargreaves, Kathryn, Sum of Parts, exhibition essay, March

Frank, Peter, Playing Scales, LA Weekly, February 6

Deliberations Through Practice…piecing things together, ArtScene Recommended Exhibitions, February

Pagel, David, Getting Lost in a World of Nuances, The Los Angeles Times, January 11

Nys Dambrot, Shana, Deliberations Through Practice…piecing things together, flavorpill, January 5

2006

Frank, Peter, Alternate Routes, LA Weekly, November 8

2005

Nys Dambrot, Shana, Collected Recordings, Artweek, October

Ollman, Leah, A recycling center for memories, The Los Angeles Times, July 15

residencies / grants / awards

2023

Château de Beaurepaire, Loudun, France

2015

Seen & Heard Project, Los Angeles, California, Award

2014

Foundation Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Residency

2010

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Residency

2003

Marilyn Werby Memorial Scholarship Award

1999

Peter and Masha Plotkin Foundation Award

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

New York University Library, New York, NY

Chapman University, Orange, CA

Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA

The Franklin Companies / Resnick Family Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA

Baker & Hostetler LLP, Costa Mesa, CA

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Irvine, CA

Bryan Cave LLP, Irvine, CA