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Born 1979, Miami, FL
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS/HONORS
2011
California Community Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship, L.A., CA
2010
Puffin Foundation Grant
University of California Research Award, Irvine, CA
2009
Thessaly Lynn Miles Award, Irvine, CA
Medici Foundation Artists Fellowship, Irvine, CA
University of California Research Award, Irvine, CA
2008
Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2007
Stuttgart Filmwinter film festival, Stuttgart, Germany
1st Prize, Media in Space International Competition Award
Peter B. Lewis Skowhegan Fellowship Skowhegan, MN and New York, NY
2003
1st Agnes Gund Traveling Scholarship, C.I.A., Cleveland, OH
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | SCREENINGS | PERFORMANCES
2012
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, The Black Box, L.A., CA
2011
Walking Forward-Running Past, Art In General, NY, NY
Screenings of Night Sky at Anthology Film Archive in conjunction with Performa '11
24 Compositions Composition, performance with Scoli Acosta
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Astral Projector, The Church of Public Fiction, Museum of Public Fiction, L.A., CA
24 Compositions Composition, performance with Scoli Acosta
Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain in Caen, France
2010
9 Stories, LA>
2009
Deaf Mountain (solo show), Workspace 2601, Los Angeles, CA
Conceptual Telegraphy & the Sound of the Wind Through its Wires, Workspace
2008
Filmwinter, Stuttgart Film Festival, Stuttgart, Germany
Strange Stranger, Strange Ranger Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Egosdayglo, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA
2007
The Golden Fluffer, Transitions Gallery, London, UK
Rencontres Film Festival, Paris, France
Oberhausen Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany
Drip Event (for George Brecht), Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mister Motley Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Double Dutch Will Take You Higher, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH
2006
NYC vs. LDN, Inflatable Collapsing People, Sweet Home Gallery, NY, NY
2005
Ladyspace, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Living in a Material World, Constance Howard Gallery, London, UK
2004
Back From Spacelab, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Sabados Intervencion, El Arabel, Mexico City, Mexico
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2012
Critical Disabilities Studies Artist Residency, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
2008
Vermont Studio Center, sculpture resident, Johnson, VT
The Genesis Project, Sea and Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2011-2012
Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design, L.A., CA
Visiting Artist, Otis College of Art and Design, L.A. CA
2010
Visiting Artist, Art Center of Design, Pasadena, CA
Instructor, University of California, Irvine
2006-07
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art
EDUCATION
2010 MFA, University of California, Irvine
2005 Postgraduate Diploma of Fine Art, Goldsmith’s College, U of London, UK
2003 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio
2001 Study exchange, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest Hungary
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Harren, Natilee. "Alison O'Daniel. 500 Words". Art Forum. January 25, 2012.
Myers, Holly. "Pacific Standard Time: Young Artists Talk about the sweeping exhibit". Los Angeles Times. Sunday, January 22, 2012.
Baum, Gary and Marissa Gluck and Alexis Johnson. “Arts & Power”. Angeleno Modern Luxury, (Dec. 2011): p. 73.
Berardini, Andrew. “How’s This?”, MOUSSE Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 28 (Apr May
2011): p. 2-5.
Lauren Mackler, “The Church Issue”, The Public Fiction Quarterly, no. 1 (August 2011): 22-23.
Smith, Kent. “Dancing Double Dutchers’”. Pressure Magazine. Vol. I, Issue IV (Apr 2007): 13-14.
Henry, Fran. “Double the Fun: Enthusiastic Group Playfully Merges Performance Art and Jump-
Roping.” The Plain Dealer. Thursday, February 15, 2007: p. E1-E4.