Kiersten Puusemp
Kiersten Puusemp
Born 1973, Kingston, NY
Lives and works in California
Education:
BFA 1997, University of California, Berkeley
MFA 2005, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2007, The Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles
Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions:
2011
High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
2008
Whole Wide World, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Tuesday Night, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Corona, Issue no. 2 (ed. 500).
A Perfect Night, JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Kiersten Puusemp, F2, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Nothing to See Here, The Living Room, Pasadena, CA
Illegible - 10 Days, F-Space, Los Angeles, CA
Public Projects:
2010-2015
Creator/director of The Weekend Residency
2010-2015
Curator/co-founder of A Ship In The Woods, Del Mar, CA
Curator/co-founder of A Ship In The Woods, Del Mar, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012
Psycho-pomp, A Ship In The Woods, Del Mar, CA
Psycho-pomp, A Ship In The Woods, Del Mar, CA
2011
The Pursuit of Happiness - Experiments in Radical Leisure, A Ship In The Woods, Del Mar, CA
The Pursuit of Happiness - Experiments in Radical Leisure, A Ship In The Woods, Del Mar, CA
2010
Says I, Parker Jones, Los Angeles, CA
Says I, Parker Jones, Los Angeles, CA
From The Collection, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
2009
NADA Art Fair, The Box, Miami Beach, FL
NADA Art Fair, The Box, Miami Beach, FL
2008
JMOCA NADA Art Fair Totem, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Egoesdayglo, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA
Artists As Publishers, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Egoesdayglo, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA
Artists As Publishers, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2007
Circus Year, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Talented Young People, Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark
Criteria: Los Angeles, Galeria Perdida, Mexico City and Schalter, Berlin
The Wonder of it All, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Made For Each Other, Schalter, Berlin, Germany
Capitalist Hippies, CirkulationsCentralen, Malmo, Sweden
2006
Carmada, Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA, An exhibition curated by Sonja Vordermaier.
Many, Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA, An exhibition curated by Julian Hoeber.
Kippenberger Works, JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Kippenberger Works, JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA
2005
National Observer, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
For Tomorrow, Lucky Tackle, Oakland, CA
Supersonic, L.A. Design Center
Delusionarium II, White Box Gallery, Marina del Rey, CA
Visual Scholars: New School, Up and Coming Southern California Artists, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2004
F2 Inaugural Show, F2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Good Thru, F-Space, Los Angeles, CA
D.S.L.R. West, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Toxicity Presents, Toxicity, Oakland, CA
1996
Various performance art shows at The Sandcrawler, Oakland, CA
1997-1995
Various performance art shows at 40th Street, Oakland, CA
1995
Ashes to Ashes, Berkeley, CA
1994
Happy Little Magic Club, Collaborative performance group rc drone including Nato Thompson, Trevor Paglen and Aaron Gach.
Publications:
2013
For The Benefit Of Friends Collected, December 2013
2009
Flash Art International, #264, January / February
Flash Art International, #264, January / February
2006
Corona Magazine, Issue no. 2 (ed. 500).
Delusionarium Catalog, August 2006