Liz Nurenberg
Born 1978
Education
2010 Master of Fine Art, Studio Art
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art and Design
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2002 Fellowship Scholarship
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Exhibitions and Awards
2019 Holter Art Museum, Helena, MT (forthcoming)
2018 Aggregates as Selves, Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, Claremont Graduate University (forthcoming)
Peripheral Vision, No. 8, Publication Fellowship (forthcoming)
Co/Lab, Torrence Art Museum, Torrence, CA (forthcoming)
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee Los Angeles
2017 Tiger Strikes Austin, ICOSA, Austin, TX
Psychopomp, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
The Collectivists, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Part and Full, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
Dress Rehearsal, TSA_LA, Los Angeles, CA
Twiddle, Poke, Hold, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Body, Object, Body, Mark, Solo Show Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Material Culture, William Rolland Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
We gave Our Best, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest, A traveling exhibition: Vienna Edition, Imersten,
Vienna, Austria; Budapest Edition, Osztrák Kulturális Fórum, Budapest, Hungary
Parkeology Season I exhibition, In Dust We Trust, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Irrational Exhibits 9, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Eternal Telethon, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Focus: Liz Nurenberg, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
2015 We gave Our Best, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest, A traveling exhibition: Los Angeles, Eastside International,
Los Angeles, CA
Rush Hour, Perform Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
After Eden, Muzeumm, Los Angeles, CA
After Victor Papanek, The Future is not what it used to be curated by Jeff Cain,
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
New Performances, Private Studios, Los Angeles, CA
LA n CV 2, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA
Primo Lane, Outpost Projects, Yucca Valley, CA
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee Los Angeles
2014 California Community Foundation Fellowship Award: Emerging Artist Grant
Mas7, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Superficial LAndscapes, North Gallery, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
Potential Bodies, The Space, OTIS Grad Studios, Culver City, CA
Surface Tensions, Craftswoman House Temporary Residency, ILGWU, Long Beach, CA
Artist Muse, Minotti, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Blindsided Threesome Plus One, curated by David Pagel, Claremont Graduate, Claremont, CA
Hostile Hospitality, Highland House, Upland, CA
Articulate Exhibitions, Publication
The Femail Project, The ARTicle Gallery, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
14@<40, Frank M. Doyle Pavilion, Orange Coast College, CA
Nothing Heavy, Packing House, Pomona, CA
2012 Below the Echo, 1162 Glendale, Los Angeles, CA
Medicine Chest, Lux Lighting, Los Angeles, CA
Affect, sponsored by FAR: Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Leap Year, curated by David Pagel, Claremont Graduate, Claremont, CA
LACE, Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA
Luxuriate Diffuse, Private Collector Art Event, Los Angeles, CA 2011
2011 Irrational Exhibits, Track 16 Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
ReVisions of LA: Workshop instructor, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
Messy Aspirations, Riverside Arts Project, Riverside, CA
Voyeuristic Exhibitionism, Concord Space, Los Angeles, CA
2010 [Touch] MFA Thesis Show, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
City Hall show, City Hall, Claremont, CA
2nd Year MFA Group Show, Claremont, CA
Claremont MFA, The dA Gallery, Pomona, CA
Joan Mitchell Award Nominee
ISC Outstanding Student Achievement Nominee
Helen B. Dooley Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Art Student Representative, Claremont Graduate University
2009 “The Leak of Contemporary Artists”, The dA, Pomona, CA
City Hall show, City Hall, Claremont, CA
The Red show, The dA Gallery, Pomona, CA
Exhibit A, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Making Out Installation show, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Art Student Representative, Claremont Graduate University
2008 Solo show, South Western Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI
Group show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
2007 Group show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Group show, Third Stone Gallery, Fennville, MI
Group show, FWD>>Space, Grand Rapids, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
2006 Solo show, Mezze, Grand Rapids, MI
Three-person show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Material Objects group show, Urban Lights, Grand Rapids, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
2002-2005 Grand Rapids Art Festival, juried exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Sam Affendoulis Award, Grand Rapids Art Festival, juried show, Grand Rapids, MI
Spooktacula, artLedge in collaboration with VisionQuest, Chicago, IL
Grand Rapids Art Festival, juried exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Two-person show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Flora and Fauna, Group show, Swim Space, Grand Rapids, MI
BFA Exhibition, Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Allendale, MI
Group show, Free Radical Division Art Walk, Grand Rapids, MI
Fellowship scholarship, Ox-bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Reviews and Artist Lectures
Artist Lecture, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA 2018
Lara Salmon, Invitation to Play, Art Blitz, May 8th, 2017
Editors of Art News, Morning Links: Watson as Curatorial Advisor Edition, Art News, April 20, 2017
David Pagel, Go ahead, touch the art. That’s the whole point ‘Twiddle, Poke, Hold,’ LA Times, April 10, 2017
Patrick Quinn, Moments of Comfort and Awkwardness at Elephant Gallery, Art and Cake, April 21, 2017
Artist Lecture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Layola Marymount University, LA, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 2017
Kristine Shomaker, Finding Intimacy Through Contemporary Art, Art and Cake, October 16th, 2016
Catherine Wagley, After Victor Papanek: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be, LA Weekly, August 19th, 2015
Sharon Mizota, “Design for real peoples real problems showcased in a group show at the Armory,” LA Times, May 29, 2015.
Dave Barton, “14<40: Young at Art,” OC Weekly, October 10, 2013.
Falling James, “Performance on Parade,” Artillery Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 6, 2011
Artist Lecture, SouthWest Michigan University, Dowagiac, MI, 2008
Curatorial Projects
Co-director Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, 2017-present
Sundial, TSA_LA March 17th-April 8th
Memory Foam, Curated by TSA_LA members Brittany Mojo, Liz Nurenberg, Kari Reardon at Eastside International
October 28th-December 9th 2017
Work Experience
2017 Pacific Northwest College of Art
Low Residency Graduate Student Mentor
2017-Present Otis College of Art and Design
Foundation 3-D Area Head
2015-Present Otis College of Art and Design
Adjunct Faculty: Building Form, Form and Space, and Creative Practice and Responses
2012-Present California State University Northridge
Part Time Faculty: 2-D and 3-D Design
2013-2015 Otis College of Art and Design
Teaching Associate: Building Form and Creative Practice and Responses
Educational Associate: Connections through Color and Design
2011-2013 Editorial Assistant to Edward Goldman, Santa Monica, CA
Personal Assistant, Administrative, Editing, Image Management,
Blog Posts, Bookkeeping, Graphic Design and Payroll.
2010 Pitzer College
Teaching Assistant for Kathryn Miller: Art, Innovation and Exhibition
University of LaVerne
Teaching Assistant for Lawrence McNamara: Figure Drawing
2009 University of LaVerne
Teaching Assistant for Chuck Feesago: 3-D
2004-2009 Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Campus Coordinator, Administrative Assistant to the Director,
Office Assistant, Breakfast Chef
2000-2004 Lafontsee Galleries/Underground Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
Sales associate and custom framing.
Education
2010 Master of Fine Art, Studio Art
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art and Design
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2002 Fellowship Scholarship
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Exhibitions and Awards
2019 Holter Art Museum, Helena, MT (forthcoming)
2018 Aggregates as Selves, Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, Claremont Graduate University (forthcoming)
Peripheral Vision, No. 8, Publication Fellowship (forthcoming)
Co/Lab, Torrence Art Museum, Torrence, CA (forthcoming)
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee Los Angeles
2017 Tiger Strikes Austin, ICOSA, Austin, TX
Psychopomp, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
The Collectivists, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Part and Full, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
Dress Rehearsal, TSA_LA, Los Angeles, CA
Twiddle, Poke, Hold, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Body, Object, Body, Mark, Solo Show Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Material Culture, William Rolland Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
We gave Our Best, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest, A traveling exhibition: Vienna Edition, Imersten,
Vienna, Austria; Budapest Edition, Osztrák Kulturális Fórum, Budapest, Hungary
Parkeology Season I exhibition, In Dust We Trust, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Irrational Exhibits 9, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Eternal Telethon, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Focus: Liz Nurenberg, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
2015 We gave Our Best, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest, A traveling exhibition: Los Angeles, Eastside International,
Los Angeles, CA
Rush Hour, Perform Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
After Eden, Muzeumm, Los Angeles, CA
After Victor Papanek, The Future is not what it used to be curated by Jeff Cain,
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
New Performances, Private Studios, Los Angeles, CA
LA n CV 2, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA
Primo Lane, Outpost Projects, Yucca Valley, CA
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee Los Angeles
2014 California Community Foundation Fellowship Award: Emerging Artist Grant
Mas7, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Superficial LAndscapes, North Gallery, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
Potential Bodies, The Space, OTIS Grad Studios, Culver City, CA
Surface Tensions, Craftswoman House Temporary Residency, ILGWU, Long Beach, CA
Artist Muse, Minotti, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Blindsided Threesome Plus One, curated by David Pagel, Claremont Graduate, Claremont, CA
Hostile Hospitality, Highland House, Upland, CA
Articulate Exhibitions, Publication
The Femail Project, The ARTicle Gallery, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
14@<40, Frank M. Doyle Pavilion, Orange Coast College, CA
Nothing Heavy, Packing House, Pomona, CA
2012 Below the Echo, 1162 Glendale, Los Angeles, CA
Medicine Chest, Lux Lighting, Los Angeles, CA
Affect, sponsored by FAR: Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Leap Year, curated by David Pagel, Claremont Graduate, Claremont, CA
LACE, Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA
Luxuriate Diffuse, Private Collector Art Event, Los Angeles, CA 2011
2011 Irrational Exhibits, Track 16 Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
ReVisions of LA: Workshop instructor, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
Messy Aspirations, Riverside Arts Project, Riverside, CA
Voyeuristic Exhibitionism, Concord Space, Los Angeles, CA
2010 [Touch] MFA Thesis Show, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
City Hall show, City Hall, Claremont, CA
2nd Year MFA Group Show, Claremont, CA
Claremont MFA, The dA Gallery, Pomona, CA
Joan Mitchell Award Nominee
ISC Outstanding Student Achievement Nominee
Helen B. Dooley Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Art Student Representative, Claremont Graduate University
2009 “The Leak of Contemporary Artists”, The dA, Pomona, CA
City Hall show, City Hall, Claremont, CA
The Red show, The dA Gallery, Pomona, CA
Exhibit A, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Making Out Installation show, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Art Student Representative, Claremont Graduate University
2008 Solo show, South Western Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI
Group show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
2007 Group show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Group show, Third Stone Gallery, Fennville, MI
Group show, FWD>>Space, Grand Rapids, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
2006 Solo show, Mezze, Grand Rapids, MI
Three-person show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Material Objects group show, Urban Lights, Grand Rapids, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
2002-2005 Grand Rapids Art Festival, juried exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Sam Affendoulis Award, Grand Rapids Art Festival, juried show, Grand Rapids, MI
Spooktacula, artLedge in collaboration with VisionQuest, Chicago, IL
Grand Rapids Art Festival, juried exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Two-person show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Flora and Fauna, Group show, Swim Space, Grand Rapids, MI
BFA Exhibition, Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Allendale, MI
Group show, Free Radical Division Art Walk, Grand Rapids, MI
Fellowship scholarship, Ox-bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Reviews and Artist Lectures
Artist Lecture, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA 2018
Lara Salmon, Invitation to Play, Art Blitz, May 8th, 2017
Editors of Art News, Morning Links: Watson as Curatorial Advisor Edition, Art News, April 20, 2017
David Pagel, Go ahead, touch the art. That’s the whole point ‘Twiddle, Poke, Hold,’ LA Times, April 10, 2017
Patrick Quinn, Moments of Comfort and Awkwardness at Elephant Gallery, Art and Cake, April 21, 2017
Artist Lecture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Layola Marymount University, LA, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 2017
Kristine Shomaker, Finding Intimacy Through Contemporary Art, Art and Cake, October 16th, 2016
Catherine Wagley, After Victor Papanek: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be, LA Weekly, August 19th, 2015
Sharon Mizota, “Design for real peoples real problems showcased in a group show at the Armory,” LA Times, May 29, 2015.
Dave Barton, “14<40: Young at Art,” OC Weekly, October 10, 2013.
Falling James, “Performance on Parade,” Artillery Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 6, 2011
Artist Lecture, SouthWest Michigan University, Dowagiac, MI, 2008
Curatorial Projects
Co-director Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, 2017-present
Sundial, TSA_LA March 17th-April 8th
Memory Foam, Curated by TSA_LA members Brittany Mojo, Liz Nurenberg, Kari Reardon at Eastside International
October 28th-December 9th 2017
Work Experience
2017 Pacific Northwest College of Art
Low Residency Graduate Student Mentor
2017-Present Otis College of Art and Design
Foundation 3-D Area Head
2015-Present Otis College of Art and Design
Adjunct Faculty: Building Form, Form and Space, and Creative Practice and Responses
2012-Present California State University Northridge
Part Time Faculty: 2-D and 3-D Design
2013-2015 Otis College of Art and Design
Teaching Associate: Building Form and Creative Practice and Responses
Educational Associate: Connections through Color and Design
2011-2013 Editorial Assistant to Edward Goldman, Santa Monica, CA
Personal Assistant, Administrative, Editing, Image Management,
Blog Posts, Bookkeeping, Graphic Design and Payroll.
2010 Pitzer College
Teaching Assistant for Kathryn Miller: Art, Innovation and Exhibition
University of LaVerne
Teaching Assistant for Lawrence McNamara: Figure Drawing
2009 University of LaVerne
Teaching Assistant for Chuck Feesago: 3-D
2004-2009 Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Campus Coordinator, Administrative Assistant to the Director,
Office Assistant, Breakfast Chef
2000-2004 Lafontsee Galleries/Underground Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
Sales associate and custom framing.
