Liz Nurenberg
Liz Nurenberg (b. 1978) is a Los Angeles based artist. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Grand Valley State University (2003) and a Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate University (2010.) Liz is an Associate Professor in the Foundation department at Otis College of Art and Design. She is a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles. Liz was awarded a fellowship to Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, a Helen B. Dooley Fellowship at Claremont Graduate University, and received a California Community Foundation Emerging Artist Grant. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally at such venues as the Holter Museum (Helena, Montana), Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena, CA), Elephant Art Space (Los Angeles, CA), HilbertRaum Gallery (Berlin, Germany), Galleri CC (Malmo, Sweden), and the Contemporary Calgary (Calgary, Canada.)
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
Solo Exhibitions and Awards
2024 Emotional Support Sculptures, Atkinson Gallery at SBCC, Santa Barbara, CA
ELEMENTS, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Holter Art Museum, Helena, MT
2018 Peripheral Vision, No. 8, Publication Fellowship
2017 Twiddle, Poke, Hold, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Body, Object, Body, Mark, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Focus: Liz Nurenberg, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
2014 California Community Foundation Fellowship Award: Emerging Artist Grant
2012 Affect, sponsored by FAR: Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 [Touch] MFA Thesis Show, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
Helen B. Dooley Fellowship, Claremont Graduate Univ., Claremont, CA
2008 Solo show, South Western Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI
Group Exhibitions
2025 Chthonic, Angeles Gate Cultural Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA
other others ~ rehearsals in the skins, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Missed Connections, Curated by Harvest and Gather, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
What’s My Thesis? Group show, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
2024 Nurture/Nature, Biola College Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA
15 Years, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, CA
This is Not a Chair, Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Sonmat, Augsburg Gallery, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN
Postmarked P.S., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2023 Resistance and Respiration Curated by Amanda Cachia, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
International Waters, Galleri CC, Malmo, Sweden
Asemic Notations, Idolwyld, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Going Down in the West, Horse and Pony, Berlin, Germany
Please touch, Blue Roof Studios, Los Angeles, CA
By Ear, Axel Obiger, Berlin, Germany
Performances, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Crack Up, BLA Connect, Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, CA
2021 It feels like the first time, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Re-Socializing, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Hybrid, Member exhibition, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, LA, CA
Remote Residue by the Doppler Projects, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA)
Night Moves, High Beams 5, Bendix Roof, LA, CA
Artist Panel, FOCA Member Event: Salon for the Senses, Private Artist Studio, LA, CA
2020 Another Dimension, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
(closed during Covid 19)
Fully Furnished, TSA_LA, Los Angeles, CA
SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW Part I, Corporeal Hysterical Excess (on mass
hysteria III), curated by Johanna Braun, Los Angeles, CA
Distance, TSA_PDF 001, Inaugural online printable show curated by Alex Paik
2019 B-Connect, HilbertRaum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Boomerang, One Mess Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Welcome Home, AA/LA, Los Angeles, CA
Afterglow, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Free Range, California State University Northridge, CA
2018 Aggregates as Selves, Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, Claremont Graduate University
Co/Lab, Torrence Art Museum, Torrence, CA
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
2016 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
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 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
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
2002-2008 Group show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
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
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
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
Artist Lectures
Artist Lecture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, (forthcoming)
Artist Walk through and Workshop, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Artist Panel, The Politics of Breathing, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2024
Artist Lecture and Studio Visits, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2021
Artist Lecture, Summer Residency Group, Extended Study, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 2018
Artist Lecture, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA 2018
Artist Lecture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Layola Marymount University, LA, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 2017
Artist Lecture, SouthWest Michigan University, Dowagiac, MI, 2008
Reviews and Interviews
Tucker Neel, Peripheral Vision No. 8
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
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
Curatorial Projects
Holding the Unholdable, Group Show, TSA_LA, September 28- October 20, 2024
In-Between, TSA_LA May 28th - June19th 2022
Memory Foam, Curated by TSA_LA members Brittany Mojo, Liz Nurenberg, Kari Reardon at Eastside International
October 28th-December 9th 2017
Sundial, TSA_LA March 17th-April 8th 2017
2016-Present LA Member Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles
2017-2019 Co-director Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles
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
Solo Exhibitions and Awards
2024 Emotional Support Sculptures, Atkinson Gallery at SBCC, Santa Barbara, CA
ELEMENTS, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Holter Art Museum, Helena, MT
2018 Peripheral Vision, No. 8, Publication Fellowship
2017 Twiddle, Poke, Hold, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Body, Object, Body, Mark, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Focus: Liz Nurenberg, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
2014 California Community Foundation Fellowship Award: Emerging Artist Grant
2012 Affect, sponsored by FAR: Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 [Touch] MFA Thesis Show, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
Helen B. Dooley Fellowship, Claremont Graduate Univ., Claremont, CA
2008 Solo show, South Western Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI
Group Exhibitions
2025 Chthonic, Angeles Gate Cultural Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA
other others ~ rehearsals in the skins, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Missed Connections, Curated by Harvest and Gather, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
What’s My Thesis? Group show, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
2024 Nurture/Nature, Biola College Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA
15 Years, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, CA
This is Not a Chair, Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Sonmat, Augsburg Gallery, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN
Postmarked P.S., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2023 Resistance and Respiration Curated by Amanda Cachia, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
International Waters, Galleri CC, Malmo, Sweden
Asemic Notations, Idolwyld, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Going Down in the West, Horse and Pony, Berlin, Germany
Please touch, Blue Roof Studios, Los Angeles, CA
By Ear, Axel Obiger, Berlin, Germany
Performances, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Crack Up, BLA Connect, Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, CA
2021 It feels like the first time, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Re-Socializing, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Hybrid, Member exhibition, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, LA, CA
Remote Residue by the Doppler Projects, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA)
Night Moves, High Beams 5, Bendix Roof, LA, CA
Artist Panel, FOCA Member Event: Salon for the Senses, Private Artist Studio, LA, CA
2020 Another Dimension, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
(closed during Covid 19)
Fully Furnished, TSA_LA, Los Angeles, CA
SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW Part I, Corporeal Hysterical Excess (on mass
hysteria III), curated by Johanna Braun, Los Angeles, CA
Distance, TSA_PDF 001, Inaugural online printable show curated by Alex Paik
2019 B-Connect, HilbertRaum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Boomerang, One Mess Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Welcome Home, AA/LA, Los Angeles, CA
Afterglow, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Free Range, California State University Northridge, CA
2018 Aggregates as Selves, Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, Claremont Graduate University
Co/Lab, Torrence Art Museum, Torrence, CA
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
2016 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
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 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
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
2002-2008 Group show, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit, Chicago, IL
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
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
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
Artist Lectures
Artist Lecture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, (forthcoming)
Artist Walk through and Workshop, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Artist Panel, The Politics of Breathing, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2024
Artist Lecture and Studio Visits, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2021
Artist Lecture, Summer Residency Group, Extended Study, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 2018
Artist Lecture, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA 2018
Artist Lecture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Layola Marymount University, LA, CA 2017
Artist Lecture, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 2017
Artist Lecture, SouthWest Michigan University, Dowagiac, MI, 2008
Reviews and Interviews
Tucker Neel, Peripheral Vision No. 8
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
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
Curatorial Projects
Holding the Unholdable, Group Show, TSA_LA, September 28- October 20, 2024
In-Between, TSA_LA May 28th - June19th 2022
Memory Foam, Curated by TSA_LA members Brittany Mojo, Liz Nurenberg, Kari Reardon at Eastside International
October 28th-December 9th 2017
Sundial, TSA_LA March 17th-April 8th 2017
2016-Present LA Member Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles
2017-2019 Co-director Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles
