Mari Eastman

biography

• biography
• bibliography
• images
• past exhibitions

Mari Eastman

• 1970
  • born in Berkley, USA
  • Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2009
  • Hudson Salon/Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles

• 2007
  • It’s you and me forever, Emily Tsingou, London 
Pop Life, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles

• 2006
  • Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
  • Sittings, Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich

• 2005
  • Nicolai Wallner Gallery, Copenhagen

• 2004
  • Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
  • Two Gnomes on Rocks Facing Each Other, with Anne Eastman, The General Store, Milwaykee
  • Paintings, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles

• 2001
  • I am the Painting Factory, The Suburban, Oak Park
  • Mari Eastman, Nicolai Wallner Gallery, Copenhagen
  • Hello, Goodbye, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

• 2000
  • Summertime, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
  • View From Mt. Washington, Recent Works, Copenhagen

• 1998
  • Rotating Exhibition, Rainbo Room, Chicago
  • Predators, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago

• 1997
  • Dance Party, Rx Gallery, Chicago
  • BYOB/ Mari Eastman and Amy Wheeler are at CPR, Chicago Project Room, Chicago

Group exhibitions (selection)

• 2008
  • Idle Youth, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
  • One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu
  • Mystery of the Invisible Clock, curated by Joshua Nathanson, Hudson Salon, Los Angeles
  • The Tapestry Show, Hudson Salon, Los Angeles
  • One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Japan American National Museum, Los Angeles
  • Hunters and Devils, Andreas Grimm, Munich

• 2007
  • One way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Blaffer Gallery – The Art museum of the University of Houston

• 2006
  • Selections From My Wardrobe, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Asian American Art Now, The Asia Society, New York

• 2005
  • Blumenstück. Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
  • Mauren Paley/ interim Art, London
  • Baby Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

• 2004
  • Arnold, Eastman and Weatherford, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
  • The undiscovered country, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
  • Ten Years Anniversary of Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

• 2003
  • Summer Romance, Sandroni-Rey, Venice
  • The Larger Room, 678 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles
  • School is Out, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn
  • Girls Gone Wild, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
  • Bad Touch, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England
  • The Cat Show, Acme Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Hands up, Baby, Hands up!, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg

• 2002
  • Bad Touch, Ukrainian Institute of Art, Chicago
  • Painting and Illustration, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
  • New Angeles, Ewing Gallery, University of Tenessee, Knoxville

• 2001
  • Miss World 1972: A Free Form Art Show, Daniel Reich, New York
  • Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, The UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, travelling to Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
  • New Angeles, University Galleries at Illinois State University
  • Drawn From LA, Midway Initiative, St. Paul
  • Sharing Sunsets, Arizona State University, Tucson, Arizona
  • Group Show, Nicolai Wallner Gallery, Copenhagen
  • Group Show: Curated by Laura Owens, 5017 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles
  • Painting 2001: Artists from Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York, Victoria Miro Gallery, London

• 2000
  • Nader Poster Design 2000, a collaborative project with CAR, Monk Parakeet, Chicago
  • Blurring Lines in Contemporary Drawing, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan
  • Part I – Three Day Weekend with Mari Eastman, Rebecca Morris, and Amy Wheeler, 1234 El Paso, Los Angeles
  • Duchamp’s Suitcase (Use Your Illusion/Part 3 – curated by Jacob Fabricius) Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
  • People Are (Still) Animals -Three Day Weekend curated by Dave Muller, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
  • People Are Animals Too -Three Day Weekend curated by Dave Muller, Art Frankfurt, Germany
  • The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Laughter, China Arts Object Gallery, Los Angeles

• 1999
  • George’s Phototron, George’s, Los Angeles
  • Forever is a Hell of a Long Time, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York

• 1998
  • Pets, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York

• 1997
  • Young Americans of Asian Ancestry, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

• 1996
  • The Bunny Show, Base Space, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Other projects

• 1998
  • Co-Founder and Associate Editor of Cakewalk magazine, a journal on contemporary arts