Born

1987: Tübingen, Germany. Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education

2012: MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
2008: BA, University of California, Los Angeles

Exhibitions

2018: The Melancholy Spring, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles
2017: Arrangements in Undertone, Pomona College, Claremont
2016: The Furies, Visitor Welcome Center, Los Angeles
: Modern Arts and Crafts, Eastside International, Los Angeles, curated by Astri Swendsrud
: Sad Sack, Vacancy, Los Angeles
: Together/Alone, Embassy, Los Angeles
2015: Blue Violets, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles
: If at first you don't succeed, CCS Gallery, UC Santa Barbara
2014: Amazon Solitaire, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Eagle Rock
: Akina Cox and the Holy Trinity, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles
: A Meerkat's Whistle, 3 days awake, Los Angeles
: Mirrored Collection, 2126 Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles
: INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art (since 2008)
: Love is in the Air, 2A Gallery, Los Angeles
: Topical Constructions: Paper works and actions, traveling exhibition curated by Veronica Duarte, Mexico
2013: Demolition Woman, curated by Young Chung, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange
: Hexenhaus, Group exhibition at 495 Alameda St. Altadena
2012: Another Self, Two-person exhibition with Akina Cox, Marine Contemporary, Venice
: Authenticity?, curated by Andy Robert, Untitled Art Projects, Los Angeles
: CalArts MFA 2012: MMXII, curated by Catherine Taft, LA Mart, Los Angeles
: Square as a chair and almost too heavy to lift, Mint Gallery, CalArts, Valencia
2011: CalArts Mid-Residency Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia
: Night Gallery at the Chateau Marmont, Bar Marmont, Los Angeles
: Celestial Spectacular, Night Gallery Lounge, Los Angeles
: A Goodly Huge Cabinet, Mint Gallery, CalArts, Valencia
: Telephone, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance
2008: UCLA Senior Show, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
: B-side, UCLA Sculpture White Room, Los Angeles
: A show with work by my roommate and old boss, Two-person exhibition with Karl Haendel, curated by Mieke Marple, The Studio, Los Angeles
: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, UCLA,Los Angeles, juried by Ali Subotnick
2007: Department of Art Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
: New Drawings, Undergraduate Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
2006: Metzgerei, Undergraduate Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
2005: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, juried by Lawrence Rinder

Writing

2017: Remains, perfect-bound artist book
2016: The Furies, risograph artist book with essays by Krista Buecking, Akina Cox, Gilda Davidian, and Esther Pearl Watson
2015: Blue Violets, Risograph artist book
2013: I am the one I've been waiting for, The Art Book Review
2012: Another Self, zine published in collaboration with Akina Cox and Stefani Greenwood
: On realism as a fiction and as a useful tool, Notes on Looking
: Sylvia, Night Papers, Vol.1 No.2; Short story and image, The Parkfield Review
: Ariane Vielmetter writes of the floor, Notes on Looking
: Akina Cox: A Profile, Notes on Looking

Bibliography

2016: Eckardt, Stephanie,"The Best Los Angeles Alternative Spaces”, W Magazine, July; Kaleidoscope Magazine, Sterling Ruby Takeover, Issue 27, p. 200, Summer 2016; Neuendorf, Henri, “Inside LA’s Oddball Underground Art Scene”, Artnet.com, July 7
2015: Griffith, Kio, "Emergent Presence - Fresh Faces in Art: Eight LA Artists You Should Know", Issue 29, September 2015
2014: Wagley, Catherine, "In a Koreatown Art Show, the Holy Trinity is Really about Girls, and Girls", LA Weekly
2013: Wagley, Catherine, "Five Artsy Things to do in LA This Week, Including a Sleepover at a Witch's House", LA Weekly Blog, October 23
: Vo, Chuong-Dai, "This Body is Not", Demolition Woman catalog essay, October
: Kleyn, Zach, "Another Self: In the world but not of the world", The Art Book Review, theartbookreview.org
2012: Tuck, Geoff, "Akina Cox and Ariane Vielmetter, Another Self", NotesonLooking.com
: Diehl, Travis, “Self-portrait as plastinated cock”, Catalog Essay, mmxii
2011: Cheh, Carol, “Night Gallery Moves in to Chateau Marmont: Move Over, Lindsay Lohan”, LA Weekly blog, October 5
: Cifarelli, Gabriel, “Playing Telephone With Art: Two Exhibits that Mix Curating With Old-School Social Networking”, LA Weekly blog, June 2

Awards

2013: Teaching Artist Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts
2011: CalArts Project Grant
2010: CalArts Scholarship, 2010-2012 Academic Period
2008: Honorable Mention, Werner Z. Hirsch Award in Representational Drawing
2007: First Place for the Werner Z. Hirsch Award in Representational Drawing, juried by Allegra Pesenti, Lee Hendrix, Russell Ferguson, and Lari Pittman
: Edward J. and Alice Mae Smith Award, UCLA Department of Art
: UCLA Department of Art Project Award, Spring 2007
: Senior Painting Studio Recipient, 2007-2008 Academic Year
2006: Dean’s List Scholarship , UCLA
: Kay Nielsen Memorial Award, UCLA Hammer Museum
2004: UCLA Regents Scholarship, Full 4-year Tuition

Ariane Vielmetter