Chris Lipomi
Born 1975 Miami, Florida
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Valand Kunstskolan, Goteborg, Sweden
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 webik: okori wakipi, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Gallerie Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
Laau pi, Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Waka Mi Cha, Trudi, Los Angeles, CA.
2006 Art Basel Miami, Art Positions, Daniel Hug, Miami, FL. (Catalog)
Kukadiku, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
Makawana Omawaki, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles, CA.
2004 Beneath the Shade of the Trees, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Mongrel, Sixteen:One, Los Angeles, CA
Kairos, Kantor-Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Trudi, (No Jerks), Rental Gallery, New York, NY
Palisadenparenchym, Danese, New York, NY
Koln Show 2, European Kunsthalle, Koln, Germany (Catalog)
Maka Watcha Wana, High Desert Test Sites, Wonder Valley, CA
2006 Modern Primitivism, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Back from the End of the Earth, Ben Kaufmann Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
Group Show, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles, CA.
Volume 1; Breeze Over the Muffin Top, Universal Cube, Leipzig, Germany
Villa Holiday, Warsaw, Poland
Weltkunstsammlung, Centre, Berlin, Germany
2005 Pictures are the Problem, Pelham Art Center, New York, NY.
The February Show, 1103 La Brea, Los Angeles, CA.
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.
Fastforward, House of Capri, Venice, CA.
2004 Group Show, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
Upstream: Idea Drawings, Hayworth, Los Angeles, CA.
High Desert Test Sights, Joshua Tree, CA.
Public Collections
Seattle Art Museum
Bibliography
Holte, Michael Ned, "Mongrel", Artforum, November, 2007
Holte, Michael Ned, "Makawana Omawaki" Artforum, June, 2006
Bluhm, Erik, "Makawana Omawaki", Art US, Spring, 2006
Awards
2003 Edward J. and Alice Mae Smith Award
2002 Lillian Levinson Scholarship Award
1999 Paul Sack Award