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Thursday, May 23, 2013

UNIQUE | Klea McKenna

Klea McKenna, Rain Study #20, 2013
photogram on gelating silver fiber paper, 24 x 20 inches
Klea McKenna, Rain Study #21, 2013
photogram on gelating silver fiber paper, 24 x 20 inches

Klea McKenna, Rain Study #203, 2013
photogram on gelating silver fiber paper, 24 inches





















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Klea McKenna





Lives and works in San Francisco, CA





EDUCATION



2009   MFA, California College of the Arts, CA

2002   BA, University of California Santa Cruz, CA 

1999-2000   University of California Los Angeles, CA

1999   Florence Art Institute, Florence, Italy





SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS



2013   Archipelago, Smith Anderson North, San Rafael, CA  



2011   Dark Star, site specific installation at Theatre Artaud, San Francisco, CA



2010   Takashi Horisaki and Klea McKenna, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY

            Slow Burn, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA



2008   Give me a sign, Café Royale Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2004   Or So She Said, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA





SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2013   UNIQUE, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY

            Triennial Invitational Exhibition, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

           Tracing Light, Eugean Gallery, Seoul, Korea

            Group exhibition (Title TBA), Asan Gallery, Seoul, Korea



2012   Surface Tension, Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock NY

            Tracing Light, Datz Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea 

            Remainder, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

            House Beautiful, Site specific exhibition in a suburban home in LA

            Imagined Memory, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

            X Libris, Root Division, San Francisco, CA



2011   Science of Sight, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

            California Continued, Smith Anderson North, San Rafael, CA

            Dawn till Dusk, Jen Beckman Gallery, New York, NY

            Exhibition of the recipients of PDN Magazine’s Curator Award, Milk Gallery, NY

            Echoes of the Sublime, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA



2010   Foto Obscura, Heart, San Francisco, CA

            Peripheral Vision, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            There’s a way in which…, Playspace, San Francisco, CA

            Cream, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin County, CA

            Roll Call, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA



2009   ProArts Annual, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Counterpoint, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            Home is something I carry with me, San Francisco, CA 

            Liberating Landscape, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            Fresh Young Things, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA

            Ersatz, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

            Conversations, Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY



2008   Code Switchers, The LAB, San Francisco, CA

            Between Memory and Invention, PlaySpace Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2007   California as Paradox, Fort Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            Never Seen, Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, CA



2006   Group Show, Humble Arts Foundation, NY 

            Cruzando, FiftyCrows Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            RaiseUp, ADM Project Gallery, Hollywood, CA

            RaiseUp, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL



2004   Adobe Books Fine Art Auction, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA 



2002   The Bed You Sleep In, Pergolesi Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

            Exceptions to the Rule, Stevenson Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

            Clover House, UCLA Experimental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA





RESIDENCIES, LECTURES, AND AWARDS



2013   Artist Residency, Chalk Hill Artist Residency, CA

            Visiting artist talk, Mills College Photography Department, Oakland, CA



2012   Artist in Residence, The Oxbow School, Napa, CA

            SECA Award Nominee



2011   Visiting Artist Lecture, The Oxbow School, Napa, CA

            Recipient of PDN Magazine’s The Curator Award

            Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California Santa Cruz, CA



2010   Artist in Residence, RAYKO Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

            Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Recipient of HHS’s Curator’s Choice Award

            Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California Santa Cruz, CA



2009   Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California Santa Cruz, CA



2008   Emerging Artist Lecture, Photo Alliance / Aperture West

            Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California Santa Cruz, CA



2007   Gordon Foundation Grant

            CCA Scholarship Award





BIBLIOGRAPHY



2013   “Artist feature.” Moholy Ground Magazine, issue 5 (2013).



2012   Haider, Faheem. “Review of Surface Tension.” Chronogram (2012).

            Schwartz, Chip. “Review of Remainder.” Knight Arts (2012). 

            Esquire (2012). (Images accompanying article on unmanned drones)

            Gitz Arts Journal (October 2012). (Artist interview and portfolio)



2011   Nataraj, Nirmala. “Review of Dark Star.” San Francisco Chronicle (2012).

            PDN Magazine, featured portfolio of the recipients of The Curator award (2012).

            Juarez, Kristen. “Echoes of the Sublime review.” Burn Away (2011).

            Cullum, Jerry. “Echoes of the Sublime review.” Art Critic ATL (2011).

            Feaster, Felicia. “Echoes of the Sublime review.” CL Atlanta (2011).  

            Carmen Winant. “California Continued review.”  KQED Arts (2011).

            Christina Wiles. “California Continued review.”  Art Practical (2011).



2010   Baker, Kenneth. “Peripheral Vision review.” San Francisco Chronicle (2010).

            Tilgham, Parker. “Peripheral Vision review.” ArtSlant (2010).

            “Counterpoint review.” Art News (March 2010).



2009   Spor, Gareth. Taide & Design (Winter 2009).

            Helfand, Glen. “Spotlight.” B&W Magazine (October 2009).

            “Interview with the artist.” Nymphoto (May 2009).



2008   Davis, Erik. “The Butterfly Hunter.” Boing Boing (December 2008).

            The Butterfly Hunter. Limited Edition Artist Book (2008).

            “Peoples of the World.” National Geographic (2008).

            Common Possibilities (April 2008).

            Mirage, issue #13 (2008). (Interview with the artist)



2007   CARP Magazine (May 2007).



2006   SHOTS, issue 93 (September 2006).

            RaiseUp, vol. 2 (2006). (An annual publication of international emerging artists)

            SUNNY 16 Magazine, issue #4 (2006). 

            POLOGY Magazine (January 2006).

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