Curriculum Vitae

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
Deborah Aschheim, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
2008
Deborah Aschheim, Gallery 2.5, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Earworms, (with Lisa Mezzacappa) Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Deborah Aschheim: Reconsider, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
2007
The Forgetting Curve, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
2006
On Memory, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
Episodic, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2005
Neural Architecture no. 6, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
Neural Architecture no. 5, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2004
Panopticon,(neural architecture no. 4,) Ben Maltz Gallery
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Neural Architecture (a smart building is a nervous building)
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2003-4
Arborization, TwoTen Gallery and Contemporary Initiatives
(Euston Road Installation) The Wellcome Trust, London, England, UK
2001
Osmosis, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2000
Intergel, City Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Evenflow, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Evenflow, Suyama Space, Seattle, WA
1998
Menace (Evenflow Installation,) Jennjoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Spore/Virus Project, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994
Recent Sightings, Int’l UFO Museum and Research Center, Roswell, NM
Boat Project, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
1993
Boat Project work in progress The Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1992
Pilgrimage Raw Space, Albuquerque, NM

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
Installations Inside/Out, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
The Lining of Forgetting, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
The Future Imaginary, Ben Maltz Gallery
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Designing Intelligence, University Galleries
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2008
Germ Warfare, The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Beach, NJ
Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
The Lining of Forgetting, Weatherspoon Art Museum
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2007
Orion’s Belt, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
(with Lisa Mezzacappa)
2006
Alternate Routes: Mapping in the Studio,
Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Los Angeles
Draw, Paper, Scissors, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles
MAF06, Thailand New Media Arts Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
2005
LA Art Girls’ Work, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The One, NGC 224, Brooklyn, NY
Certain Traces: Dialogue Los Angeles/Prague 2004
2004
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA and MuseumKampa, Prague, C.R.
Suspension: Sonic Absorption (Eavesdropping network)
Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
2003
C.O.L.A. 2003 (Neural Architecture installation), Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Synthetically Bred, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Out Of True,(Audition,)University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Beelden Buiten 2002:Fractals (Arborization),Tuin De Brabandere
Tielt, Belgium (Histology paintings), Galerie CD, Tielt, Belgium
New Works, New Spaces, (Retina) Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Odd Drawings, guest curator Tyler Stallings, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Irrational Propositions, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Synapse Installation, Artificial Structures, Raid Projects, Los Angeles
Sensate, Kellogg University Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA
2000
Animate Sculpture: As If Alive, N.J. Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Quirky, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York, NY
1999
What on Earth?!, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
Waiting for the Millennium: Deborah Aschheim and Christine Karkow,
Artwest, Jackson Hole, WY
1998-9
Spore/Virus Installation for On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary
Sculpture
, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1997
Invitational '97: Deborah Aschheim, John Evans, Heather Hutchison,
Mary Judge
, Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
Are We Touched? Identities from Outer Space,
Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
Alien Sex Toys in They Came Here First!,
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1996
Roswell UFO Projects in The Hanging Sculpture Garden,
Newport Mall, Jersey City, NJ

HONORS, AWARDS

2009
Artist in Residence Grant, City of Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs, CA
2008, 2004
Individual Artist Grant, Pasadena Arts and Culture Commission, Pasadena, CA
2007
Artist-in-Residence, Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
Artist-in-Residence, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
Artist-in-Residence, UCSF Memory and Aging Clinic, San Francisco, CA
2007,2004
Artists’ Resources for Completion Grant, The Durfee Foundation, L.A., CA
2006
Artist-in-Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2002-3
City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowship, L.A., CA
2001
HARP Residency, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1994
Residency Fellowship, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
1993-4
Artist-in-Residence Grant, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

  • Deborah Aschheim: Neural Architecture (a smart building is a nervous building).
    Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Art Museum, 2004
  • Deborah Aschheim: Neural Architecture no. 6,
    Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, 2005
  • Deborah Aschheim: Reconsider. St. Louis, MO: Laumeier Sculpture Park

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2008
Flaunt Magazine, April v.93, p. 185 “Deborah Aschheim: Reconsider,”
Christopher Miles, ill., Los Angeles, CA
St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 12, “Deborah Aschheim: Reconsider,” David Bonetti, ill., St Louis, MO
Riverfront Times, February 6, p. 31, “The Art of Forgetting,” Malcolm Gay, ill., St. Louis, MO
2007
Art New England, June/July, p. 31, "Deborah Aschheim: The Forgetting Curve,” Carl Little, ill., Brighton, MA
2006
Sculpture, May, p.74-5, “Nashville: Deborah Aschheim,” Laura Dillon, ill., Hamilton, NJ
Art Papers, March-April, p.62, “Deborah Aschheim, Nashville,” Wendy Koenig, ill. Atlanta, GA
2005
Los Angeles Times, February 19, p. E26, “Rework, rebuild, recycle,” Scarlet Cheng, ill, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture, December, p.66-67, “Reviews: Laguna Beach, California: Deborah Aschheim,” Collette Chattopadhyay, ill, Hamilton, NJ
2004
artUS, September/October, p.7, “Deborah Aschheim,” Kathleen Vanesian, ill, Los Angeles, CA

COMMISSIONS

2009-
Art Commission, Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, Sacramento, CA
(in development)
2008-
Permanent Suspended Artwork, Norman Y Mineta San Jose International
Airport Terminal B, San Jose, CA (in development)
2007
Nerve Center, LAPD Valley Communications Dispatch Center, City of Los
Angeles Cultural Affairs, Public Art Division, Los Angeles, CA
Building as Body, University of Southern Maine, installations for Bioscience
Research Institute, Portland, ME and Robie Hall, Gorham, ME
2004
Ibiza (Neural Architecture 3.5), Bush residence, Laguna Beach, CA

EDUCATION

1990
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, MFA, Ceramic Sculpture
1986
Brown University, Providence, RI, BA, Magna Cum Laude,
Honors Anthropology, Studio Art