JENI SPOTA
Born in New York, 1982. Lives and works in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
2007 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2004 BFA, State University of New York at Purchase
2003 Yale University, School of Art, Norfolk Summer Residency
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Minor Mistakes, John Riepenhoff Experience at Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2010
For The Great Tally, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2009
Fool's Small Victory, Kathryn Brennan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Don't Tread on Me, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Tra La La, Greener Pastures, Toronto, Canada
2008
Giotto's Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2007
Giotto's Dream, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Grisaille, curated by Alison Gingeras, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY
Incredulous Zealots, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Jonathan Butt | Cal Crawford | Jeni Spota, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
Gaylen Gerber, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Never Let Me Go, curated by Terry Myers, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Three Evening Program, organized by Rainer and Ezara Spangl, The Dienstag Abend series, Ve.Sch - Verein fur Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Knock, Knock!, From the Collection of Paul and Sara Monroe, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Vanishing Points: Paint and Paintings from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL
2010
Stranger Than Fiction, Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Underground Pop, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
You Can Heal Your Life!, curated by Emma Gray, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
The Perpetual Dialogue, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
(N)icholas (F)rank (S)elects: Drawings from the Hermetic Collection, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2008
PRESENTS, Rowley Kennerk, Chicago, IL, curated by the Milwaukee International
LA Now, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV, curated by David Pagel
I Can See For Miles, Sister @ Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
A Dead Serious Group Show, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
The Dark Fair, The General Store, New York, NY
2007
Fifths, SWINGR, Vienna, Austria
Summer Group Show, Rowley Kennerk, Chicago, IL
Ha___&___If, Sound Art Space, Loredo , TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
"Grisaille," The New Yorker, December 14.
Grisaille, Exhibition Catalogue, Luxembourg & Dayan, Fall 2011. illus.
Montreuil, Gregory, "Reviews: Gaylen Gerber: Renwick - New York," Flash Art, Number 281, November-December 2011, p. 9, illus.
Elle Magazine, November, p. 303.
Tyler, Russell. Freight + Volume Magazine, Issue #3, Spring 2011.
Duncan, Michael. "Soul Searching in the U.S.A.," Art in America, March, p 137.
2010
Johnson, Ken. "The Allure of the Homespun in the Maw of the Digital Age," The New York Times, September 2, p. C22.
Cotter, Holland. "The Perpetual Dialogue," The New York Times, January 8, p. C32.
2009
Ollman, Leah. "Jeni Spota at Kathryn Brennan," Art in America, November, p. 200-201.
Myers, Terry. "Jeni Spota: Fool's Small Victory," The Brooklyn Rail, October, p 29.
Ollman, Leah. "An Artist in the Thick of It," Los Angeles Times, August 23, p. E6.
2008
Bosshart, Becky. "New Show Highlights L.A.'s Emerging Artists," Las Vegas Sun, December 1.
Foumberg, Jason. "Jeni Spota," Frieze.com, February 20.
2007
Wooldridge, Jane. "Hot Picks," Miami Herald, December 6, p. 23A.
Pagel, David. "Critic's Choice: Horrors Hidden in Globs of Paint," Los Angeles Times, October 26, p. E22.
Brooks, Amra. "Must See Art," LA Weekly, November 8.
"The Modernists," Elle Magazine, November, p. 138.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2009 The Durfree Foundation, ARC Grant
2007 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006 National Museum for Women in the Arts
2005 Vermont Studio Center Artists Grant
2004 Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship