Monique Van Genderen
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lives and works in Los Angeles and La Jolla, CA
1991
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1987
BA, University of California at San Diego, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2024
A Sweet Sidelong Glance, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
2023
Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2022
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
California Painting: Fire, Air & Water, Bernier Eliades, Brussels, Belgium
After Images, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2021
Afterimages, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Each of these Paintings Can Be Named After a Famous Painter, Vielmetter LA, online
Gallery Platform Los Angeles
2020
New Works, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA
Paintings Are People Too, Murals of La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
2018
McEnery Gallery, New York, NY, catalog
Festaal, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Germany
2017
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Tai Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2015
Manufactured Paintings, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2014
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, New York
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Abstrakt Maler, Galeri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway Tai Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2012
DAmelio Gallery, New York, NY
Effearte, Milan, Italy
2011
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Monique van Genderen, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2009
The Library, Start This Story Over, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Effearte, Milan, Italy
Dirty Water, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2007
New Works, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
Voges and Partner,Frankfurt am Main, GermanyRuzicska, Salzburg, Austria (two-person show with Kate Costello)
2006
The Sensory Foundations of Mental Life, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, Georgia (catalogue)
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
2005
Within the same breath…, curated by Claudine Isé, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, California
Howard House, Seattle, Washington
Le Consortium (two-person show with Kirsten Everberg), Dijon, France
2004
Locker Plant, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA
2001
Venetia Kapernikas Gallery, New York City, New York
2000
Sandroni.Rey Gallery, Venice, California
1999
Deep River Gallery, Los Angeles, California (two-person with Margo Victor)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Perpetual Portrait, Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA
A Brief Survey of Shapes and Colors Observed In The Greater Los Angeles Basin, Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Abstract Vocabularies, Selections from the Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Return of the Dragons, Blossom Gallery, Los Angeles
2020
20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Vielmetter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
State Department Collection, US Embassy in Coppenhagen
The Light Touch, Susanne Vielmetter Gallery, Los Angeles
To Start A Painting, Rosa Luxembourg Kunstverein, Berlin Germany
Paintings Are People Too, Murals of La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
2018
Being Here With You/ Estando aquí contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana, MCA San Diego, CA
If I go there, I won’t stay there, LTD, Los Angeles
Belief in Giants, Miles McEnery Gallery, NY, NY
State Department Collection, US Embassy in Paramaribo
You are Here, San Diego Central Library, San Diego, CA
2017
Albertina Museum, Rita and Herbert Batliner Collection, (catalog)
2016
Flashback and Guests, Stalke Galleri, Denmark
2015
Jacques Andre, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Monique van Genderen, Ola Rindal, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker, Galerie,
Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Lost in a Sea of Red, The Pit LA, Glendale, CA
Be Abstract, Galerie am Markt, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
Be Abstract, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
Stray Edge, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, DC, catalog
2014
Ladies First! Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Another Cats Show, 356 S.Mission, Los Angeles, CA Capture the Rapture, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
High Low, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Painting in Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) at Farmers & Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Garden Party,Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Anders Kjellesvik / Monique Van Genderen / J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra. Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
2012
Burning Colours, HOPSTREET Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
The Venice Beach Biennial, Venice, CA
The Planter Show, ForYourArt, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Does Not Blush, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
2011
Dorothea, Ancient & Modern, London, UK
Works of Paper, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Museum of Ceramics, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Ambigu – Contemporary Painting Between Abstraction and Narration, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, CH, curated by Konrad Bitterli (catalog)
Höhenkoller, Pacific Design Center, LA, CA
Abstractive Measures, Arena Gallery Santa Monica, CA
Kristin Calabrese, Meg Cranston, Monique van Genderen, Galeri Brandstrup, Oslo Norway
2008
Punto Linea Superficie (Dot Line Surface), EffeArte, Milan, Italy
Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art, curated by Karen Higa, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California (catalogue)
2007
Back to Nature, Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Twentieth Century Fox Studios, organized by The UCLA/Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Fleeing the Scene, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, California
Small but Beautiful, Gasser & Grunert, Inc., New York City, New York
Sparkle Then Fade, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Modern Lovers, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, California
Group Show, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
2006
Art Unlimited, with Bernier Eliades, curated by Samuel Keller, Art Basel 37, Basel, Switzerland
III Edició del Certamen Internacional de Pintura de Castelló, Museu de Belles Arts de Castelló, Castellon de la Plana, Spain
Masters & Johnson, Galeria Charro Negro, Guadalajara, Mexico
Off the Shelf: New Forms in Contemporary Artists’ Books, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Los Angeles Art Now, Galleri SE, Bergen, Norway
Rundumschlag, Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Monique van Genderen, Artissima, Ruzicska solo booth, Turin, Italy
Hotel California, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, California
2005
Wall Painting, curated by Francis Colpitt, UTSA Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, (catalogue)
Strictly Painting III: The Right Side of Painting, Voges + Partner Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
Sight Lines, Galerie Michael Janssen, Köln, Germany
Closer to Home: The 48th Corcoran Biennial, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalogue)
2004
Full House, curated by David Pagel, Claremont Graduate University East Gallery, Claremont, CA
The Sixth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, The New Museum, New York City, New York;
Consolidated Works, Seattle, Washington; Arthouse, Austin, Texas; The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
So Few Opportunities, So Many Mistakes, curated by Josh Smith, Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York
Wake Up and Apologize, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2003
Small Works, Margo Victor Presents, Los Angeles, California
Fragments, PSprojectspace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina (catalogue)
2001
LineFormColor, Howard House, Seattle, Washington
Big Plastic, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
Cross-Cuts: Seven Los Angeles Artists, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles,
California; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida (catalogue)
de Beaufort, Exposito, van Genderen, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Painting Beyond Painting, Christine Rose Gallery, New York City, New York
1997
Trimmings and Scraps, with Nikki Munroe, Gavlak Projects, Los Angeles, California