BORN
Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2008 Claremont Graduate University, M.F.A.
2002 College of Creative Studies at U.C.-Santa Barbara, B.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Roni Feldman, Albemarle Gallery, London, U.K.
2012 Roni Feldman, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2011 Shadowlighter, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
XOXO, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2010 Eclipse, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Black Flash, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Here and Now, ARTRA, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Collective Dissolve III, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008 Collective Dissolve II, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA (catalog)
Collective Dissolve, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2006 The Space of Heaven, Stanford University Art Spaces, Stanford, CA
2002 The Girls of Isla Vista, Sullivan-Goss Fine Art, Santa Barbara, CA
TWO & THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 Trio, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Black, Negro, Schwartz, Consorcio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 From LA to SF, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 The Communards, Espace des Arts Sans Frontieres, Paris, France (forthcoming)
From the Barricades, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming)
LA in CV 2, Coachella Valley Art Center, Coachella, CA
Soul, Sequins, and Gold, BLDG, Covington, KY
Soul, Sequins, and Gold, Northern Kentucky University Gallery, Highland Heights, KY
Icon, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 An American Water Margin, University City Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China, curated by Artra Curatorial and Sijia Chen
Yokohama Trieniale, i:23, Yokohama, Japan
Mas Attack VIII, Santa Monica Studios, Los Angeles, CA, curated by ARTRA
MAS Attack VI, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curated by ARTRA
Project LALO, Project/Number, London, U.K., curated by Grant Vetter
Welcome to LA/ Please Come Again, LAX Airport, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Milo+McLean
The Status of Portraiture, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
The Beautiful, California Lutheran University Rolland Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA, curated by Rachel Schmid
Portraits of the Fallen, Nixon Library, Los Angeles, CA
Portraits of the Fallen, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Some New Great Things, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 Homing Pigeon, Gallery Lara + Cafemode, Tokyo, Japan
Marginal Revolutions, Official Satellite Exhibition to Istanbul Biennial, Kuad Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Gul Cagin and Max Presneill
Mexicali Biennial, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Image Search, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, curated by Gallery Daily
Art of Fusion, Miami, CA, curated by Wil Phearson
Highway 61 Revisited, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
MAS Attack, Mutual Appreciation Society, ARTRA, Los Angeles, CA
London Art Fair, Albemarle Gallery, London, U.K.
Séance, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Mario Vasquez
Overload, Garaboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
10th Anniversary Exhibition, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2012 In the Dark, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, CA
The Gang’s All Here, Central Utah Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT, curated by Max Presneill
Durden and Ray:Year II, Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
CO/LAB II, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
Portrait of Antarctica, Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Oasis, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA
Material Manifestations, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Hoojung Lee
Beyond Nowness, McNish Gallery at Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA, curated by Gul Cagin
The New Cool School, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, curated by Chris Trueman
2011 Platform LA Fair/ CO/LAB, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Platform LA Fair/ CO/LAB, Monte Vista projects, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Standard Time: Black is the Color of True, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA,
curated by Jay Lizo
Keeping an Eye on Surveillance, Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, curated by
Hanna Regev
Costra Nostra, Gallery Rheeway, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Grant Vetter
Re:Present, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Max Presneill and Luis
Hernandez
Plus 1, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Film: Shorts, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Kiel Johnson
The 6th International Inviting Exhibition, Namseoul University Art Center Gallery IANG,
Seoul, Korea, curated by Walpa D’Mark
Polemically Small, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, curated by Edward Lucie- Smith and Max Presneill
Portraits of the Fallen, Paley Media Center and Museum, Beverly Hills, CA, curated by
Sherry Moore and Dale Youngman
New Moon, Shangri-La, Joshua Tree, CA, curated by Michelle Chong and Andrew Dunlap
Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Art Building, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Mat Gleason
Red, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Year One, Commonspace, Los Angeles, CA
Year One, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Polemically Small, Charlie Smith Gallery, London, UK, curated by Edward Lucie-Smith
L_ove A_lways, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan
L_ove A_lways, Gallery Eitoeiko, Tokyo, Japan
Nice to Meet You, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Aqua, Toomey- Tourell Fine Art, Miami, FL
Inaugural Exhibition, Kaycee Olsen Gallery, Culver City, CA
Optimistic American Dischords, Werkstatt Gallery, Berlin, Germany, curated by Edward Lucie-Smith
Spring Fling, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Trade Show, Zirrat Bankasi Gallery, Ankara, Turkey (catalog)
Cacophonic, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Cacophonic, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
New Paintings, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia (catalog)
Art San Diego, Durden & Ray, San Diego, CA
Durden & Ray Presents, Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2009 Zoom, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (catalog)
Nel Vostro Spazio/ In Your Space, Giacomo Projects, Venice, Italy
Trade Show, Isfa University Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (catalog)
Over/Flow, Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, CA
Fourth of July Show, Jancar/McCorckle Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Wide Angle III, Cal State Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Discovered/ Undiscovered, Smog Shoppe, Culver City, CA (catalog)
Supersonic, Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
The 210 Show, Project 210, Pasadena, CA
2008 Ten, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Overhung, Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
Don't Be Shy, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
Black and White, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
New Paintings, Canvas Gallery, Seattle, WA
Us vs. Them, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Portable A3, Front Magazine and Artists Helping Artists, Antwerp, Belgium
Political Disco, Santee Project Space, Los Angeles, CA
The Benefit Exhibition, Duncan Miller Gallery, Culver City, CA
2007 Flow Fair, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Miami, FL
Portable A3, Front Magazine and Artists Helping Artists, Portland, OR
Velocity, Claremont Art Museum, Claremont, CA
The Fourth Leg, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
The Media, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
Art Chicago, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Chicago, IL
Things that are in the News or Should Be, Second City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Figurations, Claremont City Hall, Claremont, CA
Red Dot, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, New York, NY
2006 Flow Fair, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art
2004 Big, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Lumen, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
The Clockwatchers, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Scope Arts, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Women Union Gallery, Cal State Sacramento University
2003 What You See Is What You Get, Temple Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Angel Show, Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2011 CCI ARC Grant (formerly the Durfee Grant)
2009 MFA Now Prize
2008 Walker/ Parker Memorial Fellowship
Claremont Graduate University Travel Grant
2007 Claremont Graduate University Fellowship
2003 International Art Award for Mixed-Media, Golden Key Honors Society
2002 International Art Award for Painting, Golden Key Honors Society
Abrams Prize Grant for the Arts
UC- Santa Barbara Graduation Speaker
2001 John E. Profant Memorial Scholarship for the Arts
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2014 Roni Feldman: Visual Explorer, Beautiful Decay, Russ Crest, January 21
2013 Mexicali Biennial, LA Times, Christopher Knight, January 28
Mexicali Biennial, LA Weekly, Alissa Walker, Jan 17
Material manifestation, Art Beats L.A, Pauline Adamek
2012 Durden and Ray, TemporaryArtReview.com, Sarrita Hun
Durden and Ray, Postal 7600, Jose Maria Casas
Roni Feldman at Garboushian Gallery, Ramona Magazine, Conde Samos, March 23
2011 Shadowlighter, Artweek.com, Bill Bush
Roni Feldman Gets the Durfee, Autonomie.com, Grant Vetter
Behind the Colors: Interview with Roni Feldman, Bloginity.com, Chrissy Crawford
In The Dark, Ramona Magazine, Conde Samos
Art in LA, Art.es, Beatrice Chassepot
XOXO, NYArtBeat.com
XOXO, artcat.com
Brewery Artists, VBS.tv
2010 Black Flash, Art Ltd., Constance Mallinson
Changing of the Guard, Artillery Magazine
Optimistic American Dischords, Kunst Magazin
Interview with Beatrice Chassepot, Be.Art
2009 Zoom, Catalog, Torrance Art Museum
ARTRA, Catalog, Torrance Art Museum and RAID Projects
Wide Angle III, Catalog, Long Beach Art Museum
Prism Review, University of La Verne Press
Here and Now ARTRA Curatorial- Proud to Present, Tucker Neel
2008 Collective Dissolve, Front Magazine
Collective Dissolve, artbusiness.com
2007 Art Notes from the Road, Orange County Register, Richard Chang, June 24
Mediated Media, Brea Star Progress, Jaimee Lynn Fletcher, June 7
Bring It On, Long Beach Press Telegram, Shirlie Gottlieb, April 27
The Media, Catalogue, City of Brea Gallery
2006 The Space of Heaven, Palo Alto Weekly, March 15
The Space of Heaven, Stanford Report, March 15
The Clockwatchers, Davis Enterprise, Suzanne Minich, February 5
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2015 Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR, Art and Writing
2014 Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Panel on the status of portraiture
Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK, Lecture
2012 Garboushian Gallery, interview with Roland Reiss
2011 Radio Cultura, interview with Stella Sidi, Argentina
Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, lecture
Performance Art Institute, Lecture
2010 Berlin Collective, Berlin, Germany
2009 National Art School, Sydney, Australia, Lecture
Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, CA, Lecture
CGU, World On Fire Conference, Lecture
Santa Barbara City College, Lecture
2008 Chaffey College, Lecture
2006 The Painting Gourmet, Interview by Darlene Carmen, Television
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2009-Pres. Otis College of Art and Design, Senior Lecturer
2011-Pres. Otis College of Art and Design, Academic Mentor
Otis College of Art and Design, Foundation Academic Coordinator