Born 1975 Miami, Florida
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles, CA. 2004 BFA.
Valand Kunstskolan, Goteborg, Sweden
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Edition of 3 + 2 AP's (A Brief History of Art), JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA.
Good Idea Today, Do it Tomorrow, (with Brian Kennon) I-20, New York,NY. (Catalogue)
2008
Maa-Nupi Wakipi, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
Uzihektaka Wakipi, (The Cave Project), Los Angeles, CA.
Yskki Wakipi, Open Satellite, Seattle, WA. (Catalogue)
Naagi Maa Nu Wakipi, Mesler and Hug, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Webik: Okori Wakipi, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY.
Laau pi, Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Waka Mi Cha, Trudi, Los Angeles, CA.
2006
Art Basel Miami, Art Positions, Miami, FL. (Catalogue)
Kukadiku, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
Makawana Omawaki, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles, CA.
2004
Beneath the Shade of the Trees, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Angels and Demons, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
Construct and Dissolve, Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Please Come, Tanzschule, Munich, Germany
1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA.
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.
Prose pour des Esseintes, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
2008
Bara, Bernhard Lehner, Chris Lipomi, Forever and a Day Buro, Berlin, Germany
Legende, Domaine de Chamarande, France (Catalog)
Black Dragon Society (closing exhibition), BDS, Los Angeles, CA.
Pruesspress, Rental Gallery, New York, NY.
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.
2007
Koln Show 2, European Kunsthalle, Koln, Germany (Catalogue)
Mongrel, Sixteen:One, Los Angeles, CA.
Stuff: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
Maka Watcha Wana, High Desert Test Sites, Wonder Valley, CA.
Palisadenparenchym, Danese, New York, NY.
Kairos, Kantor Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Trudi, (No Jerks), Rental Gallery, New York, NY.
2006
Modern Primitivism, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Back from the End of the Earth, Ben Kaufmann Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
Group Show, Daniel Hug, Los Angeles, CA.
Volume 1; Breeze Over the Muffin Top, Universal Cube, Leipzig, Germany
Villa Holiday, Warsaw, Poland
Weltkunstsammlung, Centre, Berlin, Germany (Two Person)
2005
Pictures are the Problem, Pelham Art Center, New York, NY.
The February Show, 1103 La Brea, Los Angeles, CA. (Organized)
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.
Fastforward, House of Capri, Venice, CA.
2004
Group Show, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
Upstream: Idea Drawings, Hayworth, Los Angeles, CA. (Organized)
High Desert Test Sights, Joshua Tree, CA.
PROJECTS
2009
The Blackwelder Show, Blackwelder Complex, Culver City, CA.
The May Show, Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA.
2005
The February Show, 1103 La Brea, Los Angeles, CA.
AWARDS
2003
Edward J. and Alice Mae Smith Award
2002
Lillian Levinson Scholarship Award
1999
Paul Sack Award
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Seattle Art Museum
Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Detroit Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Elizabeth Pence, "Yskki Wakipi", Art Week, February, 2009
Holte, Michael Ned, "Best of 2008", Art Forum, December, 2008
Roberta Smith, "Pruesspress", New York Times, July, 2008
T.J.McNamara, "Maa-Nupi Wakipi", New Zealand Herald, March, 2008
John Hurrell, "Maa-Nupi Wakipi", ECAF, New Zealand, March, 2008
Paul Young, "Uzihektaka Wakipi", Los Angeles Times, February, 2008
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, "Uzihektaka Wakipi", NYFA Current, February, 2008
Isabelle Dupuis, "Webik: Okori Wakipi", Flash Art, January, 2008
Chiara Argentini, "Good Karma", International Auctioneers, Autumn, 2007
Holte, Michael Ned, “Mongrel”, Art Forum, November, 2007 (Good)
David Pagel, “Mongrel”, Los Angeles Times, August, 2007 (Bad)
Holte, Michael Ned, “Makawana Omawaki”, Art Forum, June, 2006
Bluhm, Erik, “Makawana Omawaki”, Art US, Spring, 2006