Kaari Upson
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
1972 Born in San Bernardino, USA
Education
2007 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
2004 BFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
1998 New York Studio School, New York
Public Collections
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, NL
Rubell Family Collection and Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
sep 07 - nov 17 2019 | Kaari Upson | Kunstverein Hannover,
Germany |
aug 30 - nov 10 2019 | Go Back the Way You Came | Kunsthalle Basel,
Switzerland |
oct 03 - nov 17 2018 | Kaari Upson | MASSIMO DE CARLO,
LONDON |
may 03 - oct 09 2017 | Kaari Upson: Good Thing You Are Not Alone | New Museum, New York |
nov 22 2016 - jan 14 2017 | MMDP | Sprüth Magers Berlin |
may 28 - jul 18 2015 | Hole | Massimo De Carlo,
London |
nov 16 - dec 14 2014 | Kaari Upson | Ramiken Crucible,
New York |
sep 25 - nov 09 2013 | Sleep with the Key | Massimo De Carlo,
Milan |
jun 25 - jul 30 2012 | Baby Please Come Home | Massimo De Carlo,
London |
oct 16 - nov 12 2011 | Kaari Upson | Overduin and Kite,
Los Angeles |
jun 15 - jun 19 2011 | Statements | Art 42,
Basel |
nov 07 - dec 19 2009 | I am bound to have some anxiety about this so please if I say stop, don't stop | Maccarone,
New York |
nov 27 2007 - feb 17 2008 | Hammer Projects: Kaari Upson | Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles |
feb 05 - feb 09 2007 | The Larry Project, Chapter Two: The Honeymoon Period | D301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts,
Valencia |
may 11 - nov 24 2019 | May You Live In Interesting Times | George Condo, Cyprien Gaillard, Rosemarie Trockel, Kaari Upson | La Biennale di Venezia,
Italy |
feb 12 - sep 22 2019 | California Artists from the Marciano Collection | A.o., John Baldessari, Thomas Demand, Barbara Kruger, Analia Saban, Kaari Upson | Marciano Art Foundation,
Los Angeles |
dec 21 2018 - may 12 2019 | Zombies: Pay Attention! | A.o., Kaari Upson | Aspen Art Museum |
oct 11 - dec 16 2018 | The Artist is Present | A.o., Kaari Upson | Yuz Museum,
Shanghai |
sep 22 - nov 10 2018 | DAN FINSEL /TRULEE HALL / CHRIS PETERS / KAARI UPSON | A.o., Kaari Upson | Michael Benevento,
Los Angeles |
apr 12 - apr 15 2018 | La Triennale de Milano | A.o., Kaari Upson | Torre Velasco,
Milan |
feb 24 - jun 03 2018 | Eruption from the Surface: The Origami Principle in Art | A.o., Kaari Upson | Marta Herford Museum for Art, Architecture, Design,
Herford, Germany |
sep 12 - nov 12 2017 | ‘A Good Neighbor' | A.o., Kaari Upson | 15th Istanbul Biennial,
Istanbul |
may 25 - dec 24 2017 | Unpacking: The Marciano Collection | A.o., Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin, Cyprien Gaillard, Louise Lawler, Sterling Ruby, Analia Saban, Kaari Upson | Marciano Art Foundation,
Los Angeles |
apr 26 - apr 27 2017 | Material Concerns and Current Practices | A.o., Analia Saban, Kaari Upson | Helen Frankenthaler Foundation,
New York |
mar 17 - jun 11 2017 | Whitney Biennial | A.o., Kaari Upson | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
mar 11 - may 13 2017 | Concrete Island | A.o., Sterling Ruby, Analia Saban, Kaari Upson | VENUS,
Los Angeles |
sep 30 2016 - jan 08 2017 | No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection | A.o., Kaari Upson | National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington, DC |
sep 22 2016 - jan 22 2017 | Los Angeles – A Fiction | A.o., Kaari Upson | Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway |
sep 02 - oct 09 2016 | Adhesive Products | A.o., Sterling Ruby, Kaari Upson | Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway |
jun 10 - jul 29 2016 | SELF | A.o., Kaari Upson | Massimo De Carlo,
London |
mar 13 - sep 04 2016 | Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016 | A.o., Kaari Upson | Hauser Wirth & Schimmel,
Los Angeles |
dec 02 2015 - may 28 2016 | No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection | A.o., Kaari Upson | Rubell Family Collection,
Miami |
nov 16 - nov 30 2015 | Young Americans | Petra Cortright, Luis Gispert, Alex Ito, Carter Mull, Ken Okiishi, Timur Si-qin, Ryan Trecartin, Kaari Upson | Franz Josefs Kai 3,
Vienna |
oct 25 2015 - apr 30 2016 | New Skin | A.o., Kaari Upson | Aïshti Foundation,
Beirut |
aug 15 2015 - sep 12 2016 | The Art of Our Time | A.o., Kaari Upson | Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |
apr 23 2015 - mar 2016 | Panorama | A.o., Kaari Upson | The High Line,
New York |
mar 27 - jun 28 2015 | Second Chances | A.o., Kaari Upson | Aspen Art Museum |
jan 30 - jun 07 2015 | Sleepless: The Bed in History and Contemporary Art | A.o., Kaari Upson | 21er Haus,
Vienna |
sep 27 - dec 07 2014 | Golden State | A.o., Kaari Upson | MOCA Tucson |
sep 13 - nov 09 2014 | The Los Angeles Project | A.o., Kaari Upson | Ullens Center for Contemporary Art,
Beijing |
may 03 - jun 07 2014 | Maximalism | A.o., Kaari Upson | Contemporary Fine Arts,
Berlin |
apr 16 - may 24 2014 | Home/Sculpture | Thomas Grünfeld, Rashid Johnson, Rob Pruitt, Josh Smith, Kaari Upson, Andra Ursuta | Massimo De Carlo,
London |
apr 05 - may 22 2014 | Veils | A.o., Kaari Upson | Underground Museum,
Los Angeles |
mar 05 2014 - jan 15 2015 | Procession | A.o., Kaari Upson | CAPC Musée D’art Contemporain, Bordeaux |
feb 25 - mar 08 2014 | CalArts Art Benefit and Auction | A.o., Kaari Upson | Regen Projects,
Los Angeles |
sep 24 - oct 05 2013 | CULM | A.o., Kaari Upson | Night Gallery,
Los Angeles |
sep 22 - dec 01 2013 | Test Pattern | A.o., Kaari Upson | Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York |
jun 21 - aug 02 2013 | Mixed Message Media | A.o., Kaari Upson | Gladstone Gallery,
New York |
jun 08 - sep 29 2013 | Transforming the Known: Works from the Bert Kreuk Collection | A.o., Kaari Upson | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag |
may 11 - jun 29 2013 | Endless Bummer II/Still Bummin’ | A.o., Kaari Upson | Marlborough Chelsea, New York |
apr 03 - may 18 2013 | Passive Aggressive | A.o., Kaari Upson | Massimo De Carlo,
Milan |
mar 15 - apr 28 2013 | FLICKER | A.o., Kaari Upson | Control Room,
Los Angeles |
feb 10 - mar 11 2013 | A Selection of Recent Acquisitions | A.o., Kaari Upson | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |
may 04 - jul 15 2012 | The Residue of Memory | A.o., Kaari Upson | Aspen Art Museum |
nov 30 2011 - jul 27 2012 | American Exuberance | A.o., Kaari Upson | Rubell Family Collection,
Miami |
oct 20 - nov 26 2011 | OH! | A.o., Kaari Upson | Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris |
jul 10 - oct 02 2011 | George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown) | A.o., Kaari Upson | MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles |
mar 01 - apr 15 2011 | Involuntary | A.o., Kaari Upson | Ford Project,
New York |
feb 15 - apr 20 2011 | Are You Glad to Be in America? | A.o., Kaari Upson | Massimo De Carlo,
Milan |
dec 15 2010 - jan 31 2011 | Psycho Painting | A.o., Kaari Upson | Carlson Gallery,
London |
dec 01 2010 - aug 26 2011 | How Soon Now | A.o., Kaari Upson | Rubell Family Collection,
Miami |
feb 06 - may 09 2010 | One on One | A.o., Kaari Upson | SITE,
Santa Fe |
nov 12 - dec 17 2009 | Berlin – Los Angeles: A Tale of Two (Other) Cities | A.o., Kaari Upson | Massimo De Carlo,
Milan |
oct 04 - oct 31 2009 | Chinese Box | A.o., Kaari Upson | Overduin and Kite,
Los Angeles |
mar 08 - may 31 2009 | Nine Lives: Visionary artists from l.a. | A.o., Kaari Upson | Hammer Museum, Los Angeles |
nov 20 - dec 20 2008 | Sack of Bones | A.o., Kaari Upson | Peres Projects,
Los Angeles |
jul 10 - aug 29 2008 | Pretty Ugly | A.o., Kaari Upson | Gavin Brown's Enterprise & Maccarone,
New York |
jul 18 - sep 01 2007 | Internal Mechanisms | A.o., Kaari Upson | High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, |
mar 05 - mar 10 2007 | Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions | A.o., Kaari Upson | Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts,
Valencia |
feb 24 - mar 18 2007 | The Juice is Loose...A Big Painting Show | A.o., Kaari Upson | 507 Rose,
Venice |