ANALIA SABAN
Born
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2005
MFA in New Genres, University of California, Los Angeles
2001
BFA in Visual Arts, Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Bathroom Sink, Etc., Spruth Maters Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Datum, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, England
2012
Gag, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City, NY
2011
Derrames, 11x7 Galeria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dig, Gallerie Praz Delavallade, Paris, France
Grayscale, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles
2010
Froing and Toing, Light & Wire Gallery (online), Los Angeles, California
Information Leaks, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2009
Light Breaks Out of Prism, Thomas Solomon Gallery@Cottage Home, Los Angeles, California
Living Color, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2007
When Things Collapse, Galerie Praz-Delavallade. Paris, France
Wet Paintings in the Womb, Galerie Spruth Magers, Projekte, Munich, Germany
2005
Bit by Bit, Kim Light Gallery / Lightbox (Inaugural Exhibition), Los Angeles, California
Group Exhibitions
2013
Painting in Place, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Farmers and Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Alchemy, The Arts Club, London, UK
The Ecstasy of the Newness of the Image (or the Communicability of an Unusual One) Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, NY
4 Artistas + 11 Preguntas a Marta Minujin, Gallery 11 x 7, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paint Things: Beyond the Stretcher, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachussetts
The New Now, Carter and Citizen. Los Angeles, CA
2012
Your History is Our History, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Pour une grammaire du hasard, Centre d'art contemporain de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Mentors Exhibition, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
On Sincerity, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Across the Pacific, 313 Art Project, Seoul, Korea
Stretching the Limits: Fibers in Contemporary Painting, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
RUDIN PRIZE for Emerging Photographers, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
The Crash of Ruin Fitfully Resounds, Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Weights and Measures, Eleven Rivington Gallery, New York, NY
La Ballena Negra, MARCO Museum, Vigo, Spain
Dark Matters, Chapman University, Los Angeles, CA
Lost Line: Selections from the Permanent Collection, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Made in L.A. 2012, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Changing States of Matter, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Architectural Dispositions, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Possessed, Triangle, Marseille, France
2011
Incredulous Zealots, Josh Lilley, London, England
American Exuberance, Rubell Family Collection
Alistair Frost, Julian Hoeber, Analia Saban, Jeremy Shaw, Bodson-Emelinckx Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Recent Acquisitions from The Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Painting Expanded, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City, New York
White-hot, Margaret Thatcher, New York City, NY
Analia Saban, Aaron Spangler, and Marianne Vitale, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York City, New York
A Painting Show, Harris Lieberman, New York City, New York
Gifted, curated by Ben Street, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Suelto, La Central/Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Columbia
2010
How Soon Now, Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, Florida (catalog)
Gifted, curated by Ben Street, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, England
Baker's Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
The Summer Show, Cottage Home, Los Angeles, California
5 X 5 CASTELLO 10, Premi Internacional d'Art Contemporani, ESPAI d'Art Contemporani de Castello, Castello, Spain
2009
Counter Intellignence, organized by Marco Rios, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, California
Drawing, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2008-09
Recursion, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2007
LA 2007 Soft Core - Perspectives for a New Guerrilla Art, Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Arte Povera Now and Then - Perspectives for a New Guerrilla Art, ESSO Gallery, New York City, New York
2005
Light Opt(s): A Selection, LIGHTBOX Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Artist's Touch / The Slight of the Hand, LINCART, San Francisco, California
New Sculpture in Southern California, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange County, California
Fast Forward, a Passion for the New, Red House Gallery / House of Campari, Venice, California
Genderosity, 4F Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
SUPERSONIC, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California
New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles
2004
Paper, Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2002
Digital Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
2001
Matérico vs. Digital, Lanín Galería - Pasaje Lanín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Feedback, The Visual Arts Center and Collins C. Diboll Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bibliography
2012
Myers, Holly, "Future Greats" Art Review, March 2012.
Myers, Holly, "Analia Saban Paints a Different Picture of Success" Los Angeles Times, February 2012.
2011
The Art Newspaper, "Regarding Robert Ryman" December 3-4, pp. 10.
Mack, Joshua, ArtReview December, 2012, pp. 35
Mendelsohn, Meredith, Introducing Analia Saban - Abstract Expansionist. Stretching the art of painting,
Modern Painters, September 2011, pp. 50-52
Dr. G. "Artist of the Month: Analia Saban," BODIES IN MOTION, June 4, www.bodiesinspace.com/?p=9341 (illustrated).
Griffin, Jonathan. "Analia Saban: Grayscale," ArtReview, Issue 51, Summer (illustrated).
Martens, Anne. Exhibition review, Flash Art, May/June: 157 (illustrated).
Pagel, David. “Analia Saban’s ‘Grayscale’ at Thomas Solomon Gallery," Los Angeles Times, April 8 (illustrated).
Zevitas, Steve. “Coast to Coast, Abstraction Rules: Top Ten Painting Shows in the U.S.” The Huffington Post, April 6: www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-zevitas/coast-to-coast-abstractio_b_843986.html#s260428&title=Analia_Saban (illustrated).
Gardner, Ralph. “A Tour Guide for Artistically Apprehensive,” The Wall Street Journal, March 7.
2010
Carey-Kent, Paul. “LA-based artist Analia Saban debuts at Josh Lilley Gallery in London,”
Saatchi Online, www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/art_news/analia_saban_in_
conversation_with_paul_carey-kent/6472, July (illustrated).
Emerling, Susan. "L.A. makes a showing at ARCO," Art in America, Vol. 98, No. 2,
February: 30.
2009
Taubman, Lara. “Endless Summer,” artnet.com, October 15 (illustrated):
www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/taubman/endless-summer10-15-09.asp.
Mosconi, Joseph and Rita Gonzalez, editors. Area Sneaks, Vol 2. Los Angeles, interview by Claire de Dobay Rifelj (illustrated).
Villodre, Nicolas. "Analia Saban: Living Color." Paris-Art, www.paris-art.com, March.
2007
Lesauvage, Magali. "Analia Saban, When Things Collapse," Paris-Art, www.paris-art.com, May.
Sonna, Birgit, “Mal witzig, mal anklagend,” Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Münchener Kultur, Germany, S.54, Apr 12.
"The Other Los Angeles - Venice," Paper Magazine, Vol 23 No. 07 pp. 66 - 67, February.
"Feature: Armory Show - A Fine-Art Browser,” New York Magazine (online) - February 22.
2006
Packham, Monte. “Shortcuts,” SLEEK Magazine, Berlin, Germany, Issue No. 11, Summer.
Roussel, Noëllie. “Dossier : la scène de Los Angeles,” ART PRESS (France), Issue No. 322, April.
Frank, Peter. “10 Emerging Artists,” LA WEEKLY, January 6 – 12.
Campagnola, Sonia. "Focus Los Angeles," FLASH ART International, January/February, p. 70.
2005
Frank, Peter. Pick of the Week, LA WEEKLY, November 25 - December 1, p. 58. Furmanski, Jonathan. Prop / Piece, exhibition catalog, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, October.
2002
Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, Digital Louisiana, exhibition catalog, April.
Writings
2010
Saban, Analia. Editorial contribution, GRAPHITE, interdisciplinary journal of the arts, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Issue No. 1, June: 50-54.
2007
Saban, Analia. “The Baldessarian Method,” GAGARIN Magazine - The Artists in their own words, Brussels, Belgium, Issue No. 14, January/February.
2005
The Painting Ball [Document], Published independently by Analia Saban; Los Angeles, California, October.
SHOW MEAT, Exhibition Catalog, Published independently by Joshua Callaghan, Adrian Ellis, Amir Fallah, and Analia Saban, Los Angeles, California, May.
Public Collections
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
MOCA, Los Angeles, California