VISHAL JUGDEO
Born
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2007 Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, California
2005 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles (forthcoming)
2010 Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, California
2009 Square Configuration (Decorum) Study, Helen Pitt Gallery Artist Run Centre, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
2008 Surplus Room, LA><ART, Los Angeles, California
2005 Video About Sculpture, Western Front, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2004 An Arrangement of Things, Xeno Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2011 Video Show, curated by Corin Sworn, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
L'Argent, curated by Juan Gaitan, Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam,
Netherlands
2010 The Regional, video programcurated by Lauri Firstenberg, Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida
2010 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
(catalogue)
Quadruple-Consciousness, curated by Malik Gaines, Vox Populi, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
2009 Ulli & Lucrecia's Lustige Guppenausstellung mit Party, Los Angeles 2009, curated by
Lucrecia Roa and Ulrich Wulff, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, California
Tables and Chairs, curated by Jedediah Caesar and Shana Lutker, D'Amelio Terras
Gallery, New York City, New York
The Chef's Theory, curated by Maha Saab, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, California
No Soul For Sale, (presented by LA><ART), X-initiative, New York City, New York City,
New York
1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California
Five Night Stand, curated by Sherin Guirguis in conjunction with the CAA Conference,
site-specific installation at the Bonaventure Hotel lobby, Los Angeles, California
Square Configuration (Decorum Study), special project presented by LA><ART at
Art Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California
2008 LA25 Half-Life, curated by Thomas Solomon, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary
Exhibitions), Los Angeles, California
LA25, curated by Thomas Solomon, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP,
Los Angeles, California
Boofthle Booth-Booth, curated by Mateo Tannatt, Pauline, Los Angeles, California
Accidental Modernism, curated by Christopher Eamon, Leslie Tonkonow Gallery,
New York City, New York
2007 Read Me! Text in Art, curated by Malik Gaines, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena,
California
New Insight Exhibition at Art Chicago, curated by Suzanne Ghez, Chicago, Illinois
Since Before and After, Invitational Alumni Exhibition, Bartlett Gallery, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2006 Sorry Window, window installation at LA><ART, Los Angeles, California
Bring the War Home, curated by Drew Heitzler, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City,
New York and Q.E.D. Gallery, Los Angeles, California (collaboration with Justin Beal)
2004 Production, Consumption, Function, curated by Jeremy Todd, Helen Pitt Gallery,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (collaboration with 'The Meeting')
2003 On Location, curated by Monika Szewczyck, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
Other Related Projects
2008 Artist Project, ArtLies, Issue 60, Winter.
2007 Artist Project (in collaboration with Justin Beal), Xtra Magazine, Fall.
2006 The Anxiety of Influence, The Wight Biennial, co-curator, The New Wight Gallery,
University of California, Los Angeles (catalogue)
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