Gregory Kucera | Resume

Born 1974 in Santa Fe, NM; resides in Los Angeles

EDUCATION
2001 Master of Fine Art, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA
1996 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology, Film, Art), Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005
Greg Kucera Gallery (no relation), Seattle

2004
I-20 Gallery, New York

2003
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Sweeney Art Museum, University of California, Riverside

2002
I-20 Gallery, New York

2001
Graduate Gallery Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004
FARfetched, Foundation for Arts Resource, Los Angeles
Domicile, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle; curated by Jim O?Donnell
Stay Positive! Positivism and Abstraction in Contemporary Art, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Italy
The Armory Show, New York

2003
Artissima, Torino, Italy
Art Cologne 2003, Cologne, Germany
Scope Art Fair, special curated benefit, Standard Hotels, Los Angeles
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Art Forum Berlin 2003, Berlin, Germany
Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, PA
The Armory Show, New York
Art in Motion: Interference Patterns, The Armory, Pasadena, CA

2002
LA Freewaves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
LA Freewaves, Hammer Museum of Art, University of California, Los Angeles
LA Freewaves, Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles
Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
Suburban Discomfort, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
Contemporary Exhibitions Series, Coppos Films, Los Angeles
Das Spyderman, Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood, CA

2001
DFKU, Brandts Kl?defabrik, Odense, Denmark
Videoteque, KUNSTAKUTEN, Stockholm, Sweden
Test Tube, Pierce College, Los Angeles; curated by Christopher Miles
Liste, Art 32 Basel (Low Gallery, Los Angeles), Basel, Switzerland
AIMII, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA

2000
Fit, New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles
Shotgun! Project Space, Peblink, Denmark

1999
CAA-MFA, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Brisk, Occidental College Gallery, Los Angeles

COLLECTIONS
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY

AWARDS AND HONORS
Travel Grant, Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design, Graduate Fellowship
Howard J. For Juror?s Prize, Works on Paper, Occidental College
J. Paul Getty Trust Research Fellowship
Bank of America, Juried Prize

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Stay Positive! Positivism and Abstraction in Contemporary Art, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Italy (cat.)
Regina Hackett, "Coca?s 'Domicile' Really Hits Home" Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 10 2004
Miles, Christopher. "Gregory Kucera Critics Picks", ArtForum Online, Nov 2003.
Alex Worman, "LA Confidential? ArtNet: Los Angeles, 2003
Art Scene LA: Los Angeles CA, 2003
Miles, Christopher. "Gregory Kucera-First Takes", ArtForum, Jan 2003.
Meyers, Holly. ?Turning Impulses Into Works of Art:? Los Angeles Times, Aug 2002
Pence, Elizabeth. ?Das SpyderMan?, ArtWeek, October 2002
Tribe, Kerry. ?Fit,? Los Angeles: University of California, 2000
Gonzales, Rita. ?Give Me Shelter, Videos on Suburban Discomfort? Mexico City: Rufino Tamayo Museum, 2002.

FILMOGRAPHY (ANNOTATED):
Co-Producer, Sound-Editor. Suicide et Moi , featuring Jean Baudrillard, Mike Kelley, (Executive Producer,) and the Chance Band, Audio CD, 62 min. 2002.

Cinematographer, Editor, Post-Production Supervisor. The Big Hunt/Little Hunt. Catherine Sullivan, director. Co-Produced by the Armand Hammer Museum and the Renaissance Society. experimental, 22 min. 16mm film and digital video, 2002.

Editor, Initiation Rite of 360, Jim Shaw, director. experimental, 10 minutes, digital video, 2002.

Creative Director, Art Center College of Design, Fine Art Site, /fineart.artcenter.edu /, 2001.

Producer, Cinematographer, Editor. Domestic Scene, Mike Kelley, director. Experimental narrative, 30 minutes, digital video, 2001.

Art Director, Memento, Chris Nolan, director. Feature Film, 35mm, 120 minutes 2001.

Producer, Five Films from 1968 (New), John Baldessari, director. Video Installation, 180 minutes, Kunsthalle, Basel, 2001.