Education
Masters of Fine Arts, UC San Diego 2008
Bachelor of Arts, UC Irvine 2002
Awards/Commissions
2018-2020 Vera List Center For Art and Politics, Fellow, New School, New York
2015-2019 Metro Artist Commission, Crenshaw/LAX Line
2013 California Community Foundation, Emerging Artist Fellowship
2012 Center for Cultural Innovation, ARC (Artists’ Resource for Completion) Grant
2008 Honorarium, The New Children’s Museum, San Diego
Graduate Research Grant, UCSD
Solo Exhibitions/Screenings
2020And, Apollo: A Laboratory, Aronson Galleries, curated by Christiane Paul and Eriola Pira, NY
2017 Undone, curated by McLean Fahnestock, Austin Peay State University, TN
2012 Quartet For The End of Time, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
2011 Three New Works, Luis de Jesus, Los Angeles
2009 Donut, Patrick Painter, Los Angeles
2008 Desert USA, compact/space Gallery, Los Angeles
Selected Group Exhibitions/Performances/Screenings
2022
Faculty 2022, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca NY
I tilted over until it becomes horizon, String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora NY
2019
Forms and Figures, Echo Park Film Center, organized by Primsuda Sakuntabhai, Los Angeles
Calafia, MexiCali Biennial, w/Nikki Darling, curated by Daniela Lieja, The Armory, LA
2018
Ain’t I A Womxn, with Dirty Looks LA, organized by Raquel Gutierrez, Los Angeles
After Hours, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles
Blackout, Peekskill Film Festival, Hudson Valley Center for the Arts, NY
MexiCali Biennial, Southern California sites include: Los Angeles, Lancaster, Mexicali
If Only It Were That Easy, performance with Carmen Argote, Pacific Standard Time
2017
Undone, curated by McLean Fahnestock, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee
Whitney Houston Biennial: The Greatest Love of All, New York
2016
Seduction of a Cyborg, Curated by David Evans Frantz, Hannah Grosman, Simone Krug, Human Resources, Los Angeles
Watch queen, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan; Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan
SQUASH, organized by Rachel James and Laetitia Jeurissen, Mexico City
2015
Edible Planets/Soylent Dialogues, organized by Mateo Tannatt, The Pit, Los Angeles
New Original Works Festival 2015, Takao Kawaguchi, Jonathan Hall and Deanna Erdmann: Touch of the Other, REDCAT, Los Angeles
Touch of the Other: Performing the Laud Humphreys Archive
WATCHQUEEN, ONE Archives, Los Angeles
Form is the outline and structure of a thing, University Art Gallery, UC Irvine
2014
Apollo TBD, curated by Evelena Ruether, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles
Reverb, curated by Max Presneill and Daniel Rothman, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles
Transmission (Parts 1 and 2), curated by Catlin Moore and Matthew Gardocki, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach and Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles
Rainbow Control Room, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles
2013
The Stand In (or A Glass of Milk), Public Fiction, curated by Lauren Mackler and Alex Gaty, Los Angeles
All That is Solid, Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
Waxing the Bud, Actual Size, curated by Eric Bollman, Los Angeles
CAC or BUST!, organized by AL Steiner, Art Theater of Long Beach, CA
Disc Storage 24 (PINK), organized by Darin Klein, Institute for American Art, Portland Maine
2012
Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge, curated by Darin Klein, Luis de Jesus, Los Angeles
Dirty Looks: Long Distance Love Affairs, curated by Darin Klein and Bradford Nordeen, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and Yale University, New Haven
It’s The Thought That Counts, curated by David Bell, Control Room, Los Angeles
COLT, Platinum Series – Experimental Showcase, Outfest, REDCAT, Los Angeles
Dirty Looks NYC, New York City, New York
Move In, curated by ONE Archives & David Evans Frantz, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
2011
DRUMSTICK (with Community Action Center), REDCAT, Los Angeles
Adult Contemporary – Family Romance, Kavi Gupta Berlin
Drumstick, Platinum Series – Experimental Showcase, Outfest, REDCAT, Los Angeles
Abstract Smallness, curated by Farrah Karapetian, POST Gallery, Los Angeles
Things I Never Say, screening curated by Trish Stone, ArtProduce, San Diego
Y53k, curated by Micha Cardenas, ARTifact, San Diego
2010
Adult Contemporary - Dirty Black Summer, Kavi Gupta, Berlin
Depthless, Statler Waldorf Gallery, Los Angeles
Machines for the Future, curated by Genevieve Yue, Mandrake, Los Angeles
Original Plumbing #2 Release Party, curated by Darin Klein, workspace, Los Angeles
5 Points Reading Series Present: Treasures From a Lesbian Library, curated by Eve Fowler, workspace, Los Angeles
Geburstag, curated by Ted Chung, Marcuse Gallery, San Diego
2009
Social Climbing, curated by Luis de Jesus, Seminal Projects, San Diego
We Cant’ Stop Thinking, That’s Why We’re Running Away, curated by Farrah Emami, grove of trees, San Diego
2008
Studio Green, The New Children’s Museum, San Diego
Cocked: The Possessed Male / Object of My Desire, curated by Luis de Jesus, Seminal Projects, San Diego CA
GLAMFA, (Greater Los Angeles MFA select exhibition), Cal State Long Beach
2007
Origin Is The Goal, curated by Darin Klein, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
Writing States, group readings and performances, The Rubber Rose, San Diego
2006
Dolphins of San Onofre, curated by Malik Gaines, compact/space Gallery, Los Angeles
Where: Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, Lui Velasquez, Tijuana, Mexico, Queen’s Nails Annex, San Francisco
The Pathetic Conference, curated by Eileen Myles, Che Café, San Diego
2004
Open Show 2004, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
Yank, Andrea Bowers and Sam Durant’s studio, Los Angeles
Non Violent Civil Disobedience Training, photo collaboration with Andrea Bowers, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Residencies
2016 SOMA, Mexico City
IV Articles & Reviews
2015 A CONVERSATION BETWEEN DEANNA ERDMANN AND NIKKI DARLING
2013 Emergent Presence: Fresh Faces in Art: Eight LA Artists You Should Know, Catlin Moore and Matthew Gardocki, Fabrik Magazine, July 2013, p:72-73
2009 Deanna Erdmann at Patrick Painter, Holly Willis, KCET Blur + Sharpen
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