Olivia Booth |oabooth@yahoo.com |323-646-4804 |http://www.oliviabooth.net|@oabglass
EDUCATION
2003 Master of Fine Art, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1996 BFA, Painting and BA,Comparative Literature, Magna Cum Laude, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Anima Reflections, Monte Vista Projects, LA, CA
2022 Tongue-Thrusters (curated by Mike Hernandez), Irenic Projects,Altadena, CA
2019 Drawing Through Time (curated by Alexis Wilkinson), Agnes Varis Gallery, Urban Glass,Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Diver (curated by Jill Spector and Bret Nicely), Tarp, Altadena, CA 2015
2014 Terragni Pieces (curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer), The Finley, LA, CA
Glass Pavilion Pieces(curated by Alice Konitz),LAMOA,Armory Center for the Arts,Pasadena,
CA
2009 Opening/Closing, WUHO, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
2007 Unknown Action…and Bauhaus Worksheet, Mandarin Gallery, LA, CA
2006 AllClear, Mandarin Gallery, LA, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 COLA 2025(curated by Hugo Cervantes), Los Angeles Municipal Arts Gallery, LA, CA
2023 15th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition (curated by Phong Bui), Asheville, NC
2020 Return with a Boro Economy! (curated by Warren Neidich, Renee Petropoulos), Drive-By-Art, LA
2019 An Undeniable Love (curated by Elias Hansen) , Pilchuck Seattle Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
The Int'l Boutique for Middle Aged Ladies (curated by Mari Eastman), Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL
7 of Cups, Queens Gallery, LA,CA
2018 LAMAG Exhibition 2018, Los Angeles Municipal Arts Gallery, LA, CA
\ Vision Valley, The Brand Library, Glendale, CA
\ Roots Like Snakes Bring Prayers to Lakes, AWHRHWAR, LA, CA
2017 Material Deviance (curated by Alexis Wilkinson), Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
2016 Representing Rainbows (curated by Lisa Corinne Davis), GP Gallery, NY, NY
2015 The Elegant Universe (curated by Gladys Katherina Hernando), The Pit, Glendale, CA
2013 All Edge, Weekend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Things Fall Together(curated by David Pagel), Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
California Abstract Painting 1952-2011 (curated by James Hayward), Nan Rae Gallery, Burbank, CA 2011
\ Schindler Lab (curated by Sara Daleiden and Kimberli Meyer), Schindler House, MAK Center, LA, CA
2008 LA NOW (curated by David Pagel), Las Vegas Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
2007 A Little So-Cal Abstraction, Mandarin Gallery, LA, CA
2005 Group Show, Marc Foxx Gallery, LA, CA
2004 Full House, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
RESIDENCIES, HONORS & GRANTS
2024 COLA-IMAP Grant, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
2024 15th Annual Drawing Discourse Award of Excellence
2023 Hopper Prize, 2023
2019 Woodbury Development Grant, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
2015 American Academy in Rome Residency, Rome, Italy
2010 ARC Grant, The Durfee Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Rosenthal Foundation Grant, Los Angeles, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS
2025 Jennifer Krasinski, DCA's COLA Catalogue
2015 David Pagel, “The Elegant Universe,” Los Angeles Times, Apr 19, 2015
2014 Alice Konitz Mahn Award Hammer Museum, LAMOA Publication
2011 Sarah Amelar, "Reinterpreting Rudolph Schindler's Home," New York Times, Mar 10, 2011
2010 Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, “Olivia Booth and Rebecca Norton,” BOMB, Issue 114, Winter 2010
2007 Jason Smith, “A Little So-Cal Abstraction,” Mandarin Gallery, 2007
2006 Peter Frank, “A Lot of Local Abstraction,“ LA Weekly, Sept 2006
\ Rachel Kushner, “First Takes,” Artforum, Jan 2006
2005 Michael Ned Holte, “Los Angeles Critic’s Picks,” Artforum Online, Mar 2005
2003 Emma Gray, “We Have Seen the Future,” Art Review, Aug 2003
DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, AND VISITS
2026 Visiting artist and lecturer, Graduate Art Program at Rochester Institute of Design, Rochester, NY
2025 Artist Talk, Syracuse University Programming, Los Angeles Municipal Arts Gallery, LA, CA
2024 Visiting Artist and guest lecturer,Claremont Graduate School of Art, Pomona, CA
2020 Continuing the Conversation, Conversations on Abstraction with Lisa Wedgeworth,
\ Drawing Out Time, Artist Talk, Agnes Varis Gallery, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Visiting Artist and guest lecturer, Cal Poly Pomona, Landscape Architecture Dept., Pomona, CA
2011 Discussions on Painting, Corrina Peipon with Olivia Booth, Jill Newman, Mari Eastman, Sarah Cain, Kim Fisher, Dianna Molzan, and Rebecca Morris, Mandrake
Visiting Artist and guest lecturer, Claremont Graduate School of Art, Pomona, CA
PUBLICATIONS
From Glass Skins to Glass Bodies, with Rennie Tang, Urban Corporis, Jan 2020, Edited by Mickeal Milocco Borlini I
Schindler Lab, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Mar 2011
Glass’ Frayed Edge, Material Press, LA/London, Feb 2008
PUBLIC ARTWORK AND PROGRAMMING
Now-2024 TheDrawingStudio Lecture Series, TheDrawingStudio, LA, CA
2025 COLA Public Programming, Drawing Transparency with Olivia Booth
2024 Glass River Vibes, public performance with Rennie Tang, Frogtown, LA, CA
2023 Beach Bong Performance, public performance with Rennie Tang, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Glass Pavilion in Griffith Park, public installation with Rennie Tang, LA, CA
CURATION
Now-2024 TheDrawingStudio Glossary Series, TheDrawingStudio, LA, CA
2025 One Night Only at Crystal Palace, The Crystal Palace, LA, CA
Cage Tower Exhibitions, with Jill Magid, public installation, LA, CA
PERFORMANCE COLLABORATIONS
2024 Stairway Score, Nancy Sandercock and Rennie Tang, MATERIAL5, VDL House, LA, CA
2015 Playing the Pavilion with Ted Byrnes, LAMOA at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA,
2014 Ted Byrnes Plays Terragni Pieces, The Finley, LA, CA
TEACHING
2026 PlayProduceParade (with Suzanne Peck), Urbanglass, Brooklyn, NY
2026 Drawing For Sculpture, collaboration with The Infinite School, LA
2013-present Art Instructor, Drawing, Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA
2024-present Art Instructor and Founder, www.thedrawingstudio.info
2004-2023 Art Instructor, Drawing, Painting, Design and Color Theory, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
2017- 2018 Glass and Stitch, Otis College, LA, CA
Glass and Landscape (with Rennie Tang and Katherine Gray), California Polytechnic, Pomona, CA
2016-2017 Human Agency and Interior Spaces, (w/Nina Briggs) Interdisciplinary Studies, Woodbury U
Fall 2010 Color as Agent in Architecture ( with Rennie Tang), IA/Arch, Woodbury U
Fall 2008 Design Fundamentals, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Fall 2006 Contemporary Theory in Interior Architecture, Woodbury U, Burbank, CA