CV

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
Glass Pavilion Pieces (curated by Alice Konitz), LAMOA, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2014
Terragni Pieces (curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer), The Finley, LA, 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

2020
From Glass Skins to Glass Bodies, with Rennie Tang, Urban Corporis, Jan 2020, Edited by Mickeal Milocco Borlini I
2011
Schindler Lab, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Mar 2011
2008
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