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Brenna Youngblood    (American, 1979)

 Brenna Youngblood - As the World Turns (Mixed Media) h: 48 x w: 55 x d: 1.6 in / h: 121.9 x w: 139.7 x d: 4.1 cm
Brenna Youngblood
As the World Turns 2007
 
 Brenna Youngblood - Untitled (Paintings) h: 48.1 x w: 36 x d: 2.4 in / h: 122.2 x w: 91.4 x d: 6.1 cm
Brenna Youngblood
Untitled 2008
 
 Brenna Youngblood - Vertical VHF (Photographs) h: 14 x w: 11 in / h: 35.6 x w: 27.9 cm
Brenna Youngblood
Vertical VHF 2008
 

Biography
1979 Born Riverside, CA
2002 BFA, California State University, Long Beach
2003 UCLA Graduate Fellowship
2004 Lillian Levinson Award
2004 Bette Midler Award
2004 UCLA Affiliates Award
2004 College Art Association Fellowship
2005 D’Arcy Hayman Award
2006 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
Lives and works in Los Angeles

Exhibitions
2009 Reading Standing Up, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 31 January – 6 March (group)
2009 Susanne Vielmetter, Berlin Projects, Germany, 9 January - February (solo)
2008 Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 13 September – 11 October (solo)
2008 Shana Lutker, Anna Sew Hoy, and Brenna Youngblood: CB08, the California Biennial, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. 29 October 2008 – 1 March 2009 (group)
2008 Half-Life: Twenty-five Emerging LA Artists, LACE: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 8 October – 16 November (group)
2008 Aspects of Mel’s Hole: Artists Respond to a Paranormal Land Event Occurring in Radiospace, curated by Doug Harvey, Grand Central Art Center, California State University at Fullerton, 6 September - 19 October (group)
2008 Summer 2008, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 31 May - 9 August (group)
2008 Fall in, Fall out, Fall down, Get ready!, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, 27 April - 24 May (group)
2008 Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, What You Don’t See (Is Better Yet), Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, 23 February – 21 March (group)
2007 Blacks In and Out of the Box, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, 13 September – 30 December (group)
2007 Some People Will Faint, curated by Kristin Calabrese, Honor Fraser, Venice, CA, 28 July – 27 September (group)
2007 Big Secret Cache, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, 14 April - 26 May (group)
2007 Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 19 May - 23 June (solo)
2007 Murder By the Bank, Project Room, Wallspace Gallery, New York, 23 March - 21 April (solo)
2007 Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 22 January – 3 March (solo)
2007 Hammer Contemporary Collection Part II, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles (group)
2006 Group Show, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, Fall (group)
2006 LA25, curated by Ilene Kurtz-Kretzschmar, Los Angeles, October (group)
2006 Effacé, curated by Malik Gaines, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, 16 September – 14 October (group)
2006 Group Show, Queen's Nails Annex, San Francisco, September (group)
2006 Locale, curated by Kris Kuramitsu, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 15 July – 19 August (group)
2006 25 Bold Moves, House of Campari, Los Angeles, 14 July - 4 August (group)
2006 Then and Now and Again, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, 8 July – 12 August (group)
2006 Supersonic 3, Barnsdale Art Center, Hollywood, 30 June – 16 July (group)
2006 New American Talent: the 21st Exhibition, curated by Aimee Chang, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX, 17 June - 20 August (group)
2006 (Project Space), Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, 16 December 2006 – 20 (solo)
2006 Hammer Project, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 14 January - 12 April (solo)
2006 Gray Korfmann Youngblood: New Forms in Photography, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, 3 June -1 July (group)
2006 U.S. Love Affair, Arden2 Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, 18 February – 3 March (group)
2006 Bling, curated by Mark Greenfield, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 3 February – 30 March (group)
2005 State of Emergence: Unsuspected Cracks in the Art-World Infrastructure, curated by Doug Harvey, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, 15 October -12 November (group)
2005 Greater LA MFA Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA 28 August -7 September (group)
2005 Character Traits, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, 3 June -27 June (group)
2005 Handmade, curated by Tim Davis, Wallspace Gallery, New York, 8 January -12 February (group)
2004 Macrae Semans and Brenna Youngblood, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, 12 November -9 December (group)

Literature
2008 Ore-Giron, Eamon. “Brenna Youngblood.” CB08, Newport Beach, CA: Orange County Museum of Art), p. 212 - 213.
2008 Miles, Christopher. Review. Artforum 47. no. 4 (December), p. 310 - 311.
2008 Beil, Kim. "Artist Profile: Brenna Youngblood." art ltd. (November/December), p. 68 - 69.
2008 Aspects of Mel's Hole, Santa Ana, CA: Grand Central Press, CSUF Grand Central Art Center
2008 Donohue, Marlena. Review, ArtSceneCal.com (October 2008)
2008 Mizota, Sharon. "The details tend to accumulate," Los Angeles Times (Calendar), 10 October 2008, p. E19
2008 “Brenna Youngblood: Light Bulb; Color Checker; Horses,” Blind Spot no. 37, n.p.
2008 Psyllos, Steven. “USA Today: A Visual Mixtape: The Best of the Best From Our Neck of the Woods.” Trace Magazine no. 81 (March 2008), p. 82 – 105.
2007 Miles, Christopher. “Our Favorite Shows and Artifacts.” LA WEEKLY, 26 December.
2007 Pagel, David. “Kristin Calabrese show at Honor Fraser Gallery invites the imagination into action.” Los Angeles Times, 31 August.
2007 Brooks, Amra. “Hovering Over the Universe … at Honor Fraser.” LA WEEKLY, 8 August.
2007 , Robert. "Brenna Youngblood," (exhibition review) artUS, Summer 2007, p. 21.
2007 Miles, Christopher. "Brenna Youngblood." Flaunt, No. 85, p. 182.
2007 Mizota, Sharon. “Brenna Youngblood, Margo Leavin, Los Angeles,” (review), ARTnews, vol.106, no.10 , November 2007, p. 230
2006 Brooks, Amra. “Must See Art.” LA WEEKLY, 27 December.
2006 Beil, Kim. “Powers of Ten.” Art Ltd. (December 2006).
2006 Muchnic, Suzanne. "Giving Local Artists a Good First Shot," Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2006.
2006 Myers, Holly. "Photo Installations That Aim High," Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2006, Section E, p. 14.
2006 Brooks, Amra. “Must See Art.” LA WEEKLY, 26 July.
2006 Harvey, Doug. “A full serving of Rauschenberg, with a side of Youngblood and Hundley,” LA WEEKLY, 24 May 2006
2006 Brooks, Amra. "Los Angeles Roundup: A Report on Current Gallery, Museum Shows,” Art Info, www.artinfo.com
2006 , Meropi. "From College to Collages," Daily Bruin, 12 January 2006.
2005 Harvey, Doug. “State of Emergence: Undiscovered Cracks in the Art- World Infrastructure: A Catalog”, LA WEEKLY, 27 October 2005.
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