Vedute (for Picabia)
2019
Ink and oil on panel
28 x 37 inches
Photo Credit: Evan Bedford
Whitney Bedford The Silver Lining, 2014 Ink and oil on canvas on panel 72 x 120 inches Photo Credit: Evan Bedford
Artemisia Gentileschi, 2020
Graphite on Arches Paper
30 x 22 inches
Lilly Reich, 2020
Graphite on Arches Paper
30 x 22 inches
Mary Church Terrell, 2020
Graphite on Arches Paper
30 x 22 inches
Whitney Bedford: Numinous
Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery
May 18 – July 7, 2018
Photo Credit: Tiny Mechanism
Whitney Bedford: Numinous
Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery
May 18 – July 7, 2018
Photo Credit: Tiny Mechanism
Whitney Bedford: Numinous
Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery
May 18 – July 7, 2018
Photo Credit: Tiny Mechanism
Whitney Bedford: East of Eden Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery May 21 – July 2, 2016 Photo Credit: Clare Britt

Bio

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

2003 MFA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Fulbright Visiting Artist under Professor Wolfgang Petrick, Hochschule der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany
1998 B.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1996 Pont-Aven School of Art, Pont-Aven, France Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
1993 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD

Solo Exhibitions

2020 “Reflections on the Anthropocene”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Numinous,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
2018 “Bohemia,” Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2017 “The Left Coast,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2017 “La La Land,” Art:Concept, Paris, France
2016 “East of Eden,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
2016 Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2015 “Night and Day,” Taymour Grahne, New York, NY
2015 Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2014 “Whitney Bedford,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
2014 “Love Letters,” Project Space, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2013 “This for That,” Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2011 Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 “Whitney Bedford (here and there),” Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2009 Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Whitney Bedford,” Art:Concept, Paris, France
2007 “Whitney Bedford: The Escape Artist Series,” Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Art:Concept, Paris, France
2005 D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
2005 Cherry de los Reyes, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Art:Concept, Paris, France
2000 “Whitney Bedford,” Hotel de Ville, Biot, France
1999 “Whitney Bedford,” Fulbright-Kommission, Berlin, Germany
1998 “Whitney Bedford,” BEB Gallery, Providence, RI
1997 “Whitney Bedford,” Sokolofska #124 Space, Prague, Czech Republic

Group Exhibitions

2018 “Evolver”, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “As You Like It – C’est Comme Vous Voulez”, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA
2017 “25 Years,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 “A Verdant Summer,” Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
2016 “Painting: A Transitive Space,” ST PAUL ST Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2015 La Femme de trente ans, Art : Concept, Paris France
2014 “Lovers,” Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2014 “Sargent’s Daughters,” Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
2012 “Facing the Sublime in Water, CA,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2011 “everything Must Go,” A Project with Ceramica Suro Guadalajara, Mexico, organized by Jose Noe Suro and Eduardo Sarabia, New York, NY
2010 “Five from L.A.,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2010 “Bagna Cauda,” Gallerie Art Concept, Paris, France
2010 “Houdini: Art and Magic, 1919-1949,” the Jewish Museum, New York, NY, traveled to: Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2010 “The Gleaners: Works from the Sarah and Jim Taylor Collection,” Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, CO
2009 “This Is Killing Me,” Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
2008 Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2007 “X – Snow Falls in the Mountains,” St Paul St Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, curated by Jan Bryant
2007 “Poker,” Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
2006 “Melancholy in Contemporary Art,” Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2006 “Step Into Liquid,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2006 “Peindre des images,” Galerie de l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France
2005 “CUT,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2005 “Evidence,” Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 “The Third Peak,” Art:Concept, Paris, France
2005 “Rogue Wave,” LA Louver, Venice, CA|
2005 “Wunderkammer 2,” Nina Menocal, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
2005 “Sad Songs,” University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2005 “Project Room: A Show Without Works,” curated by Daniele Perra, Spazio Lima, Milan, Italy
2004 “summer group show,” Cherry de los Reyes, Los Angeles, CA
2004“Carpet Bag and Cozyspace,” Healing Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 “Rimbaud,” Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2003 Black Dragon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 “MFA Exhibitions Show #1,” UCLA New Wight Gallery/Kinross, Los Angeles, CA
1998 “New England Connection,” Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
1998 “Woods-Gerry Invitational Exhibition,” Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
1997 “Inagurative Show,” Space 1026 Space, Philadelphia, PA
1996 L’Ecole Nouveau de Pont-Aven (The New Pont-Aven School Painters),” Hotel de Ville, Pont-Aven, France|
1996 “Salon de Refusés,” Gallerie M, Pont-Aven, France
1995 “Common Threads,” Rites and Reasons Gallery, Providence, RI