Cathy Akers Cathy Akers received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. Her many solo exhibitions include, Hertopia: An Illustrated History of the New World, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2008); Learning By Example, The Manual Archives, Los Angeles, CA (2008); Natural Selection, MFA Thesis, D301 Gallery, Valencia, CA (2006); and Shadowplay/Nightvision, A401 Gallery, Valencia, CA (2005). Akers has also participated in numerous group exhibitions and screenings including: Conventions and Attitudes, Los Angeles, CA (2008); traveling to the Graduate Center Art Gallery, The City University of New York, New York, NY; All-In Juried Show, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (2007); The Collective Body, Gallery Califa, Horazdovice, Czech Republic (2007); E Ticket Ride, J. Flynn Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (2007); (Tender) Assembly, Show Cave Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2007); Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Captive, Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA (2006); Baby’s All Grown Up, Marvimon House, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Goods To Declare: MFA International, Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel (2006); Super/Sonic 2006, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Collision & Pileups, MFA Graduate Exhibition, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA (2006); Transfeminator, A401 Gallery, Valencia, CA (2006); Components, D301 Gallery, Valenica, CA (2005); Gendered Geographies, 1853 Arlington Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2005); A Haunting: International Artist’s Film and Video Screening, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK; traveled to The Residence, London, UK (2005); MFA Mid-Residency Exhibition, D300 Gallery, Valencia, CA (2005); Cathy Akers, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2004); Tight, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2004); A Sense of Place, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC (1999); and Family, The Gallery at Campus Camera, Boston, MA (1999). Cathy Akers has received the following awards: Artists' Resource for Completion (ARC) Grant, The Durfee Foundation (2007); the Travel Grant, The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation (2006); and the Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts Award (1992). Cathy Akers lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Artist bio compiled and written by Anna Mendoza, Curatorial Associate, Pitzer Art Galleries, Pitzer College