Fallen Fruit Fallen Fruit is an activist art project whose members include David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young. David Burns is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts (1993) and received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine in 2005. Matias Viegener received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University, and is a candidate for a doctorate at UCLA. Austin Young is a photographer and videographer based in Los Angeles. Fallen Fruit has participated in numerous solo exhibitions including: Fallen Fruit, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California (2009); A Spectre is Haunting the City, Clockshop, Los Angeles, California (2008); Public Fruit Jam, Machine Project, Los Angeles, California (2008); Salsa Salsa, Farmlab, Los Angeles, California (2008); Public Fruit Jam, Museum Of Contemporary Art - PDC Complex, Los Angeles, California (2008); and Public Fruit Jam, Machine Project, Los Angeles, California (2007). Their group exhibitions include: InstantHerlev, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009); Moving Index, ARTOFFICE, Online Project (2009); ACTIONS, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada (2008); A New Cultural Economy, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (2008); The Gatherers, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California (2008); Machine Project: Field Guide, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (2008); The Future of Nations: Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, California (2008); The Future of Nations: Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments, Casa De Tunnel, Tijuana, Mexico (2008); Conventions and Attitudes, EXCHANGE RATE, Los Angeles, California (2008); Party Favors, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, California (2008); thinktank, eighteen-thirty, Los Angeles, California (2008); open source, open knowledge, open world, net.culture.space, Vienna, Austria (2008); Made in the USA, The Brewery, Los Angeles, California (2008); Habeas Index, 7th Street Complex, Los Angeles, California (2008); Neighborhood Infusions, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, California (2008); Edible City, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Maastricht (2007); Paradox and Practice, University Art Gallery, UC Irvine, Irvine, California (2007); Sustainable Shorts, Silver Lake Film Festival, Los Angeles, California (2007); Taste, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, California (2007); Civic Matters, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California (2006); Street Signs and Solar Ovens: social craft in LA, Folk Art and Craft Museum, Los Angeles, California (2006); Chung King Commons, TELIC, Los Angeles, California (2006); Fair Exchange, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2006); and IR4: Irrational Exhibits, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California (2005). Fallen Fruit’s recent awards include: The LA Weekly's Best of LA 2006, Rhizome.org Net Art Commission 2005-2006, and The EyeOpener Award from 2nd City Council in Long Beach. Fallen Fruit is based in Los Angeles, California. Artist bio compiled and written by Anna Mendoza, Curatorial Associate, Pitzer Art Galleries, Pitzer College