Olga Koumoundouros Olga Koumoundouros was born in New York in 1965. She received her MFA from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California in 2001. Koumoundouros has participated in numerous solo exhibitions including: (upcoming) REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA 6/24/2009; The Unreposed, Adamski Gallery for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, (2008); Great Expectations and the Wreck of the Hope, Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA (2008); A Roof Upended, Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA (2007); Thieves Vinegar, Adamski Gallery, Aachen Germany (2006); More Yellow Wallpaper, Mullin Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA (2005); Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany, (2004); #9, Error! Contact not defined. & Rodney McMillian, Unit #9, 5301 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA (2002); A New Balance Frontier, Gallery D 300, CalArts, Valencia, CA (2001); Last Ditch Folly, site specific installation, soccer field, CalArts, Valencia, CA (2000); and Just In Case, Inmo gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, (1999). Her group exhibitions include: (upcoming)Rogue Wave Projects, LA Louver, curated by Peter Gould & Chris Pate, Venice, CA (2009); (upcoming)LA 2019: CULTS, COLLECTIVES & COCOONING, curated by Ciara Ennis, Santa Monica, CA (2009); (upcoming) The Whole World is Watching, curated by Irene Tsatsos, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA (2008); Democracy in America, curated by Creative Time, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (2008); News from a Mime’s Thud, performance collaboration with Rodney McMillian, curated by Creative Time and Blanton Museum of Art, Austin TX (2008); Ohio, w/ Andrea Bowers, David Hullfish Baily, Sam Durant, & Rodney McMillian, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, (2007); Informal Architecture, The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB, Canada (2007); Touched: Artist’s and Social Engagement, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA (2007); The Secretariat, w/ Walead Beshty & Yoshua Okon, Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA (2007); Philosophy of Time Travel, collaboration w/ Edgar Arceneaux, Vincent Johnson, Rodney McMillian & Matthew Sloly, curated by Christine Kim, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY (2007); On a Porch, performance w/Rodney McMillian, LAX-Art, Los Angeles, CA (2007); Capitol Punishment, collaborative project w/ Pia Ronicke, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX, (2006); Sculpture, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Affair, Tart, San Francisco, CA (2006); A Front Porch: Concurrent and Not Opposing, performance collaboration w/Rodney McMillian, The Suburban, Chicago, Illinois (2006); THING, New Sculpture From L.A., UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2005); NEW Balance Frontier, Soap Factory, Minneapolis (2004); Poster Project, organized by Pia Ronicke, Coppenhagen, Denmark (2004); (Kon-fownded): Found and Then Complicated, Ohala Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2004); Journal of Aesthetics and Protest 3 Day Extravaganza, Machine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2004); Rent-a-Bench, Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark (2003); Works on Paper, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany (2003); Sculpture Invitational, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA (2003); Up Close, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA (2003); Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Poster Collaboration, Los Angeles, CA (2003); Schindler House Reenactment, Collaboration w/MAK residents at Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA (2002); Rent-a-Bench, site specific installation, Los Angeles, CA (2002); All You Can Eat Karaoke, C-level, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA (2002); Face Off, The Smell, Los Angeles, CA (2001); The Enthusiast, C-Level, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA (2001); and Have a Cool Summer, Keep in Touch, Track 16, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA (2001). Olga Koumoundouros has received the following grants and internships: Creative Capital Grantee, (2005); Center for Land Use Interpretation Internship, Culver City, CA, (9/2000-12/2000); and the Sagamore Institute Internship, NY (6/2000-8/2000). Olga Koumoundouros lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Artist bio compiled and written by Anna Mendoza, Curatorial Associate, Pitzer Art Galleries, Pitzer College