Becky Kolsrud

Becky Kolsrud

b. 1984, Los Angeles, CA

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

2012
M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2006
B.S., New York University, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2026
Antechamber, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
2024
Becky Kolsrud, One Wall Gallery, Paris, FR
2023
Ghosts of the Boulevard, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Elegies, JTT, New York, NY
2020
As Above, So Below, Make Room, Los Angeles, CA
New Paintings, Tif Sigfrids, Athens, GA
2019
Compression and Fragmentation, Phil Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Allegorical Nudes, JTT, New York, NY
Heads and Gates, Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA
2014
We Alter and Repair, JTT, New York, NY
2012
Becky Kolsrud, JTT, New York, NY
Becky Kolsrud, Tif's desk at Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Yackety Yack Girls, Karma, New York, NY

Select Group Exhibitions

2025
Surface Streets, Marian Goodman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Russell Ferguson
Made in HelLA, O-Town House, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Sammy Loren
Resistance & Reimagination, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Couch Paintings, Canada, New York, NY
2024
Means of Production, Sheerly Touch-Ya and Shisanwu Warehouse, New York, NY. Organized by Lunch Hour
Raffi and Al's Legendary Garden Party, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
New Geographies, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA. Curated by Ivan Iannoli
Fully Bloomed, Philips x Art For Change, Los Angeles, CA
2023
There Will Be Perils at Every Juncture, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Four on the Floor, Probably Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wishing Well: A Benefit Exhibition, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Shape of Time, Lindon Gallery, London, UK. Curated by Alice Amati
Floating Bodies, Galerei Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, DK
Mock Sun, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Organized by Ivan Iannoli
2022
Dark Light: Realism in the Age of Post-Truths, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, LB. Curated by Massimiliano Gioni
2021
This Is Water, Workplace, London, UK
Private Passions, Karpidas Collection, Dallas, TX
My Secret Garden, Asia Art Center, Taipei, TW
Return of the Dragons, Blossom Market, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Jasmine Little and Roger Herman
2020
Mirror-Gazing, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
About Face: Blurred Vision, GALLERYPLATFORM.LA. Curated by Ali Subotnick
Summer Group Show I, Tif Sigfrids, Athens, GA
To Paint is to Love Again, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Olivier Zahm
2019
Throwback Jack, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY. Curated by Amanda Schmitt
Becky Kolsrud, Jasmine Little, Amy Pleasant, Tif Sigfrids, Athens, GA
20/20, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Vlad Smolkin
Out of this World, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Scattered and Smothered, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House, Serious Topics, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Steadfastly Raise the Standards in Nonproductive Construction, Don Gallery, Shanghai, CN
LA Friends Part 1: Roger Herman, Becky Kolsrud, Friedrich Kunath, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Snarl of Twine, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
CONDO Mexico City, Tif Sigfrids, GA hosted by Galeria Mascota, MX
L.A. Dreams, CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm, SE
Strange Looks, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO
2017
Sister, Phil Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Crystal Flowers, Index, Los Angeles, CA
Stories Told, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Fleeting Impressions and Abundance of Detail, Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA
Marching to the Beat, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry, Public Access Gallery, Chicago, IL
Hotel Kalifornia, Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, FR
2016
Milk Of The Poppy, Capital, San Francisco, CA
LET LOVE BURN IN ALL THE LAMPS, Ms Barbers, Los Angeles, CA
I am Silver, Foxy Production, New York, NY
Remains of the Day, Hotel-art.us, Los Angeles, CA
Mal Maison, Maccarone, New York, NY
Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT
Whispering Eye, JTT, New York, NY. Two person exhibition with Gina Beavers
2015
On the Fence Finish Flag, Ortega y Gasset Projects, New York, NY
In The Matterhorn, Phil Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
I think I see..., The Property, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Doubles, Sometimes, New York, NY
Eagles II, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, ES
2014
Another Cat Show, 356 S. Mission Rd., Los Angeles, CA
The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington Street, New York, NY. Presented by Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation
2013
Back to the Door: Becky Kolsrud, Kalup Linzy, Elizabeth Milton, ARTSPEAK, Vancouver, BC
She, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2012
About Face, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
MFA Thesis #4, Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Karma, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO. Curated by Brendan Dugan
Grisaille, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY. Curated by Alison Gingeras
Fall MFA Group Exhibition, Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Sunkist, Cleopatra's Berlin, Berlin, DE
2010
Be Here Now, Elephant Art, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Josh Mannis
Wight Biennial: Another Romance, Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (co-curator)
2009
A Dry Run, Charlie Horse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Taking Candy from a Baby, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Lost Horizon, Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA. Curated by David Gibson
Magical Mundane, BucketRider Gallery, Chicago, IL

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Public Collections

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
The Bunker, Beth Rudin deWoody Collection, Miami, Florida
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
Karpidas Collection, Dallas, Texas