Olga Koumoundouros is an American sculptor based in Los Angeles.
Koumoundouros was born in New York, New York in 1965.[1] Her sculptures and installations address issues of real estate, gentrification and social justice. After her neighbors' house was abandoned, she occupied the space and transformed it into a work of art.[2][3][4]
She received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California in 2001.
Selected exhibitions edit
2013 edit
- We made life here for a little while, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Off-site, Altadena, CA[5]
- Dream Home Resource Center, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Transformer Display for Community Fundraising: Phase 4, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (two-person show with Andrea Bowers)
- Possessed by Glint and Dreams, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011 edit
- Wall Works: CART-What Do We Need to Get By and How Do We Get There?, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009 edit
Demand Management, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA (June 26 – August 23, 2009)
2008 edit
Great Expectations and The Wreck of the Hope, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Project Space)
2007 edit
"A Roof Upended,” Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA.
2006 edit
"Thieves Vinegar,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen Germany.
2005 edit
"More Yellow Wallpaper,” Mullin Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles.
2004 edit
"Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany.
2002 edit
"#9", 5301 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (two-person show with Rodney McMillian)
1999 edit
"Just in Case,” INMO Gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles.
References edit
- ^ "Olga Koumoundouros". Greater LA. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ Cheh, Carol (October 2, 2012). "When Olga Koumoundouros' Neighbors Abandoned Their House, She Took It Over...and Turned It Into Art". LA Weekly.
- ^ Ollman, Leah (March 21, 2013). "Review: Olga Koumoundouros takes on American dream of home ownership". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Sommer, Danielle (July 22, 2013). "Olga Koumoundouros". Art in America.
- ^ "Chamber of Commerce - OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS". www.olgakoumoundouros.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.