Artist Bios
Alan Ackoff (b. 1953; Cleveland, Ohio) B.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia (1976) Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Eleanor Antin (b. 1935; New York City, NY) B.F.A. from the City College of New York in New York City (1958) Lives and works in San Diego, California
Skip Arnold (b. 1957; Binghamton, New York) B.F.A. from the State University College of Buffalo, New York (1980) M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1984) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
David Askevold (b. 1940; Conrad, Montana; d. 2008; Halifax, Nova Scotia) B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute, San Francisco (1968) Lives and works in Nova Scotia, Canada.
John Baldessari (b, 1931; National City, California) B.A. from San Diego State College in California (1953) M.A. from San Diego State College in California (1957) Lives and works in Santa Monica, California
Enid Baxter Blader (b. 1974; Yardley, Pennsylvania) B.F.A. from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY (1996) M.F.A. from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California Lives and works in Aptos, California.
Stephen Beck (b. 1950; Chicago, Illinois) B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley (1971) Lives and works in Berkeley, California
Cathy Begien (b. 1975; Tao Payoh, Singapore) B.A. in Literature and Creative Writing in Fiction from the University of California, Santa Cruz Lives and works in San Francisco, California.
Ante Bozanich (b. 1949; Vis, Yugoslavia) B.A., M.A. and M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles Lives and works in New York, New York.
Brian Bress (b. 1975; Norfolk, Virginia) B.F.A. in Film, Animation and Video from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island (1998) M.F.A in Painting and Drawing from the University of California, Los Angeles (2006) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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Nancy Buchanan (b. 1946; Boston, Massachusetts) B.A. from the University of California, Irvine (1969) M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine (1971) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Chris Burden (b. 1946; Boston, Massachusetts) B.A. from Pomona College, Claremont, California M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine (1971) Lives and works in Topanga, California
Jeff Cain (b. 1975; Plainview, Texas) B.A. from Whittier College M.F.A. in art and integrated media from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia (2005) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Jim Campbell (b. 1956; Chicago, Illinois) B.S. in Mathematics and B.S. in Engineering from MIT (1978) Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Meg Cranston (b. 1960; Baldwin, New York) B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology from Kenyon College (1982) M.F.A. in Studio Art from the California Institute of the Arts in (1986) Lives in Los Angeles and works in Santa Monica, California
Peter d’Agostino (b.1945; New York) B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts, New York M.A. from San Francisco State University Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dodge and Kahn Harry Dodge (b.1966; San Francisco, California) M.F.A. from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in New York (2003) Lives and work in Los Angeles, California
Stanya Kahn (b. 1968; San Francisco, California) B.A. in Interdisciplinary Social Science from San Francisco State University (1992) M.F.A. from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in New York (2003) Lives and work in Los Angeles, California
Terry Fox (b. 1943; Seattle, Washington) Studied at the Cornish School of Allied Arts in Seattle and the Accademia di Belli Arti in Rome Lives and works in Koln, Germany
Howard Fried (b. 1946; Cleveland, Ohio) B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute (1968) M.F.A. from University of California, Davis (1970) Lives and works in Vallejo, California
Kip Fulbeck (b. 1965; Fontana, California) B.A. in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego M.F.A. in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego (1992) Lives and works in Santa Barbara and Solana Beach, California
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Arthur Ginsberg (b. 1941; San Francisco, California) M.F.A. in Drama from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut Lives and works in Santa Cruz, California
Sam Green (b. 1966; Detroit, Michigan) B.A from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (1989) M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley (1993) Lives and works in San Francisco
Dale Hoyt (b. 1961; Auburn, New York) B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute (1983) M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute (1985) Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Ulysses Jenkins (b. 1964; Los Angeles, California) B.A. in Painting/Drawing at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1969) M.F.A. in Intermedia Video/Performance Art at Otis College of Art in Los Angeles (1979) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Warner Jepson (b. 1930; Sioux City, Iowa) B.A. in composition at Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1953) Lives and Works in Sonoma, California
Allan Kaprow (b. 1927, Atlantic City, New Jersey; d. 2006 San Diego, CA) B.A. in Philosophy and Art History from New York University (1949) M.A. in Art History from Columbia University in (1952) Studied music composition with John Cage at the New School for Social Research (1952-1957)
Hilja Keading (b. 1960; Berkeley, California). B.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1982) M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1986) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Mike Kelley (b. 1954; Detroit, Michigan) B.F.A. from the University of Michigan (1976) M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts (1978) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Martin Kersels (b. 1960; Los Angeles, California) B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1984) M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1995) Lives and works in Sierra Madre, California
The Kipper Kids Martin von Haselberg (b. 1949; Buenos Aires, Argentina) East 15 Acting School, Loughton, Essex (1972) American Film Insitute, Directing Fellowship (1990-1993) Lives and works in New York
Brian Routh (b. 1948; Gateshead, County Durham, England) St. Martin’s School of Art, London, England (1968) East 15 Acting School, Loughton, Essex (1972) Lives and works in Yorkshire, England
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Lynn Marie Kirby (b. 1952; Washington, D.C.) B.F.A. in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute (1976) M.F.A. in Film from the San Francisco Art Institute (1980) Lives and works in San Francisco
Paul Kos (b. 1942; Rock Springs, Wyoming) B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute (1965) M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute (1967) Lives and works in San Francisco, California.
Joanne Kyger (b. 1934; Vallejo, California) Studied poetry and philosophy at Santa Barbara College (1957) Lives and works in Bolinas, California
Tony Labat (b. 1951 in Havana, Cuba) B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute (1980) Lives and works in San Francisco
Suzanne Lacy (b. 1945; Wasco, California) A.A. from the Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia (1973) Lives and works in Los Angeles
Euan Macdonald (b. 1965; Edinburgh, Scotland) Alberta College of Art, 1984-85, Ontario College of Art, 1985-1988 Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Cynthia Maughan (b. 1949; Bell, California) B.A. from California State University, Long Beach (1972) M.A. from California State University, Long Beach (1974) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Jay McCafferty (b. 1948; San Pedro, California) B.A. from Los Angeles State University M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine (1972) Lives and works in San Pedro, California
Paul McCarthy (b. 1945; Salt Lake City, Utah) Studied at Univeristy of Utah and San Francisco Art Institute M.F.A. from the University of Southern California (1973) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Branda Miller (b. 1952; Milwaukee, Minnesota) B.A. from Pomona College (1974) M.A. from New York University Graduate Film and Television Program (1992) Lives and works in Troy, New York
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Susan Mogul (b. 1949; New York, New York) B.F.A. from Tufts University/Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (1972) M.F.A. from University of California, San Diego (1980) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Bruce Nauman (b. 1941; Fort Wayne, Indiana) B.F.A. University of Wisconsin at Madison (1964) M.F.A. from the University of California at Davis (1966) Lives and works in Galisteo, New Mexico.
Tony Oursler (b. 1957; New York) B.F.A. from the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia (1979) Lives and works in New York, New York
Patti Podesta (b. 1959; Hollywood, CA) M.F.A from Claremont Graduate University Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Joe Rees and Target Video (b. 1946; Hayward, California) B.F.A. from California College of Art in Oakland, California (1971) M.F.A. from California College of Art in Oakland, California (1973) Lives and works in Reno, Nevada.
Martha Rosler B.A. from Brooklyn College (1965) M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego (1974) Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Ilene Segalove (b. 1950; Los Angeles, California) B.F.A. from University of California, Santa Barbara (1972) M.A. in Communication Arts from Loyola University, Los Angeles (1975) Lives and works in Santa Barbara, California.
Nina Sobell (b. 1947; Long Island, New York) B.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania M.F.A. from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York Lives and works in New York, New York.
Jennifer Steinkamp (b. 1958; Denver, Colorado) B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design (1989) M.F.A. from Art Center College of Design (1991) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Wolfgang Stoerchle (1944-1976; Baden-Baden, Germany) B.A. from the University of Oklahoma (1968) M.F.A. from University of California, Santa Barbara (1970)
John Sturgeon (b. 1946; Springfield, Illinois) B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Illinois (1968) M.F.A. in Painting from Cornell University (1970) Lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland
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Erika Suderburg (b. 1959; Minneapolis, Minnesota) B.F.A. from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (1981) M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego (1984) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Skip Sweeney (b. 1946; Burlingame, California) B.A. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara California (1969) Lives and works in San Francisco, California.
Diana Thater (b. 1962; San Francisco, California) B.A. in Art History from New York University (1984) M.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California (1990) Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
T.R. Uthco and Ant Farm
T.R. Uthco (founded in 1970 and disbanded in 1978; San Francisco, California) Diane Andrews Hall (b. 1945; Dallas, Texas) B.F.A.from Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans, Louisiana (1967) M.F.A. from the Hoffberger School of Painting, The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD (1969) Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Doug Hall (b.1944; San Francisco, California) B.A. Harvard College, Anthropology 1966 MFA Rinehart School of Sculpture, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1969 Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Jody Procter (b. 1944, Boston Massachusetts; d. 1998, Eugene, Oregon)
Ant Farm (founded in 1968 and disbanded in 1978; San Francisco, California) Chip Lord (b. 1944; Cleveland, Ohio) M.Arch. from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana (1968) Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Doug Michels (1943-2003; Seattle, Washington) M.Arch. from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (1967) Died in 2003 in EdenBay, Australia
Curtis Schreier (b. 1949; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) B.Arch from Rhode Island School of Design (1967) Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Bill Viola (b. 1951; New York, New York) B.F.A. from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University (1973) Lives and works in Long Beach, California.
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William Wegman (b. 1943; Holyoke, Massachusetts) B.F.A. in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art (1965) M.F.A. in painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1967) Lives and works in New York and Maine
Bruce and Norman Yonemoto Bruce Yonemoto (b. 1949; San Jose, California) B.F.A. from the University of California at Berkeley M.F.A. from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Norman Yonemoto (b. 1946; Chicago, Illinois) Studied film at Santa Clara University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the American Film Institute Lives and works in Los Angeles, California