CORRINA PEIPON
Professional Experience
Independent Consultant October 2018—present
Director The Pit, Glendale, CA, October 2017—October 2018
Director Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, April 2014—October 2017
Assistant Curator Curatorial Associate Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, March 2009—March 2014
Project Coordinator Curatorial Assistant Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, September 2004—February 2009
Studio Manager Liz Larner Studio, Los Angeles, CA, June 2004—September 2006
Program Assistant Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art & Sound, Los Angeles, CA, May 2004—April 2005
Teaching Assistant To Christopher Williams, January 2003—May 2004 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Teaching Assistant To Liz Larner, September 2002—May 2004 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Studio Assistant Dave Muller Studio, Los Angeles, CA, May 2002—September 2002
Studio Assistant Francesca Gabbiani Studio, Los Angeles, CA,May 2002—September 2002
Assistant Director four walls gallery and four walls projects, San Francisco, CA, March 1999—February 2000
Academic Resource Center Coordinator San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, August 1998—February 2000
Assistant Director jennjoygallery, San Francisco, CA, February 1998—February 1999
Public Speaking & Teaching
Visiting Lecturer, Becoming Independent, Here/Now Residency, San Francisco, CA (online)
Visiting Lecturer, Becoming Independent, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA, December 2020 (online)
Visiting Lecturer, Centering Self-Determination: Building a Sustainable Practice as an Independent Artist, Art World Conference, New York, NY, October 2020 (online)
Co-creator, co-organizer, and moderator, Possible Futures, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, July and August 2020 (online)
Visiting Lecturer, Building a Sustainable Art Practice, Graduate Art Practicum, Instructor: Nery Gabriel Lemus, Graduate Art Practicum, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, July 2020 (online)
Interview, Redefining Success for Arts Professionals During COVID-19, ArtConverge Community Forum, online, June 2020 (online)
Visiting Lecturer, Building a Sustainable Art Practice, Graduate Art Practicum, Instructor: Chandler McWilliams, Design Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, May 2020 (online)
Interview, NWLA Community Forum, Los Angeles, CA, May 2020 (online)
Visiting Lecturer, Building a Sustainable Art Practice, Undergraduate Art, Instructors: Gretchen Batcheller and Jane Chang Mi, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, April 2020 (online)
Interview, Navigating COVID-19 Resources for Creatives, RANGE Creative Connectors, Vancouver, BC, April 2020 (online)
Visiting Lecturer, Building a Sustainable Art Practice, Capstone, Instructor: Keith Mayerson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, February 2020
Moderator, Talks on Painting 1: Intervening in the Picture Plane, Olivia Booth, Sarah Cain, Kim Fisher, and Rebecca Morris, Mandrake, Culver City, CA, 2011
Visiting Lecturer, Film and Video, Instructor: Jennifer West, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Visiting Lecturer, Film and Video, Instructor: Gloria Sutton, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Visiting Lecturer, Exploring the Los Angeles Art Scene, Instructor: Rebecca Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Visiting Lecturer, Advanced Photography: Associative Meaning, Instructor: Phil Chang, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Visiting Lecturer, Introduction to Sculpture, Instructor: Euan Macdonald, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
Visiting Lecturer, Art Foundation, Instructor: Stanley Kaplan, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
Panelist, National Association of Artists' Organizations Co-Generate Project, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Visiting Lecturer, Annual Art Writing Conference, organized by Bill Berkson, Conference Director, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Curatorial Projects
University of California, Riverside, CA Untitled public sculpture installation with works by Anna Sew Hoy, Sarah McMenimen, Brenna Youngblood, and Bari Ziperstein, 2021
Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Saying yes to everything, 2014
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Hammer Projects: N. Dash, 2015 (curator) Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, curated by Anne Ellegood and Johanna Burton, 2014 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Maya Hayuk, 2014 (curator) Hammer Projects: Wael Shawky, 2013, curated by Cesar Garcia (curatorial assistant) Richard Artschwager!, 2013, curated by Jennifer Gross; organizing curator: Anne Ellegood (curatorial assistant) A Selection from the Hammer Contemporary Collection: Katie Grinnan, 2013 (curator) Hammer Projects: Latifa Echakhch, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2013 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Dara Friedman, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2013 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Enrico David, curated by Allegra Pesenti, 2013 (curatorial assistant) Special commission by Chris Johanson and Johanna Jackson, 2013 (curator) Hammer Projects: Lucy Raven, 2012 (curator) Made in L.A., curated by Anne Ellegood, Ali Subotnick, Lauri Firstenberg, Cesar Garcia, Malik Gaines, 2012 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Alex Hubbard, 2012 (curator) Special Projects: Lightbox commission by T. Kelly Mason, 2012 (curator) Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, 2012 (curator, with Ann Philbin) Hammer Projects: Antony, curated by James Elaine, 2012 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Carlos Bunga, 2011 (curator) Hammer Residency: Lucy Raven, 2011 (curator) Ed Ruscha: On the Road, curated by Douglas Fogle, 2011 (curatorial assistant) All of this and nothing, curated by Anne Ellegood and Douglas Fogle, 2011 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: My Barbarian, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2010 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Eric Baudelaire, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2010 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Tom Marioni, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2010 (curatorial assistant, brochure essayist, and organizer of performance of Marioni's Beer Drinking Sonata [for 13 players], 1996) Mark Manders, curated by Douglas Fogle and Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, 2010 (curatorial assistant) Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, 2010 (curator, with Ali Subotnick) Hammer Projects: Friedrich Kunath, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2010 (curatorial assistant) Luisa Lambri: Being there, curated by Douglas Fogle, 2010 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Jonas Wood, 2010 (curator) Hammer Projects: Keren Cytter, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2010 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Desirée Holman, curated by Ali Subotnick, 2009 (curatorial assistant) The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis, curated by Ali Subotnick, 2009 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Claude Collins-Stracensky, curated by Anne Ellegood, 2009 (curatorial assistant) Hammer Projects: Nic Hess, curated by Ali Subotnick, 2009 (curatorial assistant) Urban China, curated by Benjamin Godsill, 2009 (curatorial assistant) Larry Johnson, curated by Russell Ferguson, 2009 (curatorial assistant)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA From the Permanent Collection: Robert Frank's The Americans, 2009 (curator) Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, 2008 (curator, with Philipp Kaiser) MOCA Focus: Sterling Ruby, curated by Philipp Kaiser, 2008 (curatorial assistant) Allan Kaprow--Art as Life, curated by Philipp Kaiser, 2008 (curatorial assistant) Equinox, curated by Philipp Kaiser and Alma Ruiz, 2007 (curatorial assistant) Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, curated by Sam Durant, 2007 (project coordinator) MOCA Focus: Eric Wesley, curated by Cornelia Butler, 2006 (project coordinator) Recent Acquisitions, curated by Cornelia Butler, 2006 (curatorial assistant) WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, curated by Cornelia Butler, 2006 (project coordinator) Robert Smithson, curated by Cornelia Butler and Eugenie Tsai, 2006 (curatorial assistant)
Art Center College of Design South Campus, Pasadena, CA Supersonic: 1 Wind Tunnel, 8 Schools, 120 Artists, 2004 (curator and Steering Committee representative) four walls projects, San Francisco, CA the flexible density of time, 1999
MECHANICAL, San Francisco, CA people will see me and cry., 1998 (co-organizer with Robert Linder, Will Rogan, and Fynnegan Sloyan) Video Show, 1998 (co-organizer with Robert Linder, Will Rogan, Allison Shields, and Fynnegan Sloyan)
976 Valencia, San Francisco, CA 17 artists, 35 works, 500 guests, 1998
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA reply: a group show of mailed art, 1997
Published Writings
“In Flight,” Yassi Mazandi, Bui Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2021 “Stealing Light,” Amir Zaki: Being/Becoming, Publisher forthcoming, 2021 “First There Is a Mountain,” Amir Zaki: Empty Vessel, The Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA, 2019 “Space is Material,” Forest Island, Mammoth Lakes and Los Angeles, CA, 2018 HYOH, Pangaea Projects, Glendale, CA, 2018 “Lucy Raven,” Lucy Raven: Low Relief, Ed. Victoria Brooks, MOUSSE PUBLISHING and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in association with Portikus, New York, NY, 2017 “Sites of Resistance and Transformation,” Die Kränken: Sprayed with Tears, Ed. David Franz, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, Los Angeles, CA, 2017 “He’s Gone,” If the Head Fits, Wear It, Ed. Elizabeth Cline, Mark A. Rodriguez, Matthew Siegle, Los Angeles, CA, 2017 “MAN’S BEST FRIEND,” KAWS: MAN’S BEST FRIEND, Ed. Laura Watts, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2016 “Earth, Wind, and Fire: Ali Beletic’s Expansive Art,” RANGE Magazine, No. 5, Los Angeles, CA, 2016 “Going it Alone,” RANGE Magazine, No. 4, Los Angeles, CA, 2016 “Hi.”, Rebecca Morris: Southafternoon, Ed. Paula Van den Bosch, Bonnefanten Museum, Mäastricht, The Netherlands, 2014 “Mark Dion,” “Jimmie Durham,” “Felix Gonzalez-Torres,” “Louise Lawler,” “William Leavitt,” “Sherrie Levine,” “Paul McCarthy,” “Matt Mullican,” “Cady Noland,” “Stephen Prina,” “Martha Rosler,” “Haim Steinbach,” “Rirkrit Tiravanija,” “Christopher Williams,” Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, Ed. Johanna Burton and Anne Ellegood, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2014 “This Event Begins the Moment You Finish Reading This,” Hammer Projects: Maya Hayuk, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2013 “Rebecca Morris: Some Observations,” City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant, Los Angeles, CA, 2013 “Vladimir Boudnik,” “Young Chung,”Robert Fontenot,” “Ray Johnson,” “Alex Klein,” “Hillary Mushkin,” “Kay Sage,” “Connie Samaras,” “Nicolas De Staël,” “Otakar Švec,” Who’s In a Name?, Ed. Susan Silton, Los Angeles, CA, 2013 “Ojo,” Engagement Party, Ed. Lisa Gabrielle Mark, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2013 Untitled Interview with Chris Johanson, Chris Johanson, Phaidon Press Limited, London, England, 2013 “Scoli Acosta,” “Sarah Cain,” “Patricia Fernandes,” “Mark Hagen,” “Michele O’Marah,” “Brian Sharp,” “Jill Spector,” “Caroline Thomas,” “Erika Vogt,” Made in L.A., Ed. Anne Ellegood, Lauri Firstenberg, Malik Gaines, Cesar Garcia, Ali Subotnick, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2012 “Lucy Raven,” Hammer Projects: Lucy Raven, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2012 “Alex Hubbard,” Hammer Projects: Alex Hubbard, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2011 “Carlos Bunga,” Hammer Projects: Carlos Bunga, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2011 “Karla Black,” “Charles Gaines,” “Even Holloway,” “Sergej Jensen,” “Ian Kiaer,” “Jorge Macchi,” “Dianna Molzan,” “Fernando Ortega,” “Eileen Quinlan,” “Gedi Sibony,” “Paul Sietsema,” “Frances Stark,” “Mateo Tannatt,” “Kerry Tribe,” All of this and nothing, Ed. Anne Ellegood and Douglas Fogle, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2011 “Tom Marioni,” Hammer Projects: Tom Marioni, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 “Urban Crude: Touring the Oil Fields of Los Angeles with Drew Heitzler and the Center for Land Use Interpretation”, Ed. Stacey Allen, http://www.eastofborneo.org/articles/4, October, 2010 “Jonas Wood and Corrina Peipon in conversation,” New Plants, Ed. Jonas Wood, Jonas Wood & Anton Kern, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 “Jonas Wood,” Hammer Projects: Jonas Wood, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 “Stephen Balkenhol,” “Chris Burden,” “Dave Muller,” “Adrian Piper,” “Catherine Sullivan,” This Is Not To Be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Ed. Lisa Gabrielle Mark, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2008 “Maya Hayuk's Good Vibes: Some Thoughts on Giving, in Three Parts,” Maya Hayuk: Just Good Vibes, Ed. Maya Hayuk, Upper Playground, San Francisco, CA, November, 2007 “Chantal Akerman,” “Mary Bauermeister,” “Camille Billops,” “Dara Birnbaum,” “Jay DeFeo,” “Disband,” “Isa Genzken,” “Lynn Hershman,” “Yayoi Kusama,” “Suzanne Lacy,” “Linda Montano,” “Ree Morton,” “Alice Neel,” “Ulrike Ottinger,” “Ewa Partum,” “Adrian Piper,” “Yvonne Rainer,” “Ursula Reuter Christiansen,” “Ulrike Rosenbach,” “Bonnie Sherk,” “Cindy Sherman,” “Katharina Sieverding,” “Mimi Smith,” WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Ed. Connie Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA and The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007 “Something That Remains from What is Past,” Jordan Biren: Video, Ed. Jordan Biren, The Media Foundation and Fringe Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, 2006 “If Only: Distance and Desire in the work of Emilie Halpern,” PRoject SPace, The Breeder, Athens, Greece, 2003 “Tom Friedman,” i: the sfai alumni magazine, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2000 “Interview with Jason Rhoades,” i: the sfai alumni magazine, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1999 “Thrones,” h2so4, San Francisco, CA, no. 11, Summer/Autumn 1999 the organizers of this publication assume no responsibility for the contents herein, 1998-2001 (co-founder, publisher, distributor, and contributing editor, with Robert Linder and Fynnegan Sloyan) “Certain Means of Action,” h2so4, San Francisco, CA, no. 10, Summer/Autumn 1998 “Voice,” h2so4, San Francisco, CA, no. 8, Summer/Autumn 1997
Board Membership
Advisory Board / Curator Forest Island Project, Mammoth Lakes and Los Angeles, CA 2017-present
Founding Curatorial Board Member / Nominating Curator The Artist Project, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Founding Board Member / Board Secretary / Board President / Advisory Board Member of Strategic Planning, Nominating, and Programming Committees Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2003-2011
Juries, Nominating Roles & Fellowships
Juror, Faculty Project Grants, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2020-2021
Juror, College Art Association MFA Exhibition, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, Crisp Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL, 2016
Nominating Curator, Women to Watch, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., 2015
Juror, Tools & Equipment Grants, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Juror, Mid-Career Artist Grants, California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, THIS WILL NEVER WORK, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Nominating Curator, Mid-Career Artist Fellows, Friends of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Curatorial Fellow, fiac! Young Curators Invitational, Paris, France, 2010
Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 2008
Juror, 24th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Juror, STAIN, San Francisco, CA, 2000
Education
2004 Master of Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA