Mari Eastman Berkeley, CA, USA b. 1970 Education 1996 — MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL 1992 — BFA, Cum Laude, Smith College, Northampton MA 1991 — Chautauqua School of Painting, Chautauqua NY 1991 — Wesleyan University, Middletown CT Selected Solo Exhibitions 2017 — In Situ, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago IL 2016 — Tokyo 1992-3, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC 2013 — Women’s College, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC 2011 — Objects, Decorative and Functional, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles CA 2007 — It’s you and me forever, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London UK 2007 — Pop Life, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2006 — Sies + Hoke, Dusseldorf Germany 2005 — Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 — Paintings, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2004 — Mari Eastman, Sies + Hoke, Dusseldorf, Germany 2001 — I am the Painting Factory, The Suburban, Oak Park IL 2001 — Mari Eastman, Galleri Nicoali Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 2001 — Hello, Goodbye, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles CA 2000 — Summertime, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York NY 2000 — View from Mt. Washington, Recent Works, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 1998 — Rotating Exhibition, Rainbo Room, Chicago IL 1998 — Predators, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago IL 1997 — Dance Party, Rx Gallery, Chicago IL Selected Group Exhibitions 2013 — Brian Bress, Matt Connors, Mari Eastman, Nathan Mabry, T. Kelly Mason, Cherry and Marin, Los Angeles CA 2013 — The Object Salon, curated by Calvin Marcus, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles CA 2012 — 20 YEARS, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC 2012 — Jim and Rebecca <3 Painting, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena CA 2012 — Look Here, Upon This Picture, Cherry and Martin Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2012 — Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA 2011 — Unfinished Paintings, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles CA 2011 — From the Recent Past: New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA 2010 — California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA (catalog) 2010 — Midnight at Malibu, Muelensteen Gallery, New York NY 2010 — Three person show, Idylwild Arts Center, Idylwild CA 2010 — Seven Card Stud, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles CA 2010 — Painting, LA Art House, Los Angeles CA 2009 — Group show curated by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Colette, Paris, France 2009 — Bellows and Whispers, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles CA 2009 — An Expanded Field of Possibilities, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA (catalog) 2008 — Idle Youth, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York NY (catalog) 2008 — Mystery of the Invisible Clock, Hudson Salon, Los Angeles CA 2008 — The Tapestry Show, Hudson Salon, Los Angeles CA 2008 — Hunters and Devils, Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany 2007 — Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 2007 — One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA: travelled to Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles CA; Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu HI (catalog) 2006 — Asian American Art Now, The Asia Society, New York NY 2006 — Landscapes, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park IL 2006 — Selections From My Wardrobe, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2005 — Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman and Maike Schoorel, Maureen Paley, London UK 2005 — Blumenstuck- Kunstlers Gluck. Vom Paradiesgartlein zur Prilblume, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (catalog) 2005 — André Butzer, Mari Eastman, Francis Scholtz, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2004 — The Undiscovered Country, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (catalog) 2004 — Arnold, Eastman, and Weatherford, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2004 — Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles CA (catalog) 2003 — Ten Years Anniversary of Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 2003 — Hands up, Baby, Hands up!, Kuanstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany 2003 — Summer Romance, Sandroni-Rey, Venice CA 2003 — Girls Gone Wild, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York NY 2003 — The Cat Show, ACME, Los Angeles CA 2002 — Painting and Illustration, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles CA 2001 — Miss World 1972: A Free Form Art Show, Daniel Reich, New York NY 2001 — Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; travelled toMuseum of Contemporary Art, Miami FL (catalog) 2001 — Drawn From LA, Midway Initiative, St. Paul MN 2001 — Painting 2001: Artists from Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York, Victoria Miro Gallery, London UK 2000 — Duchamp’s Suitcase (Use Your Illusion/Part 3 – curated by Jacob Fabricius), Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol UK 2000 — People Are (Still) Animals -Three Day Weekend curated by Dave Muller, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles CA 2000 — The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Laughter, China Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles CA 1999 — Forever is a Hell of a Long Time, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York NY 1998 — Pets, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York NY 1997 — BYOB/Mari Eastman and Amy Wheeler are at CPR, Chicago Project Room, Chicago IL 1996 — AOK, 1223 N. Wolcott, Chicago IL 1995 — The Bunny Show, Base Space, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL Bibliography 2017 — Pocaro, Alan. “The World Keenly Observed: A Review of Mari Eastman and Goldfinch”, NewCity Art, November 2017 2016 — Filchak, Ryan. “Paintings Glow in a Repurposed Northwest Side Bar”, NewCity Art, November 2016 2013 — Weatherford, Mary. “Mari Eastman”, Little Star Weekly, no. 27, August 23 2011 — Sherwood Pundky, Anne. “MARI EASTMAN Objects, Decorative and Functional,” The Brooklyn Rail, May 2011 — Diehl, Travis. “PICKS: Mari Eastman,” Artforum.com, May 2011 — Mizota, Sharon. “A sharp turn by artist,” Los Angeles Times, April 22, D21 2011 — Kunitz, Daniel. “Brush in the Water,” Modern Painters, April p. 18 2010 — Flores, Chloë. Mari Eastman, California Biennial (exhibition catalog), pp. 52-55 2009 — Garcia, Miki. An Expanded Field of Possibilities, exhibition catalog, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum 2008 — Lady in Dark, published by Nieves Books, Zurich, Switzerland, (Zine/Monograph) 2008 — Knight, Christopher. “One Way or Another: Asian American Artists Now,” Los Angeles Times, March 11 2008 — Ferguson, Russell. Idle Youth, exhibition catalog, Gladstone Gallery, June 2007 — Brooks, Amra. “Bas Jan Ader and Mari Eastman,” Must-See Art, LA Weekly, January 24 2006 — Smith, Roberta. “Art Review: A Melange of Asian Roots and Shifting Identities,” The New York Times, September 8, p. B-25 2006 — Campagnola, Sonia. “Dictionary of Los Angeles Artists,” Flash Art, January-February 2005 — Blumenstuck – Kunstlers Gluck. Vom Paradiesgartlein zur Prilblume, exhibition catalog, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany 2004 — Pagel, David. “Around the Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, November 19, p. E-34. 2004 — Pagel, David. “Art Review: Leaving Room for Personality. A new Hammer exhibit traces figurative threads without conformity,” Los Angeles Times, October 20, p. E-1. 2004 — Ed. “What are you looking at? New art through the eyes of ten professionals,” Art on Paper, May/June, p. 67. 2004 — The Undiscovered Country, exhibition catalog, Hammer Museum 2004 — Bernhardt, Katherine. Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Champion Fine Art, exhibition catalog 2003 — The Suburban, The Early Years: 1999-2003, catalog, The Suburban 2003 — Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Summer Romance,” Artweek, September, p. 24 2003 — Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review/Girls Gone Wild,” The New York Times, July 4, p. B- 29 2003 — Pagel, David. “Around the Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, July 4, p. E-22 2002 — Charley Magazine, Edited by Maurizio Cattelan, Ali Subotnik 2002 — Belden, Kris. “Mari Eastman, The Suburban,” Ten by Ten, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 58 2001 — Ferguson, Russel and Claudine Ise. Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, exhibition catalog, Hammer Museum 2001 — Cotter, Holland. “Miss World 1972: A Free Form Art Show by Daniel Reich,” The New York Times, December 28 2001 — Saltz, Jerry. “Something Wild,” The Village Voice/ArtNet, December 2001 — “Dream Diary,” Mined Magazine, December, p. 394-396. 2001 — Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Snapshot,” Tema Celeste, September-October 2001 — Pagel, David. “To Live and Create in LA,” Los Angeles Times, July 29, p. 4 2001 — Knight, Christopher. “A Snapshot of New Art From LA,” Los Angeles Times Calendar, June 6 2001 — Kent, Sarah. “Reviews: Paintings 2001,” Time Out London, No. 1594, March 7-14, p. B-63 2000 — Fabricius, Jacob. “Recent Works,” Yours Truly, p. 35 2000 — Erickson, Karl. “News,” Flash Art, November, p. 51 2000 — Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review / Mari Eastman,” The New York Times, August 4, p. 33 2000 — “Goings on about town/Galleries/ Mari Eastman,” The New Yorker, August 21, p. 28 2000 — Gavlak, Sarah. “Art Review / Mari Eastman,” Time Out, August 23 1999 — Saltz, Jerry. “Mood Swings,” The Village Voice / Artnet, August 1999 — Bryan, Edgar. “Perfect Sleeper,” Cakewalk #2 1997 — Frank, Nicholas. “BYOB,” Art Papers, November/December, Vol. 21, 6, p.52 1997 — Bulka, Michael. “Mari Eastman at RX Gallery,” World Art, Fall, p.81 1997 — Grabner, Michelle. “Mari Eastman and Amy Wheeler, Chicago Project Room,” Art/Text, August, p.86 1997 — Campbell, Shane. “Mari Eastman, RX Gallery,” The New Art Examiner, June, p. 38- 39 1997 — Swartz, Mark. “Torn Between Two Cultures,” Chicago Reader, April 18 1997 — Bulka, Michael. “A-OK,” The New Art Examiner, December, p. 35-36.