MITZI PEDERSON
Born in Stuart, Florida, 1976
Lives in San Francisco, CA
Education
M.F.A. in Painting & Drawing, California College of the Arts, 2004
B.F.A. in Printing, Painting, & Drawing; Minor in Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, 1999
L’Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France, 1998
Solo Exhibitions
2017
The Present Tense, Ratio 3, San Francisco (two-person show)
2014
3:43, Ratio 3, San Francisco
2012
Schleicher/Lange, Paris, France
Ciphers, Ratio 3, San Francisco
2011
the still night air, Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA (catalogue)
2010
and what comes back, Galleria 1/9 unosunove, Rome, Italy
You’ll Know, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
2009
I’ll Start Again, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
i think i was looking at that before, World Class Boxing, Miami, FL
The Approach, London, England (two person show with Lotte Gertz)
2008
Hammer Projects, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2007
timefolding, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
thirtythree days, Ratio 3, San Francisco
2006
sunset on the moon, Duchess, Chicago
White Columns, New York, NY
2005
Unlet Me Go, Ratio 3, San Francisco
Group Exhibitions
2016
Vanishing Point, Ratio 3, San Francisco
2014
other thans, Et al., San Francisco
2013
Architecture Undigested, Fused Space, San Francisco
ANAMERICANA, American Academy in Rome, Italy
2012
Idea is the Object, D'Amelio Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Economy of Means, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Impossible Vacation, White Flag Projects, St. Louis
In the long tunnel we are all alive, Reload, Rome, Italy
2010
The More Things Change, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
OUT OF ORDER: Geometric Systems in Contemporary Bay Area Art, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hauntology, University of California Berekley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
They Knew What They Wanted, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
75 Years Looking Forward: The Anniversary Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Emerge, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
\ (LEAN), Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Mitzi Pederson, Alexander Wolff, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
2009
Berlin, poor but sexy, Pool Art Center Gallery, Drury University, Springfield, MO
New York Minute, MACRO FUTURE, Rome, Italy
Doubled Confluence, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Mark-Making: Dots, Lines and Curves, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Quiet Revolution, Milton Keynes Gallery, UK & Harris Museum, Preston, UK
Tony Feher, Allison Miller and Mitzi Pederson, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Liberation Upon Contact, Ratio 3, San Francisco
2008
Reduced Construction, Karma International, Zürich, Switzerland
No Information available, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Now You See It, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Unbalance, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Constraction, Deitch Projects, New York NY
2008 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Update, White Columns, New York, NY
2007
Coming Up: New Work by Recent Graduates of the California College of the Arts, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Curated by Larry Rinder
Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland
Alpha, Ratio 3, San Francisco
SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thoughtless…, small A projects, Portland, Oregon
The Powder Room, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
Louis Morris, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia
Five Habitats: Squatting at Langton, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Pure Land, Ratio 3, San Francisco
California Roll: Bay Area Artists in Rural Japan, Ine, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Snap, Crackle, Pop, PlaySpace Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
overundersidewaysdown, Queen’s Nail Annex, San Francisco
2005
Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
2004
Gazing Upwards, Adobe Books, San Francisco
Color Wheel Oblivion, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Land of the Free, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Evening of the Arts, CELLspace, San Francisco
Felix Variations, PlaySpace Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
The Post-it Show, PlaySpace Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Build Anniversary Show, Build, San Francisco
2003
Winter Formal Spectacular, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
99 Bottles, Build, San Francisco
The Pin-up Show, PlaySpace, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Flat Constellations 2: experimental flatworks invitational, Build, San Francisco
Pre-Post War Theatre of Embedded Silence >quiet<, Build, San Francisco
More Better, East 1 Gallery, San Francisco
2002
The Pin-up Show, Paulette Long & Shepard Pollack Graduate Gallery, San Francisco
The Anderson Center Winter Show, Main Gallery, Red Wing, MN
Bibliography
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Baker, Kenneth. “Mitzi Pederson show: Artist's tulle creates delicacy.” San Francisco Chronicle Jan 2014.
Tilghman, Parker. “A Gust of Glitter, a Resolute Fragility.” ArtSlant May 2012.
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Fite-Wassilak, Chris. Hayward Touring Curatorial Open Pt. 1/3: Quiet Revolution. Hayward Publishing, 2009.
Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. London: Phaidon Press Inc., 2009: 220–223.
Slovak, Richard, Now You See It. Aspen: Aspen Art Press, 2008.
Huldisch, Henriette, Shamim M. Momin. Whitney Biennial 2008 Exhibition Catalogue. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2008.
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Color Wheel Oblivion. Milan, Italy: Marealla Arte Contemporanea, 2004.
Awards
2006
SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive, CA
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL