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Education:
2007 BFA, Ceramics, California State University Long Beach
2001 Resident of Barcelona, Spain – Spanish Studies
2000 – 2001 California State University Long Beach
1997 – 1999 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Public Projects/Awards:
2023 COLA Individual Master Artist, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Donkey Mill Arts Center Artist in Residence, Kona, HI
2021 City of Long Beach 2021-2022 Professional Artist Fellow Award
2020 City of Los Angeles 2020-2021 DCA Cultural Trailblazers Award
2019 Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo, Ireland
2017 “Hey Rookie” Public Pool – ceramic tile mural, 400 sq. ft.
San Pedro, CA
Commissioned by L.A. County Arts Commission
2009 “Avalon Lifeguard/Paramedic Headquarters” – ceramic tile mural, 200 sq. ft.
Avalon, Catalina Island
Commissioned by L.A. County Arts Commission
2007 “The History of Los Angeles (Condensed)” – ceramic tile murals, 1000 sq. ft.
Hollenbeck Station, Los Angeles Police Department, East Los Angeles, CA
Commissioned by L.A. County Arts Commission
2004 “Metro Rapidway - Tarzana Station” – in collaboration with Sandow Birk
Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA
Commissioned by the LA Community Redevelopment Agency and the MTA
2002 “The Discovery of the City of Long Beach”– in collaboration with Sandow Birk; 2 ceramic tile murals, 600 sq.ft.
City Place Shopping Center, Long Beach, CA
Commissioned by Long Beach Public Corp. for Arts
2003 “Flora and Fauna” – in collaboration with Thomas Barter; iron, cement, ceramic sculpture
Bixby Knolls Park, Long Beach, CA
Commissioned by Long Beach Public Corp. for the Arts
“Discovery Wells” – in collaboration with Thomas Barter; ceramic installation, 250 sq. ft
Discovery Park, Signal Hill, CA
Commissioned by City of Signal Hill Arts Program
2002 “Toy Car Pileup” – in collaboration with Thomas Barter; tile stucco, foam, concrete sculpture
Corner of 1st St. and Broadway, downtown Long Beach, CA
Commissioned by Long Beach Transit Bus Shelter Program
Selected Exhibitions:
2024 "Hysterical" – Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
2023 "Seriously! Art and Humor in Challenging Times" – OCC Frank Doyle Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, CA
"The E.R.A. Feminist Art Show 2023" – Moby Arts, West Hollywood, CA
"Untitled #42" – Koplin Del Rio, Los Angeles, CA
"City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Master Artist Project (IMAP) Visual Artists Exhibition" – Los Angeles, CA
"Handle Carefully: The Power of Words and Clay" – Scripps College 78th Ceramic Annual, Claremont, CA
2022 "Conversing in Clay" – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Elyse Pignolet: May I Finish" – Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Impermanence Stories of Rupture and Repair" – LB Arts Council Artist Fellows Exhibit, Long Beach, CA
2021 "Everything Connected: Land, Body, Cosmos" – Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
"I'm Not Like the Other Girls" – Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Girl and the Tank" – Track 16 group exhibition, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC, NY
"Elyse Pignolet- Recent works on paper" – Track 16 Gallery, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
"Space as Presence: Elyse Pignolet, Christine Nguyen, Fran Siegel" – Long Beach Museum of Art Down Town, Long Beach, CA
2020 "Intersect Chicago: Featuring New and Recent Works by Elyse Pignolet and Katherine Vetne" – Online exhibition, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Elyse Pignolet: Boys Will be Boys" – Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Send Her Back !!!" – Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Online Exhibition
"Elyse Pignolet" – Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Zona Maco Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico
"Winter Salon" – Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 "Attempt to Raise Hell: Twenty-Five Years of Track 16" – Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"A Confrontation of Ideals" – Anren Biennale, Anren Szechuan, China
"Between the Divide" – Long Beach Main Public Library, Long Beach, CA
"You Should Calm Down" – Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Art and Activism" – Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Maui, HI
"Didn't You Know What You Were Carrying On Your Back?" – Track 16 Gallery / Rosalux, Berlin, Germany
"Elyse Pignolet - You Should Smile More" – Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
"American Procession: Elyse Pignolet and Sandow Birk" – McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
"Perennial" – Koplin Del Rio, Los Angeles, CA
"Relevant" – Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2018 "Woman" – Prographica/KDR Gallery, Seattle, WA
"American Procession" – Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"American Procession" – Prographica/KDR Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 "America Qur'an" (ceramic works) – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
"American Qur'an" (ceramic works) – Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
2016 "Fired Up Monumental Clay" – Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
“Wood, Paper, Ink: Contemporary Woodcuts” – Sonoma State Univ., Sonoma, CA
“Text and Image" – Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 "Off the Charts" – 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
“West Coast Ink: Printmaking from Seattle to San Diego” – Sonoma State Univ., Sonoma, CA
2014 “New American Printmaking” – Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia University, Bulgaria
"New American Printmaking" – Union of Bulgarian Artists, Plavno, Bulgaria
“MAC@20 Pt. 2” – McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2013 “Baker’s Dozen V: Marginal Revolutions” – Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012 "Welcome Back: New Lithographs" – Tamarind Press, Albuquerque, NM
“New Work” – Angels Gate Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2011 “If These Walls Could Talk” – Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Imprint of War: Responses in Print" – Univ. of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 “Art Shack” – Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“Contemporary Puppetry” – Art School of the Old Church, Demarest, NJ
“Highlights from the Collectors Circle” – Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2009 “On Paper” – Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
“Natura” – Angels Gate Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Banned and Recovered” – SF Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
“Summer Group Exhibition” – Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Sk8 Deck the Halls” – Windup Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
“Urban Abstraction” – Koos Gallery, Long Beach, CA
“Don’t Fence Me In” – Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Representation 2007” – Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 “The Patriot Show 2: The Art of War” – Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA
“The Divine Comedy” – Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
“The Divine Comedy” – Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Inside Out” – L2Kontemporary Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
“Good Times” – Live Worm Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 “New Media/Mixed Media” – Fine Arts Gallery, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
2003 “Visual and Cultural Communication” – Fine Arts Gallery, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA