Curators Lab Exhibitions
The Curators Laboratory Exhibitions greatly enhance FOCA’s mission of supporting emerging and mid-career California artists by reaching out to emerging curators who will present exhibitions in support of a curatorial thesis. In keeping with FOCA’s historical goal to provide documentation of each exhibition, records of the curator’s process of conceptualizing and organizing each exhibition will be posted on FOCA’s website. Over time this series of curatorial projects and associated web support will generate – for students, artists, curators, and the public – a valuable archive resource.
Curators Lab Exhibitions take place in FOCA’s headquarters in Chinatown. FOCA periodically offers a Call for Proposal 2024 for curatorial submissions.
April 15, 2023 - June 3, 2023
Curated by
Matthew Lax
Artists
Boz Deseo Garden,Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD),Andre Keichian,Miller Robinson
January 28, 2023 - March 11, 2023
Curated by
Nahui Garcia
Artists
Yuchi Ma,Elizabeth Ibarra,Jiayun Chen
October 22, 2022 - December 17, 2022
Curated by
Kōan Jeff Baysa
Artists
Kim Abeles,Amabelle Aguiluz,Heimir Björgúlfsson,Ethan Estess,Nick Hunt,Richard Lang,Judith Selby Lang,Sonia Romero,Glenda Lee Mahoney
July 30, 2022 - September 24, 2022
Curated by
David DiMichele
Artists
David DiMichele,Virginia Katz,Bia Gayotto,Yvette Gellis,Danny Shain,Constance Mallinson,Marie Thibeault
May 7, 2022 - June 15, 2022
Curated by
Josh Cabello
Artists
Josh Cabello,Victor Isaac Alvarez,Paarsa Hajari
January 22, 2022 - March 12, 2022
Curated by
Joey Lehman Morris
Artists
Dan Bayles,Linda Connor,John Divola,Eve Luckring,Rodney McMillian,Avan Smith,Martin Sturm,Maritta Tapanainen,Magdelawit M. Tesfaye
October 9, 2021 - December 4, 2021
Curated by
Vinhay Keo,Evelyn Hang Yin
Artists
Samira Yamin,Kenneth Yuen,Charlotte Zhang
March 21, 2021 - May 15, 2021
Curated by
Kellie Lanham-Friedman,Isabel Theselius
Artists
Matthew Hotaling,Mariah Csepanyi Cool,Kari Reardon,Joey Cannizzaro,Martabel Wasserman
October 3, 2020 - December 12, 2020
Curated by
Khang Nguyen
Artists
Adrienne DeVine,Ann Phong,China Adams,Colin Roberts,Doug Harvey,Gary Brewer,HK Zamani,Ibuki Kuramochi,Jason Ramos,Kio Griffith,Mei Hotta,Sean Noyce,Snezana Petrovic,Takeshi Kanemura,Verginia Katz
February 1, 2020 - March 28, 2020
Curated by
Jasmine McNeal
Artists
Kayla Shelton,Valerie Asiimwe Amani,Kayla Salisbury,Gozie Ojini
October 19, 2019 - December 6, 2019
Curated by
Clifford Eberly
Artists
Oscar David Alvarez,Alexandra Grant,Kyla Hansen,David Karwan,Erica Ryan Stallones,Josh Paul Thomas
July 13, 2019 - September 6, 2019
Curated by
Erika Hirugami
Artists
Claudia Cano,Alejandro Cartagena,Adrian Delgado,Ramiro Gomez Jr.,Albert Lopez Jr.,Narsiso Martinez,Lino Martinez,Antonio Pelayo
January 26, 2019 - March 15, 2019
Curated by
Carolie Parker
Artists
Ginny Cook,Carole Kim,Thomas Müller,Laura Parker,Anne Seidman,Danny Shain
August 25, 2018 - November 2, 2018
Curated by
Chelsea Dean
Artists
Chelsea Dean,Susan Logoreci,Susan Feldman,Aili Schmeltz
May 19, 2018 - July 20, 2018
Curated by
Lauren Kasmer
Artists
Terry Arena,Joaquín Boz,James Griffith,Bonita Helmer,Lauren Kasmer,Brad Miller,Jenene Nagy,Chris Oatey,Brian Rochefort,Tam Van Tran
January 27, 2018 - March 23, 2018
Curated by
Cassie Riger,Mak Kern
Artists
Devin Kenny,Mak Kern,Cassie Riger,Hiromi Takizawa,Isabel Theselius
August 26, 2017 - October 27, 2017
Curated by
Lynne Berman
Artists
Deborah Aschheim,Lynne Berman,Phyllis Green,Delta Lamenta,Rachelle Rojany,Julie Shafer,Alise Spinella,Liz Young
May 20, 2017 - July 21, 2017
Curated by
Camella DaEun Kim
Artists
Jenny Donaire,Ting Ying Han,Gelare Khoshgozaran,Ann Le,Yoshie Sakai,Kyungmi Shin,Jimena Sarno,Kim Ye
January 28, 2017 - March 4, 2017
Curated by
Jared Baxter
Artists
Robert Crouch,Nicole Phungrasamee Fein,Karen Lofgren,Yann Novak,Dean Smith
August 20, 2016 - October 20, 2016
Curated by
Kate Whitlock
Artists
Anna Breininger,Julia Haft-Candell,Molly Larkey,Lindsay August-Salazar,Feodor Voronov
May 7, 2016 - July 8, 2016
Curated by
Ricardo Rodríguez
Artists
Colin Gray,Melissa Manfull,Ricardo Rodríguez
January 23, 2016 - March 18, 2016
Curated by
Yoon C Han
Artists
Reza Ali,Yuan-Yi Fan,George Legrady,Ryan McGee,Juan Manuel Escalante,Erick Oh,F. Myles Sciotto,Camella DaEun Kim
September 19, 2015 - November 13, 2015
Curated by
Sydney Croskery
Artists
Chloe Boleyn,Colin Cook,Bill Shambaugh,Brian Cooper,Sydney Croskery,Tony de los Reyes,Michael Dee,John Geary,Tanya Haden,Kiel Johnson,Susan Logoreci,Claudia Parducci,Yuval Pudik,Antonio Puleo,Rob Reynolds,Aili Schmeltz,Marissa Textor,Eric Yahnker
May 9, 2015 - July 10, 2015
Curated by
Kristi Lippire
Artists
Kristi Lippire,Susan Logoreci,Melissa Manfull,Dana Maiden,Erin Payne
January 17, 2015 - March 13, 2015
Curated by
Richard Turner
Artists
Hilary Baker,Keiko Fukazawa,Lia Halloran,Jacci Den Hartog,Shoshi Kanokohata,Noel Korten,Pierre Picot,Richard Turner
September 20, 2014 - November 21, 2014
Curated by
Kohl King,Alevé Mei Loh
Artists
Peter Wu,Christian Tedeschi,Kiki Seror,Christine Nguyen,York Chang,Shiva Aliabadi,Mariel Carranza,Marc Horowitz,Cody Trepte,Yoshie Sakai,Emmett Walsh,Patricia Valencia,Finishing School,Alevé Mei Loh,Kohl King
May 17, 2014 - July 18, 2014
Curated by
Chiara Giovando
Artists
Jules Gimbrone,Chiara Giovando,Mette Hersoug,Alison O’Daniel,John Wiese,Maryanne Amacher
January 21, 2014 - February 6, 2014
Curated by
Manual History Machines
Artists
Sarah Awad,Daniela Campins,Clifford Eberly,Jay Erker,Helen Rebekah Garber,Rema Ghuloum,Rochele Gomez,Raymie Iadevaia,Bessie Kunath,Nancy Lupo,Danielle McCullough,Stephanie Washburn,Tessie Whitmore
January 18, 2014 - March 21, 2014
Curated by
Manual History Machines
Artists
Sarah Awad,Daniela Campins,Clifford Eberly,Jay Erker,Helen Rebekah Garber,Rema Ghuloum,Rochele Gomez,Raymie Iadevaia,Bessie Kunath,Nancy Lupo,Danielle McCullough,Stephanie Washburn,Tessie Whitmore
May 11, 2013 - July 12, 2013
Curated by
Constance Mallinson
Artists
Doug Harvey,Coleen Sterritt,Nancy Evans,Yvette Gellis,Marie Thibeault,Nikko Mueller,Jonathon Hornedo,Constance Mallinson
January 26, 2013 - March 20, 2013
Curated by
Jody Zellen
Artists
John Carpenter,Casey Reas,Jeremy Rotsztain,Jennifer Steinkamp,John Baldessari,Jason Lewis,Lia,Erik Loyer,Rafael Rozendaal,Scott Snibbe,Jody Zellen
September 29, 2012 - November 24, 2012
Curated by
China Adams
Artists
Miyoshi Barosh,Thomas Deininger,Christian Cummings,Amy Drezner,Mark Dutcher,Doug Harvey,Anne Hieronymus,Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor,Robert Larson,John Luckett,Nuttaphol Ma,Stephen McCabe,William Ransom,Dustin Shuler,Don Suggs,Ann Weber,Christine Wertheim,Alexis Zoto,The Institute For Figuring,China Adams
