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>> bio
b. 1978 Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
>> education
2010
2005–06
2003–05
2002
| MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
Special studies in art, California State University Long Beach
Continuing education in art, Pasadena City College
BS in journalism, BA in environmental science, The University of Kansas
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>> solo exhibitions and projects
2011
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Bucketry, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Two Projects and a Drawing, Mary Moody Gallery, West Texas A&M, Amarillo, TX
Spottieottiedopaliscious Dishes: new MerkelWare, IKO IKO, Los Angeles, CA
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2010
| Devils Tower-LA, Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Fine Art 626-394-3963, 18th Street Arts Center Project Room, Santa Monica, CA
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>> group exhibitions
| 2012 |
Material, a group show curated by Duro, Salon 94, New York
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| 2011 |
Basic Goodness, Free City, Los Angeles
001, Favorite Goods, Los Angeles
Works of Paper, ACME, Los Angeles
Paul Clay, Salon 94, New York
Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art, ACME, Los Angeles
EXTRAordinary LIFE series, IKO IKO at Space 1520, Los Angeles
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| 2010 |
Haunted JMOCA, Justin's Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
(N)either Swords (N)or Ploughshares, Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, CA
Wet Paint II, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
Keramik, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
UCLA MFA Thesis Show #1, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
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| 2009 |
UCLA MFA 2010 Group Show, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
Greater LA MFA Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach
College Art Association Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles
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| 2008 |
Greater LA MFA Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach |
| 2006 |
Insights 2006: The Annual Student Art Exhibition, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
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>> curatorial
| 2008 |
Group Effort: Collaboration as Form and Process, Wight Biennial 2008, University of California, Los Angeles (co-curator)
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>> press
| 2012 |
Ollman, Leah, "Clay Keeps Breaking the Mold," Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2012
Shaw, Michael, "Matthias Merkel Hess: Come for the Merkel, Stay for the Bucketry," The Conversation: an Artist Podcast , January 13, 2012
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| 2011 |
Wagley, Catherine, "Matthias Merkel Hess," LA Weekly, December 1, 2011
Hodge, Brooke, "Seeing Things: Matthias Merkel Hess," T Magazine, December 8, 2011
Ollman, Leah, "Art Review: Aaron Morse and Matthias Merkel Hess at ACME," Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2011
"Arts & Power: On the Make," Angeleno Magazine, December 2011
"69 Beautiful Things: A Ceramic Menagerie," Pin-Up Magazine, Fall / Winter, 2011-2012
Hodge, Brooke, "Iko Iko Goes West," Seeing Things Blog, T Magazine, August 18, 2011
Ollman, Leah, "Art review: 'Works of Paper' at ACME," Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2011
Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: 'Paul Clay'," New York Times, June 30, 2011
Kilston, Lyra, "Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art," artforum.com critics pick, January 20, 2011
Pagel, David, "Art Review: 'Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art' at ACME," Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2011.
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>> awards
| 2009 |
Elaine Krown Klein Award, University of California, Los Angeles
Matthias Denny Award, University of California, Los Angeles
Hoyt Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
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2008
2007
2006
2005 |
Hyman Eugene Oxman Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
Laura Andreson Ceramics Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
Fine Arts Affiliates Scholarship, California State University, Long Beach
Art Department Scholarship, Pasadena City College
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