ABOUT
Viewing art is an act of contemplative discovery. For me, it feels like being an explorer or treasure hunter, except the riches lie in unexpected meaning and beautiful form. My paintings invite viewers to spend time with them- to move about, look closely, and become active visual explores themselves.
These paintings are made entirely with white paint, but they come alive with light as it refracts over the varying matte and iridescent surfaces. As one moves in front of them, or sunlight changes the lighting in the room, the paintings vacillate between abstraction and representation, revealing scenes of liquid transformation: great waves, storms clouds, avalanches, and volcanic flows. The imagery is grand and sometimes tumultuous, but the luminescence, softly painted edges, and transient iridescence has a serene quality as well.
I am fascinated by the history of white-on-white paintings and love how white light is made from all the colors of the spectrum. It is everything and nothing all at once. I searched for many years to find a method to make white paintings that are quiet and subtle, yet can also convey complex compositions and careful detail. Finally, at an art opening, the side of a can caught my eye. It had a silver and white label that did almost exactly what I envisioned. I then only had to try several dozen paints and techniques until I found a combination that worked- airbrushing white paint on a textured, silver background.
While I was developing this technique, life was interrupted by the pandemic. The lockdown was a blessing in disguise for me, as it removed the clutter of a busy life. I suddenly had time to experiment with my new materials. It also kept me at home and caused me to rethink the space in which I lived and worked. I came to appreciate home more than I ever had before. I realized that these bright, airy paintings were exactly what I wanted to live with. The world outside was going through great changes. These paintings convey comfort with change. They are always in flux, yet convey tranquility.
To see these paintings in their entirety takes time. Day or night, these paintings always have something to be discovered. From sunlight they can feel bright and shimmering and at night they may take on a warm glow from incandescent lights. Their mood is always changing, inviting reinvestigation and discovery.
EDUCATION
2008 Claremont Graduate University, M.F.A.: Painting
2002 College of Creative Studies at U.C.-Santa Barbara, B.A.: Creative Studies, Minor: Art History
EXHIBITIONS
2023 re: Power, Altán Klamovka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (forthcoming)
Stasis, AMcE, Seattle, WA
The Passing Storm, SLATE, Oakland, CA (solo)
Art Market SF, SLATE, San Francisco
2022 Summer Show, SLATE, Oakland, CA
SUPERMARKET, Stockholm, Sweden
Tieze, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Personal Contacts #5, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
Return to Aus, Galerie Pompom, Sydney, Australia
Spring Break, Los Angeles, CA
QiPo, Mexico City, Mexico
We Are Here/ Here We Are, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Suturo, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Escapism from LA, SOIL, Seattle, WA
QiPo, Mexico City, Mexico
Drawings, Kalashnikov Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
SUPERMARKET, Stockholm, Sweden
Spring Break, Los Angeles, CA
Matters of Size, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
CO/LAB IV, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Transiting 2, Joseph Glass Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Arcadia: Visions and Prophecies, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Regime of Images, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Los Angeles is, Once Again, Temple University Gallery, Rome, Italy, curated by Camilla Boemio
In the Stillness Between Two Waves, Paros Art Center, Paros, Greece
SUPERMARKET, Stockholm, Sweden
ASIA/LA ← → LA/ASIA, ARA Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Dragnet 832, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Other Places Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Odd Convergences: Steps/Missteps, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Kan, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
2017 The Collectivists, Hilbert Raum, Berlin, Germany
The Sense of Things, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Upsurge, Paper, Manchester, U.K.
Upsurge, University of Salford, Manchester, U.K.
Round Won, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
The Collectivists, Brand Library, Los Angeles, CA
Far Bizarre, Cerritos College, Los Angeles, CA
LA Invasion, Fine Arts Exhibition Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Beset on All Sides, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Roni Feldman, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo)
In Remembrance of Elie Wiesel, BLAM, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Slippery Stories, Strange Neighbours, Melbourne, Australia
Slippery Stories, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Alone Again Or, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Fabrik Expo, ARTRA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Miami Projects, Durden and Ray, Miami, FL
From the Barricades, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany
Evolution, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Here!, Durden & Ray Projects, Los Angeles, CA
LA in CV 2, Coachella Valley Art Center, Coachella, CA
Soul, Sequins, and Gold, BLDG, Covington, KY
Soul, Sequins, and Gold, Northern Kentucky University Gallery, Highland Heights, KY
Icon, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR
Dragnet, Manhattan Beach Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2014 An American Water Margin, University City Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts,
Guangzhou, China, curated by Artra Curatorial and Sijia Chen
Yokohama Trieniale, i:23, Yokohama, Japan
Mas Attack VIII, Santa Monica Studios, Los Angeles, CA, curated by ARTRA
MAS Attack VI, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curated by ARTRA
Project LALO, Project/Number, London, U.K., curated by Grant Vetter
Welcome to LA/ Please Come Again, LAX Airport, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Milo+McLean
The Status of Portraiture, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
The Beautiful, California Lutheran University Rolland Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA
Portraits of the Fallen, Nixon Library, Los Angeles, CA
Portraits of the Fallen, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Some New Great Things, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 Homing Pigeon, Gallery Lara + Cafemode, Tokyo, Japan
Roni Feldman, Albemarle Gallery, London, U.K. (solo)
Marginal Revolutions, Official Satellite Exhibition to Istanbul Biennial, Kuad Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Gul Cagin and Max Presneill
Mexicali Biennial, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Image Search, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, curated by Gallery Daily
Art of Fusion, Miami, CA, curated by Wil Phearson
Highway 61 Revisited, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
MAS Attack, Mutual Appreciation Society, ARTRA, Los Angeles, CA
London Art Fair, Albemarle Gallery, London, U.K.
Séance, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Mario Vasquez
Overload, Garaboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
10th Anniversary Exhibition, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Roni Feldman, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo)
In the Dark, Durden and Ray @ 12th Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Gang’s All Here, Central Utah Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT, curated by Max Presneill
Durden and Ray:Year II, Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
CO/LAB II, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
Portrait of Antarctica, Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Oasis, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA
Material Manifestations, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Hoojung Lee
Beyond Nowness, McNish Gallery at Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA, curated by Gul Cagin
The New Cool School, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, curated by Chris Trueman
2011 XOXO, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
Shadowlighter, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA (solo)
Trio, Wilson Street Gallery (now Janet Clayton Gallery), Sydney, Australia (solo)
Black, Negro, Schwartz, Consorcio, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
Platform LA Fair/ CO/LAB, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Platform LA Fair/ CO/LAB, Monte Vista projects, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Standard Time: Black is the Color of True, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA,
curated by Jay Lizo
Keeping an Eye on Surveillance, Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA,
curated by Hanna Regev
Costra Nostra, Gallery Rheeway, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Grant Vetter
Re:Present, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Max Presneill and Luis Hernandez
Plus 1, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Film: Shorts, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Kiel Johnson
The 6th International Inviting Exhibition, Namseoul University Art Center Gallery IANG, Seoul, Korea, Polemically Small, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, curated by Edward Lucie-Smith
and Max Presneill
Portraits of the Fallen, Paley Media Center and Museum, Beverly Hills, CA
New Moon, Shangri-La, Joshua Tree, CA, curated by Michelle Chong and Andrew Dunlap
Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Art Building, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Mat Gleason
Red, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Year One, Commonspace, Los Angeles, CA
Year One, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Eclipse, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Black Flash, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Polemically Small, Charlie Smith Gallery, London, UK, curated by Edward Lucie-Smith
L_ove A_lways, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan
L_ove A_lways, Gallery Eitoeiko, Tokyo, Japan
Nice to Meet You, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Aqua, Toomey- Tourell Fine Art, Miami, FL
Inaugural Exhibition, Kaycee Olsen Gallery, Culver City, CA
Optimistic American Dischords, Werkstatt Gallery, Berlin, Germany, curated by Edward Lucie-Smith
Spring Fling, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Trade Show, Zirrat Bankasi Gallery, Ankara, Turkey (catalog)
Cacophonic, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Cacophonic, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
New Paintings, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia (catalog)
Art San Diego, Durden & Ray, San Diego, CA
Durden & Ray Presents, Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2009 Here and Now, ARTRA, Los Angeles, CA (solo, catalog)
Collective Dissolve III, Wilson Street Gallery (now Janet Clayton Gallery), Sydney, Australia (solo)
Zoom, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (catalog)
Nel Vostro Spazio/ In Your Space, Giacomo Projects, Venice, Italy
Trade Show, Isfa University Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (catalog)
Over/Flow, Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, CA
Fourth of July Show, Jancar/McCorckle Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Wide Angle III, Cal State Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Discovered/ Undiscovered, Smog Shoppe, Culver City, CA (catalog)
Supersonic, Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
The 210 Show, Project 210, Pasadena, CA
2008 Collective Dissolve II, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA (solo, catalog)
Collective Dissolve, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Ten, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Overhung, Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
Don't Be Shy, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
Black and White, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
New Paintings, Canvas Gallery, Seattle, WA
Us vs. Them, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Portable A3, Front Magazine and Artists Helping Artists, Antwerp, Belgium
Political Disco, Santee Project Space, Los Angeles, CA
The Benefit Exhibition, Duncan Miller Gallery, Culver City, CA
2007 Flow Fair, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Miami, FL
Portable A3, Front Magazine and Artists Helping Artists, Portland, OR
Velocity, Claremont Art Museum, Claremont, CA
The Fourth Leg, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
The Media, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
Art Chicago, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Chicago, IL
Things that are in the News or Should Be, Second City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Figurations, Claremont City Hall, Claremont, CA
Red Dot, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, New York, NY
2006 The Space of Heaven, Stanford University Art Spaces, Stanford, CA (solo)
Flow Fair, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art
2005 From LA to SF, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA (solo)
2004 Big, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Lumen, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
The Clockwatchers, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Scope Arts, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Women Union Gallery, Cal State Sacramento University
2003 What You See Is What You Get, Temple Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 The Girls of Isla Vista, Sullivan-Goss Fine Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)
Angel Show, Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA
AWARDS
2020 Otis College Academic Excellence Award
2018 Otis College Faculty Development Grant
2011 CCI ARC Grant (formerly the Durfee Grant)
2009 MFA Now Prize
2008 Walker/ Parker Memorial Fellowship
Claremont Graduate University Travel Grant
2007 Claremont Graduate University Fellowship
2003 International Art Award for Mixed-Media, Golden Key Honors Society
2002 International Art Award for Painting, Golden Key Honors Society
Abrams Prize Grant for the Arts
UC- Santa Barbara Graduation Speaker
2001 John E. Profant Memorial Scholarship for the Arts
BOOKS AND CATALOGS
2016 Duplex Gallery: 2015 Exhibition Catalog, Duplex Gallery
2015 Launching Your Art Career: A Practical Guide for Artists, Alix Sloan
2012 Roni Feldman: Changing Narrative, Edward Lucie-Smith, ibook monograph
2011 Trio, Wilson Street Gallery
2010 Trade Show, Zirrat Bankasi Gallery
2009 Zoom, Catalog, Torrance Art Museum
ARTRA, Catalog, Torrance Art Museum and RAID Projects
Wide Angle III, Catalog, Long Beach Art Museum
Collective Dissolve, Wilson Street Gallery
REVIEWS & ARTICLES
2019 Interview with Roni Feldman, Voyages LA, Sarah Abrams
Escapism from LA, Seattle Times, Brendan Kiley, Jan 18
2018 Interview with Roni Feldman, Singulart Magazine, March
Odd Convergences, DiversionsLA.com, Genie Davis, May 8
KAN Offers Up a Fresh Way ‘To Look’, Riot Material, Genie Davis, May 18
Los Angeles Is; One Again, The Dream Machine, Dec 2
Eye on Art: LBMax Feature’s Long Beach Museum’s Permanent Collection, The Grunion, Nancy Berkoff
Interview with Roni Feldman, Voyages LA Magazine, Dec
2017 Beset on All Sides, Artillery, June
Round Won, Hyperallergic, Matt Stromberg, February
Round Won, Art and Cake, Genie Davis, February
Round Won, Artillery Magazine, February
Round Won, Fabrik Magazine, February
The Collectivists, Diversions LA, February
The Collectivists, Art and Cake, Genie Davis, January
2016 Slippery Stories, Art and Cake, Genie Davis, November 17
2014 Roni Feldman: Visual Explorer, Beautiful Decay, Russ Crest, January 21
Exchange Rates, BK Magazine, Nicole Disser, October 28
2013 Mexicali Biennial, LA Times, Christopher Knight, January 28
Mexicali Biennial, LA Weekly, Alissa Walker, Jan 17
Material manifestation, Art Beats L.A., Pauline Adamek
2012 Durden and Ray, TemporaryArtReview.com, Sarrita Hun
Durden and Ray, Postal 7600, Jose Maria Casas
Roni Feldman at Garboushian Gallery, Ramona Magazine, Conde Samos, March 23
2011 Shadowlighter, Artweek.com, Bill Bush
Roni Feldman Gets the Durfee, Autonomie.com, Grant Vetter
Behind the Colors: Interview with Roni Feldman, Bloginity.com, Chrissy Crawford
In The Dark, Ramona Magazine, Conde Samos
Art in LA, Art.es, Beatrice Chassepot
XOXO, NYArtBeat.com
XOXO, artcat.com
Brewery Artists, VBS.tv
2010 Black Flash, Art Ltd., Constance Mallinson
Changing of the Guard, Artillery Magazine
Optimistic American Dischords, Kunst Magazin
Interview with Beatrice Chassepot, Be.Art
2009 Prism Review, University of La Verne Press
Here and Now ARTRA Curatorial- Proud to Present, Tucker Neel
2008 Collective Dissolve, Front Magazine
Collective Dissolve, artbusiness.com
2007 Art Notes from the Road, Orange County Register, Richard Chang
Mediated Media, Brea Star Progress, Jaimee Lynn Fletcher
Bring It On, Long Beach Press Telegram, Shirlie Gottlieb
The Media, Catalogue, City of Brea Gallery
2006 The Space of Heaven, Palo Alto Weekly
The Space of Heaven, Stanford Report
The Clockwatchers, Davis Enterprise, Suzanne Minich
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2009-Pres. Otis College of Art and Design, Associate Adjunct Professor
2017-2019. Otis College of Art and Design, Interim Assistant Professor
2011-2019 Otis College of Art and Design, Academic Mentor
2010-2011 Otis College of Art and Design, Foundation Academic Coordinator
LECTURES & PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2018 Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Panel on Alternative Galleries
2017 Brand Library, Los Angeles, CA, Shifting Hierarchies: Panel on alternative art spaces
2016 Modern Art Blitz, Los Angeles, CA, Live stream interview with Mat Gleason
2015 La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA, Panel on Launching Your Art Career
Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR, Art and Writing
2014 Autonomie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Panel on the status of portraiture
Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK, Lecture
2012 Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, Interview with Roland Reiss
2011 Radio Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Radio interview with Stella Sidi
Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, Lecture
Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Lecture
Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Visiting Artist
2010 Berlin Collective, Berlin, Germany, Panel on New American Dischords Exhibition
2009 National Art School, Sydney, Australia, Lecture
Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, CA, Lecture
CGU, World On Fire Conference, Claremont, CA, Lecture
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA, Lecture
2008 Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Visiting Artist
2006 The Painting Gourmet, San Jose, CA, Television interview by Darlene Carmen
ORGANIZATIONS
2009-Pres. Durden and Ray
2010-2014 Berlin Collective
2012-2013 Artists Anonymous