Born
1974, Normal, Illinois US

Education
2007 MA, Goldsmith's College, London
1997 BFA, Skidmore College, New York

Grants and Awards
2007 5th Collective Residency, London
2004 Art in Motion, University of Southern California
1997 Sachs Award, Skidmore College

Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2009
You Say Basel, I Say Basil, Miami Basel, Miami, FL.
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy.
Fondamenta de Ca' Pasareo, Venice, Italy.
S. Marcuol, Venice, Italy.
Via Carmelo Lazzaro, Palermo, Sicily.
2008
Council of Nicaea, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
A Chorus of Idle Footsteps, Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London.
2006
Projection Project: Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; Vienna, Austria;
Budpest, Hungary; Prague, Czech Republic; Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin Germany;
Warsaw and Krakaw, Poland.
Utica Crib, Los Angeles, CA.
2005
Alte Wiede-Fabrik, Munich, Germany.
2004
Voids Filled by Consumerism, Los Angeles, CA.
Scotophobia, Los Angeles, CA.
The Dinner Party, Los Angeles, CA.
Iditarod Cathedral, Cusco, Peru.
Muster, Los Angeles, CA.
Entangled, Los Angeles, CA.
Infinitisemally Small and Villa Rica, Los Angeles, CA.
Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA.
2003
Loft Dweller, Los Angeles, CA.
Epoxy, Roark, 424 Boyd Street, Los Angeles, CA.
2002
Launa Bacon, Paintings and Projects, Metro Gallery, Presented by the Light Bringer Project, Pasadena, CA.
2000
Stills, 381g, San Francisco, CA.
Loft Warming, 786 Minna, San Francisco, CA.

Group Exhibitions
2009
Miami Basel, Miami, FL.
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. 
2008
MOHA 2nd Annual Exhibition, Museum of Hyperreal Art, Malibu, CA.
TERRA-BYTE 3.0, The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
, Arcadia, CA.
Where The Girls Are, Continental, Los Angeles, CA.
Group Show, Brigitte Henninger Kunsthandel, Munich, Germany.
2007
Miniature Art Exhibition, Geborgen Kamers, The Hague, The Netherlands
MISC Video & Performance NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY.
Goldsmiths MFA Show, Goldsmiths College, London.
Pure Balls, 222 Borough High St. London.
2006
Off The Map, with Barbara Kaleta, Corina Lefkowitz and Chris Strother, Metro Gallery,
Old Pasadena, CA.
Group Show, Brigitte Henninger Kunstandel, Munich, Germany.
Fin, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Woman's Show, 1275 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA.
Zeitgenossische Positionen, Brigitte Henninger Kunsthandel, Munich, Germany.
Squeeze,with Mark Licari, Jose Sarinana, Misato Suzuki, curated by Sandra Low, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA.
Unbound, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
FAR at Fourth and Main, Foundation for the Arts (FAR), Los Angeles, CA.
2005
Autumn Nights, Caltrans, Los Angeles, CA.
Accrochage, curated by Bridgette Henninger, Andreas Binder Gallery, Munich, Germany.
Art in Motion VI, The University of California School of Fine Arts Sixth Annual International Festival of Time-Based Media presented in collaboration with the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
Women's Work, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Foundation for the Arts (FAR), Los Angeles, CA.
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanical Garden, Landscape Designer for 35th Annual Baldwin Bonaza, Arcadia, CA.
Veil-Blood-Book-Desert, Four New Symbols of Peace by Iraq and America, Selah Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Modern Art Downtown (MAD), Los Angeles, CA.
Create/Fixate, Los Angeles, CA.
2004
Rubicund, with Freya Prowe, Townhall, San Francisco, CA.
Blue Gorrilla Gallery, Hollywood, CA.
Cardboard Lofts, Selah Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Evolving Perceptions, Los Angeles, CA.
Saints and Sinners, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Rtea, David Lawrence Galllery, Beverly Hills, CA.
Nightmare on 18th Street, 18th Street Complex, Santa Monica, CA.
Squareblue Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA.
Put Up or Shut Up, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA.
Breaking Ground, Selah, Los Angeles, CA.
PostGen and Friends: with Robbie Conal, Shepard Fairey, Mear One, EMEK, Forkscrew Graphics, Joel Pelletier, Karen Fiorito and Scarlett Pimpernel, Black Market, Long Beach, CA.
Self-Portraits, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
OBD Group Show: with Hans Broek, Joe Cornish, Lupe Fernandez, Calvin Phelps and Ra chelle Rojany, THE*SPACE, Los Angeles, CA.
ArtBank, Rtea, Los Angeles, CA.
Xmas at Bedlam, Los Angeles, CA.
2003
Creature Comforts, 1670 Beverly, Los Angeles, CA.
The Usual Suspects+, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Old Bank District, group show, Los Angeles, CA.
2001
Molt, Kunstlershaft, Los Angeles, CA.
Uberfrau, Kunstlershaft, Los Angeles, CA.
2000
Wall Space, Miller Durazo, Los Angeles, CA.
for the kids?& Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Anniversary Retrospective, 381g, San Francisco, CA.
Horror Show, 381g, San Francisco, CA.

Publications
Pasadena Independent, "Fantasy, Fiction and Ficus, Terrabyte III Held at Arboretum," by Terry Miller,  Sept. 17, 2008.
Comment Art, "Exhibition, Pure Balls", 06.Oct. 07.
Free Kareem Blog, "Projection Project for Kareem," March 17, 2007.
Disinformation, “Launa Bacon:  Conceiving 12 Ways,” by Bruna Mori, April, 2006.
Dart International, "Beauty and Revulsion, The Art of Launa Bacon," by Craig Stephens. Winter, 2004/5.
LA Times, "Spinning Her L.A. Yarn," by Dianne Haithman. May 2, 2004.
Pasadena Independent, "A Perspective on Painting and Projects," by Elizabeth Goold, vol. 7, no.9. Jan. 31-Febr. 6, 2002.
The Guardian, Critic’s Choice: Art, “Stills,” by Sarah Coleman, vol. 34, no. 32. April 26-May 2, 2000. 

 

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