Olga Koumoundouros
Olga Koumoundouros is an American sculptor based in Los Angeles.
Koumoundouros was born in New York, New York in 1965.[1] Her sculptures and installations address issues of real estate, gentrification and social justice. After her neighbors' house was abandoned, she occupied the space and transformed it into a work of art.[2][3][4]
She received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California in 2001.
Selected exhibitions[]
2013[]
- We made life here for a little while, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Off-site, Altadena, CA
- Dream Home Resource Center, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Transformer Display for Community Fundraising: Phase 4, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (two-person show with Andrea Bowers)
- Possessed by Glint and Dreams, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011[]
- Wall Works: CART-What Do We Need to Get By and How Do We Get There?, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009[]
Demand Management, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA (June 26 – August 23, 2009)
2008[]
Great Expectations and The Wreck of the Hope, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Project Space)
2007[]
"A Roof Upended,” Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA.
2006[]
"Thieves Vinegar,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen Germany.
2005[]
"More Yellow Wallpaper,” Mullin Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles.
2004[]
"Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany.
2002[]
"#9", 5301 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (two-person show with Rodney McMillian)
1999[]
"Just in Case,” INMO Gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Angeles.
References[]
- ^ "Olga Koumoundouros". Greater LA. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ Cheh, Carol (October 2, 2012). "When Olga Koumoundouros' Neighbors Abandoned Their House, She Took It Over...and Turned It Into Art". LA Weekly.
- ^ Ollman, Leah (March 21, 2013). "Review: Olga Koumoundouros takes on American dream of home ownership". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Sommer, Danielle (July 22, 2013). "Olga Koumoundouros". Art in America.
External links[]
- 1965 births
- Living people
- American sculptors
- American women sculptors
- California State University, Long Beach alumni
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts alumni
- University of Vermont alumni
- 21st-century American women artists