Bio

Jennifer Rochlin (b. 1968, Baltimore, MD) lives and works in Altadena, CA. She received a BFA at The University of Colorado at Boulder and then completed her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Rochlin has recently had solo exhibitions and presentations with The Pit (Los Angeles, CA), Sorry We’re Closed (Brussels, Belgium) and Maki Gallery (Tokyo, Japan). P-22 is her first exhibition with SHRINE.

Exhibition History

b. 1968, Baltimore, MD Lives in Los Angeles, CA

Education

1999MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1998 Fall Semester Exchange, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany

1991 BFA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2022

Sorry we're Closed, Brussels, Belgium

P-22, Shrine, New York, NY

2021

Solo presentation at The Armory, The Pit, New York, NY

2020

California Dreamin’ “It’s a Winter’s Kind of Day,” Maki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Jennifer Rochlin, The Pit, Glendale, CA

Clay is Just Thick Paint, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

2019

Superbloom, Geary, New York, NY

2018

Wild is the Wind, The Pit II, Glendale, CA

Jennifer Rochlin & Mari Eastman, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

Kiss Kiss Kiss, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France

2016

Faint Heart, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA

2013

Crystal Eaters, Statler Waldorf Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (with Laurie Nye)

Cats and Bats, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Jennifer Rochlin/Gene Moreno, Institute of Visual Arts, University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI (curated by Nicolas Frank)

Falling Together/Holding Apart, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

2014

Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2022

Group show, Tif Sigfrids Gallery, New York, NY

2021

Art Antwerp, Sorry We’re Closed, Antwerp, Belgium

Via Cafe, Tif Sigfrids Gallery, New York, NY

All of a Sudden, Galeria Mascota, Aspen , CO

Bella Foster, Viola Frey and Jennifer Rochlin, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA

Hot Tropics, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Stockholm art fair with Darren Warner Gallery (curated by Joakim Ojanen)

Dragons, Blossom Market, Los Angeles, CA

2020

Pacific Coast Ceramics, Galeria Mascota, Aspen, CO

LA Views (curated by Chelsea Petrunsko, Maki Gallery, Tokyo , Japan

Finding our way, Lumber Room, Portland, OR

California Ceramics, Galleria Mascota, Mexico City, MX

Mass Ornament: Pleasure, Play, and What Lies Beneath, South Etna, Montauk, NY (curated by Alison Gingergras)

Riders of the Red Horse, The Pit, Glendale, CA

So Far, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA (Online)

2019

L.A. on Fire, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Calculating Infinity, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by Adam D. Miller)

Household Effects, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2018

The Party, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Ali Subotnick)

How They Ran, Over the Influence, Los Angeles, CA

Greater Than L.A., Desert Flowers, Los Angeles, CA

Airtight Garage, Big Pictures LA, Los Angeles, CA

2017

In Order of Appearance, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Dylan Palmer)

Geranium, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (curated by Adrienne Rubinstein)

Of a well-sucked apricot pit, Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Tif Sigfrids and Zachary Leneer)

Figured Out, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL

The Brightsiders, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA (curated by Adam D. Miller)

A Forest on the Edge of Time, The Pit, Glendale, CA

Amplified Presence, Scranch, Joshua Tree, CA

The Edge, T Project, Portland, CA

2016

Snorkel Dreams, Annenberg Pool, Machine Projects, Los Angeles, CA

A Plot of Land, Dutton Gallery, New York, NY

Sex Pot, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

All Right, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Ryan Conder)

2015

Making Strategies, Jack Geary Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Group Show, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY

2014

Terra Firma, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (with Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Joanne Greenbaum) (curated by Kathryn Brennan)

Machine Projects Guide to the Gamble House, Gamble House, Pasadena, CA

Another Cat Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA

Thanks for the Mammaries, ForYourArt, Los Angeles, CA

If A Spider Falls From A Window, Does it Break?, Brennan and Griffin Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Adrianne Rubenstein)

2013

ArtForum Ad, Brennan and Griffin Gallery, New York, NY

Snail Salon, Regina Rex, New York, NY (curated by Adrianne Rubenstein)

The Cat Show, White Columns, New York, NY

Sculptures, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA

2012

MKE-LAX, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI

Venice Beach Biennial, in conjunction with Made in LA, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Ali Subotnick)

2011

Home Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (curated by Miki Garcia and Michelle O’Marah)

Open Daybook, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Group Show, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Kimono My House, Artist Curated Project, Los Angeles, CA

1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA

2008

The Black Dragon Show, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

Tapestry, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Warhol &..., Kantor Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005

Gerald Davis, Charles Irvin, Jennifer Rochlin, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL

Christmas in July, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

2004

Group Show, Pruess Press, Los Angeles, CA

2001

Hot Sheets, Optimistic Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000

Screenings, FGA Space, Chicago, IL

Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

1999

Squirrel on Parade, Public Art Installation, Chicago, IL

Crashpad, The Inn of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Art Windows, Jil Sander Store, Chicago, IL

Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Kunstwerk, Hocschule Der Kunste, Berlin, Germany

1998

Emerging Artists, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL (curated by Hamza Walker and Kathryn Hixson)

5 person show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

Textuality, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

1997

Notations, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Hotel Show, Essex Inn, Chicago, IL

1996

Group Show, Art Explosion, San Francisco, CA

Juried Show, Collision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Grants

2015 Individual Artist Grant, The Belle Foundation 2007 The Durfee Foundation ARC grant

Bibliography

Michael Slenske, “Spring Awakening: Meet the Iconoclastic Angelenos Taking the Art World by Storm”, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021 Carlos Nu ̃noz, “A PAST RENEWED: ART REVIEW OF VIA CAFE’S EXHIBITION”, Scan, 2021 Paul Laster, “5 Not-to-Be-Missed Los Angeles Solo Shows”, Art & Object, 2020 Leah Ollman, “Jennifer Rochlin at The Pit”, Contemporary Art Review LA, 2020 Sarah Cascone, “Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week”, Artnet News, 2019 Torey Akers, “It's A Thing! 7 Painters Making Ceramics Making Paintings”, Artspace, 2019 Gwynedd Stuart, “L.A. on Fire: Artists React to a City That’s Forever in Flames” Los Angeles Magazine, 2019 Ariel Bleakley,”In dialogue with Jennifer”, Maimoun, 2019 Catherine Jozwik, “Paintings, Pots and Crazy Creatures,” Urban Milwaukee, 2018 Matt Phillips, “The Pit,” Maake Magazine, 2018 Jason Farago, “The Los Angeles Art Scene Looks to the World,” NY Times, February 2019 Leah Ollman, “Female Sculptors, full of humor and verve, prove to be way more than ‘All Right’,” Los Angeles Times, April 2016. Don Harrison, “All Fired Up,” Richmond Mag, 2014. Marilyn McMahon, “Home Show, Revisited: Local residents, L.A.artists collaborate in Contemporary Arts Forum event,” Santa Barbara News, May 7, 2011.

Charles Donelan, "CAF's Home Show, Revisited: Ten Los Angeles Artists Take On Santa Barbara's Homes,” Santa Barbara Independent, June 2, 2011. Christopher Knight, “It’s all over the map, Home Show Revisited,” Los Angeles Times, July, 2011. Geoff Tuck, “Jennifer Rochlin for Home Show Revisited,” Notes on Looking, July 2011. Julia Dault, “Kimono My House,” Akimblog, March 2009. Stefan Simchowitz, “Black Dragon Society,” Antartica, May 2007. Susan Snodgrass, "Report From Chicago," Art in America, 1999. 81-87. Michelle Grabner, “New Artists in Chicago at the Terra Museum of American Art,” New Art Examiner, October 1998.

Residencies

Citivella, NEA Fellow, Umbria, Italy, 2019 Lefebvre & Fils, Versailles, France 2018

Museum Collections SFMOMA

Visiting Artist Penn State University School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Lectures Illinois State University Occidental College Citrus College University of Milwaukee

Milwaukee Art and Design