TODD GRAY
email: gray@csulb.edu
EDUCATION
1997-Current
-Professor, California State University, Long Beach
1989
-California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA., M.F.A.
1979
-California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA., B.F.A.
COLLECTIONS
-University of Parma, Italy
-National Gallery of Canada
-San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
-Los Angeles County Museum of Art
-Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
-University of Connecticut
-Eileen and Peter Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA.
-Kira Perov and Bill Viola, Long Beach, CA.
PERFORMANCES
2010
-"Caliban in the Mirror", Roy & Edna Disney Cal/Arts Theater, REDCAT, Los Angeles (with Max King Cap)
-"Spirit Shack", See Line Gallery, West Hollywood, CA.
2009
-"Akwidaa - Kumasi", California African American Museum of Art
2008
-"Akwidaa - Kumasi" The Commons, New York University, N.Y.
-"Kumasi", Phantom Galleries, "The Long Weekend: Installations and Performances", Pasadena, CA. (with Kyungmi Shin)
-"Akwidaa Mangroove", Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. (with Michael Grodsky)
-"Akwidaa Mangroove", 18th St. Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA. (with Michael Grodsky)
-"Todd Gray", Wildness, Cada Martes, Los Angeles
-Art Church, 18th Street Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2007
-"Sonic Love Wave", New Renaissance Theater, Syracuse, N.Y
2004
-"Look Me In The Eye", Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany
2003
-Art Church, The Woman's Building, Los Angeles
2002
-"Look Me In The Eye", Claremont Graduate School, Claremont,
-California Art Church, The Woman's Building, Los Angeles
2000
-"Squirm", Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITS
2010
-"Spirit Shack", See Line Gallery, West Hollywood, CA.
2005
-"Todd Gray, Shaman", Pablo's Birthday, New York
2004
-"Todd Gray: Immaculate", Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
2003
-"Media Tower", Passadena City College
2002
-"Todd Gray", Kellogg Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, State University
1996
-Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
-Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco
GROUP EXHIBITS
2010
-"From My Universe, Objects of Desire", See Line Gallery, West Hollywood
-"Contemporary Art From The Douglas Nielsen Collection", Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2009
-"Black Is Black Ain't", Detroit Museum of Art
-"Oz, New Offerings From Los Angeles", Instituto Cultural Cabaña, Guadalajara , Mexico
-"Posing Beauty", curated by Deborah Willis, NYU Tisch, Gulf+Western Gallery, New York
2008
-"Black Is Black Ain't", curated by Hamza Walker, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
-"Truthiness: Photography as Sculpture", curated by Tyler Stallings, California Museum of Photography, Riverside
-"Twenty Years Ago Today: Supporting Visual Artists L. A.", curated by Rita Gonzalez and Kris Kuramitsu, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
2007
-"Celebrity", curated by Marilu Knode, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
-"Blacks in and out of the Box", California Afro-American Museum, L.A., Ca.
2006
-"Gray, Korfmann, Youngblood: New Forms in Photography" Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles
-"Brave New World", curated by Heather Harmon and Nicole Dungao, Pharmaka Art, Los Angeles
2005
-"Framing the Triangle", curated by Deb Willis, Goethe Institue, Accra, Ghana
2004
-"Fade", 1990-2003, African American Art in Los Angeles, L. A. Cultural Affairs Department, Luckman Gallery, CSULA
2002
-"I-5 California Resurfacing: Four Decades of California Contemporary Art", San Diego Museum of Art
-"Media", The Brewery Project, Los Angeles
-"TV or Not TV", L.A. Freewaves,
2001
-"Committed to the Image", Brooklyn Museum of Art, N. Y.
-"Beyond Boundaries Contemporary Photography in California", The Friends of Photography, San Francisco
2000
-"Made in California 1900-2000" Los Angeles County Museum of Art
-"American Dreams, 6th International Triennale" Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
-"A History of African American Photographers" Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture (exhibition travels for two years nationally)
1999
-"Choice '99", Exit Art, New York
-"The Artist As Patron" Alternative Museum, N. Y.
1998
-"Mouse: An American Icon", Alternative Museum, New York
-"Presumed Innocence", Anderson Gallery of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va. , travels to:Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Oh.
-"City of Los Angeles Individual Artists Grant Recipients", L. A. Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park
1997
-"Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art from the Permanent Collection"
-"Spheres of Influence", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1996
-"Man's World", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
-"The Present (H)our", Oakland Art Museum, CA.
COLLABORATIONS
1992
-"Stephan Reusse/Todd Gray: Gravity As A Nostalgic Principle for Adventurers", Art & Concept, Munich, Germany
1990
-With artist, Stephan Reusse, Photo-sculpture (Constant Frustration Level), at the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
-Todd Gray, "Michael Jackson Before He Was King", published by Chronicle Books
2005
-Charlene Roth, "Todd Gray: Immaculate" Artweek, March, 2005
-Tommy Freeman, "Brave New World at Pharmaka", Artweek, September, 2006
2004
-Holly Myers, "A historical record that tends to contain blots and erasures," Los Angeles Times, Calendar, December 21, 2004, page E3.
-Julie Joyce, "Todd Gray: Immaculate", exhibition catalogue, Luckman Fine Arts Complex
2003
-Mat Gleason "Art Angelenos", Modern Painters, London, Spring 2003.
2002
-Emory Holmes, "Breaking Away From Pictures of Stereotypes", Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2002, -July 31, 2002 Art&Architecture page 57.
2001
-Vince Alleti, "Body and Soul," Village Voice, pg. 71, March 13
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2010
-Sabbatical, CSULB
2007
-Public Art Commission: Los Angeles International Airport, Video Installation, City of Los Angeles
2005
-Sabbatical, CSULB
-J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts administered by the California Community Foundation Visual Arts Initiative
2004
-Pasadena Art Alliance Grant for "Immaculate" Exhibition
-Artists' Resource for Completion Grant, The Durfee Foundation
1997
-City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Grant
1991
-Art Center College of Design - Great Teacher's Award
1988
-Wasserman Scholarship (Cal Arts)
PANELS AND LECTURES
2011
-Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, "Caliban in the Mirror", New Orleans, LA.
2005
-Luckman Gallery, "Immaculate" gallery talk
-New York University, Accra, Ghana, Visiting Artist
2004
-Yale University, "Regarding Michael Jackson: Performing Racial, Gender, and Sexual Difference Center Stage"
-Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany, Visiting Artist
2002
-Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany, Visiting Artist
-Claremont Graduate School, Visiting Artist
2001
-Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany, Visiting Artist
-The Public + Artist Program, Museum of Contemporary Art, L. A.
-California Community Foundation – J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts and Brody Arts Fund panelist for the selection of Individual Artist Awards
1998
-MOCA Mentors Program, presenter, Los Angeles
1997
-The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, "Photographic Lecture and Workshop Series"
-"Sunday Family Art Workshops with Todd Gray", MOCA, Los Angeles
-"Day Without Art", CSULB, organizer and participant
-Education video: "Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art from the Permanent Collection" Family Gallery, MOCA
-"Introduction to Professional Careers in the Arts" seminar, Community Arts Resources for the Getty Multicultural Summer Interns, The Getty Grant Program, Los Angeles
1996
-University of California, San Diego, Artist Lecture Series
-Oakland Museum of Art, "the present (h)our", artist lecture series
-University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, "Stream of Consciousness: Eight Los Angeles Artists", artist lecture
-The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, artist lecture series
1995
-Armand Hammer Museum, "Laurie Brown and Todd Gray, exhibiting artists in the Contemporary Photography: The California Focus" at the art rental and sales Gallery.
-Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Atlanta, presenting artist, "Michael Jackson Reconsidered".
-Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "P.L.A.N. Artist Panel"
-Pomona College, Claremont, Media Arts Lecture Series
-Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, panelist,
"Creating Context"
-Panelist: City of Los Angeles Cultural Grants Program, Photography
-Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, exhibitions committee
1994
-Friends of Photography Annual Members Workshop, San Francisco
-Panelist: City of Los Angeles Cultural Grants Program, Photography
-State University of New York, Albany, Artist Lecture Series
-Santa Monica Museum of Art Salon Presents: Todd Gray
1993
-University of California, Los Angeles, Artist Lecture Series
-L. A. Art Fair, "The Kitchen Table", Eugenia P. Butler, moderato
1992
-University of California, Irvine, "Convergence", Pat Ward Williams, moderator.
-L. A. Art Fair, "L. A. Xtension Artist Panel"
1991
-Panelist: Regional Individual Photography Grants, National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston MA.
1990
-Los Angeles Photography Center: The Visual Statement
1988
-Todd Gray: Personal Myths, Columbia College Chicago Photography Department Lecture Series
-Panelist: Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Deborah Willis, moderator, Houston, TX.