Born in San Francisco, CA, 1982
Education
MFA, University of California, Irvine, CA, 2010
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
Painter’s Edge Idyllwild School of Arts Residency, 2005
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
One-Person Exhibitions
2023
Gardens of Human Nature, Mendes Wood DM, New York, NY
Ruach, White Cube Bermondsey, London, UK
2022
Tif Sigfrids, Athens, GA
2021
Consequential Landscapes, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
2020
Symphony No. 1, Blum & Poe, New York, NY
2019
Après nous le déluge, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
Sensus Oxynation, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Miniatures, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Devotional Flowers, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Interiors, Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA
2015
A Carnival of Musical Echo, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014
Thresholds of a Wave, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
2012
Dining Out, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Five Senses, a solo project at Elliott Hundley and Alphaeus Taylor’s home, Los
Angeles, CA
2007
Drawing the Weave, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023
Linhas Tortas, Curated by Diana Campbell, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Lushness, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Trouble wandering (to eternity), Kasteel Wijlre, Netherlands
Works on Paper, Atkinson Gallery at SBCC, Santa Barbara, CA
Door to the Atmosphere, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Les beaux jours, C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium
2021
Yesterday we said tomorrow, Prospect.5 New Orleans, LA
Eau de Vallotton, Tif Sigfrids, New York, NY
At The Luss House: Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM and Object & Thing, The Gerald Luss House, Ossining, NY
2020
5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Group Show I, Tig Sigfrids, Athens, GA
FAULTline Art Show – The County Experience, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
Grammars of Creation, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
At The Noyes House Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM and Object & Thing, The Eliot Noyes House, New Canaan, CT
2019
/ (slash art), San Francisco, CA
Selections from the Marciano Collection, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
What's Up/ London: Minimal | Maximal, Smart Fine Arts, Mayfair, London, UK
2017
Fleeting Impressions and Abundance of Detail, Tif Sigfrids Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Art for Art’s Sake: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, curated by Billie
Milam Weisman, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Paper in Practice, Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Paper in Practice, Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles, CA
Made in California: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Mana
Contemporary, Miami, FL
Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy
Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Inaugural Exhibition, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
2012
Made in L.A. 2012, organized by the Hammer Museum in collaboration with LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, curated by Anne Marten and Rowan Woods, Anne Marten’s home, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Works of Paper, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Pieceable Kingdom, curated by David Pagel, Beacon Arts Center, Inglewood, CA
2010
MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of California, Irvine, CA
2009
Group show at Cottage Home, Sister Gallery, China Art Objects, Tom Solomon, Los Angeles, CA
Betamax, University of California, Irvine, CA
Wide Angle Lens, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Loveable Like Orphaned Kitties and Bastard Children, curated by Kristen Calabrese and
Joshua Aster, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2008
Greater Los Angeles MFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Black Dragon Society Last Show, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2007
ACUTE: Small Works by 21 Los Angeles Artists, Room Gallery, University of California,
Irvine, CA
All Human Actions Presenting Three Women: Mimi Lauter, Lucy Indian Dodd, and Dawn
Kasper, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Works By Emerging California Artists, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington D.C.
Hayworth Presents Mimi Lauter, Mira O’Brien, and Anna Fidler, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
Echo Filter Mod: New Works on Paper, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Black Dragon Society at Via, Los Angeles, CA
Christmas in July, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
Painter’s Edge Painting, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Awards and Grants
2008
Medici Scholarship Fund, University of California, Irvine, CA
2005
Hans G. Thordis W. Burkhard Foundation, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Werner Z. Hirsch Representational Drawing competition, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Elaine Krown Klein Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate Research Award, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Lectures
2017
Lecture, Otis College of Art and Design Graduate School, Los Angeles, CA
David Pagel class studio visit, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Lecture at Summer High School Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Public lecture on Martín Ramírez Inaugural Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Lecture at the Department of Visual Arts, Undergraduate and Graduate, California State University,
2014
Lectures and studio visits, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2013
Studio visits at Otis College of Art and Design Graduate School, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Lecture, Painting Class, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Lecture and studio visits, Undergraduate Class, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2010
Lecture, Undergraduate Class, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2009
Lecture, Summer Advanced Painting Class, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues
2021
Keith, Naima J. and Diana Nawi, eds. Prospect.5 New Orleans: Yesterday we said tomorrow. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2021.
Articles and Reviews
2020
"11 Acclaimed Artists Offer Strategies for Getting the Most out of Working from Home, Whether from Your Studio or Bedroom Office." Artnet News, March 30, 2020.
Goldstein, Caroline and Katie White. “9 Megawatt Gallery Shows to Check out during Armory Week, from Kara Walker’s Drawings to Julian Schnabel’s Latest Works.” Artnet News, March 3, 2020.
Lauter, Mimi. “Consequential Landscape.” LALA Magazine (summer 2020): 76.
2019
Moldan, Tessa. “São Paulo Art Weekend: Shows to See.” Ocula.com, November 1, 2019.
2018
Fontaine, Pearl. “Marilyn Minter, Sol LeWitt, Martin Basher, and Other Must See Shows in Los Angeles This Week.” Whitewall Magazine, May 24, 2018.
"Mimi Lauter at Blum & Poe." Blouin Modern Painters (June 2018): 188.
Mizota, Sharon. "At Blum & Poe, Bow Down to the Ecstatic Painting of Mimi Lauter." Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2018.
Schwabsky, Barry. "Mimi Lauter at Derek Eller Gallery." Artforum 56, no. 9 (May 2018): 237.
Simmons, Jessica. “Mimi Lauter at Blum & Poe.” Carla Magazine 13 (Fall 2018): 46-47.
Wampler, Zach. “Innocence and Experience.” Provokr.com (blog), June 2018.
2017
Ollman, Leah. “Flower? Animal? Person? The Color-Drenched Questions in Mimi Lauter’s Drawings.” Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2017.
2015
Pocaro, Alan. “Mimi Lauter at Shane Campbell Gallery.” NewCity, September 2015.
2014
Ollman, Leah. “Mimi Lauter’s Drawings at Marc Selwyn as Rapturous as Ever.” Los Angeles
Times, September 21, 2014.
Ventre, Michael. “‘Frank LA’ Examines Homelessness & Other Issues Through Art.” Los Angeles Confidential, October 31, 2014.
2013
Epaminondas, George. “Portrait of a Self-Taught Art Collector.” DuJour Magazine, Summer 2013.
2012
Knight, Christopher. “Art Review: The Hammer Biennial ‘Made in L.A. 2012’ Succeeds.” Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2012.
Pagel, David. “Mimi Lauter’s ‘Dining Out’ a Resplendent Feast.” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2012.
2011
Ollman, Leah. “Mimi Lauter.” Art in America, January 5, 2011.
2010
L.A. Weekly Art Critics. “L.A. Weekly Critics’ Choices: Highlights from the Fall Season.” L.A.
Weekly, September 9, 2010.
Goldman, Edward. “The Best of 9/11.” Huffington Post, September 14, 2010.
Knight, Christopher. “Art Review: Mimi Lauter at Marc Selwyn Fine Art.” Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2010.
Museum and Public Collections
Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Henry Art Gallery at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA