CARLEE FERNANDEZ

Born in Santa Ana, CA, 1973.
Raised in London, UK and Leiden, NL.
Lives in Los Angeles.


EDUCATION
1999 Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate University, CA
1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1994-5 Scuola di Nudo, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "World According to Xavier", ACME., Los Angeles, CA
2006 "Man", Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 "Bear Studies", Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 "Still Lifes", Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 "Friends", Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Human Nature", Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010 “California Biennial”, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2009 “Intelligent Design”, UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
2008 "Phantom Sightings", Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Acclimatation", Villa Arson, Nice, France
2007 "Body Double", Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"In the Dermisphere", Williamson Gallery at Art Center College, Pasadena, CA
"Multiple Vantage Points: Southern California Women Artists, 1980-2006",
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 "Cavities", Main Gallery, CSU, Fullerton, CA
"Witness Protection", Robert V. Fullerton Museum, CSU, San Bernardino, CA
2004 "Borderland", JCCC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, KS
"Domestic Odyssey", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
"Birdspace:A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary", Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, LA
2003 "Still Life, Still Here", Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2001 "Cyborg Manifesto or The Joy of Artifice", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

PUBLICATIONS
2011 2010 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, DelMonico Books.
2008 "Phantom Sightings", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, UC Press.
2007 "Sculpture Today", edited by Judy Collins, published by Phaidon.
2006 "Witness Protection", essay by Thomas McGovern, published by Robert V. Fullerton Museum.
2004 "Birdspace", essay by David S. Rubin, published by Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans.
"Domestic Odyssey", published by San Jose Museum of Art.
2002 "Art Tomorrow", edited by Edward Lucie-Smith, published by Terrail.

SELECTED PERIODICALS
2010 Knight, Christopher. "Carlee Fernandez @ ACME Gallery", LA Times, Sept 30.
Ollman, Leah. Review, Art in America, December.
Doktorczyk-Donohue, Marlena. Review, Art Ltd., November.
Warchol, Kit. Review, Modern Painters.
2008 Chang, Richard. “A banner year for an O.C. woman,” OC Register, June 6
Ramade, Bénédicte. “Éco-pastille,” 02 Magazine.
2007 Lippens, Nate. "Fernandez's homage to 'Man' is envy without the bitterness"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan 19.
2006 "Carlee Fernandez", Cover, Artkrush.com, Issue 38.
Kinney, Tulsa. "Fernandez Talks About the New Beast in Her Art", Artillery, December.
Black, Ezrha Jean. "Her Father is the "Man" Among Men", Artillery, December.
2004 Nelson, Arty. "The Bear Essentials," LA Weekly, November 12-18.
Kurtz, Katie. "Animals and Anatomy", The Stranger, Sept. 30.
Baker, Kenneth. "Little 'Repentances,' Blurry Details Show Art's Proper Place," SF Chronicle, Aug 14.
2002 Kelly, Bill. "Interview with emerging artist Carlee", Latinart.com, November.
Scarborough, James. "Carlee Fernandez at Acuna-Hansen Gallery", Artweek, November.
2001 Duncan, Michael. "Carlee Fernandez at Acuña-Hansen", Art in America, December.

VIDEOS
2008 Lacma/Phantom Sightings: Carlee Fernandez, Edited by Jun Tiangco.
2002 Tracks: Carlee Fernandez, Edited by Ira Wedel, Arte (German/French television channel), May.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Art Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

AWARDS
2008 California Community Foundation
2000 Fulbright Fellowship Awardee