Scoli Acosta

Scoli Acosta
Born in 1973, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and W orks in Los Angeles, CA
Education
Ultimate Akademie, Cologne, Germany, 1995-1997
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, 1992-1994
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, 1991
SL: solo GP: group
Exhibitions and Performances
2015
The Jungle Meets the Sea, Careyes, Mexico [SL]
Escale, Collection du FRAC Basse-Normandie, Gare SNCF de Trouville-Deauville, France [GP]
2014
Fernelmont Contemporary Art, Château de Fernelmont, Belgium [GP]
Vernacular Alchemists, Passerelle, Centre d'art contemporain, Brest, France [GP]
The Armory Show 2014, New York, USA [SL]
Les horizons, La Criée, Rennes, France [GP]
2013
Murmurs : Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA [GP]
YIA Art Fair #3, Paris, France [GP]
Music of Morocco, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, France [SL]
De belles sculptures contemporaines, Frac Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France [GP]
Elementalisthmus, MCASD Downtown, San Diego, CA, USA [SL]
Set Pieces, Cardi Black Box Milan, Italia [GP]
De belles sculptures contemporaines, Hab Galerie, Nantes, France (GP)
Le jour d’avant, Frac des Pays de la Loire, France (GP)
2012
MADE IN L.A. 2012, Los Angeles Biennal, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (GP)
2011
Speech Objects, Musée de l’Objet, Blois, France (GP)
La ronde, Centre d’art de la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, France (GP)
Docks Art Fair, Lyon, France (SL)
Rippling : An Earnest Moiré Effect, Armory Center for the Art, Pasadena – California, USA (SL)
Drawings and Projects, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen, France (SL)
2010
Christmas Show, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, France (GP)
Les Vagues, FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France (GP)
Nomadic Nights, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles, USA [GP]
The Alchemy of Things Unknown, Khastoo Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (GP)
MEIGHth DAY, performance at the LAXART, Los Angeles, USA
The Nice Thing About Castillo/Corrales, castillo/corrales, Paris, France (GP)
A Man Asleep, LM Projects, Los Angeles, USA (GP)
Phantom Sightings : Art after the Chicano Movement, Museo del Barrio, New York, USA (GP)
2009
Founded, Perrier-Jouët 2008 Prize Award Solo Show at Zoo Art Fair, London, UK (SL)
Galerie du Théâtre de l'Union - Centre Dramatique National, Limoges, France (SL)
Volta 5, Basel, Switzerland (GP)
Flower Power, Collection, Villa Giulia, Verbania, Italy (GP)
Un plan simple 2/3, Centre d’Art Mira Phalaina, Maison Populaire, Montreuil, France (GP)
Phantom Sightings : Art after the Chicano Movement, Museum Alameda, San Antonio, Texas (GP)
Zona Maco, Mexico (GP)
Armory Show, New York, USA (GP)
2008
Big Well Nada, Nada Miami Art Fair, Galerie Laurent Godin, Miami (SL)
Bauhauasian Sundance through the Aztec Eye Fragment, performance with Zeek Sheck, Jeu de Paume,
Paris
From and about Place : Art from Los Angeles, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (GPp)
Phantom Sightings : Art after the Chicano Movement, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
USA - Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico (GP)
Not to Play with Dead Things, Villa Arson, Nice, France (GP)
Carbon Footprint, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris (SL)
Viva Mexico!, Zacheta Narodova Galeriea Sztuki, Warszawa, Poland (GP)
Bountiful, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA (SL)
2007
Rising Night, Lily White - Montreal Biennial, Montreal, Canada (GP)
Land Fall, performance, Premio Internazionale della Performance, Trento, Italy
Talk about acts, performance, LAXART, California, USA
2006
The 2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (GP)
Nouvelles fabriques d’images et de sons, Collection, Prospection FRAC, Limousin Limoges, France (GP)
Lotissement de cimaises, Villa Arson, Nice, France (GP)
Day was to fall as night was to break..., Daniel Reich Gallery New York, NY (SL)
2005
Follow Me A Fantasy, Arena 1 Gallery, (curated by Malik Gaines), Los Angeles, CA
Big Well, LISTE 2005, Basel, Switzerland (SL)
2004
California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich Gallery, NY
2003
Receptionism, performance and installation, Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Lyon, France
Rassemblage, performance, Gaite lyrique, Paris, France
Kulturhauptstadt, performance, Untimate Akademie, Cologne, Germany
2002
Promotion, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France
Copacetic, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
Piquillo ou le rêve de Mr. Hulule, Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, France
Mortefontaine, Place du Chatelet, Paris, France
Halzhund and Ruckwold Creators and Destroyers Fighting Stillstand, (performance with Andreas Hirsch),
Gallery Rachel Haferkampf, Cologne, Germany
2001
Wartcharmer, Public, Paris, France
Moly-Sabata, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France
Two Friends and So On, Galerie Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
Smaismirmilmepoetaleumibunenugttaurias, Public, Paris, France
2000
Wake-up Eric, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Marque-Page, Festival Nouvelles Scenes, Dijon, France
Three-States Traveling Late Night Service and the Overflow, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY, Dirt
Gallery, Kansas City, MO, and Art Space, Alberquerque, NM
1999
Snicker Calcographic, Cologne, Germany
Current Here Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Lucky Bleeders Barbershop Quartet, The Cooler, New York, NY
1998
Say it with Flowers, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
Residencies and Awards
2014 (forthcoming)
Careyes Foundation Artist Residency Program, Careyes, Mexico
2012
"Dar Al-Ma' mûn", Centre International de Résidences Artistiques, Fondation Dar Al-Ma' mûn, Marrakech
2010-2011
FRAC Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
2008
Perrier-Jouët Prize for Best Artist at Zoo Art Fair, London
2007
CCF Emerging Artist Fellow
2006
Nimoy Foundation, Orange County Museum of Art
2002
Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Aubervilliers, France
2001
Fondation Albert Gleizes
Bibliography:
2013
Berardini, Andrew "Percussive Paintings and Quixotic cadences: the travels and travails of Scoli Acosta",
MOUSSE 40
2011
Myers, Holly. « Everyday objects turn to art in Scoli Acosta’s hands », LA Times
2008
Mizota, Sharon. “review of Bountiful at LAXART” Art Papers May/June 2008
Gleason, Mat. “Scoli Acosta: Transforming the Temporary” Coagula Art Journal #91 March 2008
Joly, Patrice. “Scoli Acosta” 02 issue #45 Spring 2008
Lequeux, Emmanuelle. “Le Monde Ephemere de Scoli Acosta” Le Monde March 1st, 2008
Acosta, Scoli. “self-portrait” tema celeste contemporary art #125 January/February
2006
Campagnola, Sonia. "Focus Los Angeles" Flash Art Vol.XXXIX
January-February
2005
Martens, Anne. "Ouverture" Flash Art Vol. XXXVIII July-September
Acosta, Scoli. "A Deep Puddle and Piquillo ou le Reve de Mr. Hulule", Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts,
2005
2004
Levin, Kim. "California Earthquakes," Voice Choices, villagevoice.com
Public Collections:
MoCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY),
Jumex Collection (Mexico City, Mexico),
Rubell Family Collection (Miami, Florida),
FRAC Pays de la Loire (Nantes),
Frac Limousin (Limoges),
Frac PACA (Marseille)
Artothèque du Limousin