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Solo Exhibitions

2024

 

cut/form Maritta Tapanainen (with David Fought) • Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2021

 

paper & bronze (with Byron Ryono) • Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020

 

Insignificance • Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID

2015

 

Resonance (with Alison Keogh) • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2014

 

Turangalila • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2013

 

Affinities (with Olga Seem) • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011

 

The Milky Way • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2008

 

Introspective Accretions • Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Morphology • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2007

 

Maritta Tapanainen (with Patrick Percy) • Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
From There to Here 1992–2007 • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005

 

Collages • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2002

 

Natural Connection • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

   

Maritta Tapanainen • Gallery Miyabi, Nagoya, Japan

   

Maritta Tapanainen • Gallery Naufu, Gifu City, Japan

2000

 

Collages • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1995

 

Subtle Differences • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

 

NOCTURNAL • Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA), Los Angeles, CA curated by Joey Lehman Morris

2021

 

She Too! A Curated Collection of Art by Women • Denenberg Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2018

 

no rhyme or reason • Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017

 

Supernature • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2015

 

The Tiny Picture Show • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Vices Peculiar to These Eclectics: Contemporary Collage • Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Queens, NY

 

 

Intricate Expanse • Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY • curated by Mario Naves

2014

 

Select Cuts & Alterations • Foley Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Present Art XV • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Women and Collage • ADAA The Art Show, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

2013

 

Remix • Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

 

 

Some Like It Hot • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Remix • Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

2012

 

Disparate Roots: Contemporary Collage • Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

 

 

Remix • The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

 

 

I’ll Take You There: The Constructed Landscape • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2011

 

Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center • Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA • touring exhibition, curated by Rachael Lawe and Pavel Zoubok

 

 

Borders and Frontiers: Globalization, Temporality and Appropriation in the Contemporary Image • Oakland University Art Gallery,

 

 

Paper Works • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010

 

Pop Goes the World • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

ew Works: Prints, Drawings, Collages • Clementine Haas Michel Brown Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2009

 

Collage, London / New York • Fred [London] Ltd, UK • Co-curated with Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York

 

 

Daughters of the Revolution—Women and Collage • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Insight/Inside LA • José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA

2008

 

Gracias a la Vida • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

The Culture of Collage • Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, PA

 

 

Messages and Magic: 100 Years of Collage and Assemblage in American Art • John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

 

 

Emphasis Santa Monica • Susan and Pete Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

 

 

1968/2008: The Culture of Collage • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Alchemy—Collage and Assemblage • 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM

2007

 

Bits and Pieces: The Collage Impulse • Lehman College, Bronx, NY

 

 

In Context: Collage + Abstraction • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2006

 

Picking Up the Pieces • William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

 

 

The New Collage • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Cross Culture • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Intimate Revelation • Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR • curated by Josine Ianco Starrels

 

 

Introspection • Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

 

Introspection • Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

 

Collage • Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY

2005

 

COLLAGE Signs and Surfaces • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2004

 

Mindscape • Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

2003

 

Contemplation • LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM • curated by Katherine Chang Liu

2001

 

By Nature’s Design • William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

2000

 

. . . age • Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

 

 

Abstraction • Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

 

 

Maritta Tapanainen, Echiko Ohira, Nancy Uyemura • LA Artcore, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA

1999

 

Kindred Spirits • Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA • curated by Josine Ianco Starrels

1997

 

Around Us—Recent Landscapes • José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

California Visions • Gallery Naito, Nagoya, Japan2995

1995

 

Pasted Papers: Collage and the 20th Century • Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA • in collaboration with Peter Frank

 

 

P.L.A.N. : Photography Los Angeles Now • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

1994

 

Cups • Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1992

 

The Sticking Place—Space and Image in Contemporary Collage • Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA • curated by Peter Frank

1991

 

Collage—Montage • Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Expectations • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1990

 

Accretions: Collage and Assemblage • Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Publications | Reviews

2022

 

Nocturnal TAM, FOCA exhibition catalog

2021

 

West Marin Review—Prose, Poetry, Art - Vol. 10, 2021

2020

 

Insignificance Stewart Gallery exhibition catalog

2019

 

Posit—A Journal of Literature & Art - positjournal.com - Vol. 21, 2019

2018

 

Leah Ollman, Two artists’ work at Couturier Gallery negotiate chance and control – Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2015 • review

2015

 

Vices Peculiar to These Eclectics: Contemporary Collage, Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, NY • exhibition catalog

2012

 

Remix: Selections from the ICC, International Collage Center • exhibition catalog

2011

 

David Wallace-Wells, Pavel Zoubok on Collage - curator of our spring portfolio - the PARIS REVIEW, Spring 2011, No. 196

 

 

Borders and Frontiers: Globalization, Temporality and Appropriation in the Contemporary Image, OUAG, MI • exhibition catalog

2009

 

Daughters of the Revolution—Women and Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NY • exhibition catalog

 

 

Insight/Inside LA, José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College, CA • exhibition catalog

2008

 

Messages and Magic: Collage and Assemblage in American Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI • exhibition catalog

 

 

The Culture of Collage, Zoller Gallery, PA • exhibition catalog

 

 

Emphasis Santa Monica, Susan and Pete Barrett Gallery, CA • exhibition catalog

 

 

Maritta Tapanainen—Morphology, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NY • exhibition catalog, essay by Peter Frank

2007

 

In Context: Collage + Abstraction, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NY • exhibition catalog

 

 

Maritta Tapanainen—From There to Here, Couturier Gallery, CA • exhibition catalog, essay by Stuart Denenberg

 

 

Benjamin Genocchio, Collages Go to College, And Behave Accordingly - The New York Times, Dec. 16, 2007 • review

 

 

The New Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NY • exhibition catalog

 

 

Peter Frank, Art Pick of the Week, Three Hits of Ecstacy - LA Weekly, May 24, 2007 • review

 

 

Matthew Wilder, Critics Pick: Maritta Tapanainen - Art Forum, May 10, 2007 • review

 

 

Leah Ollman, Piecing Together this Thing Called Life - Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2007 • review

2006

 

Picking Up the Pieces, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, CA • exhibition catalog

2005

 

The New Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NY • exhibition catalog

2002

 

Leah Ollman, The World Evolves in Vibrant Collages - Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2002 • review

2000

 

Leah Ollman, Promising New World: Maritta Tapanainen - Los Angeles Times, Feb. 4, 2000 • review

2001

 

By Nature’s Design, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, CA • exhibition catalog

1995

 

P.L.A.N. : Photography Los Angeles Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA • exhibition catalog

Awards

2023

 

The LUCID Art Foundation Artist Residency

2007

 

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2004

 

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant