Artist's Biography

Brenna Youngblood earned a BFA at Cal State Long Beach (2002) and an MFA from UCLA (2006). She’s had solo exhibitions at Honor Fraser Gallery, Jack Tilton Gallery, and the Hammer Museum. Brenna’s work has been exhibited in group shows at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, the 2008 California Biennial, and the California African American Museum.

Curator's Biography

Sam Durant (born 1961 in Seattle, WA) is a multimedia artist whose works engage a variety of social, political, and cultural issues. Often referencing American history, his work explores the varying relationships between culture and politics, engaging subjects as diverse as the civil rights movement, southern rock music, and modernism. Durant's work has been widely exhibited internationally and in the United States. He has had solo museum exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium, and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Zealand. His work has been included in the Panama, Sydney, Venice, and Whitney Biennales. Durant shows with several galleries including Blum and Poe in Los Angeles, Paula Cooper Gallery in New York, Praz-Delavallade in Paris and Sadie Coles HQ in London. His work has been extensively written about including seven monographic catalogs and books. Durant’s work can be found in many public collections including The Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth, Tate Modern in London, Project Row Houses in Houston, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Durant teaches art at the California Institute of the Arts. He received a BFA in sculpture in 1986 from the Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from CalArts.