Randi Matushevitz exhibitions, studies, awards...
Education
Master of Fine Arts, 1997, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Bachelor of Arts, 1989, California State University, Northridge, CA
Permanent Collections
Museum of Art and History Lancaster, CA
Cleveland Clinic, Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Art Museum, Barrick Museum at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Enter Art Foundation, Berlin
The Meadows School, Las Vegas, NV
Southern Glazer Wine and Spirits, Miami, FL
Awards:
California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Grant 2023 - Emerging Artist
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Excavation Stories, Curated by Sagi Rafeal, Pop up Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2021 Randi Matushevitz, Coiffed, Helms Art District Projecting Possibilities, Culver City, CA
A Very Large Collection of Heads and. Faces, Shockboxx Viewing Room, Jan 2021
2019 Futuregaze: Justin Bower and Randi Matushevitz, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, March 30-May 4.
2018 Beyond Shelter, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA. May 7-June 2, 2018
Conundrums, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Mar 17- April 20, 2018
2017 Urban Dilemmas of Randi Matushevitz, huZgalleries, San Pedro, CA. Dec 7, 107 – Jan 27, 2018
Randi Matushevitz, stARTup Art Fair LA, Highland Gardens Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, January 27-29, 2016 2016 Mysterious, Dorit Center for the Arts, Hillel, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Welcome to My Garden, Winchester Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
2009 Unrequited Love, Love Unrequited, Arts Factory, Las Vegas, NV
2008 Inner/Outer Space, City of the World, Las Vegas, NV
2006 Randi Matushevitz: 702 Series, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2005 Randi Matushevitz, Miami Dade Community College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL
2002-00 Salt of the Earth, Roberto Martin Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Roberto Martin Arte Contemporaneo, New York, New York; Museo de Bellas Artes de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, B.A., AR; Garden of Sculptures, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
1999 What is Love? University of Miami, Sculpture Annex, Coral Gables, FL
1998 Milk to Meat, Leonora Vega Gallery, New York, NY
Matushevitz Group Exhibitions
2023
Pos/Neg 38, curated by Mark Scala, Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, Johnson, TN
Jewish Artists Capturing Sense of Self and Community, Dortort Center for the Arts, UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles
Intergalactic, Shockboxx Gallery Hermosa Beach
- Fete 2022 Saints and Sinners, Red Fox Contemporary, Pound Ridge, NY, Nov 5- Jan 28,23
Extramore, Art Bar LA, Los Angeles, June 18 -July 18
On Neutral Ground, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Human Nature’s, MOAH (Museum of Art and History, Lancaster) Highlights from MOAH’s Permanent Collection, 10th Anniversary,
Call of the Wild, SCORE (Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions), SFVACC (San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center) Juror: Suzanne Edmonson,
Digital and Beyond, Curator Colin Goldberg, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton New York,
Figuratively, Curator James Panozzo, Launch LA, Los Angeles CA,
No Man’s Land, Shockboxx Projects, Hermosa Beach, CA,
2021 Art Context Miami, Fabrik Projects, Miami Beach, FL
The Wrong Biennial No 5, Ten Devoted Divas and One Dead Guy, curated by Roz Dimon, Pavillion #11,
Painting 2011-2021, Curated by Peter Frank, Site: Brooklyn Gallery
LA International Art Show, Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Endings with No Beginnings, Jewish Artists Initiative SoCal, CA
Postmodern Portraiture, curated by Dr. Jim Daichendt, SIP Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, Fabrik Projects, LA Convention Center, LA, CA
“Dude Unmute Yourself”, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
Equinox, Art City, Ventura CA
A Digital Art Salon, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA
2020 HeadSpace, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles Art Show, Booth 1244, curated by Mat Gleason
Hobson’s Choice #5, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
This is Not an Art Fair, ShockBoxx Projects, Hermosa Beach, CA
Known Portraits, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles Landscapes, curated by Diane Williams, USC Roski Building Gallery,
Create and Collaborate, curated by Andi Campognone, Loft at Liz’s-LA; MOAH, Lancaster
Agents of Ordinary Pleasures, Curator VC Projects, Victoria Chapman, Maiden LA, The Lodge Gallery, LA A Great Intake of Breath, Curator Michael Wilson, Griffithmoon Curatorial, LA
PANIC, curated by Chester Arnold, O’Hanalon Arts Center, Mill Valley, CA
2019 Jerusalem Biennale 2019, JAI, curated by Sagi Raphael, Jerusalem, Israel: Los Angeles, CA
We Are Humanity, Lilli Mueller and Randi Matushevitz, Giudecca Art Center, Giudecca, Italy,
Beyond the Veil, Women Art, Markers Xl, Curated by Iris Elhanani and Doran Polak of the Artist Museum, Venice, Italy and traveling -2020.
Santa Monica Then and Now, curated by Juri Koll, BG Gallery, Santa Monica
LA Art Show, Coagula Curatorial Booth, curated by Mat Gleason, LA, CA
Friends of the Gallery, Lisa Derrick Fine Arts, LA, CA
UnFrozen, Substrate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 With Liberty and Justice for Some, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Oct-De
30 Contemporary Artists, Suzy Royal, Gerichtshofe building, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin, Sept. 14-30 Maiden LA, Pop-up, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 5
Re-imaging America, curated by Diane Williams, Ace 121, Glendale, CA July 25-Sept 8
Flashpoints: A Collective Response, Jerusalem Biennale 2017 –Watershed, proposed by Anne Hromadka and Georgia Freedman-Harvey for Jewish Artist Initiative (JAI), MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, CA. 6. 14 – 7.8 Shoebox at Blue Roof Studios Art Festival, June 21- July 6, Los Angeles,CA
Startup Art Fair SF, Kipaipai Alumnai, curated by Andi Campognone, San Francisco, CA.
A Feminist Perspective 4: We Choose Art, Montalban Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Feminism Now, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA Feb 25 – Mar 11, 2018; May 26 -June 17 Grafiska Saliskapet, Stockholm Sweden
2017 In The Red, Santa Clarita City Hall, Santa Clarita, CA
Hellmouth, curated by Leonard DeGreco, Avenue 50
SHOWROOM, Pop Up, curated by Anita Enriquez, Santa Monica, CA
Flashpoints: A Collective Response, Jerusalem Biennale 2017 –Watershed, proposed by Anne Hromadka and Georgia Freedman-Harvey for Jewish Artist Initiative (JAI), Jerusalem, Israel
Satan’s Ball, Art Share LA, Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot and Hijinks PR, LA, CA
Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some, San Francisco Art Commission Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Scatter Light, Not Darkness, curated by Anne Hromadka, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
45th Annual Made In California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA,
Out There, Gallery 825, curated by Francisco George and William Escalera, LA, CA,
We Choose ART: A Feminist Perspective, curated by Baha Danesh, Montalban Theater, Hollywood, CA Personal Narrative, curated by Diane Williams and Sheli Silverio, Annenberg Beach House Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
With Liberty and Justice for Some, curated by Monica Lundy and Walter Maciel, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery
2016 Faces Within, Curated by Karrie Ross, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
Gallery 825 Open Call, curated by Jennifer Ignacio, 825 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pleasure to Meet Me, curated by Eric M. Swenson, @f69productions, Los Angeles, CA
Systems and Process, Angel City Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Brand 44, curated by Laddie John Dill, Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA
LAMAG PLAY: Open Call, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA 2010
Residencies, Grants, Awards:
2023 Traces Seminar Circle Pro Art, Spain
2021 Jentel Artist Residency
2020 Kipaipai Fellow
2018 Kipaipai Fellow, sponsored by Museum of Art and History Lancaster Center for Cultural Innovation Professional Development Grant Shoebox Projects Residency, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Global Art Awards, Painting Art Award Finalist, Dubai 2nd 2017 Art Slant Prize Showcase Winner, Drawing 2016 Start up Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Special Projects
2023 Curator, Jewish Artists Capturing Self and Community, Dortort Center for Creativity, UCLA
Real Art For Read People Pop-up
2022 Music Video for Tom Shad Productions
Real Art For Read People Pop-up
2019-2022 Jewish Artist Initiative Board Member, Co-chair Programing,
2018 Los Angeles Art Association Critique Group Moderator 2018-19
California Art Council, Grant Review Panelist 2018-2020
2017Curator UnFrozen, Substrate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Podcasts and Web Interviews
Randi Matushevitz Interviewed by Rox Dimon, Techspressionist Artist Interviews #18, July 6, 2021
Techspressionist Salon #16 - Randi Matushevitz, Gary Hopkins, Roz Dimon - April 27, 2021
Happy Hour with Clovis Blackwell, IGTV, Jan 29, 2021
2020 Vessel Art as a Doorway Podcast, May 26, 2020
Private View, Maeve Doyle, Soho Radio, June 12, 2020
@VC Projects, Instagram Live IGTV, June 1, 2020
Selected Bibliography
Randi Matushevitz The Tonic of Tension, Mat Gleason, Coagula Curatorial, Feb 1, 2023,
Randi Matushevitz Interviewed by Rox Dimon, Techspressionist Artist Interviews #18, July 6, 2021
Artillery Magazine Gallery Rounds, Shockboxx Gallery, “Dude Unmute Yourself, Genie Davis, Apr 6, 2021
Meet Randi Matushevitz, Mollie E. Barnes, shecurates.com, October 4, 2020, Randi Matushevitz: Expressive Intensity, Betty Ann Brown, Visual Art Source, Sept 19, 2020
Silent Patterns: An Interview with Randi Matushevitz at the LA Art Show 2020, Christofer Iam Lutz, The Vaunt Collection, Feb 15, 2020
Randi Matushevitz, LadyKflo, Jan 1, 2020,
Randi Matushevitz: Reflecting Her Existence Through Art, Diversions LA, May 21, 2019,
100 Artists of the Future art book, Contemporary Curator Magazine, May 2019,
Futuregaze: Justin Bower and Randi Matushevitz, Coagula Curatorial, Catalogue, April 2019
Futuregaze and the Dystopically Rendered Face, Genie Davis, Riot Material Magazine, April 8, 2019
Randi Matushevitz Rocks Her World, Genie Davis, Diversions LA, June 22, 2018
Randi Matushevitz and Diane Williams Confront Otherness Through Experience, Art and Cake, April 14, 2018
CUNUNDRUM, Shana Nys Dambrot, Whitehot Magazine, March 2018
Urban Dilemmas, Genie Davis, Art And Cake, December 20, 2017, Jewish Artists Initiative of Southern California(JAI) Flashpoints: A Collective Response-Jerusalem Biennale 2017, Genie Davis, Diversions LA, July 20, 2017
Randi Matushevitz, Baha Danesh, We Choose Art, April 10, 2017
“Collaboration for Equality, A Feminist Perspective”, Sydney Walters, Art and Cake, March 23, 2017,
“Walter Maciel Gallery Shines with Politics and Poetry”, Genie Davis, Art and Cake, March 4, 2017,
“The Heroines Journey of Randi Matushevitz”, Peter deKuster, theheroinejourney2016.wordpress.com, March 3, 2017.
“Shoebox PR’s list of Important Contemporary Artists You Should Know!”, Shoebox PR blog, Feb 9, 2017,
“Randi Matushevitz: The Meaning of Life” Shana Nys Dambrot, Huffingtonpost, Dec. 10, 2016,
Katie McGarigle, ” Randi Matushevitz: Exploring the transience of 21st century life through esoteric imagery”, Art and Cake, June 26, 2016
