Liv Aanrud earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts with a painting emphasis from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire in 2001. She was awarded a full scholarship and teaching fellowship at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in 2011. She as taught at ARTworks Charter School, at Santa Barbara City College, and was awarded a teaching fellowship at Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena.
Aanrud’s work has been the subject of one person exhibitions at BozoMag, New Image Art, Arvia, 1700 Naud and TSA-LA in Los Angeles, at Bay College in Escanaba Michigan and Finlandia University, Hancock Michigan. She has also had solo shows at Sierra Nevada College in Lake Tahoe, Pamela Salisbury Gallery and at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City. Her work has been shown at Felix Art Fair and Untitled, Miami, as well as in group exhibitions across the U.S., Taiwan, Germany, and Spain.
She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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Born 1979
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2011
MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2001
BFA, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
To the Max, Bay College, Escanaba MI
2022
Liv: Me Alone, Bozo Mag, Los Angeles, CA
Off the Hook, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
2021
Double Down, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
2020
Weirder Mirror, 1700 Naud, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Weaver’s Hitch, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Sing into My Mouth, Arvia, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Blindsides, Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
2015
Ravel Ravel, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
Hooked on a Feeling, Tiger Strikes Asteroid-LA, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Lake Affect, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI
2011
The Thick of Things, Ochre Ghost Gallery, Duluth, MN
Liv Aanrud: Recent Paintings, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
Toucan, Leftfield, Los Osos, CA
2017
Night Moves, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014
Metamorphosisterz, Anne Reid '72 Gallery, Princeton, NJ
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Considering January, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Untitled Art Fair, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY, Miami Beach Florida,
Composition Elsewhere, Bozomag Pasadena, Los Angles, CA
Community Cloth, McNichols Civic Center, Denver Colorado
Threading the Needle, Artshare LA, Angel City Brewery
All You Can Eat: Part one, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
All You Can Eat: Part two, New Collectors Gallery, New York, NY
Criptids—Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
Goddesses and Monsters, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA
Untitled BOZO Marfa Project, Marfa Texas
Felix Art Fair, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
A Loop, A Triangle & Trapezoid, Bozo Mag, Los Angeles
Generations, Brand Art Library, Glendale, CA
Garden II, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA
Art Show II, Non Plus Ultra, Los Angeles, CA
Dance Pole Picket Line, A Benefit Show for Strippers United, Last Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Stargazers, Peripheral Space, Los Angeles, CA
Salon De Imperfectionism, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hand to Machine, Textile Resource L.A, Los Angeles, CA
Mirror in the Dark, Visionary Arts Collective online exhibition
Garden, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Star Goddess Island, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Show, Non Plus Ultra, Los Angeles, CA
A Store Show, Odd Ark, Los Angeles, CA
2019
A Common Thread, Richard Heller gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Labrynth of Language, WERKARTZ, Los Angeles, CA
Cosmic Dreamway, I Love Copacabana, Los Angeles, CA
Womensamble, National Craft & Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Dice Theory, Gallery Uqbar, Berlin, Germany
Gardens, LAST Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Dream Wavers, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Fact and Fiction, Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Psychenetics, Elevator Mondays, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Magick is Afoot, Arvia, Los Angeles, CA
Horizon Lines, Solship, Los Angeles, CA
Femi-Flow : Creating Female Subjectivity in Art; National Taiwan Craft and Research Institute, Caotun, Taiwan.
Barker Hanger Art Den, Odd Ark, Los Angeles, CA
Fragile Rock, TREEHAUS, Los Angeles, CA
Optimist Prime, New City Galerie, Burlington Vermont.
The Rag Trade pt 2, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
Displaced Cities: Los Angles to Taiwan, Soulangh Cultural Park, Jilii Taiwan
Barrier, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Feel It…Feel It, Diogenes Club, Los Angeles, CA
+ - , Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
Angstzeiten, Elevator Mondays, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Physical Painting, curated by Jennifer Samet, Maass Gallery, SUNY-Purchase College, Purchase NY
Free Time, pt 1, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
Electric Ladyland, Rebel Art Space, Palm Springs, CA
Fata Morgana, Goldmine, Los Angeles, CA
2015
The Midnight Sun, Ms Barbers, Los Angeles, CA
ArtHamptons Art Fair, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, Bridgehampton, NY
Voodoo Chicken (--------), No Holds Barred, New York, NY
FiberSHED, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
Painting in Trees, Bushwick Community Gardens, Brooklyn, NY
Thread the Needle, Perry McGrath, Los Angeles, CA
2014
JustMad6 Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
A Gap in the Screen, Taylor University, Upland, IN
Primitive Image, SSS Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Your Attica on the Pacific, Tiger Strikes Asteroid-LA, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Biennial, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Underdonk Selects: Benefit Auction, New York, NY
Novella Gallery Spring Benefit Auction, New York, NY
2013
Invincible Host, Underdonk Gallery, New York, NY
10 Years Too Late, Abteeilum I-A-M Berlin, Germany
2011
In Fixed Territory, at Blurred Boundaries, 460 Main Street,Catskill, NY
Fresh Meat/Young Blood: NJ's New Masters, SICA - Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Longbranch, NJ
NowHere, Whitebox Gallery, New York, NY
II (MFA Thesis Exhibition), Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
College Art Association NY Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, NY, NY
LECTURES
2018 National Taiwan Craft And Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
2014 Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
RESIDENCIES
2018 Soulangh Cultural Park, Jiali District, Taiwan
2017 Desert Drawing Club, Joshua Tree, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“The Cleve”, Full Blede, Issue 9, July 2019
Andrew Philip Cortes, “What Makes LA Special?”, The Coastal Post, June 04, 2019
Genie Davis, “Dream Wavers at Laband Art Gallery”, Art and Cake, April 25, 2019
Katie Kirk, “Spring Break Art Show LA Review”, Maake Mag, February 16, 2019
”Meet Liv Aanrud”, Voyage LA, December 3, 2018
Angella d'Avignon, ”A Concise Guide to LA’s Outdoor Art Spaces from a Pool to a Garage”, Hyperallergic, August 22, 2018
Roberta Smith, ”Galleries Shift Shape to Survive a Changing Art World”, New York Times, June 23, 2016
Spectrum Volume LIX, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2016