ELAD LASSRY

born 1977, Tel-Aviv, Israel
lives and works in Los Angeles

EDUCATION

2007
Masters of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2003
Bachelors of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA


SELECTED SOLO/2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2008
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Artist Moving Image Exhibition, with Daria Martin, Bath Film Festival, Bath, England

2007
She Takes These Pictures of His Wife Silhouetted on a Hillside, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Driving up the Canyon She Saw a Dog, USC thesis exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

2003
New Photos, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Half-Life, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
John Connelly Presents, New York, NY.
Photos and Phantasy, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Past Forward, 176, London, England
You, Whose Beauty Was Famous in Rome, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007
I am Eyebeam, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

2006
LA25, Skadden, curated by Ilene Kurtz-Kretschmar, Los Angeles, CA

2005
Defense- Body and Nobody in Self Protection, Sweeney Art Gallery, UC Riverside, CA

2002
You’ll Be My Footage, Wedge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2000
Other Victorians, Stevenson Blanch Gallery, Valencia, CA
Yesterday There Was A Disaster, Today Is Okay, Studio 18, Valencia, CA


AWARDS

2007
John Jones Prize, London, UK


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah, “Studio Visit,” FlashArtonline.com, November 18, 2008
Bollen, Christopher, "Elad Lassry," Interview, November 2008, p.42
D‘Aurizio, Michele. “The Better Craftsman,” Mousse, Issue 12, January 2008, pp. 26 - 29.
Holte, Michael Ned. “Elad Lassry,” Artforum, January 2008, pp. 290-291.
Ed. “Graduate Directory: Elad Lassry,” Wallpaper, January 2008, p.94.

2007
Schad, Ed. “A Look at Lassry,” Artslant.com, November 2007.
Grosz, David. “Weekend Picks: Elad Lassry in L.A.,” artinfo.com, November 16, 2007.
Donaldson, Sarah. “Zoo is the fair with flair,” Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog, October 15, 2007.
Sholis, Brian. “Deep Frieze,” artforum.com, October 14, 2007.
Buck, Louisa and Melanie Gerlis. “Zoo’s move out of the zoo is a success,” The Art Newspaper, October 12, 2007, p.4.
Gerlis, Melanie. “And the champagne goes to…” The Art Newspaper, October 12, 2007, p.4.
Lockhart, Sharon. "An Email Conversation," The USC Roski School of Fine Arts MFA Catalogue, 2007, pp. 33-35.

2006
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Giving local artists a good first shot,” Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2006, p. E27.

2004
Lambert, Alix. “Top Ten,” Artforum, November 2004, p. 92.