L. Calvin Phelps
Born, McComb, Mississippi
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2003 MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
1999 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions
2006 Montenegro in the Eyes of American Artists, Art Dulcinium, Ulcinj, Montenegro
traveling to Podgorica, Kotor and Cetinje, Montenegro; Belgrade, Serbia
and Prishtina, Kosovo
Vitas Film Festival- Choreographing the Margins, UCLA Department of World Arts and
Cultures, Los Angeles, CA
Digital World: L.A., Niche.LA & Lounge 441, Los Angeles CA
perception, Pasadena Art Alliance, The Windtunnel, Art Center College, Pasadena, CA
2005 LAXART Launch, hosted by MC, Los Angeles, CA
best of collage, outpost for contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
2004 a one minute on camera, Sandberg Instituut & Nederlands instituut voor
mediakunst Montevideo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
dis/locator, IDKE6, HotHouse Center for International Performance & Exhibition,
Chicago, IL
Rebellion, Resistance, and Death, narrenschiff, San Francisco, CA
OBD Group Show, The*Space, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Exchange: Otis College of Art and Design @ University of California, Irvine,
University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and
Design, Los Angeles, CA
2002 TV or Not TV, True/Lies (curated by S. E. Barnet), LA Freewaves Biennial of
New Media; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Contemporary
Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA; UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los
Angeles, CA
Mid Residency Show, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los
Angeles, CA
Synthetic Rhythms, Fine Art Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles CA
Artists' Writing, Fine Art Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los
Angeles, CA
Spring, Graduate Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Old Bank District Art Exhibition, San Fernando Building, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Found, ASAP Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Boy-Girl, A Project of 10' x 9' Gallery Space, Milliman Fine Art, Chicago, IL
Urban/Landscapes, Chicago O'Hare Airport, International Terminal, Chicago, IL
30 times 15" x 15", Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sightings, GwendaJay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 New Work, Roscoe's, Chicago, IL (solo)
Schemes, Galeria M, Chicago, IL (solo)
Catching a Cab, 10' x 9' Gallery Space, Chicago, IL (solo)
BFA Exhibition, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artists' Journals, Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Group Show, Galleria M, Chicago, IL
1998 do it!, Gallery X, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Group Show, Galleria M, Chicago, IL
Print Exchange, California State University, Long Beach, CA; School of the Art Institute
Chicago, IL; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Art Bash, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Music, Muzac, Musique, Lounge Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Nippon Group Show, Nippon Steel Corporation, Chicago, IL
1997 Nippon Group Show, Nippon Steel Corporation, Chicago, IL
Corporate Logo, The Museum of the Modern Art Guize, Houston, TX
Awards & Residencies
2006 Art Dulcinium Artist Residency, Montenegro in the Eyes of American Artists,
Ulcinj, Montenegro
2003 Special Recognition, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los
Angeles, CA
2001 Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los
Angeles, CA
2000 Student Leadership Recognition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1999 Robert B. Huff Foundation Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Fursman Award, Advanced Painting, Ox-Bow School of Art (SAIC), Sagatuck, MI
Nippon Steel/School of the Art Institute Presidential Award, Chicago, IL
1998 Nippon Steel/School of the Art Institute Presidential Award, Chicago, IL