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

2008    E-flux Video Rental - Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão -

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon 

2007    LACE Annual Benefit - LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los

Angeles, CA

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