my studio wall at the atlantic center for the arts.



crowds, a series of three
ink and liquid acrylic on tracing paper

the first thing one saw of my final show from outside

ink and gouache on paper 2006

an installation shot from the boat show at high energy constructs!
(the red painting in the middle is by Jasmine Justice, and the three on the right are mine.)

A detail from the installation "Stately Fellows" 2006.
this is ink and colored pencil on business stationary
8 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.

installation shots, mfa thesis show

installation shots, mfa thesis show

installation shots, final show

installation shots, mfa thesis show

Theater of War
Gouache on Paper 9 by 12 inches
2006
 

Masked Suffering
Colored Pencil on Paper 9 1/2 by 11 inches
2006
 

Stately Fellows
My Final MFA Show

general peering into an abyss
from the installation "stately fellows" 2006
ink and colored pencil on business stationary.

ink and gouache on rice paper. 2006. 24x36 inches?

CV
Ami Tallman

Born
1979 California

Education
Art Center College of Design
Master of Fine Arts, April 2006

New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science
Graduate Philosophy Department. No Degree, 1999-2000

The San Francisco Art Institute
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 1999

Exhibitions

2008
Against the Grain, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (12 June-10 August), curated by Christopher Russell
When the sun shines, it does not need proof (solo), See Line Gallery, Santa Monica (21 June- 26 July)
Free Love Gods, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland (date unknown)

2007
Compound Objects from the Spy who Loves You, The Confederacy of Creative Ephemera at Circus Gallery, Los Angeles
Don’t Torture the Rotten Ducklings, Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Le Flaneur, Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles
No Jerks, Rental Gallery, New York
Timeline, Seeline Gallery, Santa Monica
Juvenilia, Koo's Art Center, Long Beach
Rainbow Goblins, Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles
Memoriam for our Gentle Friends, Trudi Gallery, Los Angeles
Paper Bombs, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
re draw, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York

2006
Braveland, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles
Naïve Set Theory, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles
Chainletter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles
Stately Fellows, MFA Thesis Show, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ca
Boat Show, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles
Supersonic 3, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles

2005
Urban Birds II, Hang, San Francisco
Bedwetter Show, Paxico Gallery, Los Angeles
Conquest, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ca

2004
Dark Side of the Sun Wight Gallery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Power via rodents and celebrity jewel theives, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ca
Pulp: Works of Paper, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
Urban Birds, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco
Battlefield, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ca

1998
17 artists, 35 works, 500 guests, 976 Valencia, San Francisco, Ca

Bibliography

2008
Art Ltd, “Young at Art, 15 under 35,” profile, May 2008, Shana Nys Dambrot

2007
Artweek, “Braveland,” review March 2007, Shana Nys Dambrot
Artweek, “Naïve Set Theory,” review February 2007, Charlene Roth

2006
ArtUs, “Boat Show,” review, Issue 14, July-September 2006, Christopher Russell
I Heart Darkness, interview, 2nd Cannons Publications, Natascha Snellman

2004
Mission Arts Monthly, “Urban Birds at Balazo Gallery,” review, September 2004, Leena Prasad
ArtWeek, "Urban Birds", Volume 35, Issue 8, Alison Bing

Publications

2007
There Weren't Many Girls Around, So We Dated Ideologies. This Left Us Always on the Brink of War. We Often Discussed That a Likely Result of Battle Would Have Been More Girls to Go Around Amongst the Survivors, but We Quibbled Rather Than Acted, & Slept Alone in Our Cold Beds Dreaming of Glory. Artist's Book, 2^nd Cannons Publications

2005
After Such an Outburst of Emotion as is Represented by these Landscape, er, Renderings, We May Find it Necessary to Avoid all Future Contact with You (for the sake of some semblance of dignity) Artist's Publication with Christopher Russell

Portfolio #3, Analogue Press

2004
Bedwetter Magazine, Issues 7 through11

2001
Flash Art Magazine, The NY Decency Panel, Volume 34, Issue 218
Flash Art Magazine, Aperto San Francisco, Volume 34, Issue 217
Flash Art Magazine, Ultrabaroque, Volume 34, Issue 215

 
This was another of the men in think tanks, also ink on tissue, 2005.

 
 
 
These guys were something of a challenge to document. They were backlit when installed, because they were mounted on a window.

From the series
Portrait of the Demographic Most Likely to be in Power
2005 ink on tissue

From the series
Portrait of the Demographic Most Likely to be in Power
2005 ink on tissue

From the series
Portrait of the Demographic Most Likely to be in Power
2005 ink on tissue

2005 ink on paper

2005 ink on paper

2005 ink on paper

2005 ink on paper

2005 ink on paper

"Polo Player of the Apocalypse no. 1"
2005 ink on paper

"Polo Player of the Apocalypse no. 2"
2005 ink on paper