Artist Statement
The work explores the convergence of science, technology and mythology into a thickly layered stratum of images and objects reflecting systems within nature. Intersections and parallels in systems become unfolding metaphors and imagery to dissect and explore. Much of the work begins by extracting simple elements and then expanding, repeating, and extending these components into transmuted conglomerations.
The process of the work involves a methodical collecting of artifacts, images, and sounds to synthesize and compress into expansive visual fields. Working in a variety of media from painting, video, sculpture and installation, each medium is a tool to process natural phenomena from the microscopic to the macroscopic.
BIO
Meeson Pae was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her fine art degree from University of California Los Angeles and CSULB. Her solo exhibitions and projects have been shown internationally and nationally at Galerie Kashya Hildebrand (Zurich, Switzerland), ArtHK (Hong Kong, China), ARCO (Madrid, Spain), Contemporary Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey), Peter Millard & Partners (London, UK), Artertain (Seoul, South Korea), LAUNCHLA (Los Angeles, CA), and Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro, US). Her group exhibitions include FuXin Gallery (Shanghai & Miami), Galerie Agentur 162 (Essen, Germany), Eli Klein Fine Art (New York, NY), Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA), and Harvard University’s Carpenter Center (Cambridge, MA).
Meeson Pae’s works have also been exhibited at the Exploratorium Museum (San Francisco, CA), the Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA), and the Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, CA). She is a recipient of the James Irvine Foundation’s California New Visions Award, the Durfee Foundation’s ARC award, the Hans G. and Lordis W. Burkhardt Foundation Award, AHL Foundation Award, and the Beverly Alpay Award.
Her public art projects include Le Meridien Hotel (Zhengzhou, China), Royal Caribbean International Ltd (Papenburg, Germany), Phoenix Biomedical University Campus (Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture), M&D Properties (Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission), LAX International Airport (Department of Cultural Affairs), Ontario Airport (Department of Cultural Affairs), and Mobile Exhibits (Arts Council for Long Beach. She has been featured in Sculpture Magazine, Art Ltd Magazine, Vice:The Creators Project, Theme Magazine, New Scientist, the Korea Times, and the Los Angeles Times.
CV
Meeson Pae
contact: studiomeeson@gmail.com
lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
B.F.A University of California Los Angeles
M.F.A California State University of Long Beach
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS
2023 Meeson Pae, Seasons LA, Los Angeles, USA (forthcoming)
2022 Converge, Mono Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia
2022 Solo Drop, Institut Co of Unit Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2018 Transmute, The LOFT, San Pedro, USA
2017 New Work, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2017 Embedded, Artertain, Seoul, Korea2016 Permeate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, USA
2016 Entwined, La Brea Tar Pits Tarfest, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Art Stage Singapore, solo project, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2011 Contemporary Istanbul, solo project, Turkey, Istanbul
2011 Installations, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rolling Hills Estates, USA
2011 Moment, Windward Held and Bordy Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2011 Liminal, The Collaborative, ACLB & Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, USA
2011 Coalesce, Pulse, Los Angeles, USA
2011 Permeate, Blythe Projects, Culver City, USA
2010 Ephemeral Phenomena, Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland *catalog
2010 Accumulations, LAUNCH LA, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Art HK, solo project, Wanchai, Hong Kong
2010 ARCO, solo project, Madrid, Spain
2010 Art LA, solo project, Los Angeles, USA
2009 Refractions, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles,USA
2009 Stratum, JK Gallery, Culver City, USA
2007 Propagation, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, USA
2006 Transitory, The Loft, San Pedro, USA
2006 Systems, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ART FAIRS
2023 Group Show, Chimei Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 Group Show, M:87 Atlier, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 The New Feminine, Haus Contemporary + Seefood Room Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2022 The Last Notice, Seasons LA, Los Angeles, USA
2022 Beautiful Not Pretty, Wonzimer, Los Angeles,USA
2021 NFT NYC, Time Square installation curated by NFT Magazine, New York, USA
2020 Catalyst, ArtSciCat, Online Exhibition, USA
2020 Containment, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario, USA
2018 Meditations, The Collaborative, Long Beach, USA
2016 Los Angeles Art Show, Ping Pong, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA/ Basel, Switzerland2014 Abstracting from Nature, Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge,USA
2014 Three Projects, Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, USA (*3 person show & catalog)
2013 Liminal, Scope Art Miami, Miami, USA
2013 Reverberation, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, USA
2013 Transitive, Fu Xin Gallery, Miami, USA
2013 An Anatomical Poem: from cellular to visceral, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, USA
2012 Investigating Systems, Kearny Street Projects, San Francisco, USA
2012 Visions from the New California, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, USA
2012 In the Dark, Durden & Ray, LA Mart, Los Angeles, USA
2011 C.A.R New Media Art, Galerie Agentur 162, Essen, Germany
2011 Measure for Measure, Carpenter Center Harvard University Gallery, Cambridge, USA
2011 Playtime, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2011 Art Paris, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France
2011 Measure for Measure, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University Gallery, Orange, USA *catalog
2011 India Art Summit, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
2011 Art Stage Singapore, City of Singapore, Singapore
2011 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Scope Miami/ArtAsia, Miami, USA
2010 Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland
2010 KIAF, COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea
2010 Room Mobile, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Signs of the Forest, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2010 EKFA Winter Show, Eli Klein Fine Arts, New York, USA
2009 Scope Miami/ArtAsia, Miami, USA
2009 Let There Be Light, Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, USA
2009 MOD: Matters on Design, Los Angeles, USA
2008 Systems Theory, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, USA
2008 Scatter, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, USA *three person show
2008 Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA
2008 Asian New Media, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2007 All In, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, USA
2007 Go Native: Installed, Phantom Galleries, Pasadena,USA
2007 Intersection of Past and Present, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, USA *catalog
2006 Contemplating Apocalypse, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2006 Biannual, Gallery 825 South Annex, Hermosa Beach, USA
2005 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, USA
2005 6 Degrees, Walled City; San Pedro/Los Angeles, USA
2005 Index, El Camino College Sculpture Garden, Torrance, USA
2003 See Between the Lines, Bohemia, Los Angeles, USA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021 LABA Artist of the Year Icon Award, LABA, Beverly Hills, CA2019
2019 Damyang International Artist Residency, Damyang, South Korea
2013 AHL Foundation Award, New York, USA
2011 Elizabeth Vyse Memorial Award, Long Beach, USA
2010 James Irvine Foundation Visions from the New California Award, Exploratorium Museum Residency, San Francisco, USA
2007 Artists Resource for Completion Grant, The Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
2007 Beverly G. Alpay Award, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, USA
2002 Hans G. and Lordis W. Burkhardt Foundation Award, Los Angeles, USA
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
HH Princess Fahdah bink Khaled Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia
Private, Sao Paul, Brazil
Internet Brands Corporation, El Segundo, USA
Le Meridien, Zhengzhou, China
M&D Properties, Los Angeles, USA
Royal Caribbean International Ltd, Papenburg, GermanyWindsor Property Management Firm, USA
Wolfgang Puck, Beverly Hills, USA
World Trade Center, Dallas, USA
Private, Zurich, Switzerland
Private, Manhattan Beach, USA
Private, Malibu, USA
Private, Texas, USA
PUBLIC ART & SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023 Public Commission, WebMD Corporate Lobby, Newark, USA
2022 Finalist, Matthews Street Park Public Art Project, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, USA
2022 Finalist, Little Tokyo Public Art Project, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, USA2021 Public Commission, Array, Kilroy Realty Corporation, El Segundo, USA
2020 Public Commission, Gaze, Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, Terraces at Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, USA
2020 Private Commission, Units, Internet Brands Headquarters, El Segundo, USA
2019 Public Art Commission, Net, Dambit Art Center Damyang Forest, South Korea
2019 Private Commission, Transmit, The Seychelle Penthouse, Santa Monica, USA
2019 Public Commission, Emit, Internet Brands Headquarters, El Segundo, USA
2016 Public Commission, Garden, Royal Caribbean International Ltd, Rostock, Germany
2014 National Aids Monument, Reflections, West Hollywood Park, (Finalist) USA
2013 Public Commission, Traverse, Le Meridien, Zhengzhou, China
2013 Public Commission, Encoding, Department of Cultural Affairs Tom Bradley International Terminal, LA,USA
2011 Public Commission, Urban Oasis, Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, M&D Properties, Pasadena, USA
2010 Public Commission, Immersion, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, Biomedical Campus, Phoenix, USA
2011 Public Commission, Traverse, Department of Cultural Affairs, Ontario Airport, Ontario, USA
2010 Public Commission, Dispersion, Department of Cultural Affairs, Tom Bradley International Airport, LA, USA
2009 Public Commission, Traverse, Mobile Exhibits, Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach, USA
2006 Special Project: Los Angeles Arts Association, Sweater, Directed by Tim Hawkinson, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, USA
LECTURES
2022 Visiting Artist Instructor - CD Next Computational Design 9.0, Parametric Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 Guest Artist Lecturer - California State University Fullerton, Art Department, Fullerton, CA
2018 Biola University, La Mirada,CA, Artist Lecture
2016 California State University of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, Artist Lecture2014 Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA, Artist Lecture
2013 El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, CA, Artist Lecture
2012 Windward School, Los Angeles, CA, Artist Lecture & Residency
2011 Los Angeles County Arts Commission & Arts Council for Long Beach, Artist Lecture
2010 Exploratorium Museum, San Francisco, Artist Lecture
2005 El Camino College, Beginning Sculpture, Torrance, CA, Artist Lecture
SELECTED REVIEWS
Visual Atelier 8, Interview, Meeson Pae, April 2022 BryteHall, Interview, Meeson Pae, April 2022
Daily Serving, Fan Mail: Meeson Pae Yang, Mailee Hung, October 27, 2016
Vice: The Creators Project, Colors and Shadow Augment an Artistic Investigation into Polarity, Francesca Capossela, July 27, 2016
Art LTD, On View:Meeson Pae Yang, Staff, July 2016Sculpture Magazine, Myths of Fantastical Life: A Conversation with Meeson Pae Yang, Michael Amy, issue June 2013, pg. 24-31(*Cover)
LAWeekly, Art Platform, Pulse and Other Art Fairs Take Over the City. What Did L.A. Think, Shana Nys Dambrot, October 6, 2011
Artweek.LA, Meeson Pae Yang: Liminal, Bill Bush, August 15, 2011, Volume 39
Gazette.com, Collaborative’s Liminal Mixes Nature and Science, Ashleigh Oldland, August 11, 2011
Gazette.com, Eye on Art: Collaborative Hosts Liminal Environment, by Julian Bermudez, Aug. 10, 2011
Artillery, Critic’s Pick, July/August 2011 Issue, pg. 26 -27
Artweek.LA, Meeson Pae Yang: Permeate, Bill Bush, May 13, 2011, Volume 26
Art LTD, Meeson Pae Yang: Accumulations at LAUNCH, Scarlet Cheng, Sept./Oct. Issue, pg. 14
New Scientist, Art Scaled Up and Down, Amanda Gefter, September 29 ,2010, Issue 2780
Korea Times, Meeson Pae Yang, Sookee Chung, June 11, 2010, A-23
Los Angeles Times, Critic’s Notebook: The L.A Art Show, Christopher Knight, January 22, 2010
944, Growing from Concrete, Janine Rayford, December 2009, 944.com
FlavorPill, Let There Be Light, Shana Nys Dambrot, December 5, 2009
The District, Twinkle Town, Vy Pham, December 16, 2009
DailyServing.com, Meeson Pae Yang, Seth Curcio, October 26, 2009
Flavorpill, More Flavor: Discussion, Meeson Pae Yang & Steven Burtch, Shana Nys Dambrot, March 10, 2009
THEME Magazine, Interview with the Artist, March 2009, pg. 22-23
Larchmont Chronicle, Natural vs. the Artificial in Painted World in ‘Vermis,’ March 2009, Section 1pg. 26
THE Magazine, In the Studio, December 2008, pg. 26
Daily Breeze, 1 Exhibit is a real snore, the other is cyborg friendly, Jim Farber, February 1, 2008, ENT-ART pg. 14-15
Art & Living Magazine, Propagation, summer ’07, pg. 110
Artifacts, Alpay Awards, summer 2007, cover pg.
Los Angeles Times, Close-Knit ‘Sweater’ Teamwork, Holly Myers, July 14, 2006, Calendar E-20
Artifacts, Exhibitions, Fall 2003, pg. 6-7