Born in Los Angeles, CA, 1985
Education
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency, ME, 2011
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2009
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK, 2004
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
One-Person Exhibitions
2024
Germ, Kasmin, Mexico City, Mexico
2023
The Bowstrings's Tension, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX
Solitaire, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, IL
2022
Gimlet Eye, Huset for Kunst & Design, Holstebro, Denmark
Wildfire, 1690 Projects, Shanghai
Syzygy, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Saturnine, curated by Stephanie Cristello, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; traveled to Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
2020
Light Pollution, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX
2019
Weald, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Vigil, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2014
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Brand New Heartache, Michael Jon Gallery, Miami, FL
Group Exhibitions
2024
Infinite Regress: Mystical Abstraction from the Permanent Collection and Beyond, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2023
CONSENSUAL ENNUI, The Landing, Los Angeles, CA
Shades of Daphne, Kasmin, New York, NY
River Styx, Sea View, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Ojos de Perro Azul, Marinaro Gallery, NY
Scouring, Meredith Rosen, NY
2021
About Painting, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome, Italy
The Emerald Tablet, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
2020
5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
American Women, The Infinite Journey, curated by Marie Maertens, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, Belgium
Pineal Eye Infection, curated by Aaron Moulton, Seasons, Los Angeles, CA
Eigenheim, Soft Opening, London, UK
2019
Deeper Than Inside, High Art, Paris, France
Saturnine, curated by Stephanie Cristello, Chicago Manual of Style, Chicago, IL
Summer Pop-Up, The Limelight Hotel, Aspen, CO
Self-preservation (with or without applause), curated by Amanda Ross-Ho, Primary, Miami, FL
2018
Helvedet Opløser Sig, curated by Alexander Tovborg, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cliché, organized with Bill Powers, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, NY
Seed, curated by Yvonne Force, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Still Life, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
Screenings: Original Artwork for the Cinema Screen, curated by Conor Thompson, Laemmle, North Hollywood, CA
2017
Botánica, organized by Todd von Ammon, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Naturalia: Views from the Underbrush, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Strange Attractors: The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art, organized by Bob Nickas, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Dreaming Mirrors Dreaming Screens, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany
Mount Analogue, curated by Neville Wakefield, Performance Ski, Aspen, CO
2014
Love or the Lack of It, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
Golden State, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
Some Thoughts About Marks, Jack Hanley, New York, NY
Summer & sUMMER, Michael Jon Gallery, Miami, FL + Detroit, MI
Brucennial 2014, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
MFA 2014, New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2013
White House, Galerie Clemens Gunzer, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Qualified By Light, Actual Size, Los Angeles, CA
I Know This, But You Feel Different, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
2009
Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties and Bastard Children, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
Special Projects
2016
L.S.D. vol. 3, contributor
2013
49 Paintings, Saint Laurent, Collection V, Artist Book Invitation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues
2022
Hundley, Jessica. Plant Magick. The Library of Esoterica. Cologne: Taschen, 2022, pp. 332-333
2021
Cristello, Stephanie. Theodora Allen: Saturnine. Geneva: Motto Books, 2021.
2020
American Women: The Infinite Journey. Belgium: Editions de La Patinoire Royale | Galerie Valérie Bach, 2020, 8, 11, 16-19, 21, 25, 43.
Articles and Reviews
2023
Doric, Katarina and Vuk Ćuk. Interview with Theodora Allen. DSCENE, Issue 18, Art Issue, Fever Dreams, January 2023, pp. 98-101.
Slenske, Michael. “Meet the L.A. Art World’s New Avant-Garde,” Los Angeles Magazine, February 7, 2023, https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/meet-the-l-a-art-worlds-new-avant-garde/.
Stromberg, Matt. “Artist Jorge Pardo’s Sea View Home Reopens as an Art Gallery,” Hyperallergic, February 5, 2023, https://hyperallergic.com/797936/after-25-years-an-jorge-pardo-sea-view-home-reopens-as-an-art-gallery/.
“The Artful Life: 6 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week,” Galerie Magazine, January 31, 2023, https://galeriemagazine.com/artful-life-jan-31/.
2022
Singh, Pia. “With Botanicals and Celestial Bodies, Theodora Allen Examines Our Scientific Journey.” CulturedMag.com, May 11, 2022.
Gluhaich, Mark. “What to See During EXPO Chicago.” Frieze.com, April 7, 2022.
Dozier, Ayanna. “5 Artists on Our Radar in March 2022.” Artsy.net, March 4, 2022.
Ollman, Leah. “The Comet and the Hourglass: Theodora Allen at Blum & Poe.” Art in America, February 25, 2022.
Yang, Catherine. “Pick of the Week: Theodora Allen.” ArtilleryMag.com, February 23, 2022.
2021
Raez, Constanza Falco. “Theodora Allen’s ‘Saturnine.’” Flaunt.com, July 21, 2021.
Durón, Maximilíano and Angelica Villa. “Sporting a Chic, User-Friendly Design, Fiac’s First Online Edition Sees Robust Sales.” ARTnews, March 5, 2021.
Wollen, Audrey. “Pure Moods: Patricia Lockwood’s Coherent Chaos.” Bookforum (March/April/May 2021).
2020
Allen, Theodora. “Life Thread, (Asclepius) No. 3.” LALA Magazine (summer 2020): 68-69.
Buck, Louisa and Kabir Jhala. “Three Exhibitions to See in London This Weekend.” TheArtNewspaper.com, September 4, 2020.
Cristello, Stephanie. “Images of Irretrievable Sound: Theodora Allen.” Mousse Magazine 71 (spring 2020): 48-51.
Cristello, Stephanie. "Theodora Allen: The Spell of Saturn." Osmos Magazine (February 2020).
Kennedy, Brandon. “Moonflower in the Canyon.” Patron Magazine (August/September 2020): 34-35.
Miller, Corazon. “In (And out Of) the Blue: Theodora Allen.” FrontRunnerMagazine.com, April 19, 2020.
Shaw, Eric. “Battening Down Time, Death and a Few Other Things: Theodora Allen at 12.26, Dallas.” Glasstire.com, October 7, 2020.
2019
Anderson, Margaret. “Theodora Allen’s Ghostly Paintings Hark Back to the Middle Ages.” Elephant.art, January 30, 2019.
Carrigan, Margaret, Victoria Stapley-Brown and Linda Yablonsky. “Three Exhibitions to See in New York This Weekend.” Art Newspaper, January 24, 2019.
Musmeci, Cecilia. “Theodora Allen.” Exhibition Magazine no. 13 (Fall/Winter 2019).
Tilley, John Martin. “Landscape/Mindscape.” OfficeMagazine.net, January 27, 2019.
Wollen, A.G. “Artist Theodora Allen Embraces the Elements at Kasmin Gallery.” CultureMag.com, February 7, 2019.
2017
Berardini, Andrew. "Theodora Allen: Vigil." Art Review 69, no. 7 (October 2017): 127. Ollman, Leah. "At Blum & Poe, a 'Cosmic Garden' of Ghostly Beauty." Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2017.
2016
Masewicz, Natalia. "Computer Screens Mirror Life as Berlin Show Explores Technology's Influence on Art." BlouinArtInfo, February 11, 2016.
2015
Bisello, Piero. “Form and Content Can Still Be Relevant Words in Painting: Theodora Allen’s Plot, No. 4.” Conceptual Fine Arts (blog), April 16, 2015.
Ehsan, Pari. "#Thelist: Pari Dust's 10 New Fine Artists to Know." Harper's Bazaar, viewed February 19, 2015.
Jao, Carren. "Theodora Allen's Spectrum of Colours Opens at Blum & Poe." Wallpaper, March 11, 2015.
Johnson, Ken and Martha Schwendener. "A Sampling of the Art World under One Tent." New York Times, May 15, 2015.
Lazic, Sanja. "Theodora Allen and Daniel Lefcourt at Blum & Poe LA." Widewalls, February 18, 2015.
Ollman, Leah. "Paintings by Theodora Allen Trippy But Not Trite." Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2015.
Osborne-Bartucca, Kristen. "Theodora Allen." Artillery 9, no. 5 (May/June 2015): 69.
Powers, Bill. "For the Most Part It's Introspection: A Talk with Theodora Allen." Artnews 114, no. 2 (February 2015): 22-23.
Schad, Ed. “Theodora Allen.” Flash Art, May 18, 2015.
Wagley, Catherine. "Theodora Allen." LA Weekly, March 19, 2015.
2014
Reagan, Kevin C. "Magical Deceit of California Interpreted by Modern Artists." Daily Wildcat, November 30, 2014.
2013
Petry, Michael. Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life Tradition. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2013.
Powers, Bill. “Painterly Fashion.” T Magazine (blog), March 11, 2013.
Remsen, Nicholas. “Beauty, Youth, and Longing: Artist Theodora Allen for Saint Laurent.”
Blouinartinfo.com, March 25, 2013.
Trochu, Eugenie. “When Art Meets Fashion.” Vogue (Paris), November 2013.
Tylevich, Katya. “Los Angeles. Hide and Seek.” Elephant Magazine 16 (Autumn 2013): 154-57.
2012
“Fresh Faces in Art: Eight LA Artists You Should Know.” Fabrik Magazine, October 2012.
Residencies
2021
Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, Corsicana, TX
Museum and Public Collections
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas