RESUME

Ayin Es

Born: 1968, Los Angeles, CA.

AWARDS & HONORS

2023      Artist Achievement Award, National Arts & Disability Center, Los Angeles, CA

2019      Bruce Geller Memorial Award: WORD Grant, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA

2018      Technical Assistance Grant, National Arts and Disability Center / California Arts Council

2016      Arts-Asylum, a Global Network for Jewish Artists in Brooklyn, NY
              Rieman Studio Residency, Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Yucca Valley, CA

2015      Wynn Newhouse Foundation Award, New York, NY
              Reciprocity LA Artist Retreat, Asylum Arts, AJU's Brandeis-Bardin Campus, Brandeis, CA

2014      Technical Assistance Grant, National Arts and Disability Center / California Arts Council

2011      Foundation Grant, Artists' Fellowship Inc., New York, NY

2010      Pollock-Krasner Fellowship Award, New York, NY

2008      Maestra’s Atelier Residency, Self Help Graphics, East Los Angeles, CA

2007      Artists' Resource for Completion Grant, The Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica, CA

2006      Studio Residency, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

2005      Artist Grant, Yellow Fox Foundation, Palos Verdes, CA
              Artists' Resource for Completion Grant, The Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica, CA

2004      Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
              Studio Residency, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

2003      Foundation Grant, Artists' Fellowship Inc., New York, NY
              Honorarium, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, Short Hills, NJ

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022      This Land, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Catalog)

2021      All’s Well in the High Desert, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Online)

2019      Memoir, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2017      The Exodus Project, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

2015      Rock and Refuge, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
              Exodus, Shulamit Gallery, Venice, CA (Catalog)

2012      Bioillogical, Learning Resource Center, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

2010      It's Mostly About Me and Much Less About You, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
              Goodbye Mrs. Beasley, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2009      Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TXA Girl Apart, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
              Lucinda Cobley & Carol Es, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, TX
              Inner Outline, UCLA Hillel, University of California, Los Angeles, CAFloat Without Moving,

2008      She Dreamed She Remembered, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
              Above the Bias Forces, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2007      A Girl Apart, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
              Monogenetic Dreams From the Rag Trade, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX 
              All Done But None, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006      My Identity Lab, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

2005      Carol Es, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA  (Catalog)
              Hybrids and Mongrels, Highways Performance Space and Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2003      Cutting Patterns, Highways Performance Space and Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2023      Art and Med, Curated by Ted Meyer, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
              Human Natures: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA 
              Desertland, HeyThere Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
              Canvas of Expression - A Celebration for LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Saatchi Art, Online 

2022      High Desert Carnival, Curated by Anna Stump, SIP Art Space, San Marcos, CA
              The Art Of__, Benefitting The Laurel Foundation, Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA

2017      Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
              Personal Matters, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA

2016      Splendor and Disaster in the California Outback, Peter Frank, Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA
              SMALL HOUSE, Pop-up Exhibit, Craig Krull Gallery, Modernism Week, Palm Springs, CA

2015       7,567 Mi-->, Achim Hasid Complex, Jerusalem Biennale 2015, Jerusalem, Israel

2014       Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibit, Palitz Gallery, Syracuse U’s Lubin House, NY, NY

2014       Aqua Art Miami Fair, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Venice, CA in Miami Beach, FL 
               Room & Board, Art & Home - an art show benefitting LA Family Housing, Los Angeles, CA 
               Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists Books, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College, Los Angeles, CA 
               Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Venice, CA, in Palm Springs, CA         

2013       CONTEXT Miami Fair, with Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Venice, CA, in Miama, FLgeles, CA 
               Intersecting Paths: Art & Healing, Hebrew Union College at USC, Los Angeles, CA
               Colorful Antics, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012       DETONATE: Chaos and Consumerism, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY 
               No Joke, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA

2011        Los Angeles-Istanbul Connection, 18th Street Arts Center Project Room, Santa Monica, CA
               time flies when you're having fun, Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, FL
              Jewish Ritual: Rethinking, Renewed, Finegood Gallery, JCC at Milken, West Hills, CA

2010      To Live and Draw in LA, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
              On Paper, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
              Tzit Tzit: Fiber Art and Jewish Identity, St. Vincent College Gallery, Latrobe, PA (Catalog)

2009      The Art of Language, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Catalog)
              Winter Walls, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2008      Listen to Your Heart, MOHS Exhibit, Copenhagen, Denmark
              Bookish, Seattle University Center for the Arts, Seattle, WA

2007      Dark Objects Light Matter, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, TX
              Material Girls, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA (Catalog
              HEALING: A Cultural Exploration, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2006      Perspectives, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
              Multicultural Self-taught Artists, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA (Catalog
              Configuration, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ

2005      Then Again, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
              How to Look at Art, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA

2004      Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
              Outsiders, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
              Identification, Highways Gallery and Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
              Me, Myself and I, Pierce College Fine Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA

2003      Between the Lines, LA Women Artists, Bedlam Art, Los Angeles, CA
              Now and Now Again, The Wedge at the Womens Building, LA, CA

              Brush, The Office: An Art Space, Huntington Beach, CA
              Extraordinary Art, Exceptional Artists, The Art Center, Mechanicsburg, PA (Award)

SELECTED REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS 

2023      Canvas Rebel, Meet Ayin Es, Feature, Los Angeles, CA
              ShoutOutLA, Meet Ayin Es: Contemporary Visual Artist, Feature, Los Angeles, CA

2022      ArtNowLA, Ayin Es: THIS LAND, Review by Zara Kand, Los Angeles, CA
              VoyageLA, Conversations with Ayin Es, Interview, Los Angeles, CA
              Groundwork Arts, Interview with Rhonda Lane Coleman, Joshua Tree, CA

2021      LA WEEKLY, Calendar Feature, Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, CA

2020      Hyperallergic, A View from the Easel, Studio Feature, Brooklyn, NY

              Our Heart Speaks, Patient Stories, Interview with Ted Meyer, Joshua Tree, CA

2019      LA Weekly, Meet an Artist Monday, Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, CA

              THIS IS NOT A TEST, #100, Interview with Michael Phillips, Los Angeles, CA

2017      Art & Cake, Made in the Mojave at MOAH, Lancaster, Kathy Zimmerer, Los Angeles, CA
              Diversions LA, There's Magic Made in the Mojave, Genie Davis, Los Angeles, CA
              Spectrum News, Interview, Barbara Sharp, Antelope Valley, CA

2016      LA Weekly, Things to Do: Carol Es, Phranc, John Huggins, Shana Nys Dambrot, LA, CA
              Modern Art Blitz, Episode 2, Interview with Mat Gleason, Los Angeles, CA

2015      Artillery Magazine, Carol Es, Eve Wood, Los Angeles, CA
              Artillery Magazine, Carol Es: Shulamit Gallery / Los Angeles, Peter Frank, Los Angeles, CA
              Art LTD Magazine, Carol Es: "Exodus" at Shulamit Gallery, Simone Kussatz, Los Angeles, CA
              Whitehot Magazine, Carol Es: Exodus, Megan Abrahams, Los Angeles, CA
              ArtScene, CAROL ES (Shulamit Gallery, Venice, CA), Molly Enholm, Los Angeles, CA
              LA Weekly, Best Free LA Art Parties: Exodus at Shulamit Gallery, Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, CA
              LA Art Party, Pick of the Week, Shulamit Gallery's Newest," Kathy Leonardo, Los Angeles, CA
              THIS IS NOT A TEST, Interview with Michael Phillips, Podcast #3, Los Angeles, CA

2014      Colliding Worlds TV, Interview with Angela Valente Romeo, Season 5, Palm Springs, CA

2012      Mana Fine Arts, Review: Detonate at denise Bibro, D. Dominick Lombardi, New York, NY
              Huffington Post Arts, Feature: Carol Es' 'Bioillogical,' Los Angeles, CA

2011      Huffington Post/Arts, Summer in the Studio, Mat Gleason, Los Angeles, CA
              SoCal Public Radio 89.9KPCC, Los Angeles-Istanbul Connection, Staff Picks, Pasadena, CA
              Jewish Journal, 1/7/11 Picks and Clicks, Ryan Torok, Los Angeles, CA

2010      Whitehot Magazine, Carol Es @ George Billis Gallery, A. Moret, Los Angeles, CA
              ArtScene, December, Continuing and Recommended, Jody Zellen, Los Angeles, CA
              Huffington Post, November/Arts, Exhibition Spotlight, Los Angeles, CA
              Artillery Magazine, NOV/DEC, Carol Es: LA Studio Visit, Jack Chipman, Los Angeles, CA
              California Homes Magazine, Oct., Museums | Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2009      FiberArts Magazine. News & Notes: Awards, Nov/Dec Issue, Loveland, CO
              ArtWorks Magazine, feature: Handmade Memory, A, Moret, Los Angeles, CA

2008      Art, LTD, Review, December, Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, CA
              Flavorpill, Preview 10/7/08, Heather Silva, Los Angeles, CA
              The Tennessean, Critics Picks 9/21/08, Artist's Works Transcend Abuse, Nashville, TN
              Seattle Times, Bookish, Gayle Clemans, Seattle, WA
              The Spectator, "Bookish" at Seattle University's Hedreen Gallery, Mathew Martell, Seattle, WA
              Los Angeles Times, Picture Brightens for Self Help Graphics, Agustin Gurza, Los Angeles, CA

2007      ArtScene Visual Radio, Mat Gleason Seven, Carol Es at George Billis, Los Angeles, CA
              Jewish Journal, Calendar Features: 7 Days in Art by Keren Engelberg, Los Angeles, CA
              Favorpill LA, #213: Carol Es at George Billis, Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, CA
              Long Beach Press-Telegram, Women Turning Personal Pain into Art, Shirle Gottlieb, LBC, CA
              Press-Enterprise, The Fabric of Art, Vanessa Franko, Riverside, CA

2006      San Pedro Magazine, "Getty, Getty Good," Joshua Stecker, Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA
              Flavorpill LA, #161, "Carol Es: My Identity Lab," Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, CA
              Los Angeles Alternative, "Carol Es Alchemizes Childhood," Lucinda M. Knapp, Los Angeles, CA
              Daily Breeze, "A Pattern of Creativity," Josh Grossberg, Torrance, CA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2023      Queersition, Desolate Press, Art Zine by Ayin Es (edition of 50), Joshua Tree, CA

2022      Outlander, Desolate Press, Artist's Book by Ayin Es (edition of 5), Joshua Tree, CA

2021      Art Connect Magazine, Artists to Watch: Ayin Es (October), Berlin, Germany

              Rappahannock Review, Issue 8.2, Featured Artist, Mary Washington University, Fredericksburg, VA

2020      Coagula Editions, Animal Tree, Fine Art Editions Club, Los Angeles, CA

              Lunch Ticket, Featured Art, Issue 16, Winter/Spring, Los Angeles, CA

2019      Desert Dog Books, Shrapnel in the San Fernando Valley by Carol Es, Los Angeles, CA

2017      Careless Press, the Spark, Artist's book by Carol Es (edition of 20), Los Angeles, CA

2016      Studio Visit Magazine 32, Mary Tinti, Fitchburg Art Museum, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA

2014      Tikkun Magazine, Full color images for editorials, Summer and Fall, Berkeley, CA

              Careless Press, Carol Es une Monographie de Lignes, 30 Artists’ books, Los Angeles, CA                                    

2013      Penguin Books, Outside the Lines Coloring Book, by Souris Hong-Porretta, New York, NY

              Careless Press, Houses, Eight Artists’ books by Carol Es, Los Angeles, CA 
              Careless Press, Today’s Quandary., 50 Artists’ books by Carol Es, Los Angeles, CA 
              Chance Press, Neil Farber | Carol Es, Collaborative Limited Edition Artists' book, El Cerito, CA                             

2012      Tenoua: Jewish Intellectual Review, Full color paintings, Paris, France

              Zeek, A Jewish Journal for Thought and Culture, Published images, San Francisco, CA 

2011       Bottle of Smoke Press, Monsters on Jasmine St, poems and illustrations, Dover, DE

              Art House Co-op/Fiction Project, Inside/Outside, Brooklyn Library, NY

2010      Chance Press, Scribbles in a Sandstorm, Limited Edition Artist Book, El Cerito, CA 
2008      Careless Press, Horsebucket, 50 Artists’ books by Carol Es, Los Angeles, CA

2007      Islands Fold, Sweetnsour Pie, 60 Artists’ books w/die cut covers, Pender Island, BC

              Careless Press, All Done But None, 20 handmade Artists’ books by Carol Es, San Pedro, CA
2005      Careless Press, 1-SELF, 50 Artists’ books with catalog essays, San Pedro, CA

2004      ISM Magazine, issue #1, 2-page spread; printed images, Santa Ana, CA

2003      Olam Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
              Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Book, Springfield, NJ

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

AltaMed Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Baylor University, Artist's Book Collection, Waco, TX
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, New York, NY
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
J. Paul Getty Trust, Research Institute Library, Los Angeles, CA
The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Los Angeles Public Library, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Shulamit Nazarian Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Conan and Liza O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
Otis College of Art & Design, Artists' Books Collection, Los Angeles, CA
UC Irvine Library Special Collections, Irvine, CA
UC San Francisco Precision Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
UCLA Library, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Seattle, WA
Yale University, Beinecke Library, New Haven, CT
Diana Zlotnick Collection, Los Angeles, CA