Asha Schechter
Education
University of California Los Angeles
Master of Fine Arts, 2009
The California College of Arts and Crafts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, 2001
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Velvety
Escolar
Santa Rosa, CA 2023
Larry Johnson and Asha Schechter
Jenny’s
Los Angeles, CA 2019
people who live in glass houses love It
Shane Campbell Gallery at Lincoln Park
Chicago, IL 2018
Pockets
Galerie La Croix
Los Angeles, CA 2017
Mud of Murk (With Patrick Jackson, curated by Trevor Shimizu)
3A Gallery
New York, NY 2016
Screen Time (with Sandra Vaka Olsen curated by Tina Kukielski)
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
Philadelphia, PA 2015
The Bucket
metro pcs
Los Angeles, CA 2015
Bloopers III
LAXART (Window)
Los Angeles, CA 2013
Bloopers II
The Finley
Los Angeles, CA 2013
Mockup
Artium
Vitoria, Spain 2012
Share Chair Cher
Loisoida
New York, NY 2011
Selected Group Exhibitions
Studio of the South
Van Gogh Foundation
Arles, France 2023
Re-Surface
The Fulcrum Press
Los Angeles, CA 2023
Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising
LACMA
Los Angeles, CA 2022
Imaginary Spaces
Sifang museum
Shanghai, China 2022
Life Like
Joan
Los Angeles, CA 2022
The Going Away Present (Organized by Kristina Kite and Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer)
Kristina Kite Gallery
Los Angeles, CA 2021
The Youngest Day (Curated by Matthew Hale)
carlier | gabauer
Berlin, Germany 2021
F#%k U & ur DisNey 🌍
Super Dakota
Brussels, Belgium 2021
Experimental Photography (Curated by Charlotte Cotton)
Tasweer
Doha, Qatar 2021
From the Xmas Tree of Lucy Bull 2
The Desk of Lucy Bull
Los Angeles, CA 2020
Loitering is delightful
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Los Angeles, CA 2019
Goldie’s Gallery
Galerie Christine Mayer
Munich, Germany 2019
Andrew J. Greene, Madeline Hollander, Asha Schechter
Sweetwater
Berlin, Germany 2019
VIDEOBOX x Bel Ami
Le Carreau du Temple
Paris, France 2019
La terra piatta è la dimensione lirica di un luogo come se regredire fosse inventare (Curated by Matt Paweski and Jacopo Mazzetti)
Octagon
Milano, Italy 2019
Henry is Blue (Curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer and Despina Stokou)
ArtHaus
Los Angeles, CA 2019
Supplies and Demands
Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA 2018
This is a Pipe
Shane Campbell Gallery
Chicago, IL 2018
AMI OMO (Curated by Lucas Blalock)
Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY 2018
GRIND (Curated by Joshua Nathanson)
Various Small Fires
Los Angeles, CA 2016
Apeirophobia/Aporia (Curated by Sohrab Mohebbi and Miljohn Ruperto)
Human Resources
Los Angeles, CA 2016
Camera of Wonders
MAMM
Medellín, Colombia 2016
Nostalgia for the Present: Two Years of LACA (Curated by Eli Diner)
LACA
Los Angeles, CA 2016
Open House
Todd Madigan Gallery
Bakersfield, CA 2015
Camera of Wonders
Centro de la Imagen
Mexico City, Mexico 2015
Soft Target (Curated by Phil Chang & Matthew Porter)
M+B
Los Angeles, CA 2014
Eternal Om
metro pcs
Los Angeles, CA 2014
The New Beauty of Our Modern Life (Curated by Kate Steciw)
Higher Pictures
New York, NY 2014
Brendan Fowler, Nancy Lupo, Asha Schechter, Trevor Shimizu
Michael Thibault
Los Angeles, CA 2013
Made in Space (Curated by Laura Owens & Peter Harkawik)
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise & Venus Over Manhattan
New York, NY 2013
Stand-In
Albert Baronian
Brussels, Belgium 2013
Made in Space (Curated by Laura Owens & Peter Harkawik)
Night Gallery
Los Angeles, CA 2013
Things, Words and Consequences (Curated by Sanya Kantarovsky)
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Moscow, Russia 2012
Needles in the Camel’s Eye
Thomas Duncan Gallery
Los Angeles, CA 2012
Esta Puerta Pide Clavo (Curated by Rivet)
Tatjana Pieters
Ghent, Belgium 2012
Public Relations
Night Gallery
Los Angeles, CA 2012
Productive Steps (Curated by Sam Falls & Lucas Blalock)
Mount Trempner Arts
Mount Trempner, NY 2011
Broken Umbrellas
Laurel Gitlen Gallery
New York, NY 2011
The City Proper (Curated by James Welling)
Margo Leavin Gallery
Los Angeles, CA 2011
Jerry/Jury-rigged (Curated by Jan Tumlir)
The Glendale College Art Gallery
Glendale, CA 2010
Musée Los Angeles (Curated by Mieke Marple)
1451 East 4th St.
Los Angeles, CA 2010
Requires Extra Budget for Lettuce (Curated by Mackenzie Schneider)
CCS Bard Hessel Museum
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2010
Assembly (Curated by Charlotte Cotton & Edward Robinson)
Fotofest 2010 Biennial
Houston, TX 2010
Palomar: Experimental Photography
Marvelli Gallery
New York, NY 2009
Screenings
Kadist Interview
Super Dakota
Brussels, Belgium 2020
Coffee Scene at Kunstverein Braunschweig, curated by Andrew Norman Wilson
Braunschweig, Germany 2019
The Bucket at Empac, curated by Martine Syms
Troy, NY 2016
The Bucket at ICA Artists’ Film Biennial, curated by Martine Syms
London, England 2016
Bibliography
“Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising”. Frailey
Stephen, Artforum, 3/2023
“Why Must the Mounted Messenger Be Mounted”. Blalock, Lucas. Objektiv, 2023
“Art and advertising collide in ‘Objects of Desire”, Stamberg, Susan, WNYC, 10/2022
“A Visual Appreciation of Fine Artists Appropriating Commercial Photography”, Eckardt, Stephanie, W, 9/2022
“Objects of desire: the seductive exchange between fine art and advertising photography”, Lloyd-Smith, Harriet, Wallpaper*, 9/2022
“Dark Mirrors” , Wolukau-Wanambwa, Stanley, published by MACK 10/2021
“How is the internet and instantaneous nature of media changing the photography industry?”, Fletcher, Gem, 1854, 5/2021
“Gallery, Garden Garage”, Various Authors, Frieze, Jan/Feb 2021
“Artist’s Favorites”, Owens, Laura, Spike, Summer 2020
“The Photograph as Contemporary Art (4th Edition)”, Cotton, Charlotte, published by Thames & Hudson, 2020
“Larry Johnson and Asha Schechter”, Diner, Eli, Flash Art, 1/25/2020
“The Coded Languages of Artists Larry Johnson and Asha Schechter”, Hadland, Gracie, Frieze, 1/6/2020
“Asha Schechter Shane Campbell Lincoln Park”, Stewart-Halevy, Jacob, The Seen #8, 2019
“Fake It When You Make It: A Review of “This Is A Pipe” at Shane Campbell Gallery,
Miller, Chris, Newcity Art, 3/12/2018
“Barely Living with Art”, Diner, Eli, Carla #10, 2017
“We Have Never Been Post-Industrial”, Stewart-Halevy, Jacob, E-Flux Journal #84, 2017
“Don’t Call Me a Photographer!”, Ivorypress, 2017
“The Grind of City Life at Various Small Fires”, Knight, Christopher, LA Times 8/9/2016
“GRIND” Wood, Eve. Artillery, 8/3/2016
“Churning Mess”, Wagley, Catherine, laweekly.com, 8/3/2016
“Camera of Wonders”, Hoffman, Jenns et al,published by Mousse 2016
“Photography is Magic”, Seikaly, Roula, artpractical.com, 11/2015
“Open House”, Munzer, David, Artforum.com, 10/2015
“Screen Time”, Nagle, Aubrey, Philly Voice, 9/2015
“The Bucket”, Kado, Steve, Artforum.com, 6/2015
“The Bucket”, Cha, Olivian, Flashart.com, 6/2015
“Photography is Magic”, Cotton, Charlotte, published by Aperture 2015
“Soft Target”, Mizota, Sharon, Los Angeles Times 8/2014
“Eternal Om”, Kado, Steve, Artforum.com, 5/2014
“The New Beauty of Our Modern Life” Dis Magazine, 2/27/14
“The New Beauty of Our Modern Life”, Aletti, Vince. The New Yorker,
Goings On About Town, Galleries, Chelsea. 2/22/2014
“Bloopers II”, Diehl, Travis, Artforum.com, 12/2013
“Nine Years, A Million Conceptual Miles”, Cotton, Charlotte, Aperture, Spring 2013
“Made in Space”, Smith, Robert, New York Times, 8/1/2013
“Made in Space”, Hutton, Jen, Art Papers, 2013
“Made in Space”, Griffin, Jonathan, Art Agenda, 3/28/2013
“Needles in The Camel's Eye”, Harren, Natilee, Artforum, October 2012
“Armchair Traveller: Interim Measures”, Interview, 10/19/2012
“Assembly”, Aletti, Vince. The New Yorker,
Goings On About Town, Galleries, Chelsea. 4/11/2011
"'The City Proper' at Margo Leavin.", Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, 12/10/2010
“Dispatches from the Brink” Dykstra, Jean.. Art in America. June/July 2010
“Palomar: Experimental Photography”, Aletti, Vince The New Yorker,
Goings On About Town, Galleries, Chelsea. 6/22/2009
“Photography Wow”, Walleston, Aimee, The New York Times, The Moment. 6/5/2009
Awards
Residency, Studio of the South at LUMA., 2022
Residency, Trades A.I.R., 2018
YoYoYo Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, 2014
ARC Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, 2012
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, 2012
UCLA Art Council Award, 2008
D`Arcy Hayman Award, 2007
Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Artium (Vitoria, Spain)
Kadist Foundation