CV
Education
2007
MFA, Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2003
BA, Studio Art University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA.
Exhibitions
2015
THIS HOLLOWED GROUND, Kayne Griffin Corcoran Project Space, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
MANIFEST JUSTICE, 3741 S. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA
THE SILENCE OF ORDINARY THINGS, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
PLAINLY TO PROPOUND, Gavlak Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2014
BLESSED OBLIVION, Gavlak Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, Machine Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2013
KISS ME DEADLY, curated by Price Latimer Agah, Paradise Row, London, UK
2012
DESIRE ARMED, curated by Cesar Garcia, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
ARTISTS’ TOWER OF PROTEST, curated by Cesar Garcia, West Hollywood, CA
2011
ON FORGERY, curated by Lesley Moon and Andrew Berardini, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
2009
MARCO RIOS, AARON SANDNES, ROSHA YAGHMAI, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
FROM A HILL, BLASTING!, Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
2008
2008 CALIFORNIA BIENNIAL, curated by Lauri Firstenburg, Estación Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
CRIMINAL: ART & CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, curated by Sharon Bliss, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
DON’T TORTURE THE ROTTEN DUCKLINGS, curated by Gean Moreno & Nicholas Frank, Inova/Kenilworth Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
SWAN SONGS, curated by Christopher Fitzpatrick, Photo Epicenter, San Francisco, CA
2006
LOST STREAMS: THE FIRST FRONTIER WAS THE WATER’S EDGE, Estación Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
IT WAS THE BLURST OF TIMES, Commerce St. Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX
2005
I’VE DONE THIS BEFORE, Slanguage, Wilmington, CA
BOUNDLESS, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
2004
YANK, Andrea Bowers’ & Sam Durant’s Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Performances
2009
FLYING FALSE COLORS, Perform! Now!, Chung King Road in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Bibliography
2015
Williams, Maxwell. “Heroism and Anarchism Intertwined in the Work of Aaron Sandnes,” https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-heroism-and-anarchism-intertwined-in-the-work-of , September 24.
Varanian, Hrag. “Required Reading,” http:www.hyperallergic.com/178964/required-reading-202/, February 1.
2014
Hundley, Jessica. “The TV Exec and the Fresh L.A. Voice,” The Hollywood Reporter, December 12, 2014, Pg. 70
Cattelan, Maurizio and Ali Subotnick, “Maurizio Cattelan’s L.A. Art Tour, With a Stop at Jim
Carrey’s Painting Studio,” http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/maurizio-cattelan-and-ali-subotnick-on-la-art.html, December 11, 2014
Vankin, Deborha. “At the Edge of Feline Fun,” Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2014, Pg. D, D3
Perry, Barlo. “Anarchy in the Belle Époque: Aaron Sandnes and the Bonnot Gang,” PARIS, LA, Spring 2014, Issue #11, 2014, Pg. 46-52.
2012
Gilsdorf, Bean. “From Los Angeles: Desire Armed,” http://www.artpractical.com/review/desire_armed, December 7, 2012
2009
Bliss, Sharon. “Prison / Culture,” City Lights, San Francisco, 2009
Emerling, Susan. “Marco Rios, Aaron Sandnes, Rosha Yaghmai,” Artnews, October, 2009, Pg. 135
2008
Berardini, Andrew. “California Dreaming,” www.Artforum.com, November 4, 2008
Chang, Richard. “A Broader Biennial,” Orange County Register, October 26, 2008, Pg. 1,4
Firstenberg, Lauri. “2008 California Biennial,” Newport Beach, 2008
2006
Martinez, Daniel Joseph and David Levi Strauss. “Teaching After the End,” Art Journal, Vol. 64, No. 3, 2006, Pg. 28-45.
Public Talks & Workshops
2015
Sandnes’ Speed Shop: Patch In, K.A.M.P., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Guest Lecture: Aaron Sandnes, Philosophy B, The Social Justice Humanitas Academy, Sylmar, CA
2012
Guest Lecture: Aaron Sandnes, Philosophy B Course, The Social Justice Humanitas Academy, Sylmar, CA
2009
CB08 Artists in Residence: Jedediah Caesar and Kara Tanaka in discussion with CB08 artists Daniel Joseph Martinez, Marco Rios and Aaron Sandnes, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA