Lia Lowenthal is an interdisciplinary artist and designer based in New York City. Lowenthal’s practice explores themes such as, but not limited to: how form is situated within the social history of commodities; artisan economies and political performance; jewelry; model architectures; model architectures as portrayed in jewelry.
Lowenthal is also founder and principal at LL, LLC, a jewelry line that merges start-up methodologies with artisan histories and techniques.
Lia Lowenthal
b. 1984, New York City, NY
Lives and works in the Bronx, NY
Current Teaching Appointments
Adjunct Associate Professor, MFA Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Photography, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia
Education
2015
Bard College, MFA. Photography
2006
UCLA, BA. Visual Art, German Studies
Solo Exhibitions
2017
GETHENS: Elavid II, Elnotie, and Seasugra Oz, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
2016
Long Lasting Loveliness, Moiety, Brooklyn
2015
GETHENS by LL, LLC, 321 Gallery, Brooklyn
2012
Fifteen Seconds, Art In General, New York
2010
Economic Models, Light & Wire Gallery, Los Angeles
2009
I Brush My Teeth With My Left Hand to Loosen Up, Workspace, Los Angeles
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
ODDS, The Other MA, London
2018
Secrets, Private Places, Portland, OR
Daddy’s Books, Life Lessons, Far Rockaway, NY
Daddy’s Books, Life Lessons, Far Rockaway, NY
2017
After Bedrock, The Bakery, Brooklyn
2016
Daraprim, LG, Greene & Nostrand, Brooklyn
Season 2: Against, Beside, Above, and Beyond, Haeler Echo, New York
Bottom Floor, curated by Max Maslansky, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
Lacephase : continuation - International Micro Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
EAF’16 Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship Exhibition, curated by Jess Wilcox, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Season 2: Against, Beside, Above, and Beyond, Haeler Echo, New York
Bottom Floor, curated by Max Maslansky, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
Lacephase : continuation - International Micro Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
EAF’16 Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship Exhibition, curated by Jess Wilcox, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2015
Flat by Fiat, LG, Brooklyn
Wendy’s Subway + Aeromoto, NADA, New York
Office for Doubts and Desires, P!, New York
Wendy’s Subway + Aeromoto, NADA, New York
Office for Doubts and Desires, P!, New York
2014
Bard MFA Thesis Show, UBS, Red Hook, NY
Mental Furniture, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
You-tility, Southfirst, Brooklyn
Mental Furniture, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
You-tility, Southfirst, Brooklyn
2013
Decenter: An Exhibition on the Centenary of the 1913 Armory Show at the Abrons Arts Center, Abrons Arts Center, NY, NY
Hides on All Sides, Torrance Shipman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Noodles That We Eat, Christopher Crescent & HD:Projects, New York
Lol and Evil in the Garden, Laura Hunt’s studio, Brooklyn
AB, Day 19, even later, curated by Alex Ross, The Nomas Foundation, Rome
Gymnasia 4:00am, Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn
Descartes’ Daughter, curated by Piper Marshall, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York
Hides on All Sides, Torrance Shipman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Noodles That We Eat, Christopher Crescent & HD:Projects, New York
Lol and Evil in the Garden, Laura Hunt’s studio, Brooklyn
AB, Day 19, even later, curated by Alex Ross, The Nomas Foundation, Rome
Gymnasia 4:00am, Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn
Descartes’ Daughter, curated by Piper Marshall, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York
2012
superpositions: New Wight Biennial 2012, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles
Leave It To Beavers, curated by Gina Beavers, Gallery Diet, Miami
Leave It To Beavers, curated by Gina Beavers, Gallery Diet, Miami
2011
Circinus & Horologium, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University-Los Angeles
2010
1,095: One Year's Worth of Other People's Plates, LACMA, Los Angeles
2009
Rasta Dental, JMOCA, Los Angeles
Ulli and Lucrecia’s Gruppeaustellung mit Party, curated by Ulrich Wulff and Lucrecia Roa, 533, Los Angeles
Ulli and Lucrecia’s Gruppeaustellung mit Party, curated by Ulrich Wulff and Lucrecia Roa, 533, Los Angeles
2008
General Electric, curated by Lia Trinka-Browner, Projects Projects, Los Angeles
2006
Five Easy Pieces, Bart Exposito’s studio, Los Angeles
Neo Dolce, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles
Neo Dolce, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles
Other Projects
2017-
LL, LLC, a jewelry and design company. (ongoing)
2018
Permanent installations at the Freehand Hotel, New York
Teaching & Lectures
2020
Adjunct Associate Professor, MFA Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Adjunct Faculty, Moore College of Art + Design, Philadelphia, PA
Adjunct Faculty, Moore College of Art + Design, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Visiting Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Visiting Critic, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist, Wide Rainbow, New York
Visiting Artist and Critic, Marlboro College, Brattleboro, VT
Visiting Critic, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist, Wide Rainbow, New York
Visiting Artist and Critic, Marlboro College, Brattleboro, VT
2018
Visiting Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Visiting Artist Lecture, Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas
Visiting Artist and Critic, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
Visiting Artist and Critic, Oregon College of Arts + Crafts, Portland
Visiting Artist Lecture, Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas
Visiting Artist and Critic, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
Visiting Artist and Critic, Oregon College of Arts + Crafts, Portland
2016
Visiting Artist and Critic, Parsons School of Art & Design, New York
Visiting Artist and Critic, UCLA, Los Angeles
“Katarina Burin on Janette Laverriere in conversation with Lia Lowenthal,” Haeler Echo, New York
Visiting Artist and Critic, UCLA, Los Angeles
“Katarina Burin on Janette Laverriere in conversation with Lia Lowenthal,” Haeler Echo, New York
2011
Visiting Artist, California State University-Los Angeles
Awards, Grants, & Residencies
2020
Future Generation Art Prize (nominee)
2018
Artist-in-Residence, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2016
Socrates Emerging Artist Fellowship
2015
Espace Quark Emerging Artist Prize Nominee
2015
Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
2012-
Bard College Fellowship & Scholarship
2010
Vermont Studio Center Residency
2009
Mountain School of the Arts
2006
Jackie Hicks Memorial Scholarship
2005
UCLA Travel Grant, German department
2006
UCLA Merit Scholarship, full scholarship
Publications
2019
LL, LLC Quarterly Report #1, self-published
2017
Emerging Artist Fellowship 2016, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2015
99: Neologisms, edited by Raimundas Malašauskas, CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
Wendy’s Subway + Aeromoto, Publication Studio, Portland, OR
LL, LLC Lookbook, self-published, in conjunction with the “GETHENS by LL, LLC” exhibition at 321 Gallery, Brooklyn
Wendy’s Subway + Aeromoto, Publication Studio, Portland, OR
LL, LLC Lookbook, self-published, in conjunction with the “GETHENS by LL, LLC” exhibition at 321 Gallery, Brooklyn
2013
AB, Day 19, even later, (catalog) curated by Alex Ross, The Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
2012
superpositions, (catalog) New Wight Biennial 2012, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
The Mountain School Reader, published by the Tate Modern in conjunction with the “No Soul for Sale” exhibition, London, UK
2008
Yellow Book, curated by Lia Trinka-Browner, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
2020
Hahn, Rachel. “This Artist Wants to Make Her Work— And Her Wardrobe— More Accessible.” Vogue.com, February 11, 2020.
Sakai, Nagi. “It’s a Wrap.” PUSS PUSS Magazine, April 2020.
Hernandez, Leslie. “Interview with Lia Lowenthal, Founder of LL, LLC.” ARO, April 2020.
PIN-UP Magazine, Summer 2020.
Sakai, Nagi. “It’s a Wrap.” PUSS PUSS Magazine, April 2020.
Hernandez, Leslie. “Interview with Lia Lowenthal, Founder of LL, LLC.” ARO, April 2020.
PIN-UP Magazine, Summer 2020.
2019
Falquez, Camila. Cover Image, “Rosalia.” Herrera, Isabelle. The FADER, Summer 2019
Velsey, Kim. “Artist’s Studio: How About The Living Room?” The New York Times, December 1, 2019.
Velsey, Kim. “Artist’s Studio: How About The Living Room?” The New York Times, December 1, 2019.
2018
Holland, Mary. “These 3 New Destinations Will Make You Rethink Hotel Design.” Architectural Digest (online), February 6, 2018.
Beecher, Amy. “Episode 20: Lia Lowenthal,” The Amy Beecher Show, New York (online, August 10, 2018)
Beecher, Amy. “Episode 20: Lia Lowenthal,” The Amy Beecher Show, New York (online, August 10, 2018)
2017
Wilcox, Jess. “EAF 16 Artist Profile: Lia Lowenthal,” Socrates Sculpture Park, socratessculpturepark.org
2016
Copenhafer, David. “The Space Between: A Profile of Cammisa Buerhaus,” Hyperallergic.com (July 6, 2016)
Lynch, Scott. “Highlights from the Socrates Sculpture Park Exhibit,” Gothamist.com (October 2, 2016)
Christian, Lyndsay. “Rising Artists Featured at Socrates Sculpture Park,” NY1 (October 6, 2016)
Chiragdin, Neil. “Socrates turns over a new leaf for fall,” Queens Chronicle (October 13, 2016)
Walker, Ameena. “Socrates Sculpture Park Transformed Into A Contemporary Art Gallery,” Curbed.com (October 13, 2016)
Maslansky, Max. “Riffin’ with Lia Lowenthal,” Riffin’, KCHUNG Radio, Los Angeles (December 5, 2016)
Meier, Allison. “Christopher Walken Heads, Winged Feet, and Other Sculptures Alight Along the East River,” Hyperallergic.com (July 6, 2016)
Lynch, Scott. “Highlights from the Socrates Sculpture Park Exhibit,” Gothamist.com (October 2, 2016)
Christian, Lyndsay. “Rising Artists Featured at Socrates Sculpture Park,” NY1 (October 6, 2016)
Chiragdin, Neil. “Socrates turns over a new leaf for fall,” Queens Chronicle (October 13, 2016)
Walker, Ameena. “Socrates Sculpture Park Transformed Into A Contemporary Art Gallery,” Curbed.com (October 13, 2016)
Maslansky, Max. “Riffin’ with Lia Lowenthal,” Riffin’, KCHUNG Radio, Los Angeles (December 5, 2016)
Meier, Allison. “Christopher Walken Heads, Winged Feet, and Other Sculptures Alight Along the East River,” Hyperallergic.com (July 6, 2016)
2015
“Flat by Fiat,” LG, ART BLOG ART BLOG (February 2015)
2014
“I’m Not Sure, This Is An Arduous Terrain,” Paletten Magazine (Fall 2014)
2012
“Goings On About Town,” The New Yorker (April 25 – May 1, 2012)
“Consider The Beaver,” Artinfo (May 2012)
"La vida de las mujeres en diversas prácticas artísticas," El Nuevo Herald, (June 2012)
“Studio Visit with Lia Lowenthal,” ART BLOG ART BLOG (March 2012)
“Consider The Beaver,” Artinfo (May 2012)
"La vida de las mujeres en diversas prácticas artísticas," El Nuevo Herald, (June 2012)
“Studio Visit with Lia Lowenthal,” ART BLOG ART BLOG (March 2012)