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C. FINLEY
THERE IS NEVER
ENOUG H COLOR.
C
. Finley is known for her
elaborate geometric paintings,
skillful use of color and her
activism through street art.
Previous projects include
the 2014 Whitney Houston
Biennial: I’m Every Woman, and
Wallpapered Dumpsters which
has been featured in the New
York Times, La Repubblica,
the Huffington Post, NYLON
Magazine, Dazed, Women’s
Wear Daily, LA WEEKLY and
Fast Company. Finley has shown
internationally with exhibitions
at Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna;
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami;
CONTEXT and Scope Miami; FDA
Projects, Rome; Superchief, High
Energy Constructs and Salon
Oblique, Los Angeles; Jenn
Singer Gallery and the Dumba
Collective, New York.
As a member of the artist
collective HowDoYouSayYamInAfrican?, she participated in the
2014 Whitney Biennial. Finley
received her BFA from the Pratt
Institute, New York and her MFA
from California State University,
Long Beach.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
(FORTHCOMING)
LaMaMa Galleria, New York
Jenn Singer Gallery, New York
(FORTHCOMING) Greenlease Gallery Rockhurst University,
Kansas City, Missouri
2015
MOVES MOVES, Jenn Singer Gallery, New York
THE DIVINE DISTRACTIONS, Superchief Gallery, Los Angeles
ETERNAL YOUTH COMING SOON, Con Artist, New York
2014
CONTEXT Art Miami, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami
2013
BANG! BANG! Flaunt People, Los Angeles
ECCO MI! Lavai Maria, Brooklyn
2012
Colpo d’Occhio Fragmenti Galleria D’Arte, Rome
Sizzling Summer Suitcase Show, NYC, LA, STL
2011 Art PadSF, San Francisco Curator Maria Jensen
2010 Hot Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
Verge Art Fair, Miami Basel, Miami
2007
A Genuine American Entanglement, Treehouse Gallery, Los Angeles
Opium For Oil, FA3103, CSULB
2006
Cardo Decumanus, Werby Gallery, CSULB
While You Were Fucking Mr. Ridiculous, AM Project, Los Angeles
2005
Painted Paper, Dumba, Dumbo, Brooklyn
New Paintings, Gallery A, New York
2003
New Paintings, Anotheroom, New York
Babies First Installation, Pussycat Lounge, New York
2002
Portia Coughlin’s Little Otik Installation,
Show World Theater, New York
2001
The White Viking Installation, Carlton Arms Hotel, New York
(FORTHCOMING)
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C. FINLEY
(1/2)
2014
Whitney Houston Biennial: I’m Every Woman, Dumbo, New York
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, as a member of
HowDoYouSayYamInAfrican?
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Brooklyn
curator Phong Bui
Cash Cans and Candy, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
ART! Austin Young Gallery, Los Angeles
2012
Street Art-The New Generation, Pori Art Museum, Finland and
Denmark
Letting Go, Hermon La Prada’s International Flat Files, Dubai
2011 Stencil & Candy, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami
Scope Miami, A39, Miami
Home, Home Gallery, Rome
Sex, Drugs and Profanity, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami
Pleasure Is All Mine, Finch and Ada, New York
Scope NYC, Hendershot Gallery, New York
Motus, Hendershot Gallery, New York
Studies in Feedback, Brooklyn
2010 Your Third Eye Is a Dictator, Gowanus Studio, New York
Mexico Berlin, Palestine, When Will the Next Wall Fall? Aequalis Contemporary, Rome
2008 First/Last Adams Projects Los Angeles
As If This Land Were Yours, Eveningside, Val Verde
Projection, Salon Oblique, Los Angeles
2007
Underworld, Salon Oblique, Los Angeles
Collective Bargain, Treehouse Gallery, Los Angeles
…Meltdown, Salon Oblique, Los Angeles
I Just Can’t Get Enough, Angels Gate, San Pedro
Fully Studded, Salon Oblique, Los Angeles
LA Insurgents, Salon Oblique, Los Angeles
Elicitnix, SCA Gallery, Pomona
2006
Container Show, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro
Feng Shui, Union Art Space, Santa Ana
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2005
2004
2003
C. FINLEY
(2/2)
Textnological, CSULA, Los Angeles
That’s How We Roll, Uhaul Gallery, Los Angeles
Converging Artists, Union Art Space, Santa Ana
One Night Stand, OOTS Warehouse, Fullerton
Dumba is Open! , Dumba Artists Collective, New York
5th Biennial Exhibition, AIR Gallery, New York
Wish You Were Here Too!, AIR Gallery, New York
Throwing Shade (Dumbo Art Festival), Dumba Collective, Brooklyn
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Valentina Lupia, “Cassonetti decorati, così si combatte il vandalismo”
La Repubblica, May 3, 2014
Justin Jones, “The Art of Whitney Houston” The Daily Beast,
March 8, 2014
Fiorella Valdesolo, “A Biennial with Another Whitney in Mind” T
Magazine, March 7, 2014
Sarah Cascone, “’I’m Every Woman,’ Proclaims All-Female Whitney
Houston Biennial” Artnet, March 6, 2014
Priscilla Frank, “The Whitney Houston Biennial Is Here to Make Your
Feminist Art Dreams Come True” Huffington Post, March 4, 2014
Christine Pittel, “An Intimate Apartment in Rome” House Beautiful,
October 2013
Penelope Green. “The Dumpster Beautified” New York Times, January
13, 2010
Ilana Rehavia. “Pichação Educada” BBC Brazil, January 11, 2010
Rebecca Willa Davis, “Dumpster Dive” Nylon, January 8, 2011
Sarah Nicole Prickett, “ Beautiful Trash” Dazed Digital, August 2010
Marisa Solis, “Words and Pictures Reviews” Juxtapoz, Jul/Aug 2005
Michael Chiarmonte “Masked” Amerikan Color, Spring 2005
Rebecca Shoenkopf, “Welcome to Coolsville, Population You”,
OCWEEKLY, February 24, 2005
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COLLECTIONS
ROME NYC
Attilio Vaccari
Christopher Phipps de Rothschild
Gai Mattiolo
Michael Levine
Patrick Gallagher
Annabelle Rinehart
AOL
HOUSTON
James Andrew
Jesse Jones
Matthew Feldman
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2013
2012
2008/2010
2008
2007
2006
2000
Guest Haus Residency, Los Angeles, CA
AOL Artists
Gai Mattiolo Residency Rome, Italy
Eszter Cohn Grant
Treehouse Gallery AIR Program
Marilyn Werby Grant
Abramson Grant
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EDUCATION
2003-06
California State University, Long Beach
MFA Sculpture/Intermedia
1997-00
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BFA in Painting
1998
Universita Internazionale del’ Arte, Venice, Italy
Pratt in Venice Painting Program
1993-97
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Studied Journalism
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2014
Whitney Houston Biennial: I’m Every Woman, Dumbo, New York
2007-08
Assistant Curator, Torrance Art Museum
2006
Greater LA MFA (co-curator) CSULB Gallery Complex
Brooklyn > Long Beach, EnView, Long Beach, CA
Long Beach > Brooklyn, TOB, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Greater LA MFA (co-curator) CSULB Gallery Complex
Greater LA MFA Film Screening, University Theater, CSULB
2003
Summer Salon: 75 Emerging Artists, Dumba Collective
LECTURES
2014
2013
2012
2011
Chapman University
Chapman University
Sierra Nevada College
American University in Rome