Christina Mesiti is an artist working throughout the mountain west, originally from Phoenix, Arizona. A Fulbright scholar to Mexico, she has shown in places including UCLA, Cal State Long Beach, Locust Projects, Tyler Park Presents and the Brand Library. She has taught at Deep Springs College, Pitzer College, Pomona college, and Pepperdine University. When not making or teaching art, she is probably either hiking deep into the backcountry or teaching other people how to. In 2020, she co-founded the Emplacement Society, an open collective of people taking trips together outside to experiment with collective, somatic knowledge creation at the intersection of art and the environment. She received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University.
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EDUCATION
2015 MFA, Claremont Graduate University
2009 BFA, Arizona State University
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020
Greener than Grass, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Social Moment, Santa Monica Prefecture, Santa Monica, CA
2015
Port, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
nothing's wrong, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2012
Let's Walk Without Searching, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
This Space Available, City of Tempe Public Art Commission, Tempe, AZ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Abstract Generations, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale CA
Reside: Reflections from Township 10, Warren Wilson College, NC
Grassroots in the Spectacle, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles CA
2021
All That Spring Promises, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Works from Home, APT5, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Outside/In, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Physical Presence, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2018
A Hometown Souvenir, Leimin Space, Los Angeles, CA
Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
2017
Walk, Days, Los Angeles, CA
Walk Log, Maiden LA, Los Angeles, CA
2016
bot.watch [AUTORESPONSE], The Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Fragment: MFA Invitational, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Uncanny, Muzeumm
Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2014
Performative Ecologies, dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton, Canada
2013
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
Let's Walk Without Searching, artist project, SITE95 journal, Brooklyn, NY
Desert, Agripas 12, Jerusalem, Israel
Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum
RESIDENCIES
2024 Albee Foundation
2024 Art Farm
2021 Township 10 Residency
2021 Signal Fire Residency (awarded but canceled by COVID)
2017 Vermont Studio Center
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2015
Sue Arlen Waker and Harvey M. Parker Memorial Fellowship
Albert B. Friedman Grant
2010-11
Fulbright Fellowship, Querétaro, Mexico
CONFERENCES
2014 Performative Ecologies Interdisciplinary Conference; University of Alberta, Canada
Paper presented: “Lygia Clark and Mono-ha: Sharing the senses among artist, object, and viewer”
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adrienne Walser and Cindy Rehm, eds. Hyena, Hexentexte, forthcoming Fall 2024
“Emplacement Society,” Paperbark Literary Magazine, UMass, Issue 03, April 2022
Rob Goyanes, “Christina Mesiti: Port,” Miami Rail, Winter 2015
Neil Vasquez, “Christina Mesiti Transforms Envelopes into Art in Port, on view at Locust Projects,” Miami New Times, July 17, 2015
TEACHING
2022 Deep Springs College – Visiting Professor
2022 Pepperdine University – Adjunct Assistant Professor
2020 Brentwood School – Upper School Drawing and Painting Faculty
2015-2017 The Webb Schools – Art Faculty
2015-2016 Pitzer College – Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
2013 Pomona College – Teaching Assistant
EDUCATION
2015 MFA, Claremont Graduate University
2009 BFA, Arizona State University
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020
Greener than Grass, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Social Moment, Santa Monica Prefecture, Santa Monica, CA
2015
Port, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
nothing's wrong, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2012
Let's Walk Without Searching, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
This Space Available, City of Tempe Public Art Commission, Tempe, AZ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Abstract Generations, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale CA
Reside: Reflections from Township 10, Warren Wilson College, NC
Grassroots in the Spectacle, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles CA
2021
All That Spring Promises, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Works from Home, APT5, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Outside/In, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Physical Presence, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2018
A Hometown Souvenir, Leimin Space, Los Angeles, CA
Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
2017
Walk, Days, Los Angeles, CA
Walk Log, Maiden LA, Los Angeles, CA
2016
bot.watch [AUTORESPONSE], The Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Fragment: MFA Invitational, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Uncanny, Muzeumm
Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2014
Performative Ecologies, dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton, Canada
2013
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
Let's Walk Without Searching, artist project, SITE95 journal, Brooklyn, NY
Desert, Agripas 12, Jerusalem, Israel
Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum
RESIDENCIES
2024 Albee Foundation
2024 Art Farm
2021 Township 10 Residency
2021 Signal Fire Residency (awarded but canceled by COVID)
2017 Vermont Studio Center
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2015
Sue Arlen Waker and Harvey M. Parker Memorial Fellowship
Albert B. Friedman Grant
2010-11
Fulbright Fellowship, Querétaro, Mexico
CONFERENCES
2014 Performative Ecologies Interdisciplinary Conference; University of Alberta, Canada
Paper presented: “Lygia Clark and Mono-ha: Sharing the senses among artist, object, and viewer”
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adrienne Walser and Cindy Rehm, eds. Hyena, Hexentexte, forthcoming Fall 2024
“Emplacement Society,” Paperbark Literary Magazine, UMass, Issue 03, April 2022
Rob Goyanes, “Christina Mesiti: Port,” Miami Rail, Winter 2015
Neil Vasquez, “Christina Mesiti Transforms Envelopes into Art in Port, on view at Locust Projects,” Miami New Times, July 17, 2015
TEACHING
2022 Deep Springs College – Visiting Professor
2022 Pepperdine University – Adjunct Assistant Professor
2020 Brentwood School – Upper School Drawing and Painting Faculty
2015-2017 The Webb Schools – Art Faculty
2015-2016 Pitzer College – Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
2013 Pomona College – Teaching Assistant