Felís Stella CV

Born in Kishinev, Moldova (USSR)

Education
1998 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
B.A. Fine Art, Cum Laude
B.A. Psychology, Cum Laude

Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2010 Ikea My House
Elements Gallery
Perth, Australia

2008 Ikea My house: Part I
L2 Kontemporary Gallery
Los Angeles, California

2007 Kiss Me, I’m Human
Interactive performance
Dangerous Curve gallery at Art LA
Santa Monica, California
Kiss Me, I’m Human
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions LACE
Los Angeles, California

2004 “Sexy artist seeking soulmate.”
Lombardo Studios Gallery
Culver City, California

2002 Shadow Boxing / Thank You, Mr. M
Upstairs at the Market Gallery
Los Angeles, California
365
Upstairs At The Market Gallery
Los Angeles, California

Selected Group Exhibitions, Collaborations and Performances
2009 Is This The Real Life?
Los Angeles Artists in Bohemia
Galerie Califia
Horazdovice, Bohemia, Czech Republic
2008 Selling In (part of LAAGAFBLA 08)
Phantom Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Give and Take (a reinvention of Suzanne Lacy’s and Barbara T. Smith’s
Incorporate, 1978)
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Los Angeles, CA
Overflow (LA Art Girls reinvent “Fluids,” Allan Kaprow’s 1967 happening)
The Getty Center
Los Angeles, California

2007 In Pursuit: Art on Dating
ISE Cultural Foundation
New York, NY
Night of a 1000 Drawings
Artists Space Gallery
New York, NY
Avant-Garde Dating
Curated by Wooloo Productions
New Life Shop Gallery
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Annual Performance Festival
Ballhaus Ost
Berlin, Germany
The Eclectic World of Gad
L2 Kontemporary Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Taste
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Los Angeles, California
Pink III
Arena 1 Gallery
Santa Monica, CA

2006 Draw a Line and Follow It
LA Art Girls’ Fluxwear Event
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Los Angeles, California
Total Art Performance Event
As part of Movement and the Visual Arts conference and An Evening of Short
Performances
The Getty Center
Brentwood, California

2005 LA Art Girls' Work
Anna Helwing Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Apocalypse Soon
QED Gallery (presently Angstrum)
Los Angeles, California
The Folk Show
The Erotic Museum
Hollywood, California

2002 Topanga Canyon Gallery 2002 Juried Open
Patricia Correia - Juror
Topanga Canyon Gallery
Topanga, California
Still Life With Bunnies
Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program Exhibition
Pete and Susan Barett Gallery
Santa Monica, California

Panel Discussions
2006 Discourse and Autonomy: Inventing the LA Art Girls
Works in Progress series at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
The LA Art Girls!
Panel discussion as part of The New New School Two-Week Summer Intensive
Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles

Media Interviews
02-12-06 KPCC 89.3 Pacific Drift
http://www.scpr.org/programs/pacificdrift/listings/2006/02/20060212.html

Collections
Allison Behrstock
Robert Berman
Karen Chu
Michael Collins
Barry W. Grubs
Anne Hars and Bill Weelock
Molly Leutkemeyer, M. Design Interiors
L2Kontemporary Gallery
Ken Nelson
Kene Rosa
Ambika Samarthya

Honorable Mentions and Awards
2002 TOPANGA CANYON GALLERY JURIED AWARD
STRATTON-PETIT SOSIN FOUNDATION ART MENTOR AWARD
1993 CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Awarded by the City of Los Angeles
in recognition of outstanding citizenship and activities enhancing community
betterment through creation of city murals.

Selected Bibliography
Julie Riggott, Roving Gallery Finds a Home Phantom Galleries L.A. Presents Its Latest Temporary
Exhibit and Gains a Permanent Space, Los Angeles Downtown News July 28, 2008
Jennifer Saxon, Worth a Look: Felis Stella at L2Kontemporary, laist May 7, 2008
Hars, Anne. Pink exhibition catalog, 2007
Barrientos, Darleene. Bringing Neighbors Together, Glendale News Press May 29-30, 2004
Epstein, Rebecca. 7 days of love – Modern Love, L.A. City Beat February 12-18, 2004
Hecht, Marie. Exhibition Catalog, Still Life with Bunnies, June 2002
Hakopdjanian, Rafael. 365 Days of the Artist. Review Calendar Panorama April 10-16, 2002
Los Angeles Times March 3, 2002
Los Angeles Downtown News February 25, 2002
La Gente newsmagazine May, June, November 1995
Ten Percent newsmagazine June, 1995
Together newsmagazine. December 1994; February, April, June, October 1995; February, May 1996
Ha’Am newsmagazine. May, September, December 1995; April, May 1996
Krum, Katie. Shattering the Beauty Myth: Artists’ Portrayals of Women exhibition catalog, 1996
Whitney, Jennifer. Implications of Identity exhibition catalog, 1995
Avila, Glenna. Out of the Shadows exhibition catalog, 1992
Montgomery, Lee. “Art Has its Place” The Outlook, August 27, 1992
Daily News (Vecinos del Valle), “La metamorfosis de Felicia”, August 12, 1992
Lazarus, Anthony. The Argonaut, July 30, 1992

Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Member – L.A. Art Girls
Member – Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Member – Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Member – Santa Monica Museum of Art