Selected Works

Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Shanti (Red Jacket)’, 2014
Shanti (Red Jacket), 2014
Oil and graphite on paper
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Self Portrait (Purple Haze)’, 2007
Self Portrait (Purple Haze), 2007
Oil on canvas
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Alison (Turquoise)’, 2014
Alison (Turquoise), 2014
Oil and pastel on paper
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Cactus Garden’, 2015
Cactus Garden, 2015
Oil and graphite on paper
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Steve’, 2018
Steve, 2018
Oil on paper
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Joe’, 2018
Joe, 2018
Graphite on canvas
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Steven’, 2018
Steven, 2018
oil on canvas
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Claire’, 2018
Claire, 2018
oil on canvas
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Jena’, 2018
Jena, 2018
oil on canvas
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Kate Wolf’, 2017
Kate Wolf, 2017
oil, acrylic, pastel, colored pencil and watercolor on paper
Raffi Kalenderian, ‘Jacque’, 2018
Jacque, 2018
oil on canvas
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Gallery Exhibitions

Raffi Kalenderian

Born 1981 in Los Angeles. Lives and works in Los Angeles.

Education
2004

BFA Painting, University of California, Los Angeles
2004 Residency, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild
2007 Residency, Medium, St. Bartélemy, French West Indies

Solo Exhibitions

2020
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, USA
2019
Vielmetter Los Angeles, Culver City, USA
2018
Buchmann Galerie
2017
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
2016
Brand New Gallery, Milan
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, US
Ornis Gallery, Amsterdam
2015
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
2014
Buchmann Box, Berlin
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City
2013
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
2012
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, US
2011
Brand New Gallery, Milan
2010
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich
2008
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
2007
Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York
2006
Medium, St. Barthélemy, French West Indies
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles

Group Exhibitions

2018
To our Fellow Artists and Poets who are Confused About Which Way to Go , Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca
2017
Whats Up New York, LVH Art, New York
Hotel Kalifornia, Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris
2016
Painter's Painters, Saatchi Gallery, London
Zeichnung, Buchmann Galerie
A Verdant Summer, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan
2015
Reliability of Recognition, BolteLang, Zürich
2014
Another Cat Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles
2013
Body Language, Saatchi Gallery, London
2011
Eslov Wide Shut Part I, Mallorca Landings, Mallorca (cat.)
From Where You Just Arrived, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles
Goldmine, UAM, University Art Museum, Long Beach, US
2010
Next Generation, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
Portraits de Collectionneurs, Muro Gallery, Châtelaine
Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
Crystal World, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Kunst 10 Zurich, ZKB Kunstpreis, Zurich
Painting, LA Art House, Los Angeles
2008
Faces and Figures (Revisted), Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York
Stories: Portraits, Eleven Rivington, New York
Some Paintings: The Third (2007) LA Weekly Annual Biennal, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica
L.A. Potential, Hangar 7, Salzburg
2007
Warhol & …, Kantor / Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles
Cali in CPH, Part ii: Bucket of Ice, Co-Lab, Copenhagen
2006
The Boat Show, high Energy Constructs, Los Angeles
Fall, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
Just My Funy Way Of Laughing, South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood
2005
Christmas in July, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
2004
I'll Walk You Home If You Walk Me Home Right After, Los Angeles
Living in the Ice Age, University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Summertime, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
2003
UCLA Undergraduate Juried Show, Official Selection, UCLA, Los Angeles
2002
New York, University of Leeds, Leeds
Selected Publications
2017

“Best in Show 2016”, Ezrha Jean Black, Artillery, Los Angeles, January/ February
2016

“Raffi Kalenderian: ‘For the Dead’, at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects”, interview by John Seed,

Huffington Post, US, August 23
2015

“Collecting: Robert Shiell”, art ltd. March/ April
2012

Art in America, New York, March

"Raffi Kalenderian", Modern Painters, New York, April
2011 "The Nose of Michelangelo", Quinn Latimer, Frieze, London, No. 137, March, p. 142
2010

“Raffi Kalenderian”, Brand New Gallery, Milan, ex. cat.

“So kommen Sie gut durch 2011, Art Basel Miami Beach”, Eva Karcher, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Wochenende, Munich, No. 303, Dec. 31, p. 5

“Raffi Kalenderian”, Kunst 10 Zürich, Zurich, Nov. 11 – 14, pp. 84 – 85

“Eine kleine Düsternis ist immer da”, Ruth Händler, Capital, Hamburg, No. 9, p. 135

“Portraits de Collectionneurs”, Tindaro Gagliano, Muro Gallery, Châtelaine, ex.cat.

“Monumentalität und Zuversicht”, Philipp Meier, NZZ, Zurich, Oct. 16, p. 57

"Raffi Kalenderian: Memoranda, text by Doug Harvey, Nieves Books, Zurich (monograph)

2009

“Raffi Kalenderian”, GTB, Frieze Yearbook, London

“Raffi Kalenderian”, Burkhard Meltzer, Frieze, London, Issue March, pp.163 - 164
2008

“Facebook Analog”, Daniel Morgenthaler, Züritipp, Zurich, Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, p. 33

“Kalenderianʼin sergisi ilk kez Avrupaʼda”, Sandy Zurikoglu Erdogan, Agos, Istanbul, 12. Sept.

“L.A. Potential: HangArt 7”, Lioba Reddeker, Basis Wien, Wien, cat.

“Raffi Kalenderian at Black Dragon Society”, Kerry Kugelman, Art Ltd., Los Angeles, May

“A Look at Raffi Kalenderian”, Hong-An Truong, Artslant.com, March 9

“Some Paintings: The artists in the third L.A: Weekly Annual Biennale”,

Doug Harvey, The LA Weekly, Los Angeles, Jan. 11- 17
2006 “Le Coin Des Galeries”, Artforum: French Colonies, Nov.