CV

Lucas Murgida, b. Newburyport, MA, 1976

Education:

  • University of California, Santa Barbara, MFA, Regents Fellow, 2021.
  • San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, BFA, New Genres, 2002.
  • Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, Two-Year Teacher Training Program, 2008.

Teaching: 

  • UC Santa Barbara, Visiting Lecturer, 2021-present.
  • San Francisco State, Guest Lecturer, 2017.
  • Conceptual Oregon Performance School (C.O.P.S), Teacher, 2010.
  • California College of the Arts, Guest Lecturer, 2010.
  • San Francisco Art Institute, Substitute Teacher and Guest Lecturer. 2004-present.
  • Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, CA. Guest Lecturer. 2007t.
  • Stanford University, Guest Lecturer. 2004.

Artistic Research/Employment:

  • Lead Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 09/19-06/21.
  • Artist in Residence, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, 03/18-09/19.
  • Director/Videographer/Engineer/Photographer/Editor for Kink.com, SF, CA, 03/10-03/18.
  • Locksmith/Assistant Manager for Premier Locksmith, SF, CA, 02/07-06/11.
  • Locksmith/Shop Manager for Lock World, SF, CA, 09/02-02/07.
  • Yoga Instructor at The Yoga Garden, SF, CA, 04/08-01/10

Solo Shows:

2021

  • Safe: 3, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 03/21.
  • Safe: 2, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 02/21.

2020

  • Safe: 1, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 02/20.

2018-9

  • None of this is Real, Grand Central Art Center, curated by John Spiak  Santa Ana, CA, 07/18-09/19.

2015

  • The Limerent Object, at the Google Headquarters, SF, CA, 01/15.

2014

  • She Needed Some Space, at Savernack Street Gallery, curated by Carrie Sinclair Katz, SF, CA, 06/14.

2011

  • Stuck, collaboration with Jennifer Locke, Fourteen30 and ROCKSBOX, curated by Jeanine Jablonski and Patrick Rock, Portland, OR, 09/11.

2010

  • No Man’s Land, Vooruit Center for the Arts, curated by Eva DeGroote, Ghent, Belgium, 05/10.
  • Grip, Grope, Grasp, and Fondle, curated by Patrick Rock, at Portland State University, Portland, OR, 03/10.

2009:

  • Muster, at 667 Shotwell, curated by Chris Solars, SF, CA, 05/09
  • (W)hole, at The Charlie James Gallery, curated by Dane Johnson, LA, CA, 08/09.
  • The Oracle, for The Thing Quarterly awards ceremony, SF, CA, 10/09.

2008:

  • The Lobster Trap Conundrum, at 826 Valencia St, SF, CA, 10/08.

2007:

  • Nature, as part of The Professionals at Queen’s Nails Annex, SF, CA, 07/07
  • Egress, at ROCKSBOX Contemporary Fine Art, Portland, OR, 09/07.

2005:

  • Code VS Decode, at The Keys that Fit Gallery, curated by Matt Volla Oakland, CA, 08/05.
  • Unshackle, at 826 Valencia St, SF, CA, 02/05.

2004:

  • The Service Show, at Amotion Studio, SF, CA, 02/04.

2002:

  • Burdens, at The Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA, 03/02

Group Shows:

2021: 

  • Thesis Triangle, at Wonzimer Gallery, LA, CA, 09/21
  • Common Ground: Artist Re-Imagining Community, at California Lutheran University, curated by Jennifer Vanderpool, Thousand Oaks, CA, 11/20.

2019:

  • Architecture Biennial, Justice Hotel at 6018North, curated by Tricia Van Eck, Chicago, IL, 09/19
  • SoloFlex, Red Zone La, curated by Jennifer Locke, LA, CA, 06/19.

2018:

  • Happenings, at Club A, curated by Maurizzio Hector Pineda, Tijuana, MX, 10/18.

2014:

  • The International Invitational Triennial of Contemporary Wind Chimes, curated by Patrick Rock, Portland, OR, 03/14.

2013:

  • Consent, for Southern Exposures 39th anniversary show called 39 Forever,SF, CA, 10/13.
  • Salon: Small Works on Paper, Up Projects Gallery, curated by Jfrede, LA, CA, 09/13.
  • ArtPadSF, SF, CA, 05/13
  • Teach-In at Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA, 04/13.

2012:

  • Perform Now, at The Charlie James Gallery, LA, CA, 08/12.

2011:

  • 100 Performances from the Hole, at SOMARTS, Curated by Justin Hoover, SF,CA, 12/11.
  • Destructables.org launch party, for the Packard Jennings, SF, CA, 10/11.
  • Pieces of Utopia at The Lab, SF,CA, Curated by Sasha Petrenko, 08/11.
  • 4 Artists, at The Platform Gallery, LA, CA, Curated by Toban Nichols, 06/11.
  • Come to Your Senses, as part of The LA Art Show, for Timothy Yarger Gallery, LA, CA, 01/11.

2010:

  • Wappening #4, collaboration with Lee Walton, SF, CA and NYC, NY, 01/10.
  • I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles, at GALERIA DZIAŁAŃ, Warsaw, Poland, 05/10.
  • Electrified II Exhibition at S.M.A.K. curated by Eva DeGroote, Ghent, Belgium, 05/10.
  • The Interackje Art Fair in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland, 05/10.
  • Perform Now, for The Charlie James Gallery, LA, CA, 07/10.

2008:

  • Conflux Art Festival, NY, NY, 09/08.

2007:

  • Conflux Art Festival, Brooklyn, NY, 09/07.
  • Stencils Exhibit, at The New England School of Art and Design Gallery, Boston, MA, 08/07.
  • Transmodernage Art Festival, Baltimore, MD, 04/07.
  • Contaminate Performance Festival, Midway Studios, Boston, MA, 03/07.
  • Close Calls, at The Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA, 02/07.

2006:

  • Excentra International Performance Festival, Frey Bentos, Uruguay, 10/06.
  • Haunted, at DISJECTA,Portland, OR, 10/06.

2005:

  • Form/Reform, at the Oakland Art Gallery, curated by Margaret Tedesco, Oakland, CA, 08/05.

2003:

  • Lodged In, at Cal Arts, Valencia, CA, 04/03.

2002:

  • The L7 Project, SF, CA, 11/02.
  • SF to Cleveland, at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 09/02.
  • You Have Five Minutes to Get Out, at Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 02/02.

2001:

  • Fear of Touching curated by Anna Novakov, at Gallery 531, San Francisco, CA, 12/01.
  • The Housing Project, curated by Werner Klotz, North Beach Housing Projects, SF, CA, 05/01.

2000

  • Paladar curated by Tony Labat in Conjunction with The Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, 11/00.

Collections:

  • Berkeley Art Museum, 2010
  • Pam Martin Trust, 2010

Residencies:

  • Artist in Residence, Grand Central Art Center, CalState Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA, 03/18-09/19.
  • Artist Resident, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2015-2017.
  • Artist in Residence, Vooruit Center for the Artist, Ghent, Belgium, 2010.

Honors/Awards:

  • College of Creative Studies Teaching Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara, 2021-2022.
  • Regents Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Art, 2019-2021.
  • Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts Grant, via Grand Central Art Center, 03/18-09/19.
  • Nominated for a SECA award, 2002 and 2010.
  • Co-op Bar Grant 2008, from The Collective Foundation
  • Recipient of Best in the Show, San Francisco Art Institute Spring Show, 05/02.

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