George Porcari
Insistent Particularities #1, 2012. Inkjet print on matte paper, 50 x 40 inches
An Unexpected World of Interferences and Real Adventure #8, 2013. Inkjet print on matte paper, 40 x 36 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Lima, Peru, 1952
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Education: Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
(M.F.A., 1988; B.A., 1986); Pratt Institute (1983)
Website: www.lightmonkey.net
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2012
"Insistent Particularities," Tif's Desk, Los Angeles.
Catalogue.
2011
"Just Everyday Matters: An Exhibition of Photographs
1963–2009," China Art Objects, Los Angeles.
2006
"Greetings From LA 1979!" Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles.
1999
"Lockhart/Porcari," with Sharon Lockhart, China Art
Objects, Los Angeles.
"Limenos," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica.
1998
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica.
1989
Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
"Dig the Dig," Santa Monica Museum of Art.
2009
"Untreated Strangeness," Momenta Art, Brooklyn. Catalogue.
"10 Year Anniversary Show," China Art Objects, Los Angeles.
2005 "Shape Shifters," China Art Objects, Los Angeles.
1997 "New Beginnings," Skirball Cultural Center, Los
Angeles.
1996 "P.L.A.N. (Photography in Los Angeles Now)," Los
Angeles County Museum of Art.
1994 "Love in the Ruins," Long Beach Museum of Art,
California. Catalogue.
Selected Bibliography
2011
Kraus, Chris. "Untreated Strangeness," in Where Art
Belongs. Los Angeles: Semiotex(e).
2009
Cotter, Holland. "Untreated Strangeness at Momenta
Art," The New York Times (December 4).
2006
Gonzalez, Veronica. "Now and Then," in I See Through
You. Los Angeles: Mandarin Gallery.
1999
Roth, Charlene. "Porcari at Shoshana Wayne," New Art
Examiner (July/August).
1998
Pagel, David. "Porcari at Shoshana Wayne," Los Angeles
Times (January 16).
1996
Joyce, Julie. True Bliss. Los Angeles: L.A.C.E.
Herscher, Uri D. New Beginnings. Los Angeles: Skirball
Cultural Center.
1988
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. Playing With the Truth. New York:
Laurie Rubin Gallery.