Born 1975 Johannesburg, South Africa. Lives and works in San Francisco.

Curatorial    
2008 Infinite Exchange Gallery. Zero1 Biennial, San Jose, CA.
  How Fast Your World is Changing. Ampersand International Arts. San Francisco, CA
2007 Infinite Exchange Gallery. Nuit Blanche. Toronto, Canada    
  You Can Have It All (New York). Salvation Gallery. New York, NY.    
2006 Hush Hush. Cafe Royale, San Francisco, CA    
2005 You Can Have It All (San Francisco). Playspace Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2004 Humanity is the Ultimate Source. Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
2001 Elephantastico! University of California, San Diego, CA    
       
Solo Exhibitions
2007 One Night Stand. San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA    
2006 Japanewyork, The Small Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2005 There is no failure here. Ampersand International Arts. San Francisco, CA
  Close Encounters. Graduate Exhibition. CCA, San Francisco
  [curator: Glen Helfand]
  Upon this my dreams are depending. Cafe Royale. San Francisco, CA
2003 Alien. Herbert Marcuse Gallery. UCSD. San Diego, CA    
2001 Circles and Squares. UCSD. San Diego CA    
1998 Exobiological. Student Union Gallery. Amherst, MA    
       
Group Exhibitions (** indicates donation)
2009 Pop Noir. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA **
2008 Artcity. Calgary, Canada
  Headlands 2008 Benefit Auction. Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito, CA **
  This Show Needs You. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. San Jose, CA
  Monster Drawing Rally. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA ** 
  Close Calls. Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito, CA
2007 Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance, University of Regina, Canada
  SOEX MARKS THE SPOT, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA  **     
  Earth Day. McLaren Park. San Francisco, CA    
  You Can Have It All. Salvation Gallery. New York, NY    
2006 Interior Life. Ampersand International Arts. San Francisco, CA    
  Gift. 301 Bocana Gallery. San Francisco, CA    
  Angel Island. Angel Island/San Francisco, CA    
  Art+Auction. Bonham & Butterfields. San Francisco, CA **
  Come Together. The Kitchen, NY    
  Come on over. RockPaperScissors. Oakland, CA    
  [curators: Hope Hilton, Emma Spertus]    
  Momentum. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA **    
  Tender is the nob. Cafe Royale. San Francisco, CA    
  Arts Sale 10. The Lab. San Francisco CA **    
  Monster Drawing Rally. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA    
2005 Truth and Lies. Mission 17. San Francisco, CA    
  The Postcard Show. The Lab. San Francisco, CA    
  ART on BART. Bay Area, CA    
  Black Market. Hayes Valley Market. San Francisco, CA    
  Dress: Clothing as art. Richmond Arts Center. San Francisco, CA    
  [curator: Anu Vikram]    
  You can have it all. Playspace Gallery. San Francisco, CA    
  The Pitch. New Langton Arts. San Francisco, CA    
  ART4TIBET. Juice Design. San Francisco, CA **    
  White Wonder Woman Noise. CCA. San Francisco, CA    
  Graduate Open Studios. CCA. San Francisco, CA    
  sideXside. Playspace Gallery. San Francisco, CA    
  Carefully Analyzed Crackpotism. CCA Media Arts Dept. San Francisco, CA
2004 Winterfest Art Auction. SOMArts Gallery. San Francisco, CA **    
  Animan/Aniwoman International Gardener's Colloquium. CCA. San Francisco, CA
  Drawing Show. Temescal Amity Works. Oakland, CA    
  Subject to Oneself. Playspace Gallery. San Francisco, CA    
  Pinata Party. Gavin Brown's Enterprise at Passerby. New York, NY
  [curators: It Can Change]    
  Murphy Cadogan Fellowship. SF Arts Commission Gallery. San Francisco, CA
  [jurors: Courtney Fink, Rene de Guzman, Steve Seid]    
  Humanity is the Ultimate Source. Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
  Graduate Open Studios, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA    
  Felix Variations, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
  [curators: Meredith Talusan]    
  Flim Flam Flux, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
  Inside of Inside. The Lab, San Francisco, CA **    
2003 Winter Formal Spectacular, CCA, San Francisco, CA    
  99 Bottles. Build Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
  Post-Postcard 7. The Lab, San Francisco, CA    
  The Mixer. Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA    
2002 Strength in Numbers Art Auction. Apollo 13 Studio, San Diego, CA **    
  Carry on Drawing. International traveling show: USA, Canada, India, UK    
  [curator: Avantika Bawa]    
  Exposed. Artoconecto, Washington, DC    
  The Breathing Project. (participant) Berlin Contemporary Art Museum    
  Talmadge Art Show. San Diego Center for the Moving Arts, San Diego, CA
  Viva La Vulva! University of California, San Diego, CA    
2001 Elephantastico! University of California, San Diego, CA    
  Bah Humbug. Social Club Gallery, San Diego, CA    
  SONY Artwalk. San Diego, CA    
2000 Untitled. Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA    
1997 Bring Your Damn Checkbook. Student Union Gallery, Amherst, MA    
1995 Art Foundations. Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA    
     
Screenings    
"Kissed"1 minute - digital animation    
2005 White Wonder Woman Noise. CCA. San Francisco, CA    
  Graduate Open Studios. CCA. San Francisco, CA    
"Romance with a Double Bass" 22 minutes - digital animation
[composed by Momilani Ramstrum, performed by Bert Turetsky]
2005 Calit2 Building Dedication Ceremony. Center for Research in Computing and the Arts
  (CRCA), UC San Diego, CA    
  Music for a Desert Evening. Casa Jaime [Anza-Borrego Desert], Canebrake, CA
2004 University of California, Berkeley (Center for New Music & Audio Technologies)
  [UCIRA Grant]    
  University of California, Santa Barbara    
  [UCIRA Grant]    
2003 Fin-de-Semester, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  Mandeville Recital Hall. University of California, San Diego CA    
  International Society of Bassists Convention. University of Richmond, VA
2002 Center for Research in Computing & the Arts, UC, San Diego [Preview]    
       
Publications    
2006 Gordon, Lori. Collapsed in the act. (San Francisco: self-published)
  Drain: Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture (online) Issue 6, Play.
  May-December 2006.    
2005 Gordon, Lori. Upon This My Dreams Are Depending. (San Francisco: self-published)
       
Collections    
Ampersand International Arts    
     
University of California, San Diego    
Education    
2005 MFA | Interdisciplinary | California College of the Arts
1998 MFA | Painting | University of Massachusetts, Amherst (cum laude)
     
Residencies    
2006 Sydney Kahn Summer Institute, The Kitchen, NY    
2005 Independent School of Art, San Francisco, CA    
       
Awards/Honors    
2007 SECA Award Nomination, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art    
2005 SECA Award Nomination, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art    
2004 Murphy Cadogan Fellowship in Fine Arts, San Francisco Foundation    
2002 "Exposed" National Juried Competition, sponsored by the National Endowment for the
  Arts and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1997-8 Chancellor's Talent Award: Art. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1996 Goldenkey International Arts Competition, finalist.