Meeson Pae
Meeson Pae
- 1979
- Born in Indianapolis, IN
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
- MFA California State University of Long Beach
- BFA University of California Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions
- 2026
- Solo exhibition, Anat Ebgi, New York, NY (forthcoming)
- 2024
- Permeate, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2023
- Secretions & Formations, Carl Kostyal, London, United Kingdom
- Embodied Depths, Duo: Keunmin Lee, NEXX Asia, Taipei, Taiwan
- Fluid Machines, Rusha & Co, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- Converge, Mono Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia
- Pulse, Unit Institute, London, UK
- 2016
- Entwined, La Brea Tar Pits Tarfest, Los Angeles, CA
- Permeate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
- 2011
- Disperse, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Moment, Windward Held and Bordy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Liminal, The Collaborative, ACLB & Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
- 2010
- Ephemeral Phenomena, Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, CH
- Accumulations, LAUNCH LA, Los Angeles, CA
- Art HK, Wanchai, Hong Kong
- ARCO, Solo Project, Madrid, Spain
- Art LA, solo project, Los Angeles, CA
- 2009
- Refractions, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Stratum, JK Gallery, Culver City, CA
- 2006
- Systems, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Group Exhibitions
- 2026
- Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
- 2025
- The Wave, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2024
- Focal Point 4, Long Story Short, New York, NY
- 2023
- Horizons, Sow & Tailor & Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong, China
- Variations on a Theme, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- Solidarity, NEXX Asia, Taipei, Taiwan
- Descendants, K11 Musea, Hong Kong, China
- 2022
- Unfold, Time Square installation for Time Square Art, New York, NY
- The Last Notice, Rusha & Co, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021
- Pulse, Time Square installation for Time Square Art, New York, NY
- 2015
- Reverberation, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
- 2014
- Abstracting from Nature, Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA
- Three Projects, Cerritos College Gallery, Cerritos, CA
- 2013
- An Anatomical Poem: from cellular to visceral, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, CA
- 2012
- Investigating Systems, Kearny Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
- Visions from the New California, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
- 2011
- Measure for Measure, Carpenter Center Harvard University Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Measure for Measure, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University Gallery, Orange, CA
- 2010
- EKFA Winter Show, Eli Klein Fine Arts, New York, NY
- 2008
- Systems Theory, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
- Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Asian New Media, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
- All In, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
- 2005
- Index, El Camino College Sculpture Garden, Torrance, CA
Awards/Grants/Residencies
- 2021
- LABA Artist of the Year Icon Award, LABA, Beverly Hills, CA
- 2019
- Damyang International Artist Residency, Damyang, South Korea
- 2013
- AHL Foundation Award, New York, NY
- 2011
- Elizabeth Vyse Memorial Award, Long Beach, CA
- 2010
- James Irvine Foundation Visions New California Award, Exploratorium Museum Residency, San Francisco, CA
- 2007
- Artists Resource for Completion Grant, The Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
- Beverly G. Alpay Award, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
- 2002
- Hans G. and Lordis W. Burkhardt Foundation Award, Los Angeles, CA
Public Art Commissions
- 2023
- Commission, WebMD Corporate Lobby, Newark, NJ
- 2022
- Matthews Street Park Public Art Project, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA (Finalist)
- Little Tokyo Public Art Project, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA (Finalist)
- 2021
- Array, Kilroy Realty Corporation, El Segundo, CA
- 2020
- Gaze, Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, Terraces at Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, CA
- Units, Internet Brands Headquarters, El Segundo, CA
- 2019
- Net, Dambit Art Center Damyang Forest, South Korea
- Transmit, The Seychelle Penthouse, Santa Monica, CA
- Emit, Internet Brands Headquarters, El Segundo, CA
- 2016
- Garden, Royal Caribbean International Ltd, Rostock, Germany
- 2014
- Reflections, National Aids Monument, West Hollywood Park, Los Angeles, CA
- 2013
- Traverse, Le Meridien, Zhengzhou, China
- Encoding, Department of Cultural Affairs Tom Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011
- Urban Oasis, Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, M&D Properties, Pasadena, CA
- Immersion, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, Biomedical Campus, Phoenix, AZ
- Traverse, Department of Cultural Affairs, Ontario Airport, Ontario, CA
- 2010
- Dispersion, Department of Cultural Affairs, Tom Bradley International Airport, Los Angeles, CA
- Dispersion, Department of Cultural Affairs, Tom Bradley International Airport, Los Angeles, CA
- 2009
- Traverse, Mobile Exhibits, Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
- 2006
- Special Project: Los Angeles Arts Association, Sweater, Directed by Tim Hawkinson, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Press
- 2024
- Otieno, Nereya "A Psychedelic Trip Into the Human Body," Hyperallergic, October 2024.
- Ip, Stephanie "Meeson Pae Explores the Interiors of Existence in her Art," Prestige Hong Kong, October 2024.
- "Must See | Meeson Pae: Permeate," Artforum, September 2024.
- Bannister, Laura "Meeson Pae’s Abstract Exploration of the Body," The New York Times Style Magazine, September 2024.
- "Asian Artists to Watch 2024: Meeson Jessica Pae," Prestige Hong Kong. March 18, 2024. (Link)
- Gamboa, Carlota. "7 Artists to Watch at Frieze LA," Art & Object. March 1, 2024. (Link)
- Pogrebin, Robin. "Frieze Los Angeles Opens Amid Attention to Asian Artists," The New York Times. February 28, 2024. (Link)
- Hall, Michael. "Unmissable Exhibitions: Anat Ebgi at Frieze LA," Metal Magazine. February 2024. (Link)
Collections
- Internet Brands Corporation, El Segundo, CA
- Le Meridien, Zhengzhou, China
- M&D Properties, Los Angeles, CA
- HH Princess Fahdah bink Khaled Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia
- Royal Caribbean International Ltd, Papenburg, Germany
- Web MD, Newark, NJ
- Windsor Property, Pasadena, CA