1975 b. Copenhagen, Denmark
lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2004 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, Paris, France
Solo Exhibitions
2011 The Magic Mountain, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
L’heure Bleue, Art in General, New York, NY
L’heure Bleue, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2010 The Big Nowhere, Kunsthalle L.A., Los Angeles, CA
L’heure Bleue, Light and Wire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Purple Cloud, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Project space, Artists Space, New York, NY
Exposition and Flower, F Space, Los Angeles, CA
2002 I, Nadine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2013 Inaugural Exhibition, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Talia Cherit | Marie Jager | Jed Lind, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
S-N-W-O, Drei Raum für Gegenwartskunst, Cologne
General Public Library, Art in General, New York, NY
Lovingly Rose Peebles, The Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
2009 Days of the Eclipse, Mercer Union, Toronto
In Real Time, Capricious Space, New York, NY
2008 Degrees of Remove: Landscape and Affect, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
Self-storage, Curatorial Industries, San Francisco, CA
LA25, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Dark Fair, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
Nothing of North Unknown, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin
Desert Shore, Luckmann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Performance/Film/Video, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Paper Bombs, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
They Like Them..., Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, UK
Design by Accident, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, and Flaca, London
2006 Psycho Geographies, The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Bring the War Home, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York and QED Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 Shape Shifters, curated by Amy Yao, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
Art Swap Meat, curated by Andrea Zittel, High Desert Test Site, Joshua
Tree, CA
Celine and Julie Go Boating, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Having differences, I-20 gallery, New York, NY
Imaginary is Potential, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2004 Supersonic, Wind tunnel, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA
3 Fireplaces and 2 Bathtubs, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Material/process, Peggy Phelps gallery, Claremont University, Claremont, CA
Film Screenings
2008 Performance/Film/Video, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Complier *02, curated by Daniel Bauman, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
R.U.R., Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
2005 The Distance between Here and the Ocean, The Mountain, Los Angeles, CA
Imaginary is potential, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
R.U.R., USC, Los Angeles, CA
2004 R.U.R., Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, CA
R.U.R., Halle fur Kunst, Luneburg, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
Curatorial Projects
2007 The ABC of Cinema: Deleuze from A to Z (26 screenings), Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA
Purple Night, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA
2006 Purple Night, California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Wishing Well Cine Club, The Mountain, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Etc. events film screening, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Science is fiction: the films of Jean Painleve, American Cinematheque, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
2011 Holte, Michael Ned. “Marie Jager: Pepin Moore”, Artforum, September
Mizota, Sharon. “Marie Jager”, Art Papers, September
2010 Holte, Michael Ned. “Best of 2010”, Artforum, December
Mizota, Sharon. “Modern Girl: Marie Jager at Kunsthalle L.A.” Los Angeles Times, May 21
Sandals, L. “Days of the Eclipse.” National Post, January 28
2008 Area Sneaks Magazine, Issue #1
Material Magazine
2007 Tumlir, Jan. Features, Flash Art, March/April
2006 Kushner, Rachel. “Best of 2006” Artforum, October
Armstrong, Elizabeth. 2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art: Newport Beach
2005 Myers, Holly. “Six Journeys of Imagination” Los Angeles Times, August 12
2004 Textfield III, Fall-Winter
Holte, Michael Ned. “Bless This Mess”, Critic’s Pick, Artforum.com, February
Lectures and Academic Engagements
2010 Visiting Faculty, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Art
2007 Lecture. University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Photography
2006 Lecture. University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Photography
2003 Lecture. Otis College of Art, Department of Photography
2002 Lecture. University of California, Santa Barbara
2001 Lecture. Art Center College of Design, Graduate Department of Fine Arts
Lecture. University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Photography
Special Commissions
2007 pastpresentfuture, Creative Artist Agency, Los Angeles, CA
2005 The Day the Earth Stood Still, Hollywood Hills Projects, Los Angeles, CA