Our current geological era is one giant crime scene and we’re all personally involved. It’s overwhelming at times, human nature in conflict with the natural world, a complex thrill and sorrow. I’m interested in harmony, has it ever existed?
— Fawn Rogers
Fawn Rogers, born in Portland, Oregon in 1974, is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist. Through painting, photography, video, and sculptural installation, Rogers addresses the idea of power as the currency of human nature and the conflict with the natural world. In a geological epoch characterized by pandemic, climate crises, and rampant human rights abuses, Rogers dives into the seemingly contradictory forces at play within the heart of this time period where humanity has effected change we can no longer reverse. The work responds to the hard truths of living through the advanced stages of technological power amidst human brutality and indifference towards exploitation. Interested in social constructionism, Rogers' art recognizes a full range of existence, including violence, innocence, and invention.
Her aesthetic incorporates realism, conceptualism, and the synthesis of text and image. Straddling the line between still-life and portraiture, Rogers’ paintings appear deceivingly photorealistic from afar, while revealing the impressionistic intricacies of the painter’s hand upon closer examination.
She has shown her paintings, photographs, and conceptual installations in museums and galleries, alongside non-traditional locations, on five continents. Recent solo exhibitions include Come Ruin or Rapture, Galerie Marguo (Paris, 2023); GODOG, Lauren Powell Projects (Los Angeles 2023); Burn, Gleam, Shine, Galerie Marguo at K11 MUSEA (Hong Kong, 2023); Your Perfect Plastic Heart, Wilding Cran Gallery (Los Angeles, 2022); Violent Garden, The Lodge (Los Angeles, 2017); and Subject, Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, CA 2016). Select group exhibitions include Beach, Nino Mier Gallery (New York, 2023); L.A. Woman, Phillips (Los Angeles, 2023); My Body, My Business, Sotheby’s (New York, 2023); Art Paris 2023 Presentation, Galerie Marguo, (Paris, 2023); Solitude, Nexx Taipei (Taiwan, 2023); Boil Toil & Trouble, Art In Common (Miami, 2022); You Me Me You, Nicodim Gallery (Los Angeles, California, 2022); Holy Water, Eric Firestone Gallery (East Hampton, New York, 2022); Don’t Give Me Flowers, Praz-Delavallade (Los Angeles, California, 2022); Everything Has Its Place, Sevil Dolmaci (Istanbul, 2021); and Yes Yes it is Burning Me, Mykonos Biennale (Mykonos, Greece, 2019).
Her works are included in numerous public and private collections including Dakis Joannou Collection, Niarchos Family Collection, Pritzker Family Foundation, Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH).
Born 1974, in Portland, Oregon. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 |
Galerie Marguo, COME RUIN OR RUPTURE, Paris, FR |
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Lauren Powell Projects, GODOG, Los Angeles, CA |
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Galerie Marguo, BURN, GLEAM, SHINE, K11 Musea, Hong- Kong |
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Wilding Cran Gallery, Your Perfect Plastic Heart, Los Angeles, CA |
2017 |
The Lodge, Violent Garden, Hollywood, CA |
2016 |
Museum of Art and History, SUBJECT, Lancaster, CA |
2015 |
Select Art Fair, COURT, New York, NY |
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Site-specific installation, Embraer Executive Jets private showroom, The Spirits That Lend Strength Are Visible, Melbourne, FL |
2014 |
HATCH, Visible Light & I Love You And That Makes Me God, Los Angeles, CA |
2013 |
Dawit Yohannes/World Bank, Visible Light, Juba, South Sudan |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 |
Galerie Marguo, Deli Dali, Paris, France |
2023 |
Nino Mier Gallery, Beach, New York, NY |
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Phillips, L.A. Woman, Los Angeles, CA |
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Galerie Marguo, Art Paris 2023, Paris, France |
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Sothebys, My Body, My Business, New York, NY |
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Art in Common, Boil Toil & Trouble, Chicago, IL |
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Art in Common, Boil Toil & Trouble, Los Angeles, CA |
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M+B Gallery, My Condolences, Los Angeles, CA |
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Nexx Taipei, Solitude, Taiwan |
2022 |
Art in Common, Boil Toil & Trouble, Miami, FL |
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Nicodim Gallery, You Me Me You, Los Angeles, CA |
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Eric Firestone Gallery, Holy Water, East Hampton, NY |
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Praz-Delvallade, Dont Give Me Flowers, Los Angeles, CA |
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Case Gallery, The Tenth Muse, Los Angeles, CA |
2021 |
Signs and Symbols, Artists & Allies IV, New York, NY |
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Untitled Art Fair, Alaina Simone, Miami, FL |
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Sevil Dolmaci, Everything Has Its Place, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Tethys Art, The Knockturnal, Hampton's, NY |
2020 |
The Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, TZ Projects, Visions In Light, Beverly Hills, CA |
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TZ Projects, GOING HOME: a picture show, Los Angeles, CA |
2019 |
MYKONOS BIENNALE, Yes Yes it is Burning Me, Mykonos, Greece |
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Emergent Gallery, SCENARIOS OF DESIRE II, Veurne, Belgium |
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Kopeikin Gallery, The Vision Board, Los Angeles, CA |
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CGU, Get a Loom, Los Angeles, CA |
2018 |
Site-specific installation, Repairs in The Sky, Uyuni, Bolivia |
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The Mecca California – The Lodge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Soft Core Gallery, Fun on the Floor, Los Angeles, CA |
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Gallery in the Seattle Art Fair, Chimento Contemporary,Seattle, WA |
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Fullerton College, Luz: Exploring Light, Fullerton, CA |
2017 |
Young Projects Gallery, Vulnerability: The Space Between Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA |
2016 |
Superchief Gallery, Annual Bi Coastal Group Show, Los Angeles CA |
2015 |
NADA Art Fair, Eye In the Sky, New York, NY |
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Site-specific installation, Miami Airport American Airlines Admirals Club, V135459-V1211495AB, Miami, FL |
2014 |
Site-specific installation, Alexandria Care Center, Visible Light, Los Angeles, CA |
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Site-specific installation, American Eagle Building Time Square, I Love You And That Makes Me God, New York, NY |
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Site-specific installation, Humanefits, Visible Light, Los Angeles, CA |
2013 |
Site-specific installation, Alan Friedman, Assassination and the Exchange Rate, Beverly Hills, CA |
2012 |
Site-specific installation, First Capitol Consulting, Inc., Secret Nirvanas and Assassination and the Exchange Rate, Los Angeles, CA |
2003 |
844, Equus Fueris Caballus, Los Angeles, CA |
2002 |
Miauhaus Studios, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Los Angeles, CA |
1999 |
Ancona, Earth to Hand, Marche, ITALY |
1998 |
Site-specific installation, The Back House, I Like the Dark, Its Friendly, Los Angeles, CA |
1997 |
Site-specific installation, Floor 53, Everything I Need, Tokyo, Japan |
1995 |
Site-specific installation, Shiyoka Love Hotel, Kokoro, Tokyo, Japan |
1993 |
Site-specific installation, Koregaon Park, Jewels, Gods, and Dust, a three-story site-specific installation, Puna, INDIA |
Collections
Dakis Joannou Collection
Philip Niarchos Collection
Pritzker Family Foundation
Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) Collection
Abby Pucker Collection
Daniel Xu & Flora Huang Collection
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Fawn RogersSundowner, 2024Oil on canvas127 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40 in)
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Fawn RogersCar Meat (Akhal Teke), 2023Accident impacted car hoods, casters, meat hooks, trollies, automotive primer and paint. Rack mixed metals.238.8 x 152.4 x 76.2 cm (94 x 60 x 30 in)Unique
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Fawn RogersClaudia, 2023Oil on canvas71.12 x 55.88 cm (28 x 22 in)
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Fawn RogersCome Ruin or Rapture (Christina's world), 2023Oil on canvas203.2 x 152.4 cm (80 x 60 in)
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Fawn RogersContemplating the Minds of 1000 Strangers, 2023Accident impacted door with mirror, steel, autmotive primer and paint (wall relief)71.1 x 71.1 x 20.3 cm (28 x 28 x 8 in)
Weight: approx 6.8 kg (15 ibs)Unique -
Fawn RogersEverything that has time in it and becoming, 2023Oil on canvas101.6 x 127 cm (40 x 50 in)
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Fawn RogersGreen Green Grass of Home, 2023Oil on canvas76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in)
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Fawn RogersHot in Herre, 2023Oil on canvas76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in)
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Fawn RogersKick, 2023Oil on canvas76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in)
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Fawn RogersLipstick, 2023Oil on canvas49.53 x 41.275 cm (19 1/2 x 16 1/4 in)
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Fawn RogersMy Back Pages, 2023Oil on canvas144.8 x 182.9 cm (57 x 72 in)
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Fawn RogersMy Happy Horse, 2023Oil on canvas152.4 x 203.2 cm (60 x 80 in)
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Fawn RogersReadiness Improvement Program, 2023Oil on canvas76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in)
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Fawn RogersRipped Skirt, 2023Oil on canvas106.68 x 137.16 cm (42 x 54 in)
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Fawn RogersSnu Snu, 2023Oil on canvas102.9 x 127 cm (40 1/2 x 50 in)
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Fawn RogersTBC, 2023Oil on canvas165.1 x 215.9 cm (65 x 85 in)
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Fawn RogersThe grass the grass, 2023Oil on canvas47.625 x 67.31 cm (18 3/4 x 26 1/2 in)
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Fawn RogersThe night sky, 2023Oil on canvas55.88 x 71.12 cm (22 x 28 in)
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Fawn RogersJestope, 2022Oil on canvas165.1 x 215.9 cm (65 x 85 in)
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Fawn RogersThe First Time, 2022Oil on canvas165.1 x 215.9 cm (65 x 85 in)
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Fawn RogersYour Ass is Grass 1, 2022Oil on canvas30.5 x 30.5 cm (12 x 12 in)
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Fawn RogersYour Ass is Grass 10, 2022Oil on canvas50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in)
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Fawn RogersYour Ass is Grass 2, 2022Oil on canvas40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in)
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Fawn RogersYour Ass is Grass 4, 2022Oil on canvas50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in)
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Fawn RogersYour Ass is Grass 8, 2022Oil on canvas50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in)
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Fawn RogersAtmorelational, 2021Oil on canvas215.9 x 165.1 cm (85 x 65 in)
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Fawn RogersElectric Oyster, 2021Oil on canvas165.1 x 215.9 cm (65 x 85 in)
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Fawn RogersEpoquetude, 2021Oil on canvas165.1 x 215.9 cm (65 x 85 in)
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Fawn RogersHappy As A Clam #1, 2021Oil on canvas215.9 x 165.1 cm (85 x 65 in)
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Fawn RogersHappy As A Clam #2, 2021Oil on canvas215.9 x 165.1 cm (85 x 65 in)
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Fawn RogersSurbrace, 2021Oil on canvas215.9 x 165.1 cm (85 x 65 in)
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Fawn RogersThe Most Beautiful Pearls Are Black, 2021Oil on canvas165.1 x 215.9 cm (65 x 85 in)
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Fawn RogersOur Lady Guadalupe, 2020Oil on canvas215.9 x 165.1 cm (85 x 65 in)
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Fawn Rogers: Come Ruin or Rapture
Paris Exhibition Teaser 2 Oct 2023 -
Fawn Rogers: Come Ruin or Rapture
Paris Exhibition Film 27 Sep 2023Galerie Marguo is proud to present Falling Upwards, an exhibition by Mexican artist Dennis Miranda Zamorano. On view from 24 November 2023 to 6 January...Read more -
Fawn Rogers: Burn, Gleam, Shine
Hong Kong Exhibition Film 19 Jul 2023Galerie Marguo is pleased to present a solo exhibition in two parts dedicated to the Los Angeles-based artist Fawn Rogers. Burn, Gleam, Shine, the first...Read more -
Fawn Rogers: Burn, Gleam, Shine
Hong Kong Exhibition Teaser 11 Jul 2023
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The Wrap: Artists By Artists
Fawn RogersMichael Slenske, The Wrap, 22 Feb 2024 -
Le Mile Magazine: Some mad, mad Harmony
From Fukushima soil to the comfort of grass, Fawn Rogers situates the sustained violence against the environment and each other within the tragicomic cycles of desire and death.Colter Ruland, Le Mile Magazine, 12 Oct 2023 -
Ocula: 5 Must-See Gallery Exhibitions in Paris this Autumn
Fawn Rogers: Come Ruin or RaptureElaine YJ Zheng, Ocula Magazine, 11 Oct 2023 -
Hyperallergic: 10 Art Shows to See in LA This September
Matt Stromberg, Hyperallergic, 4 Sep 2023 -
ARTFORUM: LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS
Art Forum, 4 Sep 2023 -
METAL: FAWN ROGERS IRREVERENCE IS BLISS
Ava Ahmann, Metal Magazine, 30 Aug 2023 -
Artazine: Oysters that weep for the world: In conversation with artist Fawn Rogers
LORRAINE LAU, Artazine, 3 Aug 2023 -
ARTouch: Fawn Rogers亞洲首展,香港K11 MUSEA「燃燒/閃耀/發光」
謝盈盈, ARTouch, 27 Jul 2023 -
Time Out: Big Little Art Summer at K11 Musea
Time Out , 24 Jul 2023 -
Beijing Times: Fawn Rogers’ ‘Burn, Gleam, Shine’: An Artistic Reflection on Ecological Destruction
Lynn Hatem, Beijing Times, 22 Jul 2023 -
South China Morning Post: 'Oozing with unbridled sexuality': US artist Fawn Rogers' Hong Kong show
Kylie Knott, South China Morning Post, 21 Jul 2023 -
AUTRE: SEXUAL PLEASURE TO DEATH: AN INTERVIEW OF FAWN ROGERS ON HER SERIES "THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER"
Millen Brown-Ewens, AUTRE, 2 Jun 2023 -
Dazed: The ‘sexy and gross’ exhibition critiquing our pillage of the natural world
Millen Brown-Ewens, Dazed, 13 Apr 2023 -
HYPEBAE: INTERVIEW: FAWN ROGERS ON EXTINCTION, EROTICISM AND NATURE'S RAW VULNERABILITY
Sofia de la Cruz, Hypebae, 3 Mar 2023