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Education
2004 MFA, Sculpture and Installation Art, Claremont Graduate University
1994 BA, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Free Fall, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2018 It’s All Wrong, But It’s Alright, Washington Reid Gallery, Culver City, CA
2015 Dog Days, Punto Experimental, San Diego, CA
Wild is the Wind, Launch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Wanderlust, 643 A Project Space, Ventura, CA
Yesterday’s Combover, Happy, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Wrestle My Tuesday, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
on your tippy toes mister, You and Me Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Under The Yellow Wood, South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
2006 Sugar In The Raw, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Drawings, South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
2004 Sculpture, South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Inside Out, sculptural installation, Gallery 341, San Pedro, CA
Small Acts, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Prospective Memory, curated by Quinton Bemiller, Cal Baptist University Rose Garden Chapel Gallery, Riverside, CA
Surfing, curated by Aragna Ker and Chelsea Boxwell, private residence, Beverly Hills, CA
7 X 7. LA: Selected Artist & Writer Collaborations, curated by Axel Wilhite, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
2021 Farewell Yellow, collaboration with writer Deirdre Danklin, 7 X 7 LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Personal Connections, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Secret Garden, curated by Dion Johnson, Harris Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne CA
Root Cause, curated by Coleen Sterritt, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Zeitgeist Architectonia, curated by Mela Marsh, McNish Gallery, Oxnard CA
Electric Koolaid Banana, curated by Marischa Slusarski, Merchant Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tenuous Connections, Julie Adler, Rochelle Botello, and Eve Wood, curated by Eve Wood, POST @ MiM Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2018 Found/Missing, curated by Curtis Stage, LA Mission College, Sylmar CA
Skulpturengarten, curated by Ichiro Irie, The Reef, Los Angeles CA
Dragnet, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Coterie, organized by Rodrigo Lopez, Jose Siminig, and Coleen Sterritt, Custom Cabinets, Los Angeles CA
Disparate Sources, Los Angeles Collage, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Trip The Light Fantastic: Marion Lane and Rochelle Botello, Groundspace, Los Angeles, CA
Buzz, Pop, Color, Los Angeles, curated by Erin Adams and Dorelia Ruiz, Brainworks Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 LAxKobe Exchange Exhibition, curated by Kaoru Hironaka, Kobe Design University Kobe Japan
Dig For Fire, Eastside International, Los Angeles CA
Sculpture in the Garden, Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma CA
2015 Fabricated Realities, Norco College, Norco, CA
2014 Double Trouble: Marion Lane and Rochelle Botello, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles CA
2013 Licketh The Rainbow, Jaus, Los Angeles, CA
MAS ATTACK 2, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
The Great Outdoors, Bunny Gunner, Pomona, CA
Seven Beauties, curated by Jose Lozano, Ave. 50, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Curatorial Exchange/Call of the Wild, curated by Devon Tsuno, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
No Joke, curated by Mat Gleason, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
The Bearded Baby, curated by Ichiro Irie, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Leap Year, curated by David Pagel, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Either Side of Gray, curated by Walpa D’Mark, Zask Gallery, Rolling Estates, CA
2011 Chain Letter, organized by David Horvitz, Golden Parachutes, Berlin
When You Cut Into The Present The Future Leaks Out, organized by Matthew Heizman, Paredon Blanco, LA
The 6th International Invitational Exhibition, curated by Walpa D’Mark, Gallery Iang, Seoul, South Korea
2010 To Live and Draw in LA, Angel’s Gate, San Pedro, CA
Paper Trail, Happy, Los Angeles, CA
Obsessive, Obsession, Obsessed, Summercamp’s Project Project, Los Angeles, CA
2009 GPS, curated by Devon Tsuno, Concrete Walls Projects in conjunction with Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2007 Exceedingly Way Too Over Hung, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Maximum of Maximums, You & Me Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Ana 34, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Off The Map, collaboration with Vanessa Madrid, curated by Corina Gamma, Amy Robinson, and Jane Castillo, private home, Mount Washington, CA
Bent, Upstairs at The Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Elements of Narrative, Walled City, San Pedro, CA
Movement Works Benefit, South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Drawing Conclusions, Curated by Walpa D’ Mark. Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Works on Paper, SOPA Studios, South Pasadena, CA
Small Works, Walled City, San Pedro, CA
Overhung, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Featherweight, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Supersonic, Art Center, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
Little Works Big Show, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2003 A Group Installation, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Surely, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Material: Process, Curated by Vanessa Madrid and Maureen Staley. Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2002 Commercial Space Available, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Welcome, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Collaborations/ Special Projects
2018 Interview with artist Colleen Sterritt, Retrospective Catalog published in collaboration with Lancaster Museum
2011 America’s Most Unwanted, documentary film, Logo Design, collaboration with filmmaker Shani Heckman, San Francisco, CA
2005 Ties on a Fence, film screening, collaboration with Corina Gamma, Not a Cornfield, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Everyday Acts of Resistance, 4th Street Gallery, collaboration with Corina Gamma and Caroline McColl, Los Angeles, CA
Awards
2016 Sharon Disney Lund Teaching Artist Fellowship
2005 Jurors’ Choice Award, Jurors: David Pagel and Polly Apfelbaum, Holter Museum of Art
2002-04 Claremont Graduate University Fellowship
Reviews and Publications
2022 7 X 7. LA, Exchanges of Literature and Art, Volume 1, 2022
2021 ShoutoutLA, January 4
2019 Shana Nys Dambrot, Art Pick: July Kamikaze at POST, LA Weekly, July
Lisa Beebe, Study Up on Contemporary Art At L.A.’S College Affiliated Galleries, LA Weekly, September
2018 David DiMichele, Skulpturengarten, Artillery Magazine, October
Sarah Abrams, “The Thought-Provokers: Celebrating Artists & Creatives,” VoyageLA, Aug. 8.
2017 Lorraine Heitzman, “Trip the Light Fantastic: Marion Lane and Rochelle Botello,” Art & Cake, June 21.
Betty Brown, “Trip the Light Fantastic: Color, Form & Play in the Art of Marion Lane & Rochelle Botello,” Whitehot Magazine, July.
2016 Mat Gleason, Modern Art Blitz, Episode #15, aired April 5
2015 Beth Accomando, “Rochelle Botello’s Dog Days Exhibit Challenges Expectations About Art,” KPBS News, May
Dog Days, Exhibition Catalog, May
2014 April Bey, “Double Trouble: Neon Friendship,” Relinquishing Junk Blog, September
Eve Wood, “Double Trouble,” Pick of the Week, Artillery Magazine, September
Eve Wood, “Licketh The Rainbow,” Pick of the Week, Artillery Magazine, January
2013 Carol Es, “A Snow White Story Turned on Its Head,” Huffington Post, May
2012 Priscilla Frank, “No Joke and Gronk Open at Coagula Gallery,” Huffington Post, June
2011 The 6th International Invitational, Exhibition Catalog, June
2010 Alie Ward, Brand X, Los Angeles Times, Sept 4.
Carol Es, “Rochelle Botello: Absurd and Disarming,” Huffington Post, July
2008 David Pagel, “Optimism Trumps Failure,” LA Times, Aug. 29th
Carol Es, “Down By The River On Tenterhooks,” Coagula Art Journal, issue #91, March
2006 Emily Donahue, “Simple Sugar,” Independent Record, Sept. 28
2005 Castillo, Gamma, and Robinson, Off The Map exhibition catalog, July
2004 Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill LA, issue #73, “Rochelle Botello and Martin Kirchner”
Supersonic, Exhibition catalog, June
Collections
Private collections in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and New York
Professional Experience
2019-2020 Adjunct Faculty, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Adjunct Faculty, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2013-2019 Advanced Programs Manager, artworxLA, Los Angeles, CA
2016-2017 Adjunct Faculty, Art Center, Pasadena, CA
2014-Present Art Instructor, Ryman Arts, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
2009 Panel participant, discussion with other artists in conjunction with GPS Symposium, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2007-Present Adjunct Instructor, Citrus College
2008 Guest Lecturer, Arts Mentor Program, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA.
2005-2011 Art Instructor/Activities Director, Palm Court, Goldrich & Kest, Culver City, CA
2004-2005 Gallery Director, Gallery 341, San Pedro, CA.
2004 Interim Installation Committee Member, Supersonic, Art Center, Pasadena, CA.
Guest Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles, Extension Program, Los Angeles, CA.
2000-2004 Art Instructor, Downtown Women’s Center, Los Angeles CA