Sean Higgins
- “Endless” series
- Ceramics
- Explosions, clouds, darkness, rocks
- Collage
- Plexiglas™ works
- Dark days, bright lights
- Exhibition photos
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Sean Higgins
Born: White Haven, PA
Lives and works: Fort Collins, CO and Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1998
MFA: The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1996
BA: Fine Art, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Sean Higgins, a Rogue Wave project (solo)
27 Jul - 2 Sep 2022. L.A. Louver gallery, Venice, CA
2021
BioScienceLA launch exhibition
Curated by Debra Scacco. Oct 2021 - Nov 2021. biosciencela.org
2017
Transporter
Curated by Katie Shapiro and Sean Higgins. Apr 29 - Jun 17, 2017. Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Hydroponic Forms
Curated by Josh Callaghan and Bas Louter. Sep 3 - Oct 1, 2016. Galerie ampersand, Cologne, Germany
2015
Obfuscation
Curated by Jenny Hager. Jan 9 – 30. Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Via Negativa: The Transcendence of the unReal
Curated by James MacDevitt. Sep 3 - Oct 10, 2015. South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
2014
Deviled Eggs: New Photographic Strategies
Curated by Jeff McLane. Included: Ben Goddard, Sean Higgins, Ian James, Calvin Lee, Jeff McLane, Paul Pescador, and Katie Shapiro. photoLA | Jan 16 - 19, 2014
2013
Empty Distances
Curated by Caryn Coleman. Jun 15 – Jul 20, 2013. Mark Moore gallery, Los Angeles
2012
Tomorrowland
Curated by Samantha Fields. Oct 27 - Dec 8, 2012. California State University, Northridge
New Times Roman (3 person show)
with Maya Lujan and and Victor Liu. Sep 15, 2012. Texan Equities, Los Angeles, CA
Transient Apocalypse
Curated by Chris Pate. Part of Curatorial Exchange. Sep 8. Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2011
The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age
Curated by Sylvia Wolf. Jul 9, 2011 - Sep 25, 2011, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Marine Salon No. 8
Apr 23, 2011. Marine Salon, Santa Monica, CA
2010
ALPTRAUM!,
Curated by Jay Stuckey, traveled to the following venues:
Transformer Gallery in Washington, D.C., Dec 11 – Jan 15, 2011
Cell Project Space in London, Jan 28 – Feb 27, 2011
The Deutscher Künstlerbund in Berlin, Mar 11 – Apr 15, 2011
The Company in Los Angeles, May 1, 2011 – May 30, 2011
blank projects in Cape Town, Aug 2011
Marine Salon No. 7
Nov, 2010. Marine Salon, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Marine Salon No. 3
Nov, 2009. Marine Salon, Santa Monica, CA. Included M.B. Boissonnault, Joshua Callaghan, Cindy Cheng, Sean Higgins, Tom Hunter, Dana Louise Kirkpatrick, Peter Lograsso, Michael McConnell, Debra Scacco
Difficulties with Interplanetary Travel (solo)
Jun 24 – Jul 31, 2009. Collette Blanchard gallery, New York, NY
Shut Up and Keep Swimming
Curated by Claressinka Anderson. Jan 2009. Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Apocrypha (solo)
Sep 2008. OKOK Gallery (now Ambach & Rice), Seattle, WA
2007
Show
Curated by Heather Cantrell.
Jul 14, 2007. Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Sean Higgins - Island of Relative Stability (solo)
sixspace, Mar 3 – Apr 7, 2007. Los Angeles, CA
2006
Milieu
Pulse (art fair)/IMPULSE section, sixspace, Mar 10-13. New York, NY
Back Room
Kinkead Contemporary (inaugural exhibition), Sep 2006, Los Angeles, CA
artLA
sixspace booth, Jan 26-29. Santa Monica, CA
2005
There Goes the Neighborhood
Dec 10 - Jan 14. sixspace, Culver City, CA
Rogue Wave ’05, 19 Artists from Los Angeles
Jun 30 - Sep 3. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (catalogue)
2004
Sean Higgins - Recent Works (solo)
VertexList, New York, NY
Viewfinder
Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
filesharing.001
Art Front Studios, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Sean Higgins and Lorraine Walsh
Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Pennart II
Kohn, Pederson, Fox Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Prints
Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Artbytes
Art by Numbers, Walt Whitman Cultural Center, Camden, NJ
1997
East Meets West: Visions in Between
Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL / CURATORIAL
2017
Transporter
curated by Katie Shapiro and Sean Higgins
Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Guest lecturer, MFA program, California State University, Long Beach
1998 - Present
Freelance Interactive Designer, Internet, Multimedia
2001
California State University, Long Beach, CA, Professor, Interactive Design and Introduction to Computer Art
1998
Skidmore College, Summer Six, Saratoga Springs, NY, Professor, Computer for the Artist
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Assistantship, Computer Based Art
1995 - 1997
Skidmore College, Summer Six Art Program, Saratoga Springs, NY, Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing, Figure Drawing
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Redman, Bridgette M. “Imaginary Landscapes.” The Argonaut. Aug 18, 2022.
argonautnews.com
Feinstein, Jon. "New Exhibition Uses a Science Fiction Failure as a Lens to an Optimistic Future." Jun, 2017.
hafny.org
MacDonnell, Allan. “5 Questions 15 Images: Sean Higgins Pictures Places You'll Never Be” The Kind. May 3, 2016.
Campbell, Sara. "One to Watch: LA Artist Sean Higgins Suspends Reality" lacanvas.com, Nov 2015.
Coleman, Caryn. “Blackness. The Void. Empty Distances.“ Jun 28, 2013.
thegirlwhoknewtoomuch.com
Featured Articles, Previews. Empty Distances. artweek.la. Jun 11, 2013
Fitzpatrick, Kyle. “Stark Lanscapes: An Interview With Sean Higgins.”
Los Angeles, I'm Yours. Dec 3, 2012.
Tucker, Annie. “Disney’s Tomorrowland Inspires an Art Show.” LA Weekly, Nov 29, 2012.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “whitehot | Marine Art Salon No. 7: Works 222-247.” Whitehot Magazine. Jan 2011.
“The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age” exhibition catalog.
Syvia Wolf, publised by Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 2010.
Anderson, Claressinka. "At Home With Dystopia: Salon No. 7 at Marine Art Salon."
The Huffington Post. Nov 10, 2010.
“Marine, A Contemporary Art Salon, Works 001 – 185“ Year One, 2010
“Review of Difficulties with Interplanetary Travel.” Goings On About Town. The New Yorker. 3 Aug, 2009.
Spaziani, Rose. “Review of Difficulties with Interplanetary Travel”. The Copenhagen Voice. 26 Jun 2009.
Beil, Kim. “Blurred Visions: Three Photographers” art ltd. Jan, 2009. p52
Maine, Stephen. “Sean Higgins at sixspace” Art in America, Oct 2007, p221
Beil, Kim. “Sean Higgins at sixspace” Artweek, Volume 38, May 2007, p19
Coleman, Caryn, "Sean Higgins Interview", suicidegirls.com, Mar 28, 2007
Pagel, David. “Summer sampler has a dark side” Los Angeles Times, 8 Jul, 2005, E26
“Rogue Wave ’05 / Rogue Wave ’01,” Exhibition catalogue, LA Louver, Venice, CA, 2005
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Bunker Artspace, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Cerritos College, installed in the Earth Sciences department
Born: White Haven, PA
Lives and works: Fort Collins, CO and Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1998
MFA: The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1996
BA: Fine Art, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Sean Higgins, a Rogue Wave project (solo)
27 Jul - 2 Sep 2022. L.A. Louver gallery, Venice, CA
2021
BioScienceLA launch exhibition
Curated by Debra Scacco. Oct 2021 - Nov 2021. biosciencela.org
2017
Transporter
Curated by Katie Shapiro and Sean Higgins. Apr 29 - Jun 17, 2017. Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Hydroponic Forms
Curated by Josh Callaghan and Bas Louter. Sep 3 - Oct 1, 2016. Galerie ampersand, Cologne, Germany
2015
Obfuscation
Curated by Jenny Hager. Jan 9 – 30. Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Via Negativa: The Transcendence of the unReal
Curated by James MacDevitt. Sep 3 - Oct 10, 2015. South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
2014
Deviled Eggs: New Photographic Strategies
Curated by Jeff McLane. Included: Ben Goddard, Sean Higgins, Ian James, Calvin Lee, Jeff McLane, Paul Pescador, and Katie Shapiro. photoLA | Jan 16 - 19, 2014
2013
Empty Distances
Curated by Caryn Coleman. Jun 15 – Jul 20, 2013. Mark Moore gallery, Los Angeles
2012
Tomorrowland
Curated by Samantha Fields. Oct 27 - Dec 8, 2012. California State University, Northridge
New Times Roman (3 person show)
with Maya Lujan and and Victor Liu. Sep 15, 2012. Texan Equities, Los Angeles, CA
Transient Apocalypse
Curated by Chris Pate. Part of Curatorial Exchange. Sep 8. Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2011
The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age
Curated by Sylvia Wolf. Jul 9, 2011 - Sep 25, 2011, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Marine Salon No. 8
Apr 23, 2011. Marine Salon, Santa Monica, CA
2010
ALPTRAUM!,
Curated by Jay Stuckey, traveled to the following venues:
Transformer Gallery in Washington, D.C., Dec 11 – Jan 15, 2011
Cell Project Space in London, Jan 28 – Feb 27, 2011
The Deutscher Künstlerbund in Berlin, Mar 11 – Apr 15, 2011
The Company in Los Angeles, May 1, 2011 – May 30, 2011
blank projects in Cape Town, Aug 2011
Marine Salon No. 7
Nov, 2010. Marine Salon, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Marine Salon No. 3
Nov, 2009. Marine Salon, Santa Monica, CA. Included M.B. Boissonnault, Joshua Callaghan, Cindy Cheng, Sean Higgins, Tom Hunter, Dana Louise Kirkpatrick, Peter Lograsso, Michael McConnell, Debra Scacco
Difficulties with Interplanetary Travel (solo)
Jun 24 – Jul 31, 2009. Collette Blanchard gallery, New York, NY
Shut Up and Keep Swimming
Curated by Claressinka Anderson. Jan 2009. Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Apocrypha (solo)
Sep 2008. OKOK Gallery (now Ambach & Rice), Seattle, WA
2007
Show
Curated by Heather Cantrell.
Jul 14, 2007. Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Sean Higgins - Island of Relative Stability (solo)
sixspace, Mar 3 – Apr 7, 2007. Los Angeles, CA
2006
Milieu
Pulse (art fair)/IMPULSE section, sixspace, Mar 10-13. New York, NY
Back Room
Kinkead Contemporary (inaugural exhibition), Sep 2006, Los Angeles, CA
artLA
sixspace booth, Jan 26-29. Santa Monica, CA
2005
There Goes the Neighborhood
Dec 10 - Jan 14. sixspace, Culver City, CA
Rogue Wave ’05, 19 Artists from Los Angeles
Jun 30 - Sep 3. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (catalogue)
2004
Sean Higgins - Recent Works (solo)
VertexList, New York, NY
Viewfinder
Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
filesharing.001
Art Front Studios, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Sean Higgins and Lorraine Walsh
Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Pennart II
Kohn, Pederson, Fox Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Prints
Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Artbytes
Art by Numbers, Walt Whitman Cultural Center, Camden, NJ
1997
East Meets West: Visions in Between
Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL / CURATORIAL
2017
Transporter
curated by Katie Shapiro and Sean Higgins
Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Guest lecturer, MFA program, California State University, Long Beach
1998 - Present
Freelance Interactive Designer, Internet, Multimedia
2001
California State University, Long Beach, CA, Professor, Interactive Design and Introduction to Computer Art
1998
Skidmore College, Summer Six, Saratoga Springs, NY, Professor, Computer for the Artist
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Assistantship, Computer Based Art
1995 - 1997
Skidmore College, Summer Six Art Program, Saratoga Springs, NY, Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing, Figure Drawing
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Redman, Bridgette M. “Imaginary Landscapes.” The Argonaut. Aug 18, 2022.
argonautnews.com
Feinstein, Jon. "New Exhibition Uses a Science Fiction Failure as a Lens to an Optimistic Future." Jun, 2017.
hafny.org
MacDonnell, Allan. “5 Questions 15 Images: Sean Higgins Pictures Places You'll Never Be” The Kind. May 3, 2016.
Campbell, Sara. "One to Watch: LA Artist Sean Higgins Suspends Reality" lacanvas.com, Nov 2015.
Coleman, Caryn. “Blackness. The Void. Empty Distances.“ Jun 28, 2013.
thegirlwhoknewtoomuch.com
Featured Articles, Previews. Empty Distances. artweek.la. Jun 11, 2013
Fitzpatrick, Kyle. “Stark Lanscapes: An Interview With Sean Higgins.”
Los Angeles, I'm Yours. Dec 3, 2012.
Tucker, Annie. “Disney’s Tomorrowland Inspires an Art Show.” LA Weekly, Nov 29, 2012.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “whitehot | Marine Art Salon No. 7: Works 222-247.” Whitehot Magazine. Jan 2011.
“The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age” exhibition catalog.
Syvia Wolf, publised by Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 2010.
Anderson, Claressinka. "At Home With Dystopia: Salon No. 7 at Marine Art Salon."
The Huffington Post. Nov 10, 2010.
“Marine, A Contemporary Art Salon, Works 001 – 185“ Year One, 2010
“Review of Difficulties with Interplanetary Travel.” Goings On About Town. The New Yorker. 3 Aug, 2009.
Spaziani, Rose. “Review of Difficulties with Interplanetary Travel”. The Copenhagen Voice. 26 Jun 2009.
Beil, Kim. “Blurred Visions: Three Photographers” art ltd. Jan, 2009. p52
Maine, Stephen. “Sean Higgins at sixspace” Art in America, Oct 2007, p221
Beil, Kim. “Sean Higgins at sixspace” Artweek, Volume 38, May 2007, p19
Coleman, Caryn, "Sean Higgins Interview", suicidegirls.com, Mar 28, 2007
Pagel, David. “Summer sampler has a dark side” Los Angeles Times, 8 Jul, 2005, E26
“Rogue Wave ’05 / Rogue Wave ’01,” Exhibition catalogue, LA Louver, Venice, CA, 2005
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Bunker Artspace, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Cerritos College, installed in the Earth Sciences department