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Curriculum Vitae

b. Los Alamitos, CA, 1977
w. Long Beach, CA

EDUCATION

2010 M.F.A. Drawing/Painting California State University, Long Beach, CA
2004-2006 Drawing/ Painting Long Beach City College
2001 B.A. Social Science/ Psych. University of California, Irvine, CA
1995-1997   Saddleback College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Luxury Soup, RARE Gallery, 547 West 47th Street, Chelsea, New York
2010 superstructure, Gatov Gallery, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA
2007 Lucky Rock, Assunta Fox Gallery, PCH, Laguna Beach, CA
Materiality, Long Beach City College PCC Library, PCH, Long Beach, CA
2006 Christina Shurts, Crew @ the LAB, Bristol Street, Costa Mesa, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Place, Art in Embassies, Wellington, NZ
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, LAUNCH Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SCOPE NY Art Show (RARE Gallery), New York
LAUNCH, Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA
2010 Limbo ... and other conversations, DDR Projects, Santa Ana, CA
LAUNCH, 5900 Wilshire Blvd., LA, CA
Tubular (c. Doug Harvey), Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
SCOPE NY Art Show (RARE Gallery), Lincoln Center Damrasch Park, NY, NY
Coherence Through - Line, Lawrence Asher Gallery, 5820 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA
2009 Zoom (c. Max Presneill) Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA
Architecture...? (c. Matt Winkler) Werby Gallery, Long Beach CA
Showdown, Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, Kings Road, Chelsea, London (UK)
Insights, University Art Museum, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, ?CA
Spirit of Place, Saint John's Community Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Approaching Memory (c. Marie Thibeault) LOFT Gallery, 401 S. Mesa, San Pedro, CA
LA Juried Art Exhibition, (Tyler Stallings, Lisa Melandri, and Carl Berg, jurors),
LA Municipal Art Gallery Barnsdall Park 4800 Hollywood Blvd., L A, CA
Insights 2008, University Art Museum, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA
2006 Group Show, Assunta Fox Gallery, Santa Ana Arts District, CA
2005 Primarily Red, I-5 Gallery, Brewery, LA, CA
January Exhibition, Project 30, project30.com
Snap to Grid, LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA, CA
Figured Ground, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Carson Blvd., Long Beach, CA

SPECIAL PROJECTS

2010 Cover/ Feature Art Vangaurd University Yearbook 2010- Kevin FunkHauser,
http://issuu.com/vuyearbook/docs/sojourn2010
2009 Cover Art Stanley Wycoff CD, Into the Whirlpool
Collaboration The Jersey Twins w/ Catherine Davis (Performance)
(Glamification of everyday interactions)
-Welcoming to the Threshold, Architecture...? Oct. 4
-Red Carpet Walk Up the Hill, GLAMFA, Sept. 6
Curator pocket change Exhibition, Carolyn Werby Gallery, CSULB
Editor pocket change Exhibition Catalogue
Catalogue link: http://www.lulu.com/content/5582859
2008 Cover Art/ Design Alt. Country: a novel by Alan Rifkin, Alanriflin.com
Co-Blogger http://wandering-studio.blogspot.com/
Co-Curator GLAMFA/ Open Studios 2008
Co-Editor GLAMFA/ CSULB Open Studios Catalogue 2008
Catalogue link: http://www.lulu.com/content/3879847
2006 Artist Assistant Thomas Thoune Studios, Where East Meets West Metro Rail ,
LYNX Public Art Grant, Charlotte, NC

PRESS/ PUBLICATIONS

Exhibition Catalogue, Luxury Soup, RARE Gallery, 2011.
The New York Sun, "Getaways and Vacationlands", Franklin Einspruch, March 16, 2011, http://www.nysun.com/arts/getaways-and-vacationlands/87264/
Glasschord Art & Culture Magazine, Shelter issue 3, http://www.glasschord.com/issue-3/
New American Paintings; Pacific Coast Edition, v. 91 Juror: Lawrence R. Rinder, Director of Berkeley Art Museum of Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA.
New American Paintings; MFA Edition, v. 87, Juror: Rafaela Platow, The Alice and Harris Weston Director & Chief Curator, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Zoom catalogue, (c. Max Presneill), Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.
College Art Association, "Leading the Full Life: Balancing Career and Family," February, 2009, (http://www.collegeart.org/features/leadingthefulllife)
CSULB Open Studios Catalogue, September, 2009.
CSULB Open Studios Catalogue, September, 2008.
mlovism.com, Featured Artist: Christina Shurts, November, 2008.
Etsie,, Nesta, nestausa.blogspot.com, Tandie Wade, Spring, 2008.
944 Magazine, Christina Shurts, Amy Nguyen, Spring 2007, p. 24-27.
LB Underground Magazine, The Arts Spotlight on Christina Shurts, Jeff Sinclair, June, 2006.
Chapman University, From Loss to Color, Amy Nguyen, April, 2006.
©2011 Christina Shurts