Allen Tombello

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1995- 2013

Plot II & Plot 433 Bernard Street, Los Angeles, Site specific Installation

5 for 5, 2 person exhibit with tanja Borosky, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

LACE Gala, curated by George Stoll, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Ca (2012)

Digital Foreplay, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

3 Sculptors, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Screening of Crate of Things,  Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Flight, Happy Lion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

LACE Gala, curated by George Stoll, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Ca (2011)

GROUP, curated by Elizabeth Dee, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY  

You are Now Leaving the Goldie-Locks Zone, curated by Elizabeth Balogh,    Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC

Burglar, curated by Elizabeth Balogh, Spencer Brownstone Gallery New York   

PEEPSHOW, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Museum of Art, Irvine, CA

Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles

Emerg-encies, Paplo Colo, Exit Art, New York, NY

Limits, curated by Emily Fishman, Los Angeles, CA

Sig-Alert, curated by J. Spiak, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe,AZ      

Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA

Quirk, curated by Helen Verolla, Sorokko Gallery, New York, NY

Safari Site Installation, Far Bazaar, Los Angeles, CA

Yard Sale, Special K Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Reproducing Nature, curated by Christine Normale, Sherry Frumkin Gallery,   

Santa Monica, CA

Crossing Annex, Los Angeles, CA

In the Name of the Circle, Artopia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Ballistic of Desire, Site Installation, Occidental College, Eagle Rock, CA

Far Bazaar at the Brewery, Site Installation, Los Angeles, CA

Five for Five, A.R.S. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Natural Orderings, curated by Scott Canty, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

39th National Juried Exhibition, curated by E. Smith, San Diego Art Institute,

San Diego, CA

Eco Transcendence, Insomnia, Los Angeles, CA

9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, curated by Bill Berkson, Berkeley Art  

Center Association, Berkeley, CA

Coupled, Insomnia, Los Angeles, CA

1st National Juried Show, curated by J. Butterfield, Long Beach Arts, Long  Beach, CA

38th National Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA

Fine Arts Federation Juried Show, curated by S. Munchnic, Creative Arts  Center Gallery, Burbank, Ca

62nd Annual Statewide Competition, curated by Karen Tsujimoto, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

Wall Works, curated by Howard Fox, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA

New Works - Solo Show, JAVA, Los Angeles, CA

M.O.C.A. JAVA II, Selected Works from the Staff of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

The Colonnade: 100 Reasons, JAVA, Los Angeles, CA

M.O.C.A. JAVA I, Los Angeles, CA

Paintings and Objects, JAVA, Los Angeles, CA

Citywide Invitational, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA

 

CURATORIAL Projects:

The Bliss Point- July 2015, Arena 1, Santa Monica, Ca

Masters of Irreverence- June 2013, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA

Doppelganster- September 2012, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA

Immanent Domain, May 2011, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA

  

RESIDENCIES/ AWARDS:

 

Kaus Australis Residency Summer 2008, Rotterdam,Netherlands

Award for Excellence, 39th National Juried Exhibition, Jurist - Elizabeth Smith, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1st Prize, 9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Jurist - Bill Berkson, Critic/Educator, Hung Liu, Artist, Carlo Villa, Artist

Juror’s Selection Award, Fine Arts Federation Juried Show, Jurist - Suzanne Munchnic, LA Times Writer

Juror’s Selection Award, Santa Cruz Art League, Jurist - Karen Tsujimoto, Curator, Oakland Museum

1st Prize, LA Artcore 8th Annual Wallworks Show, 1992, Jurist - Howard Fox, Curator, LACMA

3rd Place, Long Beach Arts, Jurist - Jan Butterfield, Art Critic

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Lapin, Joseph, How Allen Tombello Hopes to Displace Your Personal Space With Psycho-Tripping Doppelgangers, LA Weekly, September 2012

Solomon, D. How to Succeed In Art, The New York Times Magazine p.38.

Lombino, M.K. Allen Tombello at George’s, Artweek, September 2003.

Ise, C. Reproducing Nature, Artweek, September 1996, vol. 27, p. 23.

Frank, P. Reproducing Nature, L.A. Weekly, August 9-15, 1999, p.W3.

Kandel, S. Panic and Lust, Los Angeles Times, July 18, 1999, p. F3.

Bulmer, M. The Ballistics of Desire, Art Scene, November 1998, p. 15.

Kim, S. Natural Orderings, The Korean Times, January 25, 1998, p.A19.

Frank, P. Powerful Works - Long Beach Art Competition, Long Beach Press Telegram, November 29, 1996, p.F-5.

Wallworks, Visions Art Quarterly, Winter 1996, p.66-67.

Hollingsworth, D. Allen Tombello, Detour, October 1996, p.106.

Hohri, S. Allen Tombello, Visions Art Quarterly, Fall 1995, p.57.

Wiltse, S. State Exhibition, Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 31, 1995, p.30-31.