Stuart Bender

Solo Exhibitions and Commissions/Grants

• Ecolalia2006

  Galerie Par-Ci Par-La
  Lyon, France

  Selected Digital Prints

• Bridge to Breakwater (commission)2004

  Port of Los Angeles
  Long Beach, CA

  Permanent Ceramic Tile Installation

• Induction (commission)1996

  Santa Monica Museum of Art
  Santa Monica, CA

  Video/Music Installation

• VideoLace1994

  Ruth Bloom Gallery
  Santa Monica, CA

  Selected Videos

• In Terms of Time: The Earlier Known (commission)1994

  Contemporary Arts Forum
  Santa Barbara, CA

  Fresno Art Museum
  Fresno, CA

  Video/Music Installation

• Shooting at Ghosts1994

  Saddleback College Fine Art Gallery
  Mission Viejo, CA

  The Earlier Known - Video/Music Installation and Selected Videos

• Creation Myths1992

  Lindhurst Gallery
  University of Southern California

  Video/Sound Installation

• Visitations (commission)1991

  Long Beach Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA

  Performance for Video and Live Choir

• Seven Prophecies (commission)1990

  Long Beach Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA

  Interactive Music/Video Installation

• The Castle - A Fairytale (grant)1989

  Los Angeles Harbor College
  Los Angeles, CA

  Performance for 3 singers, Electronic and Live Music, Shadow Play, and Video

• For the Record1986

  MVC
  Los Angeles, CA

  Video Installation

• Dusk to Dusk1983

  Shakti Gallery/Long Beach Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA

  Video Installation/Performance

Group Exhibitions

• Ecolalia2007

  Galerie Va Bene
  La Romieu, France

  Selected Digital Prints

• Fresh Prints2007

  Acorn Gallery
  Los Angeles, CA

  Digital Prints

• Without Alarm2003

  LA Police Department Museum and Education Center
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Digital Prints

• Redeeming the Figure2003

  Gallery 50
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Drawings and Digital Prints

• Members Exhibition2002

  Gallery 825
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Digital Prints

• By Design2002

  Gallery 825
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Digital Prints

• A Gathering of Angels2002

  Gallery at the Gate
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Digital Prints

• A Gathering of Angels2001

  Gallery at the Gate
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Digital Prints

• Silent Movies2000

  Gallery 825
  Los Angeles, CA

  Breath of Venus: Video/Music Sculpture

• Los Angeles Art Association Film Festival2000

  Los Angeles, CA

  Anza Borrego (video)

• Emotion and Light1999

  County of Los Angeles Century Gallery
  Sylmar, CA

  Breath of Venus (4 channel video/music sculpture)

• Contempo Italianate1998

  Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University
  Los Angeles, CA

  Tracce Spettrale (interactive CD ROM)

• At Home1998

  Lafayette Hotel
  Long Beach, CA

  New American Suite (video)

  Seven Prophecies (video only)

• Allegorical Re/Visions1997

  Barnsdall Municipal Gallery
  Los Angeles, CA

  Seven Prophecies (7 channel interactive video/music installation)

• Breathing Space1997

  University of California
  Riverside, CA

  The Earlier Known (4 channel video/music installation)

  Breath of Venus (4 channel video/sound sculpture)

• Worldwide Video Festival1996

  The Hague, The Netherlands

  Details From the Earlier Known (video)

• LA Freewaves1996

  Museum of Contemporary Art
  Los Angeles, CA

  Details From the Earlier Known (video)

• Billboard Live Video Marquee1996

  Sunset Boulevard
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• 6th International Video Week1995

  Geneva, Switzerland

  Details From the Earlier Known (video)

• Travelogue1995

  Fundacao Athos Bulcao
  Brasilia, Brazil

  Instituto Municipal de Arte & Cultura-Rio Arte
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Details From the Earlier Known (video)

• Breathing Space1995

  SITE Gallery
  Los Angeles, CA

  Details from the Earlier Known (2 channel video installation)

• New York Film/Video Festival1994

  New York, NY

  The Armed Man (video)

• Worldwide Video Festival1994

  The Hague, The Netherlands

  The Armed Man (video)

• Selections from the Worldwide Video Festival1994

  Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
  Madrid, Spain

  The Armed Man (video)

• LA Freewaves/AFI National Video Festival1994

  American Film Institute
  Los Angeles, CA

  California State University
  Northridge, CA

  The Armed Man (video)

• Scratching the Belly of the Beast1994

  Filmforum Media Festival
  Los Angeles, CA

  Seven Prophecies (video)

• Artist As Visionary1994

  Gallery IV
  Los Angeles, CA

  (video)

• LBMA 20 Year Retrospective1994

  Long Beach Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA

  (video)

• Denver Film Festival1993

  Denver, CO

  3 Excerpts from Seven Prophecies (video)

• Forms of Attention1993

  M*Y*T*H
  Los Angeles, CA

  The Armed Man (video)

• 5 At the Brewery1993

  The Brewery
  Los Angeles, CA

  (installation and video)

• Dreams and Demons1993

  Gallery IV
  Los Angeles, CA

  Seven Prophecies (video)

• Reconsiderations1993

  Lindhurst Gallery, USC
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Mixed-Media Drawings

• Deutscher Videokunstpreis1992

  Karlsruhe, Germany

  3 Excerpts from Seven Prophecies (video)

• Worldwide Video Festival1992

  The Hague, The Netherlands

  Anza Borrego (video)

• 7th Australian International Video Festival1992

  Sydney, Australia

  Anza Borrego (video)

• Muu Media 921992

  Helsinki, Finland

  Anza Borrego (video)

• We Interrupt This Program, National Satellite Telecast1992

  Creative Time
  New York, NY

  Museum of Contemporary Art (A Day Without Art)
  Los Angeles, CA

  Excerpt from Visitations (video)

• Post-Photo L.A.1992

  Angel’s Gate Gallery
  Los Angeles, CA

  Creation Myths (video installation)

• Art, Technology and Dream States1992

  Auckland University
  Auckland, New Zealand

  Wellington City Art Gallery
  Wellington, New Zealand

  Canterbury Fine Arts
  Christchurch, New Zealand

  California Institute of the Arts
  Valencia, California

  Claremont College
  Claremont, California

  Selected Works (video)

• iEAR Studios Exhibition1991

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Troy, NY

  The Might of Nations (video)

• The Art of Music Video1991

  The Carnegie Museum of Art
  Pittsburgh, PA

  Dies Irae (video)

• Prix Ars Electronica1990

  Linz, Austria

  Seven Prophecies (video)

• Videonale 41990

  Bonn, Germany

  Seven Prophecies (video)

• San Francisco International Film and Video Festival1990

  San Francisco, CA

  Dies Irae (video)

• Southern California Resources for Electro-Acoustic Music Festival1990

  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Works

• Dallas Film and Video Festival1990

  Dallas, TX

  Seven Prophecies (video)

• Multiples1990

  Nexus Gallery
  Atlanta, GA

  TV Loves You: Inspirational Guidance For Every Need and Desire (video from The Castle-A Fairytale)

• Pasadena Video Festival1990

  Pasadena, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• The Art of Music Video1990

  Wexner Center for the Visual Arts
  Columbus, OH

  Northwest Film and Video Center
  Portland, OR

  Museum of Fine Arts
  Boston, MA

  The Film Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  Chicago, IL

  The Courier
  Hanover, NH

  Cornell Cinema
  Ithaca, NY

  USA Film and Video Festival
  Dallas, TX

  Alliance for Media Arts
  Miami, FL

  Walker Arts Center
  Minneapolis, MN

  Museum of Fine Arts
  Houston, TX

  Dies Irae (video)

• L.A. Freewaves1989

  American Film Institute
  Los Angeles, CA

  Humanitas Tapes (video)

• Long Beach Celebrates The NEA1989

  Hippodrome Gallery
  Long Beach, CA

  Dies Irae (video)

• Sound Images III1989

  Intermedia Arts
  Minneapolis, MN

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• The Art of Music Video1989

  Long Beach Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA

  911 Contemporary Arts Center
  Seattle, WA

  American Cinematheque
  Los Angeles, CA

  Dies Irae (video)

• Festival of Contemporary Arts1988

  Museu de Arte Moderna
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• European Media Arts Festival1988

  Osnobruck, West Germany

  Selected Works (video)

• Aarhus Video Festival1988

  Aarhus, Denmark

  Selected Works (video)

• Atlanta Film and Video Festival1988

  Atlanta, GA

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• Fifth Annual Computer-Video Festival1988

  Fine Arts Museum of Long Island
  Long Island, NY

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• For The Record, C.A.G.E.1988

  Cincinnati, OH

  (3 channel video installation)

• Pepsi Co SummerFare1988

  State University of N.Y.
  Purchase, NY

  Selected Works (video)

• New Music America Festival1988

  Miami, FL

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• Video Medium1988

  Geoffrey Taber Gallery
  Columbus, OH

  Spaces Gallery
  Cleveland, OH

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• L.A. Video1988

  California State University
  Northridge, CA

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• L.A. Center for Photographic Studies Annual1988

  Glendale, CA

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• Baby Needs A Change1987

  Los Angeles, CA

  Baby Needs A Change (video)

• Unsponsored Video U.S.A.1987

  C.A.G.E.
  Cincinnati, OH

  Baby Needs A Change (video)

• L.A. Electric II1987

  MVC
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• Videonale 21986

  Bonn, Germany

  Spider Love Lullabye (video)

• L.A. Electric1986

  MVC
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• Exploration II1986

  Long Beach Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA

  For the Record (3 channel installation)

• Videoville1985

  WNYC-TV, (PBS)New York, NY

  Myths of the Midwest; It’s Chili! (video)

• TV Works-Just A Minute1985

  L.A. Institute of Contemporary Art
  Los Angeles, CA

  Devil’s Do (video)

• Shared Realities1984

  Long Beach Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• LBMA Video-10 Year Retrospective1985

  Long Beach, California

  Selected Works (video)

• Independent Video1984

  Complete Channel Video
  Madison, WI

  Myths of the Midwest (video)

• Views From L.A1983

  MVC
  Los Angeles, CA

  Stella Polaris Gallery
  Los Angeles, CA

  Lhasa Club
  Los Angeles, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• Video Lhasa1983

  Lhasa ClubLos Angeles, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• Some Humorous Video1983

  Space GalleryLos Angeles, CA

  It’s Chili! (video)

• Under Exposure1983

  Mercury Arts
  Long Beach, CA

  Selected Works (video)

• San Francisco International Video Festival1982

  San Francisco, CA

  Baby Needs A Change (video)

• Symposium on Cable-Satellite Television1981

  Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
  Los Angeles, CA

  It’s Chili! (New Genre: Infotainment)

Lectures and Panels

• Directors Guild of America

  Los Angeles, CA

• Worldwide Video Festival

  Netherlands

• Santa Monica Museum of Art

  Los Angeles, CA

• Barnsdall Municipal Gallery

  Los Angeles, CA

• Fresno Museum of Art

  Fresno, CA

• International Television Association

  Los Angeles, CA

• Los Angeles Educational Partnership

  Los Angeles, CA

• Center for Photographic Studies

  Los Angeles, CA

• Irvine Arts Center

  Irvine, CA

• Long Beach Museum of Art

  Long Beach, CA

• California Center for the Arts

  Escondido, CA

• KTLA TV

  Los Angeles, CA

Academic Guest Speaker

• University of California Los Angeles

  Los Angeles, CA

• University of California San Diego

  San Diego, CA

• University of New Mexico

  Portales, NM

• University of California Riverside

  Riverside, CA

• Claremont College Graduate School

  Claremont, CA

• California Institute for the Arts

  Valencia, CA

• California State University San Marcos

  San Marcos, CA

• California State University Long Beach

  Long Beach, CA

• Mary Mount College

  Palos Verdes, CA

• Art Center College of Design

  Pasadena, CA

• Pasadena City College

  Pasadena, CA

• Southern Oregon University

  Ashland, OR

Reviews and Bibliography

• Agetstein, StephenFall 1982

  "The Complete Catalogue, 1982 San Francisco Video Festival"

  Video 80 Magazine Issue #5

• Barrie, LitaSeptember 26, 1991

  "Why History Repeats Itself—Visitations at the Long Beach Museum of Art"

  Artweek

• Bender, Stuart and Funicelli, AngeloApril 7, 1994

  "Memory and Time: Artists’s Statements"

  Artweek

• Bender, Stuart; Funicelli, Angelo; and Klonarides, Carole AnnFall 1993

  "Artist Page"

  Felix-A Journal of Media Arts and Communications, Volume 1, Number 3

• Brown, Betty AnnFall 1994

  "Gatekeepers"

  Visions Art Quarterly

• Brummer, AndyDecember 31, 2004

  "Where the Air and the Art are Fresh"

  Los Angeles Times

• Chalavon, JanineOctober 31, 2006

  "Premiere Exposition de Stuart Bender a Lyon"

  Le Progres

• Coyne, EricApril 3, 1994

  "The Times of Your Life"

  The Fresno Bee

• Crain, Mary BethJune, 1987

  "Baby Needs A Change"

  L.A.Weekly

• Curtis, CathySeptember 20, 1994

  "'Shooting at Ghosts' Targets Memories Lost and Known"

  Los Angeles Times

• Darling, MichaelJanuary 21, 1994

  "Coming to terms with ‘Time’"

  Santa Barbara News-Press

• Fallon, D’ArcyJune 9, 1981

  "Godparents to Video Artists"

  Long Beach Press-Telegram

• Frank, PeterJune 29, 1995

  "Pick of the Week"

  L.A. Weekly

• Frank, PeterJanuary, 1996

  "Pick of the Week"

  L.A. Weekly

• Frank, PeterFebruary, 1998

  "Pick of the Week"

  L.A. Weekly

• Frank, PeterNovember 13, 1998

  "Pick of the Week"

  L.A. Weekly

• Guardiola, JuanLos Angeles, 1994

  "Lost and Found: A Tribute to the Long Beach Museum of Art"

  Scratching the Belly of the Beast; Cutting Edge Media in Los Angeles 1922-1994, Filmforum

• Harrison, Helen AJanuary 3, 1988

  "Computer Imaging On Display"

  New York Times

• Henken, JohnAugust 28, 1991

  "A Somber, Multimedia Visitations"

  Los Angeles Times

• Horner, BrettDecember 1994

  "Artist Project Page"

  Vernacular Magazine, Volume 1 number 1

• Korten, Noel; Weisberg, RuthDecember 1997

  "Allegorical Re/Visions"

  Exhibition Catalogue

• Leopoldseder, Hannes1990

  "Der Prix Ars Electronica"

  International Compendium of Computer Arts, Edition 90

• Nash, MichaelAugust 1989

  "The Art of Music Video"

  Exhibition Catalogue

• Nash, MichaelJune 1990

  "Vision vs. Television"

  L.A. Style Magazine, Volume 6 number 1

• Nolan, TimothyAugust 1995

  "Breathing Spaces"

  Artweek

• Payne, RobertApril 4, 1990

  "We, the Oracle"

  Artweek

• Skiöld, AnnFebruary 3, 1994

  "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis"

  The Independent

• Snowden, DonOctober 22, 1987

  "A Painter Finds Extra Dimensions"

  Los Angeles Times

• Tanney, Kathy1986

  "For The Record"

  High Performance Magazine #35

• Whitney, KayFall 1992

  "Millenarialism as Zeitgeist in Los Angeles"

  Visions Art Quarterly

• Willis, HollySeptember 2000

  "Silent Movies"

  Artweek

• Woodard, JosefNovember 26, 1999

  "Shadowy Images"

  Los Angeles Times

• Zimmerer-McKelvie, KathyNovember 1983

  "Some Humorous Video"

  Images and Issues Magazine