Ed Gomez
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The Gallery of Contemporary Art (G.O.C.A.)
is a self-contained portable exhibition space located in a suitcase. It is an ongoing project founded by Los Angeles based artist Ed Gomez.
The objective of G.O.C.A. is to provide an alternative space for artists to call into question curatorial and institutionalized practices.
Previous installments have included conservators and art preparators of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and several Southern California based artists.
G.O.C.A. has a growing permanent collection of artworks from previously exhibited artists and a gift shop with original G.O.C.A. merchandise.
Exhibition catalogs, booklets, t-shirts, and postcards may be purchased in G.O.C.A.'s traveling external gift shop.
For further information please e-mail the director, Ed Gomez, at:info@gocaonline.com
Ed Gomez's interdisciplinary art practice revolves around the questioning of exhibition practices, institutional framework and historical models of artistic production. In 2006, he co-founded the MexiCali Biennial, a bi-national art and music program addressing the region of the US-Mexico border, which he is currently a director and co-president. This project serves not only as a curatorial project but also a satirical statement to the abundance of biennials occurring around the globe and the impact they have on the art community. Mr. Gomez is also the director of G.O.C.A., The Gallery of Contemporary Art, which is a traveling self-contained exhibition space humorously located in his suitcase. It has showcased emerging and established artists from Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York and Mexico.
MFA 2003 Otis College of Art and Design
BFA 1999 Arizona State University
Exhibitions
2009
I.C.E. project 1 for the MexiCali Biennial 09/10, La Casa del Tunel Art Center, Tijuana, Mexico
MexiCali Biennial @ King King, video screening, Hollywood, CA
Dissuading Passage, (solo exhibition) Open Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
"The Whole World Is Watching", Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, curated by Irene Tsatsos
MashUp, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Ivan LImas
esta loco, pero no es pendejo, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Matt Wardell
AMERICANista, LA Artcore, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
2007
LATITUDE, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
ah-peh-JEE-doh, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Eagle Rock, CA
Strata, Sotheby's Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Strata, Seven-Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Real, Imagined, Sixteen to One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Ed Gomez, eye lounge contemporary art space, Phoenix, AZ
De Pasada por Los Angeles, Atelier als Supermedium--Artists Space for Contemporary Art,
Den Haag, The Netherlands
2006
MexiCali Biennial / 06, La Casa De La Tia Tina, Mexicali, B.C., México
Publish and Be Damned, ART2102
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
Great American Nude, Harvey Levine Gallery, Culver City, CA
release, (solo exhibition) Slanguage New Chinatown Barber Shop, Los Angeles, CA
Delusionarium III, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
Young Americans, 1711 N. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA
2005
La Onda, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Spit, curated group show, G.O.C.A.Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Santa Monica, CA
Brown on Brown, Slanguage, Wilmington, CA
Next, curated group show, G.O.C.A., Wilmington, CA
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Machine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
On the Move, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Art Forum Lecture Series, Contemporary Issues in Art and Architecture
Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
It Doesn't Need a Title, curated group show
G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
International Underground, The Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
Currents, Bonhams and Butterfields Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Larger Than Life, Inshallah Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Delusionarium 1, Legacy Arts Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
My Secret Valentine, 700 E. 1st Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Otis/ Una Familia de Artistas, Mexican Consulate,
Los Angeles, CA
2003
Exchange, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
6 x 6 Artists Writers Project, Eye Lounge Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Masters of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Ben Maltz Gallery
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Painting As A Site, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Sometimes Its Dark, The Practice Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
To Believe Much More Than That
The New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Westwood, CA
Mid-Residency, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA
2001
Ed Gomez and Amy Romanin, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Faculty Exhibition, The University of Advancing Technology,
Tempe, AZ
2000
Art Detour 2000, M-Gallery Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
Truth Tables, (solo exhibition) Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1999
Its Got To Be Real, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Painting Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1998
RazAmeriCosmica, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Blue Light Invitational, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
1997
La Phoeniquera XVII, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Blue Light Invitational, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
1993
New Artists of the Community, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Blue Light Invitational, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Curated Exhibitions
2009
The MexiCali Biennial 09/10 at La Casa del Tunel Art Center, Tijuana, Mexico
MexiCali Biennial @ King King video screening, Hollywood, CA
2008
In the Round, Otis College of Art and Design 90th Anniversary Exhibition at AndrewShire Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
2007
ah-peh-JEE-doh, The Center for The Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Link, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ
Real, Imagined, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
MexiCali Biennial /06, La Casa de la Tia Tina, Mexicali, B.C. Mexico
Release, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Spit, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Next, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wilmington, CA
2004
It Doesn’t Need A Title, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Santa Moncia, CA
2003
Painting as a Site, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Its Got to be Real, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Contact : zemogde@hotmail.com / links / gocaonine.com / mexicalibiennial.org
I.C.E. project 3 for the MexiCali Biennial 09/10 in Los Angeles, CA