Magdalena suarez Frimkess: biography, selected museum exhibitions, public collections and shows at kaufmann repetto

biography

born in 1929 in Caracas, Venezuela. She lives and works in Venice, California.

Since the 1970s, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess has been creating hand-painted, rather than dipped, glazed ceramics which feature content varying from mythological motifs to pop characters and advertisements, from both history and memory. Utilizing sculptural forms, Suarez Frimkess’s works share her personal story as well as her unparalleled representations of the socio-political times through which her career has endured.

selected museum exhibitions

Although Suarez Frimkess’s artworks in collaboration with her partner and life-long collaborator Michael Frimkess achieved acclaim, her first solo exhibition was not until 2013, at 84 years-old, at South Willard, Los Angeles. Subsequent solo exhibitions were held at South Willard, Los Angeles (2015, 2018, 2019) and White Columns, New York (2014).

Her two-person and group exhibitions include How to Read… Disney, Mak Center, Schindler House, Los Angeles, (2017); Looking Back, The 9th White Columns Annual, White Columns, New York (both 2015); Made In L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (all 2014); and The Cat Show, White Columns, New York (2013).

public collections

suarez frimkess’ work is held in the collections of the hammer museum of art, los angeles, the huntington library, art collections, and botanical gardens, san marino, ca, the los angeles county museum of art (lacma), and the museum of arts and design, new york, among others.

shows at Kaufmann Repetto

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, 2017, solo show at kaufmann repetto New York
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, 2016, solo show at kaufmann repetto Milan