EDGAR ARCENEAUX

Born in 1972, Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux received a BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and a MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. In addition he’s participated in artist in residencies at Art Pace in San Antonio, TX, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, Project Row Houses in Houston and at the Fachhochschule Aachen in Germany. He’s had solo exhibitions at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the Kitchen, NY,  the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York.  His work has been included in the 2008 Whitney Biennial and California Biannual 2008. Arceneaux’s work resides in public collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, Hammer Museum and the Carnegie Museum.

Since 1999 Arceneaux has been the Director of the Watts House Project, an ongoing collaborative artwork in the shape of a neighborhood redevelopment, centered around the historic Watts Towers. Edgar cares about the relationship between the art and the social space and has committed his professional life to its exploration.  

For more information, visit vielmetter.com and wattshouseproject.org.