b. 1983, Southfield, Michigan; lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
Anticipated Graduation 2028
Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science with a minor in Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
2007
Master of Fine Arts in Photography, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
AWARD
2010
The Fulbright US Student Program in Photography to Amman, Jordan
RESIDENCIES (‡ denotes RBT collaborative)
2020–ongoing
The Wende Museum of the Cold War, Los Angeles, California
2019
Queens Collective, Marrakech, Morocco (collaborative as Research for the Bermuda Triangle [RBT] with Lara Salmon)‡
2018
Haven for Artists, Beirut, Lebanon‡
2017
LA Summer Residency, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2014
ACRE, Steuben, Wisconsin
Summer Forum, Joshua Tree, California
Hatch Projects, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, Illinois
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Looping Swans, as part of LAND’s “Frame Rate” series, The Cabin, Los Angeles California (exhibition + responsive performance by Maya Gurantz)
How the West Was Won, Adjunct Positions, Los Angeles California
How the West Was Won, Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois
2016
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, Show + Tell Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2015
Electrum, The Sub-Mission at The Mission Projects, Chicago, Illinois
2014
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, The Historic Water Tower Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS (‡ denotes RBT collaborative)
2020–2021
Common Fantasy / Gemeinsame Fantasie, The ADN Guardhouse at The Wende Museum of the Cold War, Los Angeles, California‡
2019
Publick Spectacle, as part of PØST Gallery’s Kamikaze Exhibits’ 10th Anniversary at MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, California‡
Dazzle Camouflage, Weekend at Berenice, Los Angeles, California‡
7 Actions for a Concrete-Colored Sky, The Blockhouse in conjunction with the 13th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba‡
Geldwä$€he, SomoS, Berlin, Germany‡
Best Western, Queens Collective, Marrakech, Morocco‡
2018
contraDINE, Concept 2092 Gallery at Haven for Artists, Beirut, Lebanon‡
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Here After, Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, California
2021
Schöneshow, in the community garden Shönegarten, Schöneberg-Berlin, Germany
2018
Passengers of a Kaleidoscopic Journey, in Reemtsma’s former tobacco factory, Berlin, Germany
Fire in the Mountains, Moran, Wyoming
Thru the Roof, The Alice Gallery, Seattle, Washington (exhibition + responsive performance by Bo Choi)
2017
On Going Home, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Soirée, The Sugar Lab, Los Angeles, California (performance)
2016
Office Hours, Beta Main, Los Angeles, California
Glory Bead, Mint Collective Columbus, Ohio
2015
Sometimes I Say Mean Things, Slow Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Art Present (Gift Economies), Sometimes Art Space, Havana, Cuba
The Second Terrain Biennial, private residence, Los Angeles, California
Infringement, The Sub-Samson at Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
A History-shaped Hole in the Universe, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, Illinois
Document, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2014
(Re)connect: Postmodern Documentary Photography (traveling exhibition)°
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana°
Syo Gallery, Daegu, South Korea°
ADM Gallery, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore°
(° denotes traveling exhibition)
A Prophet Is Not A Fortune Teller, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, Illinois
Distant Images, Local Positions, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York
2013
ARGUS: Organic Visual Archive, Filter Photo at Johalla Projects, Chicago, Illinois
Book, Film, Painting, stuartpilkington.co.uk (online exhibition)
Edan Lepucki, Regina Mamou, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, storychord.com, Issue 71 (online exhibition)
2012
The Chicago Project, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (online exhibition)
Triangulation, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, Illinois
2011
Impact: Immigration Projects, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Pull, Speed, Crash, Punch, University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony, Indiana
Force Would Vanish From the Relations of Men, as part of the 11th “Action Field Kodra” Contemporary Art Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
Exposed, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont
Outside Coming In, Hungryman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2010
The Utopian Airport Lounge, Makan Art Space, Amman, Jordan (public art exhibition)
2009
Cultural Memory: Transdiasporic Art Practices, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Involving Violence, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland
2007
Molehills: Faketure Short Film Festival, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois (film screening)
BIBLIOGRAPHY (‡ denotes RBT collaborative)
2022
“Past Present: Archaeology’s Giant Leap Onto the International Space Station,” “by Jamie Seidel, Cosmos‡
2021
“SCHÖNESHOW. 30 künstlerische positionen aus Berlin bespielen den Schönegarten” [trans. “SCHÖNESHOW: 30 artistic positions from Berlin play on the Schönegarten”], by Art at Berlin [in German only]
“Hvordan lugter Danmark år 2021? Hvordan lugtede DDR før murens fald?” [trans. “How does Denmark smell in 2021? How did the GDR smell before the fall of the wall?”], by Nils Thorsen, Politiken [in Danish only]‡
“A Fragrance Bottles Up the Everyday Scents of Former East Germany,” by Renée Reizman, Hyperallergic‡
2020
“The Scent of East Germany in a Tincture,” by Eddie Bulliqi, Fragrantica‡
2019
“Meet Regina Mamou and Lara Salmon of Research for the Bermuda Triangle,” VoyageLA‡
“Geldwä$€he,” by Madeleine Archer, essay for eponymous exhibition at SomoS Art House, Berlin, Germany‡
“contraDINE,” by Layane El Hajjar, essay for eponymous exhibition at Haven for Artists, Beirut, Lebanon‡
2018
“Passengers of a Kaleidoscopic Journey,” by Rachel Boser, Talking About Art
“Thru the Roof,” by Ximena Keogh Serrano, essay for Thru the Roof
“Regina Mamou’s ‘How the West Was Won’ at Adjunct Positions,” by Georgia Lassner, Unpublished
2016
“Fog,” by Meg Whiteford, essay for Unfortunately, It Was Paradise
“Fresh Faces in Art: Artists You Should Know,” by Max Presneill, Fabrik, Issue 31
2015
“Exhibition Review: Unfortunately, It Was Paradise,” by John Murphy, Contemporaneity, Vol. 4
“Critic’s Pick: Infringement,” by Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe
2014
“Postmodern Photography at Purdue’s Rueff Galleries,” by Wei-Huan Chen, JC Online
“Review: Distant Images, Local Positions,” by Sabrina DeTurk, Afterimage, Vol. 41, no. 5
2013
“New Artists Feature, Fall 2013,” David Andrew Frey, Culturehall, Issue 105
“Recommended Review: Regina Mamou/City Gallery,” Michael Weinstein, Newcity Art
“Chicago Critic's Pick: Regina Mamou/Historic Water Tower Gallery,” by Monica Westin, Artforum.com
“Vision, However Uncertain,” by Karsten Lund, essay for Unfortunately, It Was Paradise
2012
“Featured Artist Interview,” by Stacia Yeapanis, OtherPeoplesPixels’ blog
“How Do You Navigate a City With No Street Names?,” by Amanda Erickson, The Atlantic Cities
2010
“Markers in the Landscape,” by John Lillywhite, JO magazine
“Six Artists Test Power of Public Art in Amman,” by Jonah Shepp, The Jordan Times
“American Artist: Regina Mamou,” by Aya al-Khwalda, Arab Today
2009
“Ego-casting,” by Jason Foumberg, Newcity Art
2007
“A Mirror at the Event Horizon,” by Jason Foumberg, Newcity Art
ARTIST TALKS + WORKSHOPS (‡ denotes RBT collaborative)
2022
The Presence of the Past: A Conversation Between Regina Mamou and Joes Segal, Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, California
2021
Episode 14: Wish You Were Here, The Institute for Art and Olfaction’s podcast “Perfume on the Radio”‡
Scent | Memory Workshop, Community Art Night for CCUSD‡
Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD), in collaboration with The Wende Museum of the Cold War, Los Angeles, California
Common Fantasy, The Wende Museum of the Cold War, Los Angeles, California‡
Salon for the Senses: Scent with Research for the Bermuda Triangle, Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA), Los Angeles, California‡
2020
Common Fantasy / Gemeinsame Fantasie at the 4th Annual Experimental Scent Summit‡
Co-hosted by the Institute for Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles, California, and the Smell Lab, Berlin, Germany
2019
Can’t Touch This, The Institute for Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles, California‡
2017
Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“...the charming mistakes of my youth...,” KCHUNG Radio, Los Angeles, California
Conversation with Graeme Mitchell, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2016
New York Film Academy, Los Angeles, California
2015
CAN TV (Chicago Access Network Television), The Mission Projects, Chicago, Illinois
2014
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
2013
Harold Washington College, Chicago, Illinois
2012
The Member Travel Program at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2011
Azimuth Projects, Chicago, Illinois
Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
2010
Makan Art Space, Amman, Jordan
Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan
2009
Middlesex Community College, Bedford, Massachusetts
COLLECTIONS
2016
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2014
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2012
Midwest Photographers' Project, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
2009
The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2005
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island