b. 1982, Frankfurt, Germany
Lives and works in Yucca Valley and Los Angeles, California
Education
2010 Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles
2005 BFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Blindspot, Lazy Eye Gallery, Yucca Valley, CA
2018 A Monastic Gig (with Laraaji and Merz), Dampfzentrale Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2014 Sundials, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles
2012 Breed St., Young Art, Los Angeles
2012 Bogs (with Hugh Zeigler), Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
2011 Palladium, Young Art, Los Angeles
2009 Daylight Paintings, Young Art, Los Angeles
2005 Paintings, Lightboxes, Video, Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Points for Clouds, Dreams Aroused, Projekt Blank, Los Angeles
2019 Labyrinth of Language, Werkartz, Los Angeles
2018 LA Art Show, Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, Los Angeles Convention Center
2017 Summer of Love, Wilding Cran, Los Angeles
Desert Island, curated by Epicenter Projects, Cochella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA
2016 Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency Benefit Auction, JTHAR, Venice CA
2015 Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic LA, Piasa, Paris (with catalogue)
2014 NADA Miami, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles
Life Transmissions, The Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange County
Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency Exhibition, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
Veils, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles
Material Art Fair, So Fine Arts, Mexico City
2013 NADA Miami, Young Art
Near Dark, Young Art, Los Angeles
LAXART Benefit Auction, LAXART, Los Angeles
LACE Benefit Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
Headlands Center for the Arts Benefit Auction, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2012 NADA Miami, Young Art, Los Angeles
Close Encounters, Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Paris
2011 The Delta, Alexys Schwartz Projects, Los Angeles
2010 Big Deal Tiny Creatures, Tiny Creatures, Los Angeles
What the Dust Brings Together, New Gallery, London
Like Death, New Mexico Will Catch Up With You in the End, The Fisher Press, Santa Fe
2009 Objets d’Art II, Young Art, Los Angeles,
Block Party, Young Art, Los Angeles
Power Solitaire, Partners, New Haven
No Right Beast, GroupShowHappening, Los Angeles
The Last Tiny Creature, Tiny Creatures, Los Angeles
2008 Group Show without Andre Butzer, GroupShowHappening, Los Angeles
Under Alvarado, Mexicali Rose, Mexicali, Mexico
Shitty Hippy, Tiny Creatures, Los Angeles
2007 Slow Burn, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles
2006 Ooga Booga Swap Meet, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, California
Performances / Screenings
2019 Solstice Sounding: Dusk Till Dawn (with Seth Olinsky), Human Resources Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Dropping a Pin in Time (with Merz), Saint Ghetto Festival, Dampfzentrale Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Dropping a Pin in Time (with Merz), Coaxial Arts, Los Angeles
Dropping a Pin in Time (with Merz), Perpetual Dune Festival, Wonder Valley, CA
Dropping a Pin in Time (with Merz), FURSTWURLD, Joshua Tree, CA
A Monastic Gig (with Laraaji , Merz, and Shahzad Ismaily), FURSTWURLD, Joshua Tree, CA
Special Projects
2019 Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound, Artwork for Double LP for Laraaji : Merz : Shahzad Ismaily, Dampfzentrale Bern, Switzerland
Rent a New Place, Everything Could Change, Official Music Video for Laraaji : Merz from A Monastic Gig, Dampfzentrale Bern, Switzerland
2015 1299 Ocean Ave., Permanent Public Installation, Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Santa Monica, CA
Residencies
2014 Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
Public Collections
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Publications
2015 Benson, Jesse. "The Benefit of Friends Collected." Project X Foundation for Art & Criticism, Los Angeles, CA
Praz, Rene-Julien. "Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic LA." Piasa Auction House, Paris, France.
2014 Herse, Marcus. “Life Transmissions.” The Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
2012 Kholti, Hedi El. "Animal Shelter Issue 2: Art, Sex, Literature." Semiotext(e), Los Angeles, CA
Dard, Jeanroch. “Close Encounters.” Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Paris
Press
2020 Winston, Fan. In the Glow: A Bright Bushwick Apartment, Courtesy of eBay, Craigslist, and Clever DIY Ideas - Remodelista.com, https://www.remodelista.com/posts/clement-pascal-diy-bushwick-apartment/, 9/11/20
2019 Galalabadimo - Sān Kalahari Desert Vocal and Instrumental Music, Lightning Magazine, lightning-usa.com/ltg-003//galalabadimo-sn- kalahari-desert-vocal-and-instrumental-music, 10/18/19
Merz Taps Laraaji, Shahzad Ismaily for 'Industrial Devotional' Album, Self-Titled Magazine, self-titledmag.com/2019/05/30/merz-laraaji-
shahzad-ismaily-new-album/, 6/7/19
Spice, Anton. Laraaji, Merz and Shahzad Ismaily Release New Album of 'Industrial-Devotional' Music, The Vinyl Factory, thevinylfactory.com/news/laraaji-merz-shahzad-ismaily-dreams-of-sleep-and-wakes-of-sound/, 6/6/19
2017 Thaddeus-Johns, Josie, Holy Shit!, Frieze Magazine, frieze.com/article/holy-shit, 5/26/17
2015 D’Angelo, Madelaine. Arthena Chats with Jed Ochmanek, Huffington Post, 8/14/15
2014 Hemonet, Marina. Les Appartements Galeries, AD Magazine, admagazine.fr/decoration/ouvertures/diaporama/les-
appartements-galeries/6302, 10/7/14
Nelson, Steffie. In L.A., a Group Show Explores the Art of the Obscured, On View, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com, 4/4/14
Broadhurst, Ron, Interior Designer Charlie Ferrer's Showroom Apartment, The Wall Street Journal, wsj.com/articles/interior-designer-
charlie-ferrers-showroom-apartment-1396036540, 3/28/14
Costello, Sara Ruffin. Studio Services, The Find, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com, 2/5/14
2013 Sommer, Danielle. Jed Ochmanek at Young Art, Reviews, Art in America, April, 2013
Fishbeck, Matt. Jed Ochmanek: Breed St., FixeMag.org, 4/1/13
Lidinsky, Richard. Jed Ochmanek: Breed St. at Young Art, lacurrents.com, 2/14/13
2012 Oliver, James. Mirage: Jed Ochmanek Interview, PostNew.com, 8/1/12
2011 Langer, Eli. Elemental Outcroppings, ArtSlant.com, 8/2/11
2010 Uribe, Vincent. Artist of the Week: Jed Ochmanek, LVL3.com, 6/15/10