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# Irrational Exhibits

Curator & Director - Deborah Oliver

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- [Open Call: Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2025: VOICE](https://irrationalexhibits.com/news/open-call-art-in-odd-places-aiop-2025-voice/) - OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS The City of West Hollywood presents Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2025: VOICE APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST ENGAGEMENT | AGENCY | PRESENCE | RESONANCE Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2025: VOICE Curated by Deborah Oliver @irationalexhibits, asks artists to consider and explore the many ways voices
- [CTSA Awards the 2021-22 Research & Innovation Grants](https://irrationalexhibits.com/news/ctsa-awards-the-2021-22-research-innovation-grants/) - The Research and Innovation Advisory Committee (RI Committee), composed of a faculty member from each CTSA department, awarded the following proposals for the 2021-2022 academic year: Deborah Oliver, Associate Professor, Art ($8,000 Faculty Prize): The Art of Performance @ UCI 7th Edition. An annual event dedicated to experimentation in live art co-founded by Oliver and
- [The PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/the-state-of-performance-art/) - The MIT Press Journals - PAJ: Journal of Performance and Art
- [Deborah Oliver’s ‘Irrational Exhibits’](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/deborah-olivers-irrational-exhibits/) - October 16, 2006 How do you view art? Do you view it through the screen, on the wall? Does your art touch you? And this isn’t meant emotionally. Does your art reach out its hands and place its skin against yours? Does it breathe? Does it look back at you as you stare? Does it
- [LACE PRESENTS “Irrational Exhibits 10th Anniversary: Mapping the Divide”](https://irrationalexhibits.com/news/ie-10/) - Opening Performance: June 3, 2017 7-9PM Exhibition Dates: June 4-10, 2017 Closing Performance and Reception: June 10, 2017 4-6 PM Curated and Produced by Deborah Oliver Featuring Artists: Zeina Baltagi, Michael Bizon, Claudia Bucher, Jarred Cairns, Juan Capistran, Reanne Estrada/Chistina Rhee, Nathalia Fagundes, Janice Gomez, Adele Han Li, Steve Irvin, Curt LeMieux, Thinh Nyugen, Cindy
- [Artillery Magazine: Eternal Messages to The Middle East](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/artillery-magazine-eternal-messages-to-the-middle-east/) - Artillery Magazine visited “Irrational Exhibits 10th Anniversary: Mapping the Divide” and got to see the art & performances of Claudia Bucher, and Lara Salmon. Tattoos, humanitarian work, and physical endurance got them talking. View full article
- [Rainbow Jam](https://irrationalexhibits.com/news/rainbow-jam/) - Rainbow Jam Thursday, October 27, 2016 7PM RSVP info@fallenfruit.org UCI Art Department, Claire Trevor School of the Arts Experimental Media and Performance Lab (xMPL) Curated by Deborah Oliver
- [LACE PRESENTS “IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 9: REPORTS FROM THE FIELD”](https://irrationalexhibits.com/news/dont-miss-irrational-exhibits-9/) - May 24, 2016 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions presents Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports From the Field on June 8, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. The one-night event features live art curated by Deborah Oliver and includes works by Claudia Bucher, Ryan Bulis and Brian Black, Kent Anderson Butler, Marsian De Lellis, Monica Duncan and Samantha Mohr, Kristina Faragher, Janice Gomez, Flora Kao, Curt LeMieux, Juan Meneses, Thinh Nguyen, Liz Nurenberg,
- [LA Weekly: Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports from the Field](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/laweekly-ie9/) - By Catherine Wagley Sixteen artists will present new work all at once this week at “Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports from the Field” at LACE. Part of a series launched in 2001, “Irrational Exhibits” are conceived as live group shows. The artists perform at the same time, some all evening long. Liz Nurenberg, who makes seductive
- [Un-Space Ground via iRez](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/un-space-ground-via-irez/) - LOS ANGELES, February 25 — Un-Space Ground: The Unvisited, Unnamed, and Uninhabited Empty Areas beneath the Normally-Used Parts of the Urban Landscape. A live site-specific public performance event curated by Ed Woodham, Art In Odd Places (NYC) and Deborah Oliver, Irrational Exhibits (LA) Read Full Article
- [Un-Space Ground via AIOP](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/un-space-ground-via-aiop/) - Presenting visual and performance art in unexpected public spaces. Read Full Article
- [Un-Space Ground](https://irrationalexhibits.com/news/un-space-ground/) - http://vimeo.com/50653815 The College Art Association (CAA) 100th Centennial Conference, Los Angeles The CAA and ARTspace present: Un-Space Ground: A site specific outdoor visual & performance art event curated and produced by Deborah Oliver and Ed Woodham as part of ARTspace “Art in the Public Realm” Symposia. Saturday February 25th, 2012 - 12Noon to 1:00PM At
- [Don't miss Irrational Exhibits 8](https://irrationalexhibits.com/news/dont-miss-irrational-exhibits-8/) - Date: April 16, 2011 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Brian Black and Ryan Bulis, Jarred Cairns, Mariel Carranza with Carol McDowell, Carol Cetrone/Perpetua & Company, Alexis Disselkoen and Aaron Valenzuela, Monica Duncan and Ross Karre, Kristina Faragher and Curt LeMieux with Rochelle Fabb and Alec Fraiser, Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, Thinh Nguyen, Liz Nurenberg, Nancy
- [Irrational Exhibits 4: Press Release](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/irrational-exhibits-4-press-release/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Deborah Oliver 323.669.1668 Laurie Steelink 310.264.4678 Track 16 Gallery presents IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 4 Curated by Deborah Oliver 12 Performance Installations One Night Only Saturday, November 19, 2005, at 8:00 P.M. Admission $12 Reservations required 310.264.4678 IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 4 follows in the tradition of its own innovative past: simultaneous and continuous presentation
- [Irrational Exhibits 5: Press Release](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/irrational-exhibits-5-press-release/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Deborah Oliver 323.388.7777 Laurie Steelink 310.264.4678 Track 16 Gallery and Deborah Oliver present IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 5 Curated by Deborah Oliver Saturday, October 21, 2006, 8:00 PM 19 Artists, One Night Only Admission $12, Students w/ I.D. $10 RSVP: 310.264.4678 Track 16 Gallery is pleased to present the fifth anniversary edition of
- [Irrational Exhibits 6: Press Release](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/irrational-exhibits-6-press-release/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Deborah Oliver 323.388.7777 Laurie Steelink 310.264.4678 Track 16 Gallery and Deborah Oliver present IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 6 Curated by Deborah Oliver Saturday, November 3, 2007, 8:00 PM 17 Artists, One Night Only Admission $12 RSVP: 310.264.4678 Pre-payment by credit card accepted 4 October, 2007, Santa Monica—Returning to Track 16 Gallery for the
- [Irrational Exhibits 7: Press Release](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/irrational-exhibits-7-press-release/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Deborah Oliver 323.388.7777 Laurie Steelink 310.264.4678 IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 7 ONE NIGHT ONLY PERFORMANCE – INSTALLATION – VIDEO ART SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009 8:00 PM CURATED BY DEBORAH OLIVER Purchase tickets online at: http://www.smartartpress.com/products/ir7 17 February, 2009—Track 16 Gallery is pleased to present the seventh edition of IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS, the experimental performance
- [Irrational Exhibits 8: Press Release](https://irrationalexhibits.com/press/irrational-exhibits-8-press-release/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:Deborah Oliver (323) 388-7777 Laurie Steelink (310) 264-4678 Track 16 Gallery is pleased to present Irrational Exhibits 8 Curator: Deborah Oliver April 16, 8:00 PM - Tickets $12.00 Students $10 w/ ID RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED: Please call (310) 264-4678 Purchase tickets online Performance - Installation – Video Art Screens are the interface of

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- [Home](https://irrationalexhibits.com/) - Recent News: The City of West Hollywood presents Art in Odd Places 2025: VOICE / West Hollywood ENGAGEMENT | AGENCY | PRESENCE | RESONANCE Curator Deborah Oliver JULY 25, 26, & 27, 2025 | 4–9pm The City of West Hollywood presents Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2025: VOICE – ENGAGEMENT | AGENCY | PRESENCE
- [UCI Student Work](https://irrationalexhibits.com/student-work/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9o1fVsHnKM&t=1s Did you catch it? A Performance Event 2015 https://youtu.be/tAMXBNUWrT8 Human Connection in Digital Space A video compilation of student Performance Art work Spring Quarter 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImUNypkjliY Jerod Thompson - Creation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9WsZ2tVevA Taryn Lee - Need https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERyaXbhFqS8 Joey and Marisa - Performance and the Camera Landscape/Movement/Gesture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X51znG6j4Mk Analy Nevarez Lopez - Shaping, Molding, Loving, it's
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- [About](https://irrationalexhibits.com/about/) - Irrational Exhibits Performance – Installation – Video Art Screens are the interface of our time, not just for entertainment, but for social, personal and business connections as well. One evening of LIVE ART can counter months of screen time and isolation. In IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS (curated by Deborah Oliver), artists perform simultaneously in a spacious immersive environment
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## Portfolio

- [Irrational Exhibits 13](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-13/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17QFMiM3wWM Irrational Exhibits 13: Juxtaposing Terrains An evening of Durational Performance, Video, Sound Art, and Photography October 26, 2024 - One night only 7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m | Free entry With Post Show Reception At 5 Galleries in The Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015 Floors 1, 5, & 8 Download
- [Irrational Exhibits 1](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-1/) - Date: June 29, 2001 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Liz Young, Tony Mendoza, Claudia Bucher, Jeff Cain, Lauren hartman, Mary Cecile Gee, Juan Capistran, Lida Abdullah, Peter Schroff, Anne Bray, Steve Irvin, Anne Perich, Barry Morse, Josie Roth, Flux Fix, and music and projects by Libythth. Download IE1 Press Release (pdf) Video Documentation - Coming Soon!
- [Irrational Exhibits 2](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-2/) - Date: April 18, 2003 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Linda Abdulla, Claudia Bucher, Kent Anderson Butler, David Riley-Burns, George Demantay, The Elizabeths: M. Micole Hebron, Elizabeth Tobia and Elizabeth Tremante, Noelle Mason, Peter Schroff, David Khang, Slang: Danielle Brazell and Tre Temerilli. Download IE2 Press Release (pdf) Video Documentation - Coming Soon!
- [Irrational Exhibits 5](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-5/) - Date: October 21, 2006 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Brian Black and Ryan Bulis, Seann Brackin, Gul Cagin/Erdem Helvacioglu, Mariel Carranza, Doran George, Dave Ghilarducci, Janice Gomez, Joe Hernandez, Stephanie Hutin and Florencio Zavala, Andres Janacua, Noelle Mason, Ingram Ober, Carrie Paterson, Ed Pelissier, Nancy Popp, Marisol Rendón, Steve Shoffner, Matt Wardell, HK Zamani / Ami
- [Irrational Exhibits 4](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-4/) - Date: November 19, 2005 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Tony Banuelos, Dave Burns, Claudia Bucher and Julie Lequin, Mariel Carranza, Carol Cetrone, aka Perpetua, Zack Davis, The Elizabeths: Elizabeth Tremante, Micole Elisabeth Hebron and Kristin Elizabeth Calabrese, Janice Gomez, Douglas Green, David Khang, Tiffany Trenda Download IE 4 Press Release (pdf) https://vimeo.com/38904617
- [Irrational Exhibits 3](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-3/) - Date: October 23, 2004 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Lida Abdul, Mariel Carranza , Ed Pelissier, Lauren Hartman/Curt Lemieux, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Noelle Mason/Brian Stansbury, Steve Shoffner, Liz Young, Gul Cagin, Chusien Chang, Hunter Hazen, Habib Kheradyar/Jitka Havlickova, David Khang and Ingram Ober. Videos by: Ben Shaffer, Young Chung, Lucas Michael, Rika Ohara Sound Installation by: Tony
- [Irrational Exhibits 6](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-6/) - Date: November 3, 2007 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Gabriela Arreola, Benjamin Bellas & Justin Cooper, Brian Black & Ryan Bulis, Anne Bray & Deborah Oliver & Janice Gomez, Amanda Browder & Stuart Keeler, David Burns, Kent Anderson Butler & Andrew Buehler, Mariel Carranza, Kristina Faragher & Curt LeMieux, Tim Folland, Dave Ghilarducci, Cathalijne Kapteyn &
- [Irrational Exhibits 7](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-7/) - Date: March 7, 2009 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Brian Black & Ryan Bulis; Kent Anderson Butler; Gul Cagin; Mariel Carranza w/Svetlana Darsalia, Asher Hartman, Adam Overton, and Lindsey Walker; Nicole Hayashida; Joe Hernandez & Emilie McMahon; Alejandra Herrera; Steve Irvin; Marcus Kuiland-Nazario w/Leigh Ann Hahn; Dana Maiden & Lizabeth Eva Rossof; Jamie McMurry; Paul Oshima
- [Irrational Exhibits 8](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-8/) - Date: April 16, 2011 Location: Track16 Gallery Artists: Brian Black and Ryan Bulis, Jarred Cairns, Mariel Carranza with Carol McDowell, Carol Cetrone/Perpetua & Company, Alexis Disselkoen and Aaron Valenzuela, Monica Duncan and Ross Karre, Kristina Faragher and Curt LeMieux with Rochelle Fabb and Alec Fraiser, Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, Thinh Nguyen, Liz Nurenberg, Nancy
- [Irrational Exhibits 9](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-9/) - Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports From the Field Date: JUNE 8, 2016 @ 7PM Location: LACE Artists: Claudia Bucher, Ryan Bulis and Brian Black, Kent Anderson Butler, Marsian De Lellis, Monica Duncan and Samantha Mohr, Kristina Faragher, Janice Gomez, Flora Kao, Curt LeMieux, Juan Meneses, Thinh Nguyen, Liz Nurenberg, Nancy Popp, Bradford Chan Prairie, Lara Salmon,
- [Irrational Exhibits 10](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-10/) - Opening Performance: June 3, 2017 7-9PM Exhibition Dates: June 4-10, 2017 Closing Performance and Reception: June 10, 2017 4-6 PM Location: LACE Artists: Zeina Baltagi, Michael Bizon, Claudia Bucher, Jarred Cairns, Juan Capistran, Reanne Estrada/Chistina Rhee, Nathalia Fagundes, Janice Gomez, Adele Han Li, Steve Irvin, Curt LeMieux, Thinh Nyugen, Cindy Rehm, Lara Salmon, Eduardo Sanchez, Alexander Smith, Freddy Villalobos, Sichong Xie, and HK Zamani. Download IE 10 Press Release (pdf) https://vimeo.com/265633303 In honor of Irrational Exhibits’ 10th
- [Irrational Exhibits 11](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-11/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-RA9HcTaTY IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 11: PLACE-MAKING AND SOCIAL MEMORY One night only: November 9, 2019 7 – 9pm, Free, no RSVP needed The Bendix Building 1206 Maple Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015 Curated and Produced by Deborah Oliver Download IE 11 Press Release PERFORMANCE | INSTALLATION | MEDIA At multiple galleries in the Bendix Building: Track
- [Irrational Exhibits 12](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/irrational-exhibits-12/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fV7woxfpKw Video by Corey Nguyen, Edited by Jean Hsi, and sound edit by Jerod Thompson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr7a_zP4JzI Video by Diego Koizumi Nishimura and sound edit by Jerod Thompson IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 12: BODY, MATERIALITY AND SYSTEMS One night only: May 27, 2023 7 – 9pm, Free, no RSVP needed The Bendix Building 1206 Maple Ave,
- [Irrational Exhibits Catalogue 2001 – 2019](https://irrationalexhibits.com/portfolio/ie-catalogue-2001-2009/) - We are excited to announce the arrival of the Irrational Exhibits Catalogue 2001 - 2019 Download Catalogue (pdf) | Order Hardcover Catalogue | Softcover Catalogue This project was funded by Metabolic Studios a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

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