Aili Schmeltz American, b. 1975
Aili Schmeltz lives and works in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, CA. She received her MFA from the University of Arizona and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. Solo exhibitions include Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA (2022); The Landing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2021); Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2021, 2022 and 2019); Espronceda Center for Art and Culture, Barcelona, Spain (2017), Grand Central Art Center, California State University Fullerton, CA (2013); Prescott College Art Gallery, Arizona (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona (2011); Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha (2008). Group exhibitions include Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2022); Sarasota Art Museum (2019), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (2019), Pasadena Museum of California Art (2017), Friedman Benda Gallery, New York (2014); The Hoxton Gallery, London (2014); Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles (2013) among others. She recently was Artist in Residence at The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in 2022 and recipient of awards such as the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia in 2015, the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Arts in 2013, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants, New York as well as the Creative Capacity Fund Grant of San Francisco in 2011, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2009.
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Cairn 24, 2022
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Cairn 21, 2022
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Cairn 23, 2022
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Cairn 15, 2022
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Cairn 16, 2022
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Cairn 6, 2022
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Sánchez, 2021
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Aline, 2021
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Finley, 2021
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Charley, 2021
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Beasley, 2021
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Botke, 2021
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Cairn 1, 2020
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Cairn 2, 2020
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California Buckwheat, 2020
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Datura, 2020
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Golden Poppy, 2020
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Wallflower, 2020
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Object/Window/Both/Neither Study 44, 2020
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Object/Window/Both/Neither XLIV, 2020
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Object/Window/Both/Neither XLVI, 2019
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Object/Window/Both/Neither XLIX (diptych), 2021
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Object/Window/Both/Neither LII, 2021
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Cast Print XII, 2018
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Cast Print XI, 2018
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Transcendent Voices
Shahla Friberg, Mary Anna Pomonis, Aili Schmeltz, and Bettina Weiß Feb 14 - 25, 2023Transcendent Voices featuring new and recent works by Shahla Friberg, Mary Anna Pomonis, Aili Schmeltz, and Bettina Weiß. Straddling painting and sculpture, the group exhibition features the work of four...Read more -
Pattern | Nature
Sep 12, 2022 - Feb 28, 2023Edward Cella Art & Architecture presents Pattern | Nature, a group exhibition featuring new and recent works by Adam Berg, Kendell Carter, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Constance Mallinson, Brad Miller, Eamon...Read more -
Aili Schmeltz
Sewn Constructions Jun 21 - Aug 20, 2021Edward Cella Art & Architecture proudly presents Aili Schmeltz: Sewn Constructions and features her newest works which combine painting, collage, and sewing to create all together new hybrids in her...Read more -
Aili Schmeltz
Survival Strategies Sep 21 - Nov 22, 2020Announcing the newest drawings and ceramic sculptures of Aili Schmeltz in an online exhibition entitled, Survival Strategies. On view at Artsy.com, the exhibition is presented in an online viewing room...Read more -
Between Worlds
Jun 13, 2020 - Mar 1, 2021Edward Cella Art & Architecture presents Between Worlds, a group exhibition exploring the nature of time and the elusiveness of memory through contending strategies of abstraction and figurative representation. Featuring...Read more -
Aili Schmeltz
A Future Perfect May 11 - Jun 22, 2019Edward Cella Art & Architecture is pleased to announce its debut exhibition featuring Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, CA based artist Aili Schmeltz. This exhibition follows her recent inclusion in...Read more -
Vernacular Environments, Part 2
Jun 9 - Jul 14, 2018Edward Cella Art & Architecture presents Vernacular Environments, Part 2, the second of an annual exhibition that explores a diversity of tensions between environments and asks, what pluralities do we...Read more