Wes Weisbaum
Wesweisbaum@alum.calarts.edu
Education
2023 MFA in Photography and Media
California Institute of the Arts, CA
2019 B.A in Studio Art (Catherine Lord Residency)
University of California, Irvine, CA
Experience
2024 Gallery Intern
Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022-23 Graduate Assistant
California Institute of the Arts, CA
2019-20 Painter/Props Fabricator
Independent Studio Services, Sunland, CA
2018 Teaching Artist
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Teaching Artist
Creative Connections internship with Costa Mesa High School, CA
Catalyst Gallery
University of California, Irvine, CA
Studio Intern
Artist Alison O’Daniel, Los Angeles, CA
Lead Photographer
Family Vacation Center, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Production Assistant
Radical Media, Los Angeles, CA
2016 House Manager, Department of Theater, Film, and Digital Production,
University of California, Riverside, CA
Awards
2024 Reef Residency
California Institute of the Arts, CA
2022 Allan Sekula Social Documentary Grant
California Institute of the Arts, CA
Dee Williams Memorial Grant
California Institute of the Arts, CA
2021 Alpay Scholarship
Palos Verdes Art Center, CA
2019 Studio Art Honors
Residency in Catherine Lord Undergraduate Honors Studio
University of California, Irvine, CA
2018 H.B. and Isabel Yolen Memorial Scholarship
University of California, Irvine, CA
2017 Eden Helen Beach Scholarship
University of California, Irvine, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 The Mourning She, A402 Gallery, CalArts
2022 Beyond/Smoke/Break… We Need A Break, A402 Gallery, CalArts
2018 I Just Wanted to be an Artist, Catalyst Gallery, UC Irvine
Group Exhibitions
2024 Biconic Film Fest: Centering the Bi+ Umbrella, Eclectic Box, San Francisco, CA
Infrastructures, UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA
2023 Enby Party: Life Cycles, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA
The Comeback Festival, Art Share L.A, CA
Irrational Exhibits 12, Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, CA
Sharon Lockhart and Ariel Osterweis Talent Show, Redcat, CA
Liquify, Yiwei Gallery, Venice, CA
2022 Sharon Lockhart’s Talk Talk Talk Group Show, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, CalArts, CA
Shit In The Dirt Film Festival, The Apohadion Theater, Portland, ME
Here, There, and Nowhere, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Correspond, Western Michigan University, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
The New Film Underground, Art Share L.A, CA
Mutual Gravity, MFA Residency Group Show, CalArts, CA
Los Angeles Alternative Cinema Showcase, Art Share L.A, CA
An LGBTQ+ Experience: Healing and Resilience, Altadena Libraries, CA
Greater Los Angeles MFA (GLAMFA) CSU Long Beach, CA
Video Sound Archive, Season 3, Videosoundarchive.com
2021 Now Trending: Alpay Exhibition, Palos Verde Art Center, Palos Verde, CA
Audiovisual Frontiers, UCR ARTS, Riverside, CA
2019 Of Impermanence, Honors Exhibition, UAG, UC Irvine, CA
Chiffon and Indiscrete Glitter, Room Gallery, UC Irvine, CA
Mariangeles Soto-Diaz: Everyday Grappling Operations, OCMA, Irvine, CA
Collectors Choice 2019, Studio Channel Islands, CA
15th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, UAG, UC Irvine, CA
2018 Art About Fucking, Maiden LA, Los Angeles, CA
Now Trending, Palos Verde Art Center, Palos Verde, CA
14th Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, UAG, UC Irvine, CA
Simone Forti and Friends, xMPL, UC Irvine, CA
2017 Identity: Juried Exhibition, UC Irvine, CA
2016 Divergent Harmony, Phyllis Gill Gallery, UC Riverside, CA
Publications
2022 Selected Poems, Feminist Poetics, By Andrea Quaid
2020 Selected Poems, Eye Can’t See (((But I Shoegaze))) By Jean Hsi
2018 “When You Have to Call 911 For a Suicidal Parent”, The Mighty
“Right Here” New Forum, Cover Photo Issue 23
“Traffic Jam” Pomona Valley Review Issue 12
“Scattered Sense of Self” Pomona Valley Review Issue 12