Edward Lightner

Born in Bakersfield California in 1960. Grew up there, went to school there and received my BA from Cal State Bakersfield in the mid 1980's. Moved to Florida and attended University of South Florida for a year, traveled some, and was generally happy to say that I was from Bakersfield, not living there now. Received MA from Cal State Northridge in late '80s then settled in the LA area. It was here that I first really explored my sexuality, and of course promptly became HIV+. Such is life.

My HIV status, however, has informed much of the art that I create. It is not driven by it, but it does affect many of my choices of images and themes, along with an interest in recontextualizing much of the industrial music I prefer, religious dogma and a good helping of what many would deem pornographic imagery.

1990MA - Cal State University, Northridge
1987University of South Florida, Tampa
1984BA - Cal State University, Bakersfield

SELECTED 1 PERSON EXHIBITIONS

10-07 "The End." solo show, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
6-06 "pay your respects to the vultures" L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
9-04 "Fluffy" L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
8-04 "the sum total of my artistic experiences" temp. instalation, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA.
9-03 "Remote Viewer" BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
11-02 "Images Of The Purple Priesthood" Highways, Santa Monica, CA
10-96 "life / death intersection" Highways, Santa Monica, CA
11-89 "Epistemological Reality" North Gallery, Cal St University, Northridge, CA
6-87 "Symbol: Those / We" Center Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

8-10 "Heroworship: a graphic tale of epic proportions," C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2-10 "Postcards From The Edge 2010", ZieherSmith, New York, NY
10-09 "Plastic, Rubber + Wood," Beth McNeill, curator, McNeill Art Group Project Space in Tribeca, New York, NY
9-09"Parallel Universes" L2kontemporary in Chinatown Los Angeles featuring myself and Keiko Fukazawa...