Olga Koumoundouros

Background

Koumoundouros was born in New York, New York in 1965.

Education

She received her Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California in 2001.

Career

Her sculptures and installations address issues of real estate, gentrification and social justice. After her neighbors" house was abandoned, she occupied the space and transformed it into a work of art 2013 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2002 1999.

Achievements

• We made life here for a little while, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Office-site, Altadena, California Dream Home Resource Center, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California Transformer Display for Community Fundraising: Phase 4, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York (two-person show with Andrea Bowers) Possessed by Glint and Dreams, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, California Wall Works: CART-What Do We Need to Get By and How Do We Get There?, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, California Demand Management, REDCAT, Los Angeles, California (June 26 – August 23, 2009) Great Expectations and The Wreck of the Hope, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (Project Space) "A Roof Upended,” Open Satellite, Bellevue, Washington. "Thieves Vinegar,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen Germany. "More Yellow Wallpaper,” Mullin Gallery, Occidental College, Los Los Angeles "Designated Hitters at the Spider Hole,” Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany. "#9", 5301 Sunset boulevard, Los Angeles, California (two-person show with Rodney McMillian) "Just in Case,” INMO Gallery, Chung King Road, Chinatown, Los Los Angeles