MANJU O’ROURKE


b. Chapel Hill, NC, 1972.


Education
2010-2012  MFA in Art studies, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
2010  MFA in Graphic Design, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2006–2007  AAS in Interior Architecture studies, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2004–2005  AAS in Textile/Surface Design studies, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1995  Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC


Group Shows
2012  “In Search of the Miraculous”, University Art Gallery, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
2012  “BOOM 2012”, den contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2012  College Art Association 100th Annual Conference and Centennial Celebration, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2012  “Layered Spaces: Building Up and Breaking Down Representation”, ACT Gallery, Irvine, CA
2012  UCI MFA Open Studios 2012, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
2011  “Ritual Blessing” Performance Art Piece, Contemporary Arts Center Grand Opening, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Irvine, CA
2011  UCI MFA Open Studios 2011, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
2010  Otis MFA Exhibition, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2009  Familiar/Unfamiliar, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California


Collaborations and Projects
2012  “Analog: Among Nations (Mostly) Iteration 4 The Women” by Renee Petropoulos, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012  “Analog: Among Nations (Mostly) Iteration 1” by Renee Petropoulos, MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA
2012  Sound performance by Renee Petropoulos for Venice Beach Biennial, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2012  “And At Once I Knew I Was Not Magnificent”, Flagpole Gallery, Irvine, CA
2011  sound. with renee petropoulos, MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, Los Angeles, California
2010  Scratch for SASSAS, Experimental music ensemble compiled by Cindy Bernard from Scratch Music, Cornelius Cardew, Ed., 1972 and including original scores by Steven Roden and Andy Featherston, Fiesta Hall, Los Angeles, California
2010  MFA Thesis Exhibition, Otis Student Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2009  “Familiar/Unfamiliar”, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


Co-Curated Exhibitions
2012  “Chiasmus: Zones of Political and Aesthetic Imagination”, University Art Gallery, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
2010  “What Matters” International Symposium, Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA


Grants & Scholarships
2011-2012  H.B. and Isabelle Yolen Memorial Scholarship for Painting   
2010–2012  Tuition Remission Fellowship, University of California - Irvine
2008–2010  Otis Institutional Grant, Otis College of Art and Design
2006–2007  AAS Dean’s Scholarship for Interior Architecture, Parsons School of Design


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