Born in Long Beach, California in 1982, Jonathon Hornedo’s polypractice includes painting, writing, photography, and events. A Costa Rican-American gluten-free ambivert, he lives and works in Lakewood, California.
EDUCATION
2023 MFA in Art, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2010 BA in Art, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2000-07 Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS
2023 Still Lifing, CalArts, Room A402, Santa Clarita, CA
2022 Nice Work, CalArts Room A402, Santa Clarita, CA
2020 True Signs Opening Party, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Adult Contemporary Tour, Malibu, CA
2018Adult Contemporary, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2017Now Showing, curated by Tyler Waxman, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
2016What's Knew Tour, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
What’s Knew Album Signing, Art Catalogs at Museum Of Contemporary Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2013A Case of the Afternoon Mimosa, Temple Ad Hoc, Los Angeles, CA
Copernican Et Cetera, Long Beach City College, CA
2012Canvas Panels, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS
2024Infrastructures, United Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
Curated by Meghan Gordon
2023 New Paintings of Ordinary Events, Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
à bientôt,CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA
The Hot Chocolate Readings, Annex Gallery, CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA
Venice, Home LA, Venice, CA, In collaboration with Young Joon Kwak and Kim Ye
2022 MFA Group Show, CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA
2018CalArts Print Fair, Cal Arts Main Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Monster Drawing Rally, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2016Hermetic Abstraction, AR Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Gong Show, Club Pro, Los Angeles, CA
Current LA Biennial (with KCHUNG), Los Angeles, CA
2015I Was There, The Property, Los Angeles, CA
Lawn Ornaments, Outside Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
See Through, SOLAR @ Elsie's Watch and Jewelry Repair, Los Angeles, CA
2014Picnic Invitational, Eagle Rock Recreation Center, Los Angeles, CA Curated by Stephen Bankhead
Bounce Wiggle Bop, Dave Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Topical Constructions: Paper Works + Actions, Gun Gallery, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Popular Panorama, Secret Recipe, Los Angeles, CA
2013Monster Drawing Rally, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Chockablock, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA, Curated by Kristina Newhouse
Doing Pennants, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Curated by Paul W. Evans
Managing Modality, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
Decomposition, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Constance Mallinson
2010Exit Strategy, Hillel Center at UCLA, CA, Curated by Claire Kohne
2009Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, CA, Curated by Mark Allen
Entitled, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, CA
Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, CA
Liminal State, Undergraduate Gallery, UCLA, CA
2006XOXO, 2nd City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Student Art, Long Beach City College, Art Dept. Gallery, CA
OTHER EVENTS/CURATORIAL
2024Becoming the Archive: A Writing Now Symposium, CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA
2017Now Open, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016Laundromat Book Club, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rated PG with Anthony Bodlović, KPFK 90.7FM Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, CA
Worldly, BotWatch, email exhibition
2015Caffeine Juice, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014Avocados, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Subleaser, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013Leg Room, Projector Projects, Los Angeles, CA Co-curated with Paul W. Evans
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2024 Visiting Artist Writing Workshop, Rhode Island Institute of Design, RD
2022 The Art and Art History Lecture Series: Possible Worlds, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ
GRANTS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIP
2023 Interdisciplinary Grant, California Institute of the Arts
2016 “Sexiest Performance”, Gong Show, Club Pro, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Yo Yo Yo Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2009 UCLA Department of Art Undergraduate Scholarship
FILMOGRAPHY
2024 except for i only want it to be me, acting role,a short film directed by Izzy Dent
2018Paint My Face, a documentary by Edwin Li, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Strip Mall Magazine, “Living Facility”
2017 Jonathon Hornedo, "Petra Kujau: The Paintings", dissolvesf.org
2014 The Parkfield Review, Insert Press
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Carolina A. Miranda, "A Floating Library and Artist Record Store: 9 Must-See Booths and Events at the LA Art Book Fair", Los Angeles Times, February 10
2014 Catherine Wagley, "Five Artsy Things To Do in L.A. This Week", LA Weekly, Aug 15
Carol Cheh, “9 New Alternative Art Spaces to Check Out Now”, LA Weekly, March, 6
Catherine Wagley, “Five Artsy Things To Do In L.A. This Week”, LA Weekly, Jan. 31
2013 Catherine Wagley, "Five Artsy Things To Do in L.A. This Week", LA Weekly, July 24
Anna Bruinsma, "Leg Room", notesonlooking.com
Latoya Raveneau “A Peculiar Reading”, notesonlooking.com, April
2012 David Pagel, “Canvas Panels Part II: a clever answer to downsizing", Los Angeles Times, August 23
Geoff Tuck, "Blank Canvases and Jonathon Hornedo and Clair de Lune", notesonlooking.com, August
