Born Los Angeles, CA.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Residencies and Awards
2026 MacDowell Residency, Peterborough, NH (forthcoming)
2026 The Moosey Residency, Norwich, U.K. (forthcoming)
2025 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award Recipient
2024 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2024 Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Carraig-na-gCat, West Cork, Ireland
2024 Chautauqua institution
2023 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, New York
2023 Amaco Brent Scholar
2023 Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
2019 Center for the Book Arts Residency, New York
2018 Plop Residency, London
2018 Artist in Residence, SÍM Residency, Reykjavik
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Moonglow Metanoia, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Mother’s Dream, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Wayfinding, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
2022 A New Devotional: Crystalle Lacouture and Kevin Umaña, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, MA
2021 Wax and Wane, David Richard Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Taking Shape: Mary Laube & Kevin Umaña, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Front-Room: Kevin Umaña and Christina Martinelli, 80WSE Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 We Move Together, curated by Tracy McKenna, Platform Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Mindscape is a Pattern, curated by Caetlynn Booth, Project: ARTspace, New York
Nancy Friedeman-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse.
Uncharted: Artists as Wayfinders, Sun Valley Museum of Art, ID
Infinite Horizons, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
All That Remains, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Cecilia Jurado Chueca, Sugar Hill
Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, New York, NY
Just a Song Before I Go, curated by Michael De Feo, Last Days Gallery, New York, NY
2024 American Landscapes, Munson Art Museum, NY
Fruit And Fruition, Curated By Angela Heisch, Grimm Gallery, New York
Painting Deconstructed, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Looking Back / The 14th White Columns Annual, Selected By Randy Kennedy, White Columns, New York, NY
Neogeoneogeo, Romer Young, San Francisco, Ca
Tooth For Tooth, Lvl3 Gallery, Chicago, Il
2023 Rose Tinted Glasses, Curated By Saša Bogojev, Ojiri Gallery, London, Uk
Chromatics, With Otto Piene Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
Summer Resident Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Mt
Universal Transmission, Curated By Christopher Daharsh, Field Of Play, Brooklyn, NY
Three Person Group Show, Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, Ca
Frieze La, Los Angeles, Ca
Presence As Object, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, St. Louis, Mo
2022 A New Devotional With Crystalle Lacouture, Praise Shadows Gallery, Boston, Ma
Art Basel With Sperone Westwater, Miami, Fl
Lamp Lighter, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, Mo
Material Investment, Newark, Oh
MDW Fair, Plug, Chicago, Il
La Onda, Crossroads Hotel, Kansas City, Mo
Pattern Recognition, Sperone Westwater, New York
Little Windows, Praise Shadows Gallery, Boston, Ma
Dial Tone, Lvl 3 Gallery, Chicago, Il
Joy, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Mo
Artelatinx, Gallery 1516, Omaha, Ne
Duos, Peripheral Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
Outcropping, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY
2021 Grass Is Green, Sapien Gallery, Kansas City, Mo
Flat Files, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, Mo
All The Pieces Matter, Studio Archive Project, New York
Three-Person Show, Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, Ma
Artists In Residence, Center For Book Arts, New York
2020 Taking Shape, (Two-Person With Mary Laube) Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Together In Distance, Artspace, New York, NY
Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts Benefit, Omaha, Ne
Resilience Reflection Rebuilding, Johnson County Museum, Kansas City, Ks
2019 The Unusual Suspects: A View Of Abstraction, DC Moore Gallery, New York
Color, Texture, Design, Pattern, Brilliant Champions, Brooklyn, NY
Line, Signs, In Live, Taipei, Taiwan
Postcards From The Edge, Bortolami Gallery, New York
Serene Forms, Hit Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2018 Hrei∂Ur, Sîm Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Mail Art, Lawrence & Clark Gallery, Chicago, Il
Superposition, Curated By Johnny Abrahams, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
Three-Person Show With David Ellis And Matthew King, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY
Altered Book, Marin Museum Of Contemporary Art, Marin, Ca
Design On A Dime, Element Design + Aaron Mapp, New York, NY
End Of Summer, Koppel Project Hive, London, Uk
Re_arrange, Juxtapoz Projects, Jersey City, NJ
Endless Editions Biannual, Elizabeth Foundation Of Arts, New York, NY.
2017 Front-Room, (Two-Person With Christina Martinelli) 80wse Gallery, New York, NY
Western Decoy, No Place Gallery, Columbus, Oh
General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
Art Book, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, Ca
Gifc, The Hole, New York, NY
Artists Book Show, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Blankets As Art, Legion Sf, San Francisco, Ca
Borge's Infinite Library, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Endless Editions Biannual, Elizabeth Foundation Of Arts, New York, NY
Winter Group Exhibition, Athen B Gallery, Oakland, Ca
Obstacles, Merchants Of Reality Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
Vision//Perception, Forthrite Gallery, Oakland, Ca
Sorry Dudes, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, Ca
Tomorrow, Today, The Luggage Store Project, San Francisco, Ca
Welkome Baek, Adobe Books, San Francisco, Ca
Art Book, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2015 A Walk With Friends, Everyday Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2014 Herradura Barrel Pop-Up, Public Works, San Francisco, Ca
Lexical Features, Art Primo, San Francisco, Ca
Beyond The Consciousness, Cellspace Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
No Show, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, Ca
Folgen Dem Fuhrer Nicht, Moco Gallery, Oakland, Ca
Spring Fling, Furball Collective, San Francisco, Ca
Joe’s Room, Mary Weather, Oakland, Ca
Selfie, Ccsc Sfsu Art Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2013 Summer Fling, San Franpsycho, San Francisco, Ca
La Gran Pachanga, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
Among Us, F8 Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
4/20 Group Show, San Franpsycho , San Francisco, Ca
Curatorial Projects
2025 Curator, Pungent Pollen, Utopia Gallery, Kingston, NY. July 17 - September 13, 2025
2022 Curator, Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum. Springfield, MO. June 4 - August 28, 2022.
2016 Curator, Tomorrow, Today, The Luggage Store Project, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Contributor for the Coastal Post
The Erku Project
Site Series
Collections
National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C
Archie Bray Foundation Collection
Cleveland Clinic Art Collection
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Morgan Stanley Art Collection
Fidelity Mutual Funds Collection
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Munson Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Center for Book Arts Library, New York, NY
San Francisco Public Library
The United Nations Art Collection
Selected Bibliography
2025 Eckstein Jones, Laura. “This Corten-Clad Sonoma Estate by Studio Collins Weir Has Humble Roots,” www.modernluxury.com (Modern Luxury), 2 June 2025.
Larkin, Daniel. “Exhibition at Children’s Museum Decolonizes Color,” hyperallergic.com (Hyperallergic), 27 April 2025.
Wilson, Alaylia. “'Uncharted' to explore history through mapping, mending and memory,” www.mtexpress.com (Idaho Mountain Express), 10 April
Feature, Oen
Interview, Lvl3
2018 Ross, Jessica. “Review: Recollected Forms @ Joshua Liner Gallery, NYC.” www.juxtapoz.com (Juxtapoz), 7 May 2018.Feature,
Feature, Wired Magazine, July 2017
Brewer, Jenny. “Kevin Umaña’s abstract paintings portray a musical symphony.” www.itsnicethat.com (It’s Nice That), 16 January
McRae, Carla. “Kevin Umaña's colourful, sharp-edged abstractions.” www.oddpears.com (Odd Pears), 28 March 2017.
2016 “Studio Visit: Kevin Umaña.” momaps1.org (MoMA PS1), 2016.
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