ava woo kaufman

ava woo kaufman

b. 1986 San Francisco

lives & works
Point Reyes, California

PRACTICES

Art
Collaboration
Production
Manufacturing
Publishing

PROJECTS

Selected from 2022-2025

CONTACT

avawookaufman at gmail dot com
instagram

Jimmy, 2024

Producer

Film, 67 minutes
Directed by Yashaddai Owens
Starring Benny O. Arthur

Official Selection:

Telluride Film Festival 2024
New York Film Festival 2024
New/Next, Baltimore 2024
Houston Cinema Arts 2024
Indie Memphis 2024
Black Harvest, Chicago 2024
Göteborg Film Festival 2025
Cinéma du Réel 2025

4x4, 2024

Group exhibition on view at Karma, New York

Curated by Ryan Preciado

September 7-October 26, 2024

RAINFOREST CAFE, 2024

Group exhibition on view at Guerrero Gallery, Los Angeles

Curated by Higinio Martinez

June 1-July 6, 2024

THE GIFT OF STRAWBERRIES, 2024

Group exhibition on view at South Willard

March 9-April 21, 2024

“Strawberries first shaped my view of a world full of gifts simply scattered at your feet. A gift comes to you through no action of your own, free, having moved toward you without your beckoning, It is not a reward; you cannot earn it, or call it to you, or even deserve it. And yet it appears. Your only role is to be open-eyed and present. Gifts exist in a realm of humility and mystery-as with random acts of kindness, we do not know their source.”

-Excerpt from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Organized with Pedro Verdin

SOUTH WILLARD, 2024

Group exhibition on view at

Gordon Robichaux

November 5-December 17, 2023

ORIGIN STORY, 2023

Group exhibition on view at

Gordon Robichaux

July 7-August 11, 2023

SELVAGE, 2022

Solo exhibition on view at

South Willard

June 19-July 31, 2022

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023

Rosa Bertoli, 100 Hooks at JB Blunk Estate, Wallpaper Magazine

Aya Muto, Gleaner of the Gleaned, Subsequence Magazine

Buck Ellison, Future Greats 2023: Ava Woo Kaufman, ArtReview

Dan Duray, Five Things to Do in New York’s Art Scene July 5-7, Observer

2022

Perwana Nazif, Ava Woo Kaufman, Los Angeles Review of Books

EXHIBITIONS

-Solo-

2022

SELVAGE at South Willard, Los Angeles, US

-Group-

2024

4x4, Karma, Curated by Ryan Preciado, New York, US

Rainforest Cafe, Guerrero Gallery, Curated by Higinio Martinez, Los Angeles, US

The Gift of Strawberries, South Willard, Organized with Pedro Verdin, Los Angeles, US

2023

100 Hooks, Blunk Space, Point Reyes Station, US

South Willard, Gordon Robichaux, New York, US

Origin Story, Gordon Robichaux, New York, US

2019

La terra piatta è la dimensione lirica di un luogo come se regredire fosse inventare, Octagon, Curated by Matt Paweski and Jacopo Mazzetti, Milan, IT

2018

Softcore, South Willard, curated by Matt Paweski, Los Angeles, US

2015

Vision in Motion, Curator’s Cube, Tokyo, JP

GARMENTS, CLOTH, EMBROIDERY, PRINTS,
TRIMS, INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT, HEIRLOOM

self-manufactured garments with a focus on deadstock, salvaged
and culturally significant textiles from 2012-present

formerly operating under the name ‘Buena Vista’ (2012-2021), the
project is now brandless

each garment is made to order and produced in studio

more information and documentation available here

available year-round
e-mail with any inquiries

PUBLISHING

2023

Home Studio Cooking Life
edition of 100, unique painted watercolor covers

self-published
printed in Chinatown, NYC

available via:
Ooga Booga, LA
Mast Books, NY

2023

Hong Kong Supermarket / I-5 Wuxia
sculpture, and painting folio
edition of 25 +5AP

self-published
printed in Chinatown, NYC

first shown at Gordon Robichaux, NY