Freddy Chandra



1979Born in Jacarta, Indonesia
1997Regents’ Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, California
2002                B.A., Architecture & Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley, California
Eisner Prize in Art, University of California, Berkeley, California
2003                 Catherine Morgan Trefethen Fellowship, Mills College, Oakland, California
2004M.F.A., Studio Art, Mills College, Oakland, California
Herringer Prize for Excellence in Studio Art
2006Kala Art Institute Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
2007Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2009Artist in Residence, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, New York, NY
2010Nominee, SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California


Solo Exhibitions

2014Tuning In, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco
2013Drift Expanse, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles
2012Surface Tension, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2011New Work, Fabbri C.A., Milan, Italy
2010In Place of Equivalence , Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg , Duesseldorf, Germany
Verge, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2009Listening Sequence, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
2007Fugitive Horizons, Project Space, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
Three Minutes from Now, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
2001 Three-Part Installation, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, USA


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2012 Surface Tension, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2011White-Hot, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2010Beyond Painting, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Identity Based Vertigo, Walter Maciel Gallery, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood
Inspiration Unlimited, Walter Maciel Gallery, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood
2009Abstract Re-Generation, Fabbri C.A, Milan, Italy
Metaphysical Abstraction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, USA
2008Pattern reDefined, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
From the Headlands, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA, USA
The Space Between, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA
2007Chain Reaction, Garage Biennale, The Garage, San Francisco, USA
WorkADay, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA
Close Calls: 2007, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
2005 Emerge, 8th Annual GenArt Exhibition, San Francisco, USA
2004Thesis Exhibition: Counterpoise, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, USA