Born in Salt Lake City, UT
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City
Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
The Fairview Museum of Art and History, Fairview, Utah
Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont
State of Utah Art Collection, Salt Lake City
EDUCATION
Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, 2013
BFA, Brigham Young University, Provo, 2011
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2002
SOLO & COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2026 Babst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2023 "Triplet states (+1)," 56 Henry, New York, NY
2022 "Ghetto Biennale" with Atis Rezistans, St. Kunigundis, Documenta Fifteen, Kassel, Germany
2022 "Ghetto Biennale" with DualForces Los Angeles, St. Kunigundis, Documenta Fifteen, Kassel, Germany
2022 "Ages of Ages," The Ranch, Montauk, NY
2021 "XIXNXGXUXLXAXRXIXTXY," No Gallery, NY
2021 "Focus Beings, Final Hot Desert," Undisclosed location, UT
2020 " Ritual Technologies" with A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S, Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
2020 "Facets of Being," Shoot the Lobster, Los Angeles, CA
2020 "Sinkhole Projects," Baltimore, MD
2020 "Omnidimensional Interconnectedness," The Bunker, Malibu, CA
2019 "A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S = ∞999777555333111000222444666888∞," Five Car Garage, Los Angeles, CA
2019 "Facets of Enlightenment," Marlborough, New York, CA
2019 "Facets of Endarkenment," Stems Gallery, Brussels
2018 "A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S," Michael Thibault Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S = ∞000222444666888999777555333111∞," Sandwich, Bucharest
2018 "A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S = ∞888666444222000111333555777999∞," CAPITAL, San Francisco, CA
2018 "A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S," Conscious Life Expo, Los Angeles, CA
2016 "A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S," Shoot the Lobster, Los Angeles CA
2017 "L, AND NOW," Dallas, TX
2016 "HSD.1952.078.a - HSD.1952.078.g," Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2015 "N.I.R.," JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
2015 "Silver Cord, AND NOW, Dallas, TX
2015 "Hie to Kolob," Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2014 "Objects from the Wendover Collection," Historical Society of Deseret at CLUI, Wendover, UT
2013 "Special Meal," Thank You For Coming, Los Angeles, CA
2012 "ABRACADABRA," Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, CA
2011 "Master Mahan," Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT
PERFORMANCES
2022 "∞DÄËMÖËNGËL∞I∞LËGNËÖMËÄD∞," Undisclosed location
2019 Interdimensional Ritual in colloboration as A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S, Ana Roxanne, Getty Museum, Los Angeles
2019 Interdimensional Ritual in collaboration as A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S, Sariev Gallery + Open Arts Foundation, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 "Each Memory Recalled Must Do Some Violence To Its Origins," Undisclosed location, UT
2024 "Presque Vu," Central Server Works, Los Angeles, CA
2024 "PANTHEON," One Trick Pony, Los Angeles, CA
2024 "PLUTO, Leadapron Inc," Los Angeles, CA
2023 "Make this dirt cleaner, Final Hot Desert," Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 "Strange Attractors, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art, Vol. 3," Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2022 "The Wild and the Tame," Denny Dimin Gallery, Hong Kong
2022 "<333," Noon Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2022 "The Light We Seek," Gallery x Chiao, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 "Life Like," JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
2021 "Technolust: Objectophilic Futures," WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 "A+ Celebration, "ArtNutri Gallery, Taiwan
2021 "100 Sculptures," Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY
2021 "Anima Mundi," Five Car Garage, Los Angeles, CA
2021 "Gravity Hill," Sinkhole, East Valley, Los Angeles, CA
2021 "We’re Just Havin’ Fun," Bill Brady, Los Angeles, CA
2021 "Hyperspace Lexicon Vol. 3," Los Angeles, CA
2021 "Great Awakening: Vision And Synthesis in LDS Contemporary Art," Center Gallery, New York, NY
2021 "Everyday Magic: Artistic/Gnostic Impulses," National Arts Club, New York, NY
2021 "The Forest and the Sea," Five Car Garage, Los Angeles, CA
2020 "Hollywood Babylon," Jeffrey Deitch + Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
2020 "Unsympathetic Magic," No Gallery, New York, NY
2020 "Pineal Eye Infection," Seasons, Los Angeles, CA
2020 "Magia Naturalis," Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2020 "100 Sculptures," No Gallery + Anonymous Gallery + Von Ammon Co., Los Angeles, CA
2020 "18 LA Artists," Outono Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2019 "Sport Cult," Team Gallery, New York, NY
2019 "Good Moves," Power Station, Dallas, TX
2019 "Kadosh," Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, NY
2019 "Meditations on Belief," LDS Church History Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 "Oneiric Landscapes," Five Car Garage, Los Angeles, CA
2019 "Holding Space," Big Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Strange Attractors: The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art Vol. II," Kerry Schuss, New York, NY
2018 "Seeing Eye Awareness," Indigo Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 "100 Years: 100 Sculptures," Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 "Strange Attractors: The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art Vol. I," Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Fragile Rock, Treehaus," Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Man-Thing vs. Swamp Thing, Et al.," San Francisco, CA
2018 "The Adderall and the Ecstasy," Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
2018 "Transmutation, Big Pictures," Los Angeles, CA
2018 "An Homage to Hollis Benton," Over the Influence, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Vernacular Universalism - Freemasonry in Haiti and Beyond," Clemente Cultural Center, New York, NY
2018 "Atelier, Régime des Fleurs," Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Home Bodies Away Teams," Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2018 "Annex," M + B, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Son of Mr. Green Genes," BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Interpretation Thereof," Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT
2017 "Margins Gutters Bleeds and Creeps," CAPITAL, San Francisco, CA
2017 "Concrete Island," Venus Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2017 "Hecate," Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
2017 "Basilisk," Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 "Hierophant," Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2017 "Homeward Bound," Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 "Home Bodies Away Teams," Church With a Blue Roof, Los Angeles, CA
2017 "The Immediate Present," Mormon Arts Center, New York, NY
2016 "Dead Among The Dead," Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
2016 "Omul Negru," Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2016 "Tell me the Stories of Jesus," LDS Church History Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
2016 "Omul Negru," Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 "4th Ghetto Biennale," Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2015 "AMERICANAESOTERICA, "Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2015 "Prison Nation," Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2015 "Pure paint for now," Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
2014 "CLEAR," Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2014 "Another Once Again Many Times More," Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY
2014 "Come All Ye Faithful," Florian Christopher, Zurich
2014 "Salon fur Kunstbuch," Vienna, Austria
2013 "LAT. 41° 7’ N. LONG. 72° 19’ W.", Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY
2013 "Utah Biennial," Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 "3rd Ghetto Biennale," Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2013 "My voice will now appear in another part of the room," HDTS, Joshua Tree, CA
2013 "Towards a Creole Procession," The Luggage Store Annex, San Francisco, CA
2013 "After the End," CUAC, Salt Lake City, UT
2011 "2nd Ghetto Biennale," Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2011 "Langston Hughes Festival," City College of New York, New York, NY
2011 "Scrying," Experimental Meditation Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2011 "West of Center," Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 "24:00:00 [Resolution 3]," LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2008 "Proving Ground," Rose Wagner Black Box Theater, Salt Lake City, UT
2007 "Mild Violence," Parllaxis Film Festival, Portland, OR
2006 "Public Space," Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
2003 "Resound for Dedicated Instruments," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
FEATURED PRESS
“A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S”, 10.2021, Flaunt Magazine
“Focus Beings, L, Final Hot Desert in Sanpete Valley, Utah”, 08.31.2021, Fluxo
“L at Shoot the Lobster”, 11.11.2020, Contemporary Art Daily
“A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S Interdimensional Ritual at Plovdiv Roman Stadium”, 10.08.2019, Art Viewer
“Facets of Enlightenment” Marlborough Contemporary, No. 156, 2019, Glass Quarterly
“Ever Present Series Features A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S at The Getty”, 07.16.2019, Autre
“Lazaros, or L., and A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S.”, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Art Talk, 01.31.2019, KCRW
“Konst under meditation”, Ida Theren, NR 1, 2019, Konstnären Magazine
“L + A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S” at Five Car Garage, 02.02.2019, Autre
“Ritual or Realization”, L, #58, Winter 2019, Spike Art Magazine
“In Focus: Lazaros”, Travis Diehl, 03.2016, Frieze Magazine
“Hie to Kolob”, Anne Prentnieks, Critics’ Pick, 04.2015, Artforum
“Lazaros at And Now”, 03.08.2016, Art Viewer
“Armchair Traveler: White Out”, 04.24.2015, Interview
“5 Free Art Shows to See in L.A. this Week”, Catherine Wagley, 09.28.2016, LA WEEKLY
“STL, NYC’s coolest nomadic space, takes over L.A.’s Martos Gallery”, 09.23.2016, Time Out Los Angeles
"The collective Power of Atis Resistans", 03.17.2023, Frieze Magazine
"Art of Precarity: A review of some of the best exhibitions at documenta fifteen, 10.13.22, Bangkok Post
"The Importance of Being Earnest: Five Highlights from Documenta 15", 08.27.2022, The Quietus
"Documenta fifteen is a sum of its parts, not a single event", 07.14.2022, Ocula Magazine
"The DIY Chaos of Documenta 15", 07.07.20222, Frieze Magazine
"Editors’ Picks: Six Standout Projects from Documenta 15", 07.06.2022, Frieze Magazine
"Documenta 15’s Focus on Populist Art Opens the Door to Art Worlds", 07.06.2022, Artnet News
"Documenta Presents an Invigorating Alternative to a Market-Driven...", 07.01.2022, Artnet News
"Beyond the Controversies, Documenta is a Remarkable Gathering of Voices", 06.28.2022, Hyperallergic
"At Documenta Fifteen, the Collective is King", 06.22.2022, Vogue
"The Art Lawyer's Diary: Venice Art Biennale & documenta fifteen", 06.22.2022, One Art Nation
"9 Tips: Wat mag je niet missen op Documenta 15?", 06.22.2022, NRC.NL News
"Das “Ekosistem” der “documenta 15”", 06.19.2022, TITEL THESEN TEMPERAMENTE
"Alles Lumbung oder was? Die documenta 15 in Kassel", 06.17.2022, ZDF
"Documenta Fifteen Diary: Beyond Borders", 06.17.2022, Art in America
"Installation View Documenta Fifteen", 06.16.2022, Contemporary &
"Ghetto Biennale auf der Documenta, Das gemeinsame Ritual", 06.12.22, Monopol Magazin
“The Hollywood of Kenneth Anger’s Imagination Is Coming to Life…”, 02.10.2020, Los Angeles Magazine
“Artist-Run Galleries Defy the Mega-Dealer Trend in Los Angeles”, 02.07.2020, New York Times
“Kenneth Anger Inspires Pop-up Art Exhibit on the Sunset Strip”, 02.06.2020, The Hollywood Reporter
“Art Pick: Ever Present: Cosmos at the Getty Center”, 07.2020, LA Weekly
“Performances Inspired by Medieval European Astronomy and Astrology”, 07.10.2020, Hyperallergic
“Strange Attractors”, Andrea K. Scott, 11.2019, The New Yorker
“Take a Trip into the Outer Reaches of the Art Universe with Bob Nickas”, 05.16.2019, Another Man
“Frieze LA: Vogue’s Essential Guide”, Janelle Zara, 02.19.2019, Vogue
“Fact and fiction collide…”, 06.12.2018, Los Angeles Magazine
“Picturing Haiti’s Freemasons”, 06.02.2018, The New York Review of Books
“Pretty Paper”, 05.14.2018, Scene & Herd - Artforum
“Scene Stealers”, 05.2018, Vogue Living Australia
“BBQLA Unites Art With Homestyle Grub”, 03.07.2018, VMAN
“‘Hecate’ at Various Small Fires”, 12.13.2017, Contemporary Art Daily
“Homeward Bound at Nicodim”, 11.2017, Cura Magazine
“The art of religion”, 05.16.2017, Los Angeles Times
“The Basilisk”, 05.2017, Artforum
“Concrete Island at Venus Over LA”, 03.30.2017, Contemporary Art Review LA
“The Instigator: Aaron Moulton”, 07.2017 issue, Cultured
“Crystal Child”, Issue 50, 11.2017, Spike Quarterly
“Boogeyman”, 08.17.2016, Revista-ARTA
“‘Omul Negru’ at Nicodim”, Los Angeles, 08.16.2016, Artnews
“Another, Once Again, Many Times More at Martos”, 08.31.2014, Contemporary Art Daily
"'Another, Once Again, Many Times More' at Martos Gallery", 08.2014, Art Haps
"Art Review: “Another, Once Again, Many Times More” on the North Fork", 08.09.2014, Hamptons Art Hub
"The show that mixes minimalism with the astral plane", 07.23.2014, Phaidon
"The Many Contradictions of a Ghetto Biennale", 12.27.2013, Hyperallergic
"LAT. 41° 7’ N., LONG. 72° 19’ W" at Martos, 08.31.2013, Contemporary Art Daily
"LAT. 41° 7’ N., LONG. 72° 19’ W", Critics’ Pick, 08.22.2013, Artforum
"Sculptors Exhibit at the Martos Gallery’s Summer Home", 07.18.2013, New York Times
"Inside Outliers", 07.18.2013, BLINNK
"Utah Biennial at UMOCA", 05.21.2013, City Weekly
"Each Memory Recalled Must Do Some Violence To Its Origins", Issue #7, 2013, AGMA Magazine
"Starting from Scratch", No. 36, Summer 2013, Spike Quarterly
"The Biennial Questionnaire: Leah Gordon", 11.20.2013, ArtReview
"After the End", 12.27.2012, Slug Magazine
"2nd Ghetto Biennale", Issue 145, 2011, Frieze Magazine
AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS
L 2010-2023, Babst Gallery, 2023
DualForces 000: Capture Bind Escape, Lumbung Press + documenta fifteen, 2022
L 2010-2020, L Studio, 2020
A Walking Tour of Doheny Estate, Historical Society of Deseret, 2015
A Historical Tour of the Kingdom of Deseret, Volume IV, Historical Society of Deseret, 2013
Victor Segalen ak Venteyenyèm Syèk Kreyòl, Translated and published for the 2nd Ghetto Biennale, 2011
PUBLICATIONS
The Library of Esoterica: Plant Magick, TASCHEN, 2022
Documenta fifteen Handbook, documenta fifteen, 2022
Atış Rezistans + Ghetto Biennale, documenta 15 Catalogue, 2022
The Library of Esoterica: Witchcraft, TASCHEN, 2021
Great Awakening, Center Gallery, 2021
Hierophant Catalogue, Nicodim Gallery, 2018
Basilisk Catalogue, Nicodim Gallery, 2018
Ghetto Biennale - Geto Byenal 2009-2015 Catalogue, 2017
The Immediate Present Catalogue, Mormon Arts Center, 2017
Omul Negru Catalogue, Nicodim Gallery, 2016
Five Fundamental Acts, 2016
Americana Esoterica Catalogue, Sariev Gallery, 2015
Gagosian Gallery Quarterly, November 2014 – January 2015
Utah Biennial Catalogue, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 2013
TALKS + INTERVIEWS
L, Episode 25, 2020, Contain
Lazaros, 2018, Good Day Sacramento Morning Television
LA-Based Artist Lazaros, Jason Losh, 2017, Seeing is Forgetting
x.xx.xxx.lazaros.xxx.xx.x, Jake Nussbaum & Richard Fleming, 2016, Clocktower Radio
Superstition and the Primitive Worldview, JOAN, 2015, Los Angeles
Artists’ Panel, Chaffey College, 2015, Rancho Cucamonga
Gallery Walkthrough, Utah Biennial, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 2013, Salt Lake City
Q & A with Aaron Moulton, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 2013, Salt Lake City
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Snow College, 2011, Ephraim, Utah