christy roberts berkowitz

Artist, musician, writer, educator, agitator, and emotional laborer, christy roberts berkowitz, composes experiences, images, and objects that interrogate personal and collective constructions of power. A third generation Southern Californian and University of La Verne Faculty member since 2015, roberts berkowitz holds Bachelor degrees in philosophy and religion, a BFA in studio art, both from ULV, and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University.

One of LA Weekly’s 2012 “Best of LA People,” roberts berkowitz is the current C.E.O. of KCHUNG Radio (a 2016 Creative Capital Award recipient) and a founding member of The California Poppy Collective, Problematic Radio, Jung Money, Human Resources for Art Workers, and the Los Angeles Art Union. Her exhibitions and happenings have been hosted and/or commissioned by the Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs (including CURRENT LA Public Art Triennial), MOCA Los Angeles, The Getty Museum, The Telfair Museum, The Chrysler Museum, REDCAT, The Hammer Museum (including Made in LA), The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Orange County Museum of Art, The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, American Jewish University, Human Resources, Perform Chinatown, Eastside International Los Angeles, The Feminist Center for Creative Work, The Institute 4 Labor Generosity Workers and Uniforms, Summercamp’s ProjectProject, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, The Wignall Museum, TZ Projects, Greene Exhibitions, among many others. 

roberts berkowitz’s various residencies include the IMMENSIVA AI/XR Residency for Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture (21’), Feminist Field School at the Centre Pompadour Neofeminist Institute in France (19’) and a Glass Residency at the Chrysler Museum (18’) and she has received generous funding from Asylum Arts, The Institute for Jewish Creativity, and The Righteous Persons Fund. Her essays, reviews, and poetry have been commissioned and published by Lambda LitFest, Art21 Magazine, Citizens of Culture, Undo Magazine, and the Hebrew Union College Skirball Center. Her experimental electronic music project, Glitzer, has one critically recognized full-length project (“Score”) and she is set to release her debut album ”Wolves,” co-produced by four-time Grammy Winner, Jahi Sundance, under the name “christy” in 2022.   

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