Math Bass (b. 1981, New York, New York) is an artist known for fusing performance with paintings and sculptures using formal elements like solid colors, geometric imagery, raw materials, and visual symbols. Bass has exhibited at Overduin & Kite,

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, and Vielmetter Los Angeles. The artist was featured in the 2012 Made in LA Biennial at the

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and in May 2015,

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presented Bass's first solo museum show, ''Math Bass: Off the Clock'', organized by Mia Locks. Bass currently lives and works in

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Early life and education

Bass received a BA from

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in 2003 and an MFA from the

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in 2011.

Work

Bass's practice explores both representation and abstraction and recurring themes include anthropomorphic structures, architectural elements, and altered signage. At Overduin & Co in 2014, the artist turned the gallery space into a geometric, visual playground. On the last day of the show, the artist along with fellow artists Eden Batki, Lauren Davis Fisher, and Lee Relvas staged a call-and-response recitation. In 2018, Bass debuted a solo, site-specific mural for the Hammer Museum's lobby wall. The mural depicted several stylized forms such as bones-as- speech-bubbles as well as teeth that looked like a set of stairs leading into a crocodile’s mouth. Bass ventured into oil painting and figuration for their 2021 solo exhibition at Vielmetter titled, ''Desert Veins.'' Paintings in the exhibition included a snake curled around a nest of eggs, a camel skeleton, a brick wall, and a grave marker.

Selected exhibitions

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Biography
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