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Lionel Popkin
Local Artist Residency
Olympic Campus

Lionel Popkin, Room to Look Up? George Floyd 8:46/9:29, 2021. Index cards, hooks, fishing line, wood, fabric, black light. 66 x 99 x 49 inches. Photo by Marc Walker. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Room to Look Up? George Floyd 8:46/9:29, 2021. Index cards, hooks, fishing line, wood, fabric, black light. 66 x 99 x 49 inches. Photo by Marc Walker. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, There is an Elephant in This Dance, 2010. REDCAT. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, There is an Elephant in This Dance, 2010. REDCAT. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, The Oedipus/Antigone Project, 2019. The Getty Villa. Photo by Nicola Goode. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, The Oedipus/Antigone Project, 2019. The Getty Villa. Photo by Nicola Goode. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, The Oedipus/Antigone Project, 2019. The Getty Villa. Photo by Nicola Goode. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, The Oedipus/Antigone Project, 2019. The Getty Villa. Photo by Nicola Goode. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Inflatable Trio, 2017. Skirball Cultural Center. Photo by Isaac Obaka. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Inflatable Trio, 2017. Skirball Cultural Center. Photo by Isaac Obaka. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Inflatable Park, 2017. Skirball Cultural Center. Photo by Jorge Vismara. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Inflatable Park, 2017. Skirball Cultural Center. Photo by Jorge Vismara. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 2003. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 2003. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 2003. Photo by John Altdorfer. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 2003. Photo by John Altdorfer. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, There is an Elephant in This Dance, 2010. REDCAT. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, There is an Elephant in This Dance, 2010. REDCAT. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, There is an Elephant in This Dance, 2010. REDCAT. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.
Lionel Popkin, There is an Elephant in This Dance, 2010. REDCAT. Photo by Steven Gunther. Courtesy of the artist.

Lionel Popkin is an artist born and raised in Indiana to an Indian mother and a Jewish father. His mixed-race and malleable identity markers place him in a continuously shifting position within the racial and social discourse created from the twin sins of genocide and slavery that formed the dominant power structures in America. His work questions how bodies, objects, and media are allowed to exist in time and space.

Popkin has been presented nationally and internationally at venues including REDCAT, Highways Performance Space, The Getty Center, and The Getty Villa in Los Angeles; Danspace Project, Abrons Arts Center, and Dance Theater Workshop in New York City; the Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Series in Massachusetts; The Painted Bride and Philadelphia Dance Projects in Philadelphia; ODC in San Francisco; The Place Theater in London; and the Guangdong Modern Dance Festival in Guangzhou, China. Popkin has been a dancer in the companies of Trisha Brown, Terry Creach, and Stephanie Skura. Popkin is currently a Professor of Choreography and Performance in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Arts and Architecture at UCLA. 

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Trailers for Lionel Popkin's Choreography and Performance

"Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore" Trailer

"There is an Elephant in This Dance" Trailer

"Inflatable Trio" Trailer

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