Luisa Coats (b. 1998 in Los Angeles, CA) is an artist, designer, and curator living in Los Angeles, CA. She received her BFA from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA in 2022.
Landscapes
A series of 27 small, intimate oil and acrylic paintings made from July-September 2024. Centered on observing the surrounding landscape, Coats trains her eye on fleeting moments in nature and simple compositions; never working from photographs, she paints only from memory, lending a dreamlike, instinctual feeling to the work.
Fish Girl Bird
26 graphite drawings by L. Coats, made in February 2023.
Published in the form of a limited-edition booklet by beefer. Includes a fold-out newsprint poster.
Drawings
Various drawings, 2018-present
Curatorial Projects
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Dreaming in the Basin
A speaker series curated by L. Coats. 12 artists and activists were invited to create presentations of their choice.
Los Angeles, 2025
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Made in L.A. Acts of Living, 2023
Los Angeles, 2023
For “Made in L.A.,” LACA presented an immersive installation, with selections from its archive on view. This includes ephemera such as rave maps and flyers by L. Coats, part of her project “desiredfx,” a free rave series at tucked-away locations around L.A. that’s still in existence.
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Desiredfx
Desiredfx is the independent publishing and distribution initiative of a small crew of Los Angeles artists, founded by L. Coats. We champion the creative spirit, renegade energy, and the dissemination of affordable artist books and zines. @desiredfx_
Los Angeles, 2021-current
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Extracredit
International party series created by L. Coats and DJ DItto with a focus on all-female lineups. 2020-current. Parties held in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Seoul, Oakland, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York City, and Brooklyn. @extracredit___
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Off-site Exhibitions
Various Locations, 2020-current
Group art shows organized and curated by L. Coats taking place in abandoned locations on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
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Music + Radio Shows
Live performance, programming/curation, flyer design, and radio broadcasts.
https://soundcloud.com/djhydragen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZiiZJtyjIY&t=2453s
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1998 Born in Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2022 BFA in Graphic Design, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2025
Dreaming in the Basin, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Los Angeles, CA
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair. ArtCenter College of Design, Los Angeles, CA
Verbatim, Leroy’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024
The Desired Effect, UCLA Little Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lupercalia, A402 Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Suoni per il Popolo Festival, Casa del Popolo, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
The Halifax Art Book Fair, All Nations Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Graphite XV: Almanac, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Me and You, Gallery SADE, Los Angeles, CA
Delve, Coaxial Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Power Source, Nothing Usual Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture Show, Camp Louis Routh, Tujunga, CA
Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
In Defense of Bogus, Galerie Cecile, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Tummy Ache, Rue Ste. Catherine Gallery, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2022
Law and Order, Ranch Gallery, Ojai, CA
Double Feature: Casa Teca, NAVEL Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-ing: A Group Show, Odyssey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Extracredit, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Los Angeles, CA
Articles
Los Angeles Times Made in L.A. 2023
Grimy Goods music video review
UCLA: DAW ECHO 006 show review
Residencies and Awards
2022 Coaxial Arts Foundation Residency, Los Angeles, CA
2021 CAMP Arts Residency, Paris, France
2020 Graphic Arts Award, Hoffmitz Milken Center, Pasadena, CA
2019 Outstanding Achievement Award, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA