CELIA HOLLANDER
celiaraehollander@gmail.com
EDUCATION & AWARDS
2025
Recipient of the Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, NYC, NY
2024
Recipient of the School of Music Special Faculty Project Fund, California Institute of the Arts
2019
MFA in Music Composition & Experimental Sound Practices, California Institute of the Arts
Recipient of the Lillian Disney Scholarship
2011
Jessup Award, For Greatest Promise in Art and Design, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
BA in Studio Art and Architecture, Graduate with High Honors, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2010
Shape Of Two Cities, Columbia University School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, NYC
TEACHING
2023-26
Composition Lessons, California Institute of the Arts, Herb Alpert School of Music, Santa Clarita, CA
2022-26
Acoustics for Musicians,California Institute of the Arts, Herb Alpert School of Music, Santa Clarita, CA
2024
Tone To Noise, Science and creative application from tonality to noise. Soundial, Virtual
2021
Digital Music Production Workshops, Santa Clarita Public Library, Santa Clarita, CA
2019
Soundscapes of the Digital Era, Wintersession Course,California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2018
Digital Music Production Workshops, Los Angeles Public Library, LA, CA
Teaching Assistant, Acoustics for Musicians, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2016
Visiting Artist, Young Producers Group, LA, CA
2011
Teaching Assistant, Architecture II, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
DISCOGRAPHY
2026
Unexpected Music II: Evan Shornstein & Celia Hollander, Extravagant Frequencies.
2024
Perfect Conditions, Vinyl Record.
2023
2nd Draft, Leaving Records, Vinyl Record.
To All Trains, Longform Editions, Digital.
2021
Timekeeper, Leaving Records, Vinyl Record.
2020
Recent Futures, Leaving Records, Vinyl Record.
2017
DRILL, Noumenal Loom, Cassette Tape.
DRAFT, Leaving Records, Cassette Tape.
2016
There Are At Least Two Kinds Of Games, Recital Records, R23 – Various – Cellar Volume 1, CD
102˚, split release with Duenn on the album Hz, duenn jp, dnn038, CD
Just a Dip, No Why, Dzang Recs, Cassette Tape.
MILE, Self-released, Digital.
UNDERLA, Self-released, Digital.
PASS, Self-released, Digital..
2015
LIVESTREAMS, Self-released, Digital.
2014
DRAFT, Self-released, Digital.
2013
– – – — — – – –, Self-released, Digital.
“. “, Self-released, Digital.
SCORES
2026
Humboldt USA, Original score for feature film directed by G. Anthony Svatek. Visions Du Réel Premiere.
Union County, Original score for feature film directed by Adam Meeks. Sundance Premiere.
Core Memory, Original score for video installation by Peggy Weil at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.
2024
GOOD ONE, Original score for feature film directed by India Donaldson. Sundance Premiere.
What Water Wants, Sound design and music for audio walk by Rosten Woo, Clockshop, LA, CA
2023
lovelike, Mixed reality performance by Jenna Caravello, 2220 Arts & Archives, Occidental College
Devotion, Original score for dance performance choreographed by Madeline Hollander with LA Dance
Project, as part of “Festival In Motion.” Doha, Qatar. (2022) & Neutra VDL House, Los Angeles, CA. (2023)
2022
4 into 3, Original score for dance performance choreographed by Phoebe Berglund, in conjunction with Cecile Abish’s earthwork “4 into 3.” The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
Sunrise/Sunset, Sound design and score for sculptural installation by Madeline Hollander.
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, DE. Deitch Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
CORPS, Original score for dance performance by Milka Djordjevitch, New York Live Arts, NYC, NY.
Redcat Theater, LA, CA. The Momentary, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Eclipsed, Original score for short animation by Jamie Wolfe, BrainDead Studios, LA, CA.
Loud Lord, Sound design for sound art installation by Amy Garofano, Good Weather Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Don’t Give Up, Original 8 channel score for art installation by Ei Arakawa, Overduin & Co, LA, CA.
Tom Soderstrom (Episode 6), Original score for Amazon Prime series “re:MARS Luminaries”
Dad & Step Dad, Original score for feature film directed by Tynan DeLong
2021
Review, Original score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, Performa Biennial, NYC, NY
PARAÍSO, Sound design for video installation by Tamara Rosenblum, Vincent Price Art Museum, LA, CA
To All Trains, Original Soundscape for Union Station, with Metro Arts LA and Leaving Records, LA, CA
Flatwing, Score for short film and installation by Madeline Hollander, The Whitney Museum, NYC, NY
Finding Beast, Score for short film directed by Olivia Accardo
2020
IF FOUND, Score for short film directed by India Donaldson
Your Move, Score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2019
5 Live Calibrations, Score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, LA Dance Project, LA, CA
The Sound-Sweep, Original Score and Sound Design for a 14-channel, 5 room sculptural exhibit ‘I am
Gong’ by Dora Budor, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Song for 6 Nostrils, Original Score for the Smog Orchestra by Nova Jiang, La Cleantech Incubator, LA
Amber Row, Original Score for virtual reality game by Jenna Caravello
HANNAHS, Original Score for short film directed by India Donaldson
2018
Celestial Spam, Polyphonoptic Composition for the Triforium, Los Angeles, CA
PIANOGRAPHS, Scores for the Player Piano, The Getty, Los Angeles, CA
Prizes, Original Score for short animation by Jamie Wolfe, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2017
Arena, Sound design for dance performance by Madeline Hollander at Rockaway Beach, NYC
Competition, Score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, Bortolami Gallery, NYC
The Bumps, Live score for theater performance by Rachel K. Nalebuff, Skirball Cultural Museum Center, LA
88 Cores, Score for film by Peggy Weil at the Climate Museum, Parsons School of Design, NYC
2016
Notes On Gesture, Quadraphonic sound design for installation by Martine Syms, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, CA
DRILL, Score for dance performance and installation by Madeline Hollander, Signal Gallery, NYC
Los-2 and Torr-2, Score for public art piece UnderLA, LA Public Art Biennale ‘Current:LA,’ LA
Shattered Streams, Composition for a 24-hour stream, RedBull Music Academy, Web
Heimlich, Score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, Judson Church, NYC
2015
MILE, Score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2014
DRAFT, Live score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, Jack Hanley Gallery, NYC
My Last 3 Hour Conversation With Edward Said, Live score for theater performance, DIANA, LA
10 Movement Sequences, Score for dance performance by Madeline Hollander, Tina Kim Gallery, NYC
PERFORMANCES (AS CELIA HOLLANDER AND $3.33)
2026
Celia Hollander, Low End: Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
Celia Hollander, Field Set: Within an installation by Kelly Akashi & Phil Peters, Altadena, CA
Celia Hollander, Photay, Public Records, NYC, NY
Celia Hollander (DJ), Big Braids, Talkeetna, AK
2025
Celia Hollander, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Gray Area Foundation, SF
Celia Hollander & Evan Shornstein: Unexpected Music II, Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock, NY
Air Shape Index, Celia Hollander & Jenna Caravello, UCLA’s ‘Sound and Science’ Nimoy Theater. LA
Celia Hollander & Photay, within Doug Aitken’s “Lightscape,” Marciano Foundation, LA
Celia Hollander, LAX Presents by Dublab, LAX International Terminal 1. LA, CA
Celia Hollander & Photay, Ciclavia, Amoeba x Dublab, LA, CA
2024
Wonderfruit Festival, Polygon Stage. Chonburi, Thailand
Celia Hollander, Photay, Like Restaurant, Tokyo, Japan
Celia Hollander: Perfect Conditions Release Show. 2220 Arts & Archives, LA, CA
Celia Hollander: LA Interval, Noon to Midnight, The Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, CA
Celia Hollander, Photay, Public Records, NYC, NY
Celia Hollander, The Renaissance Society, Bond Chapel, Chicago, IL
Celia Hollander, VCR, Leaving Records Anniversary, The Listening Garden, Ojai, CA
Celia Hollander & Evan Shornstein, Underwater Speakers in a Pool, Zorthian Ranch, LA, CA
Celia Hollander, Rockaway Film Festival, NYC, NY
Photay & Celia Hollander: Live Score to the Silent Film “THE WIND,” Braindead Studios, LA, CA
Photay, Celia Hollander & Robbie Lee (Trio): Live Improvised Sets, The Lot Radio, NYC, NY
Nico Georis, The Growth Eternal, Celia Hollander (DJ), Philosophical Research Society, LA, CA
Celia Hollander, within “Easy Ultra Fine” by Jenna Caravello, Gameplay Arts Gallery, LA, CA
2nd Draft Release Show: Celia Hollander & TP Dutchkiss, LD Deutsch. 2220 Arts & Archives, LA, CA
Suzanne Ciani, Celia Hollander, Reflections. Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Celia Hollander, Matthew Rahaim & Sameer Gupta, Zachary Watkins. Martial Arts. Oakland, CA
2023
Luminaria Nights at the California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA
Celia Hollander & Photay, Listen to Music Outside In The Daylight, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, CA
Celia Hollander & Photay, Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, MOCA Geffen, Los Angeles, CA
Celia Hollander, Photay, Laraaji & Arji Oceananda, 24 Hour Drone Fest, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY
Ben Lamar Gay, Photay, Celia Hollander, Co-Prosperity, Chicago, IL
Dustin Wong, Celia Hollander & Cate Kennan, Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, LA
Celia Hollander, Alicia: Spring Equinox Opening, Altadena, CA
Noah Klein, Celia Hollander & Photay, The Jetty, Marina Del Rey, CA
Celia Hollander, Photay, Carlos Niño, Randall Fisher & Nate Mercereau, Acemo, 29 Speedway, NYC, NY
Winter Jazz Fest: Photay, Carlos Niño, Randall Fisher & Celia Hollander, National Sawdust, NYC
2022
Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann, Celia Hollander, The Lodge Room, LA
Celia Hollander, Under a Peruvian Pepper Tree at Debs Park, Feels Like Floating, LA
Celia Hollander, within the sculptural exhibit by Lily Clark and Analuisa Corrigan, Stroll Garden, LA
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer, Celia Hollander, 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles, CA.
Celia Hollander, Byron Westbrook & Jeremiah Chiu, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA.
Celia Hollander & Jeremiah Chiu, Floating: performance at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, LA
2021
“December 1952” by Earle Browne: A Day of Fluxus Scores at The Getty. The Getty Center, LA, CA.
Nailah Hunter, Celia Hollander, Green House, The Growth Eternal. Union Station, Metro Arts LA
Green House, Celia Hollander, Sharada Shashidhar, The Growth Eternal. The Echo, LA, CA.
LA Interval, Fulcrum Arts ‘Sequencing,’ Field recording of walking across Los Angeles with text.
2020
The Art of Performance, Presented by Dublab x Femmebit with visuals by Alex Pelly, Virtual
TILES, Coaxial Arts, Livestream Performance, Los Angeles, CA
TYPES OF FOG, Listen to Music Safely in Your Home: Leaving Records, Livestream Performance, LA
9 MINUTES, The Quarantine Concerts: Experimental Sound Studio, Livestream Performance, Chicago, IL
Drive-In Concert, Socially distanced Broadcasted FM concert, Vons Parking Lot, Echo Park, CA
Solos: Ben Babbitt, Celia Hollander, Jeremiah Chiu, Booker Stardrum, Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
Fennesz, Britton Powell, Celia Hollander, Zebulon, LA
Listen To Music Outside In the Daylight Under a Tree, Tierra De La Culebra Park, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Leaving Records Anniversary, The Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA
Carl Stone, Booker Stardrum, Celia Hollander & Jude Tedaldi, Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
“9 Minutes” ESP Night, Roy O. Disney Concert Hall, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
There Is Almost Not An Interval, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Booker Stardrum, Dustin Wong & Takako Minnekawa, $3.33 – Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
Eli Keszler, $3.33, Greg Kowalksy, Bulbs, Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
Glasser, $3.33, Zebulon, Bottom of the Hill, LA, SF
Dan Joseph, $3.33: Charlemagne Palestine Tribute Concert, Human Resources, LA, CA.
Byron Westbrook, $3.33, Tom Hall, GS/CRM at Coaxial, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Soft Structures; Noon to Midnight, Performance for a circulating audience, Disney Hall, LA, CA
Music for Devices, Performance featuring music for smartphones, California Institute of the Arts
AIR OUT, Dogstar Festival, Original Composition for 3 Cars, The Bowtie Project, LA, CA
Open Source: Eric Heep, Celia Hollander, monk + prophet,Coaxial, LA, CA
Bing & Ruth, Alex Izenberg, $3.33 DJ set, The Sanctuary at Pico Union Project, LA, CA
DRAFT, tape release on Leaving Records with original film by Miko Revereza, Human Resources, LA
Destroy What Destroys You: Cuddle Formation, $3.33, R.R. Barbadas, Junior High, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Benefit Show For The Victims of the Oakland Ghostship Fire, The Safari, Los Angeles, CA
Ever-Changing With $3.33, Interview and feature on “LAndscape,” RedBull Music Academy Radio, Web
Geneva Skeen, Gabie Strong, $3.33, Within the group show “In Chambers,” Ms. Barbers, LA
$3.33 ‘Just A Dip, No Why’, Tape release on Dzang Recs, LA Contemporary Archive, Los Angeles, CA
Association of Writers and Writing Programs Party, $3.33 Dj set, Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
MONUMENT, Performed within and in response to Pierre Huyghe’s installation “Shore,” MOCA, LA
2015
Tonalism, Quadraphonic performance for Dublab’s ambient all night happening, 356 Mission, LA
SLEEPLESS, Dublab’s 16th Anniversary, Dorothy Chandler Music Center, Los Angeles, CA
Lucky Dragons, $3.33 performance within Sabrina Chou’s installation “HR,” Human Resources, LA
Joseph Hammer, Byron Westbrook, $3.33, The Handbag Factory, Los Angeles, CA
A Club Called Ellie, Dj set, 455 Jung Jing Road, Los Angeles, CA
Games For June, Quadraphonic sound performance, Pehrspace, Los Angeles, CA
LA Art Book Fair, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
2014
CMJ Showcase, Presented by Portals and S&S, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, New York, NY
Aki Onda, $3.33, The Handbag Factory, Los Angeles, CA
INSTALLATION
2026
Spring Equinox III: Works and Soundscapes (group) suns.works, Zurich, Switzerland
2022
Recent Futures: Audio Theater. Group Show: “Someone’s Been Here Before Us,” COSMO, Rome, Italy.
2019
Collective Phantom Ring, 8-channel speculative fiction and musical installation for plexiglass and
styrene flat panel speakers, The WaveCave Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2018
Riled Idle, Quadraphonic audio installation for Muse ’til Midnight at LACMA and the Dome at
MoMA PS1 as part of Come Together: Music Festival and Label Market. LA, NYC
Recent Futures: Audio Theater, 30 min. Original composition featuring field recordings and synthesis with a looping text video. Wave Cave Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2018
Eyes of March, Original composition for a sculpture of two hanging painted subwoofer speakers.
Group Show, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Coffee & Sound Pairings, Painted hanging subwoofer speakers filled with coffee beans, in conjunction
With coffee tastings. Hack Music LA, Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA
2016
A Call To Place, Video and composition from Green River, UT. Group Show, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2015
LIVESTREAMS, 5-channel piano composition for the entrance walkway of Various Small Fires, LA
2012
∆/l (Change In Light), Optical theremins rendering light from the sunset into sound. Entrance, Marfa, TX
2011
∆/t (Change In Time), mechanical drawing machine activated by viewers walking through the gallery,
Creating an emergent drawing over the course of the installation. Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University
CURATORIAL & EVENT PRODUCTION
2025
A Celebration of Daniel Lentz, Co-Organizer. In Sheep’s Clothing HiFi, LA, CA.
2022
Fingers Caught In A Field Of Moss, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon and Laetitia Sonami, Human Resources
2019
Shh, Curated by Miranda Javid: Stephanie Cheng Smith, Fulla Abdul-Jabbar, Kim Collmer, Odeya Nini,
Alexander Stewart, Karen Yasinsky, Booker Stardrum, Amanda Horowitz, Human Resources, LA, CA.
Cody Putman, Marta Tiesenga, Amanda Bonaiuto, Gabriela Escovar, Human Resources, LA, CA.
Theo Triantafyllidis: Anti-Gone, Mixed reality theater performance, Human Resources, LA, CA.
There is almost not an interval, Durational walks, live broadcast audio into Human Resources, LA, CA.
2018
F.L.O.W.: “Match of the Multiverse,” Radical wrestling performance, Human Resources, LA, CA.
2017
F.L.O.W.: Future Ladies of Wrestling, Radical wrestling performance, Human Resources, LA, CA.
$3.33 DRAFT Tape Release Feat. Original Film Screening by Miko Revereza, Human Resources, LA, CA.
Inside You Is Me, Jacqueline Gordon, Sculptural and sonic installation. Human Resources, LA, CA.
2016
Femmebit, Festival and showcase of LA based female video artists. Human Resources, LA, CA.
MACULAR Showcase, Audiovisual performances by the Dutch media arts collective. HRLA
Seaver & Witscher, Matthew Sullivan, Sean McCann, LA Contemporary Archive, LA, CA.
CoH / Pinkcourtesyphone / Brandon Nickell / Cameron Shafii, Human Resources, LA, CA.
David Kanaga / Ben Babbitt, Human Resources, LA, CA.
Eric Frye / Sean Mccann & Matt Sullivan / Ellen Phan / Ryo Kuramoto, LA Contemporary Archive, LA, CA.
$3.33 Tape Release and Dzangrecs, LA Contemporary Archive, LA, CA.
Anenon, “Petrol” Record Release, LA Contemporary Archive, LA, CA.
Die Reihe, Ben Kudler, Farewell My Concubine & Max Eilbacher, LA Contemporary Archive, LA, CA.
(Same) / Folklords / Lone Wolf, Human Resources, LA, CA.
RESIDENCIES
2022
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Composer in Residence, Nebraska City, NE
2020
Zebulon Monthly Residency, with Ben Babbitt, Booker Stardrum and Jeremiah Chiu, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Wave Farm Transmission Arts, Acra, NY
2016
Coast Time, Lincoln City, OR
High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
2015
Portals, Monthly Residency on Portalsmusic.com
2014
Epicenter Fellowship, Green River, UT
SELECTED PRESS
2026
Future Proofing: Celia Hollander. By Andrew Ryce
2025
Pop Matters: Celia Hollander on the Perfect Conditions for Life On Earth. By Teo Beauchamp.
Deep Voices: Celia Hollander. By Matthew Schnipper.
2023
The Guardian: Celia Hollander: 2nd Draft Review. By John Lewis.
2022
Ableton Artists: Celia Hollander Sculpts Time With Sound. By Mark McNeill.
2017
RADIO SHOWS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
2015-23
Dublab Radio, Resident DJ “$3.33” with monthly radio show Section Cut, LA, CA
2015-22
Human Resources, Keyholder, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2015-17
KCHUNG, Resident DJ with monthly radio show, Los Angeles, CA