With the young New Yorkers firmly accounted for, it’s time to turn our attention out west, to Los Angeles, the city that critic Peter Schjeldahl once described as “a place converging on a future that never quite arrives.” At the Biennial this year, its artists have made a strong showing. Nine are detailed below. Michael Asher and Charles Ray supporters, no need to worry — they'll be detailed in an upcoming section of the preview.

Thank you to the Whitney Museum of American Art for its assistance in compiling this information.

Martin Kersels
Born: 1960 in Los Angeles
Resides in: Los Angeles
Known for: Sculpture, audio, photography, and performance, withan emphasis on music. Co-director of the art program at CalArts. Wasin the 1997 Whitney Biennial, and won a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in2008. Kersels was featured in "Departures: 11 Artists" at the Getty(2000, curated by Lisa Lyons) and "Young Americans 2" at theSaatchi Center (1999), and his work is in the permanent collections of LACMA,MoCA L.A., and the Getty Museum.
Education: UCLA MFA
Represented by: Mitchell–Innes & Nash, New York; ACME, Los Angeles; and Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois, Paris
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Hannah Greely
Born: 1979 in Dickson, Tennessee
Resides in: Los Angeles
Known for: Sculptures and installations in a variety of materials, from beer bottles to clay and coconut fiber. Works painstakingly on her often surreal pieces, often creating only two or so per year. Was in the 2006 Biennial.
Education: UCLA
Represented by: Andrea Rosen Gallery
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Jesse Aron Green
Born: 1979 in Boston
Resides in: Los Angeles and Boston
Known for: Video art pieces. He recently showed a project in Tate Modern's oil tanks. Previously an artist in residence at the CCA Kitakyushu in Japan as a Henry Luce Foundation Scholar, he is currently in residence at the A-I-R Laboratory at the CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Poland.
Education: Harvard University, UCLA MFA 
Represented by: No known representation
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Thomas Houseago
Born: 1972 in Leeds, England
Resides in: Los Angeles
Known for: Figurative to borderline abstract sculptures that borrow from Isamu Noguchi and Picasso, uses plaster and plywood — both materials those modern precursors used for their bronze casts — and occasionally adding an overlay of graffiti. Burst onto the map during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, where his work was prominently featured at Michael Werner's booth, while also receiving pride of place at the entrance of the Rubell Family Collection's "Beg, Borrow, and Steal" show.
Education: Jacob Kramer Foundation College in Leeds, St. Martin's School of Art in London, and De Ateliers in Amsterdam
Represented by: Michael Werner (New York)
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Kelly Nipper
Born: 1971 in Edina, Minnesota
Resides in: Los Angeles
Known for: Photo, video, and performance work that frequently references dance. Was a studio assistant to conceptual-art pioneer Allan Kaprow for nine years. A staple of adventurous art-fair project spaces, she was also commissioned to participate in Performa 07. Her work has also been shown in "The Why of Life" at the Swiss Institute (2008, curated by Gianni Jetzer) plus three group exhibitions curated by Francesco Bonami. Received the Tiffany Award in 2007.
Education: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, CalArts MFA
Represented by: Francesca Kaufmann
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Kerry Tribe
Born: 1973 in Boston
Resides in: Los Angeles and Berlin
Known for: Large-scale film, video, and installation work that often involves the onscreen participation her camera crew as a way of exploring questions of subjectivity and remembrance. Her pieces have been shown at the Whitney, the New Museum, and the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. She was named a fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 2005.
Education: Brown University, Whitney Independent Study Program, UCLA MFA
Represented by: No current representation
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Lesley Vance
Born: 1977 in Milwaukee
Resides in: Los Angeles
Known for: Picked up by David Kordansky Gallery shortly after CalArts graduation. Has shown in numerous influential international shows. Produced figurative still lifes for a while, though has ventured more into pure abstraction recently. Vance's texture recalls Kristin Baker a bit and her sense of color is reminiscent of Josh Smith in some works.
Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison, CalArts MFA
Represented by: David Kordansky Gallery
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Erika Vogt
Born: 1973 in East Newark, NJ
Resides in: Los Angeles
Known for: Shorter film and video work. Appeared in "Circumventing the City" (curated by Lower East Side dealer Rachel Uffner) at D’Amelio Terras in 2007, and Jenny Moore's “Carte Blanche” show at Elizabeth Dee in the same year.
Education: NYU, CalArts MFA
Represented by: Mesler & Hug
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Pae White
Born: 1963 in Pasadena, Calif
Resides in: Los Angeles
Known for: Mobiles and delicate, often highly complex assemblages. Alexander Calder rendered aggressively baroque. Jacob Hashimoto's intricate wall pieces may be an influence — imagine them expanded, stretched, and hung from ceilings. White recently worked with Creative Time to design the beachfront stage for Art Basel Miami Beach 2009's programming.
Education: Scripps College, Art Center MFA, Skowhegan
Represented by: Sue Crockford Gallery
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