BORN: 1958, New York City
Education
1989 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine.
1983 M.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
1980 B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Awards & Fellowships
2021
Yaddo, Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York.
2019
The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire.
DNA Residency, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
2018
The Stephen Pace Foundation Residency for mid-Career Painters, The Fine Arts Work
Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
2016, 2015
The Hermitage Artists Retreat, Manasota Key, Florida.
2014
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
2013
Golden Foundation Residency, New Berlin, New York.
2011
Yaddo, Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York.
2011
Central City Artist Project, Artist-in-Residence, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2008
New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship in Painting.
2001
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
2001
Yaddo, Sally and Milton Avery Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York.
1998
Cité Internationale des Artes, Residency, Paris, France.
1998, 1996
Yaddo, Summer Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York.
1994
New York Foundation for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship.
1992-1993
Fine Arts Work Center, Fellowship, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
1990
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York.
1989
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship.
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2024
Three-Sided Coin, (with James Esber) Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor, New York.
Denim, Spruce, Cornflower, 100 Lagoon Pond Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
2022
Violet Assault, Rio II Gallery, New York, New York.
2018
Love, American Style, Pierogi, New York, New York.
2016
Remain Under Pressure, Englewood Art Center, Englewood Florida.
2015
Contents Under Pressure, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
2014
Ladies and Gentlemen, Remain Calm, Clifford Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.
2013
Fatty was an Angel, The Front, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2012
Formulas For Now, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
2010
Jolly Quagmire, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Where Boys with Guns Wear Bows in their Hair, (collaborative show with James Esber in conjunction with Prospect 1.5), The Wesley, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2009
Glad All Over, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
2008
Border Patrol, AR/Contemporary, Milan, Italy.
J. Fiber: World War Me, (collaborative drawing show with James Esber), Pierogi/Brooklyn.
2007
Skirmish, Pierogi/Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
2006
Shock and Awe, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Friendly Fire, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
2004
After Sugar Time, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York (catalog).
Domo Gallery, Summit, New Jersey.
2000
Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
1996
Casey Kaplan, New York, N.Y.
1995
Casey Kaplan, New York, N.Y.
1993
Hudson Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
1992
White Room, White Columns, New York, N.Y.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Borderline: Mapping Narratives, Pierogi in collaboration with L'Space Gallery, New York, New York.
Orwell's Garden 3, Orwell's Garden, Brooklyn, New York.
2023
Holiday Show, Lab Space, HIllsdale, New York.
Platform Project Philosophical Investigations by Franklin Evans.
2022
Abundance, Wayward Arts, Chicago, Illinois.
Tectonic Abstraction, Bill Arning Exhibitions, Houston, Texas.
Elemental Fictions, Coral Door, New York, New York.
Lines and Colors, Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Noir, The Royal @ RSOAA, online show.
2021
Re: Representation, curated by Dan Cameron, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Chromomania – Intoxication via Color, Bill Arning Exhibitions, Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas.
Here, There & Everywhere, curated by Liz Weiss, 59 Orchard, New York, New York.
Naked In Brooklyn, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
The New Geraniums, Store for Rent Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
The Chaney Family: A Contemporary Art Collection, Pearl Archer Museum of Fine Arts, Spring Texas.
2020
Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond, The Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
A Fine Disregard for Decorum, Art of our Century, New York.
2019
Mediums of Exchange, Shirley Fiterman Art Center & Lehman College Art Gallery, City University of New York, New York, New York.
Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, New York.
Labyrinths of the Mind, Kleinert James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, New York.
2018
Summer of Love, Freight + Volume, New York, New York.
2D or Not 2D, Air Mattress Gallery (Inaugural Exhibition), New York, New York.
Connections, Cape Museum of the Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts.
Fellows Group Exhibition, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Mass.
The Nature Lab, Labspace, Hillsdale, New York.
2017
Broad Stripes and Bright Stars, Ely Center, New Haven, Connecticut.
Double Down, Pierogi, New York, New York.
2016
The Best of Both Worlds, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Rage for Art (Once Again), Pierogi, New York, New York.
Group Show, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York.
2015
New Faculty Exhibition, Hudson D. Walker Gallery The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Mass.
Summer Faculty Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs.
2014
Pierogi XX: 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York
Idiom, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York
2013
Made in Paint, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, New York
Unhinged, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York
Summer Faculty Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Necessary Strangers, AdventureLand, Chicago, Illinois.
2012
I M A G E / C L O T, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Cloud Nine, The Front Room, Brooklyn, New York.
Drawing the Mind, Osilas Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York.
2011
Melt, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York
Counterpart, The West Collection, SEI Corporate Campus, Oaks, Pennsylvania.
Lady Gaga Could Shop Here, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Williamsburg 2000, Art 101, Brooklyn, New York.
Thinking Through Drawing, The Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.
Subjective/Objective, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
2010
Prospect 1.5, J. Fiber in Collaboration with Central City Artist Project, The Wesley, New Orleans, LA.
Zeichnungen, Graphiken und Fotografien aus New York, Leipzig, Kunstmühle, Mürsbach, Germany
Mutant Anxiety, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco. California.
2009
Eye World, Triple Candie, New York, New York. (catalog)
Cream no Sugar, Pierogi/Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York.
Annual Biennial, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Content/Discontent, Friederike Taylor, New York, New York.
2008
Pierogi, et. al., Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (catalog)
Future Tense, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York. (video catalog)
Apocalyptic Summer, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
2007
Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, New York.
2006
Subverting the Status Quo, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California.
100 Artists, 100 Watercolors, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, New York.
2005
New Turf, curated by Evelyn Hankins, Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington,Vermont.
Pie Fight, AR/Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Opening Bloom, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Reconfigure, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
Faculty Show, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont.
American Obsessive Drawing, Völcker and Freunde, Berlin, Germany. (catalog)
2004
Open House, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York. (catalog)
Vacation Nation, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
2003
BAM Next Next Wave Art, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York.
In Heat, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
My Mother’s An Artist, curated by Sheila Pepe, Educational Alliance Gallery, New York. (catalog)
Works on Paper, Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany.
Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario.
2002
Hungry Eyes, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (catalog)
Blobs, Wiggles and Dots, curated by Lucio Pozzi, The Work Space, New York.
The Brooklyn Rail, Selection I, curated by Phong Bui, Wythe Studio, Brooklyn, New York.
25th Anniversary Benefit Selections Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, New York.
Touchy Feely, Eyewash @ The Front Room, Brooklyn, New York.
Inter-sex-tion, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Need to Know Basis, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
2001
Pop Science (3-person show), g-module, Paris, France.
New Prints, Fall 2001, International Print Center, New York, New York.
Out of Hibernation, Im in Il, Brooklyn, New York.
Compelled, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey. (catalog)
Small Works, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts.
Minimal to Excess, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2000
Haulin’ Ass, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Superduper New York, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York.
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina.
@ , P.P.O.W., New York, New York.
Multiple Sensations, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, California.
Selections, Eyewash, Brooklyn, New York.
Drawing, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont.
Yaddo Centennia, Art in General, New York; traveled to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York.
1999
Fields (3-person show), P.P.O.W., New York, New York.
Hard Cell, Vilma Gold Gallery, London, England.
The Flat Files, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Valentine, Eyewash, Brooklyn, New York.
Range, Chancellor’s Gallery, State University, Albany, New York.
1998
Industrial Strength, Warehouse, Exit Art, New York, New York.
Pierogi Goes to College, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
1997
Current Undercurrent, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
Redefinitions: A View from Brooklyn, Fullerton Museum, California State University, Fullerton, Calif.
New York Drawers, Gasworks, London; traveled to Cornerhouse, Manchester, England.
“…Just What Do You Think You’re Doing Dave?”, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1996
Unconditionally Abstraction, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri.
Central Industrial Supply Show, Central Industrial Supply, New York, New York.
1995
Jane Fine, Joanne Greenbaum, John-Paul Philippe, Arena, Brooklyn, New York.
Wacko, The Work Space, New York, New York.
Works for a Funhouse, E.S.Vandam, New York, New York.
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York, New York.
Close Proximity, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, New York.
1994
Paintings, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, New York.
The New Pop, Leo Tony Gallery, New York, New York.
Spirit of New York, Spazio Emilo de Marchi, Milan, Italy.
Atelier 94, Florence Lynch Fine Art Projects, New York, New York.
Crest Hardware Show, Brooklyn, New York.
Animated, Art in General, New York, New York.
1993
Pure Pop for Now People, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, New York.
1992
Update 1992, White Columns, New York, New York.
The Salon Show, Art in General, New York, New York.
Salon of the Mating Spiders, Herron Test Site, Brooklyn, New York.
1991
High Density Abstraction, Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, New York.
1988
Selections 42, The Drawing Center, New York, New York.
Teaching Experience
2021
University of California at Davis, Lecturer M.F.A program.
2015-2016
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, Visiting Assistant Professor
2015
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Instructor.
2012-2013
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, Summer Session Instructor.
2009
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, Christian A. Johnson Visiting Artist in Residence.
2009
Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, Adjunct Lecturer.
2005
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, Visiting Professor.
2003
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Adjunct Assistant Professor.
2002
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, Visiting Assistant Professor.
2002-2003
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor.
1999-2000
Purchase College, State University of New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor.
1997-1999
School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred,
New York, Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting.
Visiting Artist Positions
2019
Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
2018
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2017
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
2015
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
2014
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York.
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
2013
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York.
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2012
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York.
2010
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California.
2008
Queens College, M.F.A. Program, Queens, New York.
School of Visual Arts, New York, New York.
2007
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. M.F.A. Program.
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
2005
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2002
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2001
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
2000
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont.
1997
Noguchi Museum, Artist-in-the-Schools Program, Queens, New York.
1996
University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
New School for Social Research, New York, New York.
Public Collections
The Neuberger Museum of Art
The Frances Young Tang Museum and Art Gallery
Harvard University Art Museums
The Hyde Collection
University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Northern New England Museum of Contemporary Art
The Chaney Family Collection
The West Collection
The Aspen Contemporary Art Collection
Progressive Corporation
Fidelity Investments
The Graham Gund Collection
Sax Fifth Avenue Collection
National Grid
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