EDUCATION

MFA 2005, Pratt Institute
BA 1996, Art History, University of Kansas

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2013 Iona College, Chapman Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2013 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 "Down and Out the Rabbit Hole," Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 "The Fair and Open Face of Heaven," Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
2011 "Fresh Green Beast," Central Park Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2010 "Micro Chasm," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 "Suck and Blow," Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn New York
2007 "Untitled Number Something," Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
2006 "Unmoved Mover," Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2006 "Project One," Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University
2004 "Tools, Time and Material," Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013

"The Space Between the Stars," Scream Gallery, London, UK
"Inside Out," Laundry Lung, Brooklyn, NY
"Paperazzi", Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY

2012

Bad at Sports, A + D Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Summer Snacks," Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
"Radiance," Hong Kong, China
"Paperazzi," Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2011

"The Shape of the Problem," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
"Can't Hear the Revolution," Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
"Summer Weekend," Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Chain Letter," Samson Projects, Boston, MA
"Synthetic," Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
"24/7" Lyons Weir Gallery, New York, NY
Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
Big Group/Small Works, In Rivers, Brooklyn, NY
Paper Works, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY

2010

Summer Love, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Phantasmorganica, Allegra laViola Gallery, New York, NY
Natural Renditions, (curated by Eric Gleason and Diana Campbell), Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
A Separate Peace, McNeil Project Space, New York, NY
Single Fare, 224 Grand, (curated by J.P. Roy) Brooklyn, NY
Midnite Snacks II (curated by Brian Hubble), Chicago, IL
Paper Works, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY

2009

Home Schooled (curated by Dana Greenidge), Pace University, New York, NY
Sunny Side Up, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Anderson Ranch Benefit Auction, Aspen, CO
Year Five, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Art at Grasmere, Grasmere Art Space, Rhinebeck, New York, NY
Suck and Blow, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn New York (solo)
Midnite Snacks (curated by Brian Hubble), Ghost Print Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Albright Knox Collector’s Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2008

The Brand New Deal, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
Brooklyn Rail Benefit Auction, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY
Art at Grasmere, Grasmere Art Space, Rhinebeck, New York, NY
Summer in Chelsea, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY

2007

Brief Encounters, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
The Clay Projects, New York, NY

2006

Northbound, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, MA
Please Do Not Touch, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
We Don’t Need No Mind Control, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY
Friends of 163, 163 Carlton, Brooklyn, NY
Project One, Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ (solo)
Head over Hand: Pushing the Limits of Paint (Catalog), Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

2005

Cocktails, Janet Kurnatowski, New York, NY
MFA Group Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Galleries, New York, NY
Salon, AirSpace, New York, NY

2004

Salon, AirSpace, New York, NY
The Best of the Best, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY

The Grand Group Show, Danny Simmons Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Explorations/Innovations, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
MFAs Collide: Pratt Institute and NYU, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS

Triangle Arts Association Board of Directors
Flatfiles, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Contributor, The Brooklyn Rail, 2003 –
Contributor, Art Voices Magazine 2008-2010
Contributor, Community Media Consortium, 2006-2007
Pratt Institute Merit Scholarship, 2002-2003
Pratt Institute Assistantship, 2002-2004

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Menkes, Susie, “Prints that tell a Story”, The New York Times, September 2012
Nnadi, Chioma, Vogue Magazine, September 2012
Newhall, Edie, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2012
Maszilewski, Lynn, Creative Spaces, Milk Made, June 2012
Art and Science Journal, March 2012
Scheifele, Kris, White Hot Magazine, February 2012
Beautiful Decay, February 2012
“Streaking Ink Paintings”, My Modern Metropolis, February 2012
Shane McAdams gets straight to the (ball) point, Phaidon, January 2012
LaBarre, Suzanne, Fast Company, December 2011
Kim, Erica, Design Boom, November 2011
Upchurch, Michael, The Seattle Times, July 2011
D.K. Row, The Oregonian, December 2010
Richard Speer, Visual Arts Source, The Huffington Post, Nov. 2010
Matt Stangel, “Faking Real,” Portland Mercury, November 2010
R.C. Baker, Village Voice, July 16, 2008
James Kalm, Wagmag, December 2006
Mario Naves, The New York Observer, September 2006
ArtInfo.com featured artist, August 2006
Ken Johnson, “Head Over Hand,” The New York Times: Art Listings, January 13, 2006
Miami Arts Exchange, “Finding Its Way at Art Miami 2006,” 2006

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"The Ecstasy of St. Herzog," The Brooklyn Rail, Summer 2011
“Exit from the Overpass,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2011
“That Barnett Newman “That “Onement” Painting is, Like, so 1948,” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2010
“Footloose Among the Functors,” The Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2009-2010
“The Importance of Being Unimportant,” The Brooklyn Rail, September 2009
“Today’s Special: Saucy Curatorship and Tofu Art,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 2009
Review of Mike Womack at ZieherSmith, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2009
“Cowless Cowboys Live Forever,” The Brooklyn, Rail, November 2008
Review of Alejandro Pereda at Magnan Projects and Magnan Emrich, The Brooklyn Rail, October 2008
“The Olafur Eliasson Phenomenon,” The Brooklyn Rail, September 2008
Interview with Aurel Schmidt, Art Voices, September 2008
Review of Darina Karpov at Pierogi, The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2008
Review of Sterling Ruby at the Drawing Center, The Brooklyn Rail, March 2008
Review of Robert Jack at Josee Bienvenu, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2008
“Manufacturing Dissent,” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011 Adjunct Professor, Marian University
2010 Adjunct Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
2007 – 2009 Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC- Director
2004 – 2007 Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC - Gallery Manager
2003 – 2004 Walter Biggs, New York, NY - Studio Assistant
2003 – 2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - Lecture Coordinator
2002 – 2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - Gallery Coordinator

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

TEDX Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, November 2010
A Separate Peace, NYC, 2010
Tension/Release, Caren Golden Fine Art, 2008
Head over Hand, Pushing the Limits of Paint, Denise Bibro Fine Art, 2006

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