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Education
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1984 |
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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1983 |
Temple University Abroad, Rome, Italy |
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1982 |
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy |
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One Person Exhibitions
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2004 |
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA |
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2003 |
P·P·O·W, New York, NY |
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2000 |
P·P·O·W, New York, NY |
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1998 |
P·P·O·W, New York, NY |
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1997 |
Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY |
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1996 |
Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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1992
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Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2004 |
SITE Santa Fe’s Fifth International Biennial: Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque, Santa Fe, NM. Curated by Robert Storr
Open House, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Charlotta Kotik
The Drawn Page, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Endless Love, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY |
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2003 |
Williamsburg, Central Connecticut University, New Britain, Connecticut
eyewash, Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
On and Off the Wall: New York Foundation for the Arts' Painting Fellows, Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, NY
Cartoon, Riva Gallery, New York, NY
Brooklyn on 57th Street, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY |
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2002 |
New-Economy Painting, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Armory Show with P·P·O·W, Pier 88, New York, NY |
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2001 |
Skank, Plus Ultra, Brooklyn, NY
My Reality: The Culture of Anime, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Out of Hibernation, im n il Gallery, Brooklyn |
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2000 |
Art on Paper 2000, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina Greensboro.
Haulin’ Ass, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Flat Files (Organized by Pierogi 2000), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Drawing From Pierogi 2000, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Friendships in Arcadia: Writers and Artists at Yaddo in the ‘90s, Barabara Toll, Guest Curator, Art in General, NY; traveled to The Hyde Collectionm, Glens Falls, NY
Superduper New York, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY |
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1999 |
Brooklyn: New Work, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Re: Rauschenberg, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Flat Files (Organized by Pierogi 2000), Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Rage for Art(Pierogi Reborn), Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Valentine, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY
Room with a View, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York, NY
Installation (Gallery 3), P·P·O·W, New York, NY |
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1998 |
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Fashioned, curated by Kooh, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
Hide and Seek, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Summer Group Exhibition, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
Including Clay, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY
Mediennacht, Alten Lok Fabric, Berlin, Germany
Flatfiles (with Pierogi 2000), Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Drawings from Pierogi 2000, Vasser College, Poughkeepsie, NY |
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1997 |
Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Just What Do You Think You are Doing Dave?, curated by Bruce Pearson, WAHC, Brooklyn, NY
New York Drawers, Gasworks, London; traveled to Cornerhouse, Manchester |
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1996 |
Painting in an Expanding Field, curated by Saul Ostrow, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Cadmium Cathode, Sauce, Brooklyn ,NY
Living Room, 558 Broadway, New York, NY
Central Industrial Supply Show, curated by Gene Pool, Central Industrial Supply, New York, NY |
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1995 |
Maux Faux, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Wacko, The Work Space, New York, NY
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Works for a Fun House, E.S. Vandam, New York, NY
Close Proximity, MMC Gallery, New York, NY
Spirit of New York (expanded exhibition), curated Florence Lynch, Spazio Cesare di Sesto, Pallazzo Communale, Varese, Italy
Crest Hardware Show II, curated by Gene Pool, Brooklyn, NY |
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1994 |
Faux, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Page 5, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Spirit of New York, Spazio Emilio de Marchi, Milan, Italy
Crest Hardware Show, curated by Gene Pool, Brooklyn, NY |
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1993 |
Four Walls Benefit Exhibition, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
James Esber, Mary Behrens, Hudson Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
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1992 |
Morphologic, Art in General, New York, NY
Salon of the Mating Spiders, Herron Test Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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1991 |
FIAR Internantional: Art Under 30, Curated by Dan Cameron, Palazzo della permanente, Milan, Italy; traveled to Galleria del Chiostro, Rome; L’Espace Pierrre Cardin, Paris; Accademia Italiana della Arti, London; National Academy of Design, New York; and UCLA Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles
High Density Abstraction, Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annadale on Hudson, NY
Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
Maps and Madness, curated by Fred Wilson, Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY, traveled to Marine Midland Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Hudson Walker Art Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
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1990 |
Dumb Animals, White Columns, New York, NY
Topologies, MMC Gallery, New York, NY |
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1989 |
Signs of Landscape, Soho Center for the Visual Artists, New York, NY
No Relief – Drawing on the Walls, 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY |
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1988 |
Ten Painters, White Columns, New York, NY |
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1987 |
Archeology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Three Painters, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
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Awards and Fellowships
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2002 |
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship |
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2001 |
MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, NH
Yaddo, Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
Bucknell University, Residency, Lewisburg, PA
Cite International des Arts, Artist Residency, Paris France |
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1998 |
Bucknell University, Residency, Lewisburg, PA
Cite International des Arts, Artist Residency, Paris France |
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1997 |
Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Sprngs, NY |
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1992 |
MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, NH |
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1991-2 |
Fine Arts Work Center, Fellowship, Provincetown, MA |
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1991 |
FIAR International, Milan, Italy, Honorable Mention |
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1990 |
Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY |
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1989 |
Art Matters Inc., Fellowship |
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Bibliography
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2004 |
Goings On About Town: Endless Love, The New Yorker, February 2, 2004 |
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2003 |
Johnson, Ken, James Esber, The New York Times, April 11,2003
Goings On About Town: James Esber, The New Yorker, April 7, 2003 |
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2002 |
NY ARTS , Brooklyn Section. Reproduction of “Tricky Dick” March 2002 |
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2001 |
The Williamsburg Quarterly, "In Review: The many meanings of Skank at Plus Ultra", June 28, 2001
The New Yorker, "Smile", June 18 & 25, 2001.
The New York Times, Holland Cotter, "Skank", June 1, 2001
The New York Times, Ken Johnson, "The Innocent Yet Sinister Aspects of Japanese Animation", Aug 24, 2001.
Art Issues, David Humphrey, January/February , 2001, page 36 |
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2000 |
Winston Salem Journal, "Touring in New Directions", Dec. 31, 2000
Catalog, Art on Paper 2000, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina Greensboro.
News & Record, "Art on Paper 2000", December 2000, page 10
Art Critical.com, Drew Lowenstein, November 2000
The New Yorker, November 6, 2000, Galleries section
Johnson, The New York Times, Weekend, Friday, November 3, 2000
Levin, Kim, The Village Voice, Galleries, Review, October, 31, 2000 |
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1999 |
Smith, Roberta, "Rage for Art (Pierogi Reborn)", The New York Times, February 19, 1999 |
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1998 |
Dalton, Jennifer, "Fashioned", Review, September 15, 1998
Arning, Bill. Catalog Essay, Fashioned, White Box Gallery, NY, NY 1998.
Kimmelman, Michael. “In Connecticut, Where Caravaggio First Landed,” The New York Times, July 17, 1998.
Klein, Richard, “The Popular Corpse; A Brief History,” Pop Surrealism, exhibition catalogue, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT.
Nahas, Dominique,”Not Cloning Around: The Grotesque Body in Pop Surrealism,” Pop Surrealism, exhibition catalogue, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT |
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1997 |
Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, Friday, October 3, 1997.
“Critic’s Picks”, Time Out New York, September 25, 1997.
Arning Bill. “Brooklyn in the House,” The Village Voice, August 26, 1997 |
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1996 |
Arning, Bill. “James Esber,” (catalog essay), Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Dec, 1996.
Behrens, Mary. “The Hate Images of James Esber,” Provincetown Arts, Annual Issue, 1996. |
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1995 |
Karmel, Pepe. “Maux Faux,” The New York Times, March 24, 1995.
Kino, Carol. “Faux,” ArtNews, January 1995. |
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1994 |
Levin, Kim. “Choices,” the Village Voice, October 18, 1994.
Glueck, Grace. “Forty Years of ‘Found’ Images and Campy, Corny Collage,” The New York Observer, October 17, 1994.
Servetar, Stuart, “Galleries,” New York Press, October 18, 1994.
“In Volo ‘Spiriti’ Newyorkesi,” Lombardia Oggi, June 26, 1994.
Mojana, Marina. “The Spirit of New York: Scoprendo L’America a Milano,” II Sole 24 Ore,
June 19, 1994.
“Lo Spirito di New York,” L’informazione, June 14, 1994. |
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1993 |
Behrens, Mary. The Distorted Sign: Popular and Public Imagery in Work of James Esber, MFA Thesis, Vermont College, July, 1993. |
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1992 |
Bonnardin, Simone, “Art Under 30,” La Cote des Arts, May 15, 1992.
Ferroni, Cluadio. “Premio Internazionale FIAR,” IICorriere Laziale, February, 1992. |
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1991 |
Ravasi, Gianfranco, “Piccoli artist (under 30) crescono,” Corriere della Sera, December 22, 1991.
“Premio internationale, FIAR,” Flash Art, December 1991.
Boriskin, Peter. “High Density Abstraction,” The Bard Observer, October 2, 1991.
Levin, Kim. “Choices,” The Village Voice, August 6, 1991.
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Lectures / Visiting Artist
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2002 |
Brooklyn Now, MacDowell panel organized by Robert Storr, Judith Rothschild Foundation, NY |
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2001 |
Brooklyn Museum of Art
State University of New York, Albany |
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2000 |
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Bennington College, Bennington, VT |
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1998 |
Monserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA |
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1997 |
Alfred University, Alfred, NY |
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1996 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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1995 |
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA |
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