George Boorujy

GEORGE BOORUJY

b. New Jersey

Lives and works in Brooklyn

 

EDUCATION 

2002    MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

1996    BFA, University of Miami Coral Gables, FL

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2014    Passenger, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

             George Boorujy: Taxonomy, The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York, NY

2012    Bloody Memory, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

2009    Migratory Drift, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

2007    The Nature of Civilization, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY

2005    Lost World, AG Gallery Brooklyn, NY

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2020    Messenger, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2016    Twenty Sixteen in 2016, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

             The Conference of the Birds, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY

2015    Post Human Utopia, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY

2014    Exploring America: Western, Wildlife and Contemporary Art from the National Museum of Wildlife Art and the 

             Stonehollow Collection, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL

             Mating Season, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY

             EF2 (Epic Fail: Second Edition), The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY

2013    It’s the End of the World as We Know it (and I Feel Fine), Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ

             The Pond, the Mirror, the Kaleidoscope, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY

2012    Falling Through Space Drawn by the Line, UB Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

             EarthWORKS: Ten Artists on Land and Industry, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

2011    Beyond the Horizon, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY

             Seaworthy: An Exhibition, Workshops, & Excursions, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2010    Animal Instinct: Allegory, Allusion, and Anthropomorphism, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

             Cityscape: Surveying the Urban Biotope, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

2008    Golden Record, Fringe Festival Edinburgh, Scotland

             Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York, NY

             Warm, Red, Salt and Wet, 31, Grand New York, NY

             The Dog Came Out of the Woods, StoneFox Art Space, New York, NY

2007    From Our Living Room to Yours, Goff and Rosenthal Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2005    Post Everything, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

             Animal Tales, DFN Gallery, New York, NY

             Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

             Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

             Remastered, Diesel Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004    Look Closer, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2003    Road Show, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY

             War Culture, Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY

2002    Thesis Exhibition, Tribeca Arts Club, New York, NY

             Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY

             The Hand Print, SVA Gallery, New York, NY

2001    The Turning Page, American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, NY

 

SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 

	The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Los Angeles, CA New York Historical Society, New York, NY National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States, Jackson Hole, WY William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mt Kisco, NY

 

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2013	The Pond, the Mirror, the Kaleidoscope (catalog) curated by Thomas Woodruff for the SVA Chelsea Gallery
2012	Wyma, Chloe, Daily Pick, Artinfo, March 14, 2012. Keim, Brandon, Postnatural: Intense Animal Art for the 21st Century, WIRED, March 21, 2012. Biblioklept, Interview, March 15, 2012 Stanley, Caroline, “Stunning Ink Paintings of Wild Animals,” Flavorwire, March 13, 2012 Pollack, Barbara, “Reviews, George Boorujy,” ArtNews, June 2012 “Daily Pick: George Boorujy’s ‘Blood memory’ Opens,” Blouin Artinfo, March 14, 2012
2011	Kuan, Debora, Charismatic Megafauna: Interview with George Boorujy IDIOM, April 21, 2011. Schultz, Charles. “Sea Worthy,” The Brooklyn Rail. June 10-July 29, 2011. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/07/artseen/sea-worthy Keim, Brandon. “Disturbing or Beautiful? Artists Evaluate Man’s Impact on Nature,” Wired. August 10, 2011. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/beyond-the-horizon/?pid=1772&viewall=true Interview with George Boorujy. Veine Magazine. September 2011. pp. 73-78. http://issuu.com/veinemagazine/docs/num_ro_2 “Artists to Watch: Exploring the Primal with Paper and Ink,” American Artist, Jan 2011
2010	“Art Listings,” Time Out New York. June 17-23, 2010.
2009	Nelson, Joe Heaps. “George Boorujy Interview,” Whitehot Magazine. August 2009. NY Arts Magazine, Voices, Nov/Dec 2007. p.12.. PaintersNYC, http://painternyc.blogspot.com/2007/06/george-boorujy.html George Boorujy, The Nature of Civilization (catalogue). Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art 2007. Bat City Review Summer 2007. Austin, TX. Remastered Die Gestalten Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 2006. Dirtpress Featured Artist issue 2.2 September, 2005. Harper’s Magazine Readings August 2005. p. 18. The New York Times Art in Review July 8, 2005. New Yorker Short List July 4, 2005. p. 21. Brooklyn Rail July, 2005. Anthem magazine June, 2005. p.57.
2005	Smith, Roberta, “Art In Review,” The New York Times, July 8 2005