Elise Ferguson
Elise Ferguson (1964) makes paintings from plaster on mdf panel. She works with mathematical puzzles and geometric variations using patterns and color. She creates the patterns in Photoshop, after which she makes screen prints that she applies to the plaster. The works seem flawless but at a closer look one sees imperfections. It is these imperfections that create a tension between the figure and the plaster build-up. In that way Ferguson explores the possibilities and limitations of her materials.
b. 1964 Richmond, VA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1995 MFA University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
1988 BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Ripple Drift; Barton Art Galleries, Barton College, Wilson NC
2017 Corral; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2017 Stutter; Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Solo Presentation; NADA NY with Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2016 Flippity; 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Citron; Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 This Way That; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2014 Elise Ferguson; Romer Young Gallery, Expo Chicago
2014 Striped Knot; Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Elise Ferguson/David Kennedy Cutler; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2011 Elise Ferguson; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2009 Capital X; Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Newport News Moon; June 25, 2009; Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Elise Ferguson/Arnold Kemp; Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Elise Ferguson: Livingroom D Lyx, Malmo, Sweden
2003 Floor/Wall; University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2001 White Room; White Columns, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2017 New York, New Work; ALBADA JELGERSMA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (upcoming)
2017 Delineation; Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Stone Soup Nasty; Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
2015 January Show; Mixed Greens, New York, NY
2015 Suddenly Last Summer, Longhouse Projects, New York, NY
2015 Architectural Impulse, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Summer Mixer, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Color as Structure: McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
2013 Paint Off Paint On; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2011 Domestic Goods; Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2011 Rich-oo-uh’l, Richoo-uh’l; Jolie Laide, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Entaglement; Regina Rex, Queens, NY
2011 Entaglement; Art Blog Art Blog, New York, NY
2011 Printer’s Proof; Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Default State Network, Raid Projects, Los Angeles and Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2010 Forth Estate, Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon
2009 New Prints: Spring, International Print Center New York, New York
2007 “Workspace Program 2001-7”; Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
2006 Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2006 New Editions; Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn
2005 Talk to the Land; Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2005 Greater Brooklyn; CRG Gallery, New York
2004 Sleight of Hand, Lemon Sky Projects (curated by Hudson Clearing); Miami
2004 Spacemakers, Lothringer Dreizen, Munich
2004 hung, drawn, and quartered, Team, New York
2004 New Projects; Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
2004 The Invisible Revealed; Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
2004 Multistorey, Pump House Gallery, London
2003 New Slang; Luring Augustine, New York (curated by Claudia Altman-Siegel)
2003 Yard; Socrates Sculpture Park, New York (curated by Robyn Donohue and Alyson Baker)
2003 EAST International; Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England (selectors Toby Webster/Eva Rothschild), catalog
2003 Slimvolume; Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England (curated by Andrew Hunt)
2002 Accelerated Grimace; Silverstein Gallery, New York (curated by David Hunt)
2001 Peaks: Kagan Martos, New York
2000 The May Show: Sculpture Center, New York
2000 It’s a Cruel World: White Columns, New York
2000 Mental Wilderness: Gayle Gates, New York
1999 Outer Boroughs: White Columns
1999 Five Easy Pieces: Lombard Freid, New York
1999 As if the world ended on the 5th floor: Blohard, Philadelphia
1997 Real World: New Langton Arts, San Francisco
1997 Best II: Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago
1996 Arts in Celebration Regional Biennial: University Museum, SIU-Carbondale- (brochure)
1996 ARCO: Beret Int’l Gallery, Madrid
1995 The Uncomfortable Show: MWMWM, Chicago
1995 Profiles: Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
1995 Depends: Gallery 400, Chicago
1995 Aesthetic Cranks: Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago
1994 Flora: Chicago Botanical Garden, Chicago
1994 The Slit Show: Layaway, Chicago
1992 Things: Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago
1992 That’s Nice Dear: Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago
1991 Strange Video: N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2017 Barton College Artist-in-Residence
2014 Northern Trust Purchase Prize; Expo Chicago
2006 Artist-in-Residence: University Nevada, Las Vegas
2004 MacDowell Colony
2003 Artist-in-Residence: Illinois State University
2003 EAST International Exhibition Grant
2003 Socrates Sculpture Park Residency
2003 Dieu Donne Papermill Workspace Program Grant
1996 SIU-Carbondale, University Museum: Merit Award
1996 Illinois Arts Council: Special Assistance Grant
1995 UIC- Teaching Assistantship
1991 C.A.A.P. Grant, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1989 C.A.A.P. Grant, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
PUBLICATIONS
2016 ArtMagazine.us; Issue #2
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