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Ethan Greenbaum
Born in Tom’s River, NJ
Lives and works in Queens, NY
Education
MFA, Painting/Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven
BFA, Studio Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Notice, Galerie Pact, Paris, France
2018 Tracers, Galerie Pact, Paris, France
2018 First Surface, Lyles & King, New York, NY
2017 Cardboard Landscapes, Super Dakota, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Cold Frame, Galerie Pact, Paris, France
2015 Flats, KANSAS, New York, NY
2015 Chambers, Halsey Mckay, East Hampton, NY
2015 LEAVE, 55 Gansevoort, New York, NY
2013 Prospect, KANSAS, New York, NY
2010 The Suburban, The Suburban, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 &&&2,, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR
2024 &&&2, curated by Sun You, TSA, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Entre(vues) at Galerie Pact, Paris, France
2021 Friends and Family, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
2021 Night Scenes, TSA, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Social Photography IX, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
2021 Ten Years, Halsey Mckay, East Hampton, NY
2019 AXxon N, organized by Jonathan Ehrenberg and Sean McCarthy, Essex Flowers, NY & Memorial Hall, RISD, RI
2019 Seeing Things As They Really Are, curated by Jenny Gerow, Dieu Donné, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY
2018 Archival Exhibition, curated by Jennifer Farrell, Dieu Donné, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Social Photography VI, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
2018 Transmutation, BPLA, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Paper/Print: American Hand Papermaking, 1960s to Today, curated by Susan Gosin and Mina Takahashi,
IPCNY, New York, NY
2017 Social Photography V, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
2016 Swipe, Scroll, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2016 9 Sculptures, BravinLee Projects, New York, NY
2016 The Barn Show, Johannes Vogt Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2016 FACE TO FACE: Works from Ernesto Esposito Collection, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, Italy (catalogue)
2015 Behold! The Blob, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Just Another, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
2015 Mixed Doubles, organized by Ryan Steadman, Sometimes, New York, NY
2015 Beyond the Surface: Image as Object, Curated by Dan Leers, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
2015 Crunchy, organized by Gregory Linn And Clayton Press, Marianne Boesky, New York, NY
2014 Wigner’s Friends, curated by Nate Hitchcock, Vogt Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Broken Surface Artificial Matter, Halsey Mckay, East Hampton, NY
2014 Pure Product, curated by Isaac Lyles, 247365, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Fixed Variable, Hauser and Wirth, New York, NY
2014 Ain’tings, curated by Ryan Steadman, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Soup du Jour, curated by Keith Varadi, Sadie Halie Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2014 The New Beauty of Our Modern Life, curated by Kate Steciw, Higher Pictures, New York, NY
2013 Gattaca, curated by Hunter Braithwaite, Michael Jon Gallery, Miami, FL
2013 Inside Order, KANSAS, New York, NY
2013 Decenter DC, curated by Andrianna Campbell and Daniel S. Palmer, The George Washington University
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, DC (catalogue)
2013 Decenter NY, curated by Andrianna Campbell and Daniel S. Palmer, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2013 Dynasty, Curated by Amy Goldrich, Christopher K. Ho, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, and Sara Reisman,
Hotel Particulier, New York, NY
2013 The Order of Things, curated by Jamillah James, NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue)
2012 NeoNatural, curated by Doug Crocco, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Take Shelter in the World, Curated by Dushko Petrovich, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA (catalogue)
2012 One Year Later, Blackburn 20/20, New York, NY
2012 Found Outside, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
2011 So Different, So Appealing, Organized by Rachel Churner and Ryan Steadman, Gramercy Hotel Penthouse, New York, NY
2011 Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road, curated by Michelle Grabner, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2011 Norfolk, Thierry Goldberg, New York, NY
2011 Troutspots, curated by Carlos Reyes, Deniston Hill, Woodridge, NY
2011 EAF11: 2011 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
2011 Perfectly Damaged, organized by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Analogue, The Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, MO
2011 Becoming Animal, curated by Fette Sans, The Glendale College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Community Colleagues, curated by Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Maurice N. Flecker Memorial Gallery, Selden, NY
2011 Powders, a Phial, and a Paper Book, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
2010 Run and Tell That, curated by Eric Gleason, Syracuse University Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY (catalogue)
2010 S(l)umm(er)ing on Madison Avenue, curated by Jo-ey Tang, The Notary Public, New York, NY
2009 No Objective, curated by Jenny Jaskey, TSA, Philadelphia, PA
2009 The Decentered Practice, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Mastercraft, Gallery Satori, New York, NY (Two Person with David Scanavino)
Art Fairs and Selected Projects
2019 Ethan Greenbaum Solo Presentation, Lyles & King at NADA House, New York, NY
2019 Ethan Greenbaum Solo Presentation, Galerie Pact at ALAC, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Dorian Gaudin, Ethan Greenbaum, Galerie Pact at MiArt, Milan, Italy
2017 Ethan Greenbaum Solo Presentation, Lyles & King at Armory Art Show, New York, NY
2017 Amy Brener, Ethan Greenbaum, Lucy Kim, Galerie Pact at Independent, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Chris Hood, Philip Birch, Ethan Greenbaum, Lyles & King at Code Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Ethan Greenbaum Solo Presentation, KANSAS at Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
Selected Bibliography
2021 Luquet-Gad, Ingrid. “Dans l’interstice,” Les Inrockuptibles, Feb 10. 76
2020 Pedigo, Ian. “Ethan Greenbaum: The Observer Effect,” ArtPyre August 22
2020 Indrisek, Scott. “How 10 Artists Are Staying Creative through Covid 19,” Artsy, March 23
2019 Losh, Jason Bailer. “Episode 50: NY-Based Artist Ethan Greenbaum,” Seeing is Forgetting Podcast, August 19.
2018 Press, Clayton. “Visual Archaeology In Urban Settings,” Forbes.com, May 29
2018 Knobluch, Loring. “ Ethan Greenbaum, First Surface at Lyles & King,” Collector Daily, May 16.
2018 Guyon, Maxime. “Conversations: Ethan Greenbaum,” Ecal/University of Art and Design Lausanne. Spring. 158.
2017 Hart, Joseph. “Episode 26: Ethan Greenbaum,” Deep Color Podcast, October 17.
2017 Campbell, Andrianna. “Exquisite Architectural Corpse,” F Magazine, Issue 5.
2016 Thibault, Clément. “Ethan Greenbaum, oeil et main photographiques,” ItArt, November 15.
2016 Duboy, Oscar. “Tromper la surface des choses,” Architectural Digest, November 14.
2016 Bardin, Camille. “Ethan Greenbaum, Sculpteur Photographique a la Galerie Pact,” Toute La Culture, November 12.
2016 “FACE TO FACE: Works from the Ernesto Esposito Collection,” Exhibition Catalogue, May.
2016 Laster, Paul. “Opening: 9 Sculptures at BravinLee programs,” Observer, March 28.
2016 Laster, Paul. “Opening: “Low” at Lyles & King,” Observer, March 28.
2016 Steadman, Ryan. “Do Artists Make the Best Curators?,” Observer, March 11.
2016 Indrisek, Scott. “5 Must-See Shows During Armory Week,” ArtInfo, February 29.
2016 Campbell, Andrianna. “Interview: Ethan Greenbaum,” BOMB Magazine, January 8.
2015 Indrisek, Scott. “Doing the Job Halfway: Ethan Greenbaum Keeps Building,” ArtInfo, November 16.
2015 Small, Rachel. “How Ethan Greenbaum Sees the City,” Interview Magazine, July 28.
2015 Leers, Dan. “Beyond The Surface: Image as Object,” Exhibition Catalogue, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, March.
2015 Indrisek, Scott. “Door Story: A Home Depot Fetish,” Modern Painters, April.
2015 Gottschalk, Molly. “Carole Server and Oliver Frankel” Artsy, March 2.
2015 Indrisek, Scott. “Ethan Greenbaum Shows You the Door,” ArtInfo, January 28.
2015 Piepenbring, Dan. “Crunchy Systems,” The Paris Review, January 22.
2014 Russeth, Andrew. “A Look Around the Untitled Art Fair in Miami Beach,” ArtNews, December 8.
2014 Indrisek, Scott. “Afros, Abstraction, and Photographic Experimentation at Untitled,” ArtInfo, December 3.
2014 Laster, Paul. “A Bigger Tent on the Sand Sets South Beach’s UNTITLED. Art Fair Apart,” New York Observer, December 2.
2014 Indrisek, Scott. “10 Must-See Summer Group Shows,” ArtInfo, July 7.
2014 Indrisek, Scott. “Hauser & Wirth Has Your Multi-Generational Photography Weekend,” ArtInfo, June 27.
2014 “Fixed Variable,” Time Out New York, June 24.
2014 “Prompt: Things Not Water,” Wax Magazine, Summer. 58.
2014 Dorland, Chris. “System/Service/Processor,” Frische, May.
2014 Dawson, Sage. “Lost and Found,” Temporary Art Review, March 5.
2014 Daunais, Paul. “The New Beauty of Our Modern Life,” Dis Magazine, February 27.
2013 Steadman, Ryan. “Surface Level,” Modern Painters, September. 56-57.
2013 Campbell, Andrianna and Palmer, Daniel. “Decenter NY/DC,” Exhibition Catalogue, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, September. 2-12.
2013 Chamberlain, Colby. “Letha Wilson at Higher Pictures,” ArtForum, March 277-278.
2013 D’Agostino, Paul. “Here Are Things, And Here Is Their Order,” The L Magazine, January 16.
2013 “NurtureArt 2012-2013 Exhibition Catalogue,” NurtureArt. 27-31.
2012 “Ethan Greenbaum,” sculpture-center.tumblr.com, September.
2012 Smylie, Jack. “Ethan Greenbaum Studio Visit,” PostNew, August.
2012 McAnally, James. “The Highlights,” Temporary Art Review, July 20.
2012 Lutz, Jon. “Interview with Ethan Greenbaum,” Daily Operation, May 28.
2012 Baker, Alyson. “Found Outside,” Exhibition Catalogue, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, May.
2011 Wurtz, B. “100 Artists to Watch: Ethan Greenbaum,” Modern Painters, December/January. 64.
2011 Cooper, Ivy. “Review: Oh The Stories Analogue Tells,” St. Louis Beacon, July 12.
2011 Johnson, Ken. “Art in Review: Perfectly Damaged,” New York Times, July 7.
2011 Sadovsky, Netta. “Analogue at The Luminary Center for the Arts,” Temporary Art Review, June 24.
2011 Baran, Jessica. “Featured Review: Analogue,” Riverfront Times, June 23.
2011 Sherwood Pundyk, Anne. “Powders, a Phial and a Paper Book,” Brooklyn Rail: Artseen, April 5.
2011 Russeth, Andrew. “Bushwick's WILDLIFE: "Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Lutz,”
16 miles of string, March 22.
2011 van Haaften-Schick, Lauren, “Logical Conclusions, Part Two.” Culturehall, January 11-February 7.
2010 “CultureHall: Out of Hand Curated by Ethan Greenbaum,” i heart photograph, Dec 4.
2010 “Run and Tell That,” Syracuse University Art Galleries, Exhibition Catalogue, December.
2010 “Weekend Preview,” chicago art review, January 21.
2010 “Ethan Greenbaum & Katrin Sigurdardottir, The Suburban, Chicago, IL,” minus space, January 18.
2009 Reid, Alan. "Highlights from Manhattan," big red and shiny, Issue 19, November 17.
2009 Newhall, Edith. “Galleries,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 23.
2009 Zevitas, Steven, ed. “New American Paintings,” New American Paintings Northeastern edition, Vol. 80,
February-March. 44-47.
2008 Knight, Philae. “Emerging Artist: Ethan Greenbaum,” phillips art expert, September 22.
2008 Coburn, Tyler. “Something for the Commute,” ArtReview, Issue 19, February. 73.
Curatorial and Collaborative Projects
2017 No Transport, Co-curated with Damîen Bertelle-Rogier, Super Dakota, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Low, Organized with Michael Delucia, Lyles & King, New York, NY
2011 The Finishers, Co-curated with Eric Gleason, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2011 Two Fold, Co-curated with Colleen Asper, The Suburban, Chicago, IL
2009 The Highlights: 2 Years, CSV Center, New York, NY
2008 Highlights Film Screening: Doa Aly and Juan William Chavez, Harris Lieberman Gallery,
New York, NY
2007 The Highlights, online arts journal, co-founder and editor
Selected Publications
2020 Greenbaum, Ethan, “Elise Ferguson,” Exhibition Essay, Halsey Mckay Gallery, June.
2018 Greenbaum, Ethan, “bat, butterfly, moth,” Hog’s Curve Exhibition Catalogue, Halsey Mckay Gallery, April.
2017 Greenbaum, Ethan, “Favorite Shows of 2017: Philip Guston,” Artsy, December 25.
2017 Greenbaum, Ethan, “One Piece: Falls,” BOMB Magazine, December 7.
2016 Greenbaum, Ethan, “Distance Learning,” The Brooklyn Rail, December 2016-January 2017, 39.
2013 Greenbaum, Ethan, “Letha Wilson: Notes on Nature,” Wax Magazine, December.
2013 Greenbaum, Ethan, “&&&,” Artist book collaboration with Sara Greenberger Rafferty and David Kennedy Cutler,
Paper Cuts, September.
2012 Greenbaum, Ethan, “The Cave of Allegory: The Wall,” Catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition
Take Shelter in the World, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA. August.
2010 Greenbaum, Ethan, “The Pedagogical Sculptures of the Tri State Area, Part One,” papermonument.com.
2010 Greenbaum, Ethan, “The Education of Eric Amsterdam,” Skyler Brickley Exhibition Catalogue,
Marvelli Gallery, January.
2009 Greenbaum, Ethan, “I like your work: art and etiquette,” Paper Monument.
2008 Greenbaum, Ethan, “I Made it Out of Clay: Erin Shirreff,” Heeb Magazine, Issue 17, Summer: 77.
2008 Greenbaum, Ethan, “Inside Lights: Magnus Von Plessen and Lisa Sigal,” www.thehighlights.org, March.
2007 Greenbaum, Ethan, “Daniel Gordon Interview,” thehighlights.org, July.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer
2020 Thesis Advisor, MFA in Photo/Video, SVA, New York, NY, Spring.
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Senior BFA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, April 11.
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Uconn, Storrs, CT, April 4.
2019 Thesis Advisor, MFA in Photo/Video, SVA, New York, NY, Spring.
2019 MFA Survey Panel, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Spring.
2017 Workshop: Ethan Greenbaum & Letha Wilson, MA Photography, Ecal University of Art & Design, Long Island City, NY, April.
2017 Thesis Advisor, MFA in Photo/Video, SVA, New York, NY, Spring.
2016 Artist Studio Lecture, Graduate Students, Florida State University, Brooklyn, NY, October 12.
2015 Visiting Artist Critique, Studio Painting, Cooper Union, New York, NY, November 19.
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Senior BFA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, November 12.
2015 Artist Studio Lecture, Casting, Yale University, Brooklyn, NY, October 15.
2015 Artist Studio Lecture, Professional Development Course, SUNY Purchase, Brooklyn, NY, October 9.
2015 Visiting Artist Critique, Senior Projects, Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, June 3.
2014 Artist Presentation and Undergraduate Visits, Fine Arts Department, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, PA, Spring.
2014 Visiting Critic, BFA Studio visits, New York University, New York, NY, April 19.
2014 Visiting Scholar, Advanced Media Studio, New York University, New York, NY, Fall-Spring.
2013 Artist Presentation and Graduate Critiques, Fine Arts Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, Spring.
2012 Artist Presentation and Undergraduate Critiques, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA, Fall.
2006- Visiting Lecturer, School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, NY.
2012 Artist Presentation, Perspectives in World Art and Design, The New School, New York, Spring.
2011 Artist Presentation at Thierry Goldberg Gallery, Graduate Seminar: Artists Professional Practices, MassArt, New York, NY, Fall.
2011 Visiting Critic, Senior Thesis Projects, Rutgers School of Art, New Brunswick, NJ, Fall.
2010 Visiting Critic, Graduate Critiques, Hunter College, New York, NY, Fall.
2010 Visiting Critic, Senior Painting Studio Visits, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Fall.
2009 Visiting Artist, Painting I, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Summer.
2009 Visiting Artist, Art History I, Pace CUNY, New York, NY, Fall.
2008 Visiting Critic, Senior Thesis Projects, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Fall.
2007-8 Visiting Critic, Senior Painting, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
2007 Visiting Artist, Painting I, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT, Spring.
2003 Visiting Lecturer, Time in Art, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL, Spring.
Conferences, Panels and Lectures
2018 “Ethan Greenbaum Artist Talk,” Dieu Donné, Brooklyn, NY, June 2
2018 “Ethan Greenbaum Artist Talk,” INTERChange, Brooklyn, NY, May 23
2017 “Jumping Sides: When Critics Make Art and Artists Do Criticism,” moderated by David Hajdu and Alisa Solomon, Columbia University, New York, NY, May 1
2015 “Beyond the Surface: Image as Object Panel Discussion,” panel moderated by Liz Park, PPAC, Philadelphia, PA, March 21
2014 “Ethan Greenbaum Artist Lecture,” New York Arts Practicum, Hauser and Wirth Gallery, New York, NY, June 27
2013 “Perception and Art in the Digital Age,” panel moderated by Brian Droitcour, Abrons Art Center,
New York, NY, February 17
2013 “Ethan Greenbaum Artist Lecture,” NURTUREArt, Brooklyn, NY, January 29
2013 “Show and Tell,” The Artist's Institute, New York, NY, January 27
2011 “EAF 11 Exhibition Panel,” Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, September 25
2011 “Art in the Public Sphere,” College Art Association Conference, session chaired by Sharon Louden, New York, NY, February 23
2010 “Immaterial Dispersion,” presentation and panel discussion, Guild Art Gallery, New York, NY, September 14
2009 “The Decentered Practice,” panel discussion at The College Art Association Conference,
session Co-Chaired by Colleen Asper, Jennifer Dudley and Ethan Greenbaum, Los Angeles, CA, February 23
2008 “Art and Education,” panel moderated by Colleen Asper, The Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, MD, March 17
Awards and Residencies
2020 Queens Art Fund New Work Grant, Queens, NY
2020 Silver Art 2020 Artist Residency, New York, NY
2019 CNAP Book Publishing Grant, Paris, France
2018 Keyholder Residency, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2015 Dieu Donne Workspace Program, New York, NY
2013 LMCC Workspace Residency, New York, NY
2013 Visiting Scholar, Advanced Media Studio, New York University, New York, NY
2011 Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop SIP Fellowship, New York, NY
2011 Socrates EAF Fellowship, Long Island City, NY
2005 Edward Albee Foundation Residency, Montauk, NY
2005 Barry Schactman Painting Prize, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Selected Collections
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
The Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, New York, NY
Credit Suisse, New York, NY
Susan and Michael Hort Collection, New York.