Elisabeth Kley › CV

Cymodocea, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH (forthcoming)

A Seat in the Boat of the Sun, Canada, New York, NY

Solo installation, Art Collaboration Kyoto, Kyoto International Conference Center Event Hall, Kyoto, Japan

March Avery & Elisabeth Kley, Parts & Labor Beacon, Beacon, NY

Minutes of Sand, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA (traveled to Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE)  

Garden, Elisabeth Kley and Tabboo!, Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY

Elisabeth Kley, Window on Broad, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Elisabeth Kley and Sanou Oumar, organized by Matt Connors, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA

Solo booth for Canada, Independent Art Fair, New York, NY

Flowers Out of Water, Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels, Belgium

Ozymandias, Canada, New York, NY

translucent threads of dawn (two-person exhibition with Conrad Ventur), Regina Rex, New York, NY

A Sign of Eternal Beauty (two-person exhibition with Florence Derive), Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL 

Red Lotus Sun with Yellow Face, 39 Great Jones, New York, NY

Triple Masquerade: Ink Drawings, Vessels, Notebooks, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY

The Queen’s Feathers, John Tevis Gallery, Paris, France 

Peacocks and Bottles, organized by Nana Kipiani in conjunction with Artisterium, The Georgian National Museum Dimitry Shevarnadze National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

Forever and Never, One More Time (two-person exhibition with Shannon MacConnell), Season, Seattle, WA

Birdbaths and Birdhouses, Le Petit Versailles, New York, NY

Bazvalon, Rose Burlingham Projects, New York, NY 

Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY 

Your Humble Servant the Genius (two-person exhibition with Rob Wynne), Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York, NY 

South Willard, Curated with Matt Connors and Matt Paweski, Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY

Canada on Paper, Canada East Hampton, East Hampton, NY

Other People’s Projects: Pre-Echo Press, White Columns, New York, NY

The Deep End, Canada East Hampton, East Hampton, NY

The Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

Tangerine, Acquavella Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
I know where I'm going • Who can I be now, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland

Launch F18 — Ten Years, (OVR), Launch F18, New York, NY

Downtown 2021, (curated by Sam Gordon) La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY

Finding Our Way, lumber room, Portland, OR

The Planter Show, Fort Makers, New York, NY

The Essential Goods Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Sculpture from a Distance, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

A Page from My Intimate Journal (Part II), Gordon Robichaux at Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Canada b/w Drag City, (curated by Dan Nadel) Soccer Club Club, Chicago, IL

A Show of Shows, Kiosk, Cité Radiuse, Marseille, France

Notebook, (curated by Joanne Greenbaum), 56 Henry, New York, NY

Free Association, Affective Care, New York, NY

A Concentration of Power, Joost van den Bergh, London, United Kingdom

Inaugural Group Exhibition, Gavlak Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL

10 years/100 sculptures, (curated by Todd von Ammon and Joseph Ian Henrikson) anonymous gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (traveled to Paris, Los Angeles and New York)

White Columns Benefit Exhibition and Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

Painting, Gavlak Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL

A Page from My Intimate Journal (Part I), Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY

FOTG, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY

Epochal Aeration: Or, The Slow Hand, (curated by Trinie Dalton) Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR

the form is stone, the dress is rain, (curated by Rafael Sanchez) AMP, Provincetown, MA

Gordon Robichaux Print Portfolio Launch, Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY

The First Ever & Only East Hampton Biennial, (curated by Woobie Bogus and Adrianne Rubenstein) The Barn, East Hampton, NY

Flaming June VII (Flaming Creatures), Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA

NUT Group Show and Book Launch, Maw, New York, NY

Spielplatz, (curated by William Corwin and Jonathan Goodman) Geary Contemporary, New York, NY

Going Home, curated by David Rimanelli, 43 Fifth Avenue (Bortolami pop-up), New York, NY
I, Cyborg, curated by Will Corwin, Gazelli Art House, London, United Kingdom
Fort Greene, curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Venus Over LA, Los Angeles, CA

Two Years of Looking , curated by Erik Hanson, New Art Projects, London, United Kingdom

Mayest,Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY

Six : A benefit for Regina Rex, Regina Rex, New York, NY

Tomorrow’s Man, (curated by Jack Pierson) Sheppard Contemporary Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

10th Anniversary Exhibition, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Devotion, (curated by Will Corwin) Catinca Tabaracu Gallery, New York, NY

Ulterior Motif, (curated by Naomi Cahn) The Painting Center, New York, NY

Harum Scarum: Jack Pierson, Florence Derive, Elisabeth Kley, Richard Tinkler, Albert Merola Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Artisti Italian e Non 3, (curated by Ilka Scobie and Luigi Cazzaniga) Spazio Soncina, Soncina, Italy 

Summer Group Exhibition, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Palm Beach Summer Show 2015, Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL

Inside the Episode (organized by Jack Pierson), Launch F18, New York, NY

Digging, curated by Becky Kinder, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 

Pick One, Harbor/Regina Rex, New York, NY 

Prophetic Diagrams, (curated by Will Corwin) Cheymore Gallery, Tuxedo, NY

Improvised Showboat, Brooklyn, NY

Anthropocene, Canada, New York, NY

Purple States, (curated by Sam Gordon) Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY

NADA Art Fair, New York, NY (Season, Seattle, and Regina Rex, Brooklyn)

New York Women: Diana Cooper, Rosy Keyser, Elisabeth Kley, Nancy Haynes, & Joan Waltemath, (curated by Barbara MacAdam) G Gallery, Houston, TX

Volta Art Fair, New York, NY (solo booth with Season, Seattle)

Artisti Italian e Non 2, (curated by Ilka Scobie and Luigi Cazzaniga) Spazio Soncina, Soncina, Italy

Endless Summer, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY

All Fucking Summer, Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL

Nude Descending a Staircase: An Homage, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY 

Modern Times, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY

Claxons (four-person exhibition), curated by Walter Robinson, Haunch of Venison, New York, NY 

Grey Area, New York, NY 

Color Theory, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY 

The Visible Vagina, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art & David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY 

Modern & Contemporary Ceramics, A.M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY

French Kiss, organized by Rob Wynne, JGM Galerie, Paris, France

The Demoiselles Revisited, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY 

The Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York, NY

Picture Window, (site specific, city organized), Baltimore, MD

Hall of Portraits, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland College Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD

The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY

Sleight of Hand, Salena Gallery, Brooklyn Campus, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 

Kismet, The Work Space, New York, NY 

Bad Touch, Lump gallery/projects, Raleigh, NC (also traveled to Keith Talent Gallery, London, Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, Space 1026, Philadelphia; & UIMA, Chicago)

Beautiful You, (curated by Larry Krone) Mark Pasek Gallery, New York, NY

Nijinsky, Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York, NY 

The Fin-de-Siécle Salon, (curated by J. A. Poisson) P.S. 122, New York, NY

Re: Duchamp, (curated by Mike Bidlo) Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York, NY

Bowie, Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York, NY 

The Whole World in a Small Painting, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY

Cadmium Cathode, Sauce, Brooklyn, NY 

Troedsson Villa Residency, Nikko, Japan

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation 

Sporn, Stephanie. “10 Must-See Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach”, Elephant, December 9

Keenan, Annabel. “Miami Art Week Report: Day 3”, Artillery Magazine, December 7

Coleman, David. “David Colman on Elisabeth Kley”, Artforum, September

MacAdam, Barbara A. “Elisabeth Kley: A Seat in the Boat of the Sun.” The Brooklyn Rail, May

Fateman, Johanna. “Goings on about Town.” The New Yorker, May 1

Kikuchi, Maiko. “Doors Leading to Galleries around the World Gathered at the Art Fair in Kyoto.” ETOKI, November 26

Kley, Elisabeth. “Three Women.” Hauser & Wirth, January 30

Whelan, David, “March Avery and Elisabeth Kley at Parts and Labor, Beacon, NY,” ArteFuse, December 16

Markoutsas, Elaine. “Pattern Play.” Howl, Issue 03, Inspiration for Creatives from WolfGordon, October 25

Corwin, William, "Elizabeth Kley: Minutes of Sand", Brooklyn Rail, July-August

Laster, Paul, "Out in Philly - Four Museums and Nine Shows in Eight Hours", Noah Becker's Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, August

Holland Cotter and Roberta Smith "Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now." The New York Times, August 16

Smith, Roberta, "Elisabeth Kley and Tabboo!," The New York Times, October 30

Tafoya, Harry, "Two Artists Invite You to Bask in Their Garden," Hyperallergic. November 5

Fateman, Johanna, “ART Elisabeth Kley and Tabboo!” The New Yorker. October

"Ceramicist and Painter Elisabeth Kley's Cultured Commission Is a Vessel to The Past", Cultured, October 15

Saltz, Jerry, "The 10 Best Art Shows of 2019: From an art-world protest to a radically original self-portraitist" .Vulture. December 12

Herriman, Kat, "Snowed Under: Armory Week 2018," Ocula, March 16

Miller, James, "Independent art fair goes its own way and reaps rewards," The Art Newspaper, March 9

Laster, Paul, "What to See at the Armory Show, Volta, NADA, and the Independent," Galerie, March 5

Independent, BMW Art Guide “Interview with Alix Dana Fair Director at Independent,” March 

Cashdan, Marina and Lesser, Casey, “The 20 Best Booths at Frieze New York,” Artsy, May 5 (online) (illus)

Martinez, Alanna, “Frieze was Fun, but is Damian Hirst’s Pickled Sheep Killing You?”

Observer, May 5 (online)

Luciano, Josie, “World of tomorrow,” Reno News & Review, April 28, 2016, (print and online)

Corwin, William, “Elisabeth Kley: Ozymandius,” The Brooklyn Rail, February (print and online) (illus)

MacAdam, Barbara A., “Elisabeth Kley at CANADA,” ARTNEWS, February 5 (online) (illus.)

Panero, James, “Gallery chronicle,” The New Criterion, February 2016 (print and online) (illus.)

McQuaid, Cate, “In Provincetown: cinematic sweep, alluring dunes, hidden patterns,” The Boston Globe, September 1

Steve Desroches, “Tomorrowland: Harum Scarum at Albert Merola Gallery,” Provincetown Magazine, August 15

Kiernan, Jacob, “Translucent Threads of Dawn by Elizabeth Kley,” On-Verge, July 21 (online) (illus.) Halle, Howard, “Check Out Summer’s Top Group Exhibitions,” TimeOut NY, July 21 (online) (illus.)

Stevenson, Jonathan, “Elizabeth Kley and Conrad Ventur: Improbable harmony at Regina Rex,” Two Coats of Paint, July 17(online) (illus.)

Farley, Michael Anthony and Kirsch, Corinna, “We Went to Regina Rex and 247365,” Art F City, July 9, 2015 (online) (illus.) 

Gorky’s Granddaughter, posted May 1, 2015 (video interview, available online) Corwin, Will, The Interview Show, Clocktower Radio, aired January 26 (broadcast interview, available online) 

Micchelli, Thomas, “More Now than Then: When Art Reaches Back” Hyperallergic, August 16 (online) (illus.)

Bilsborough, Michael, “Hybrid States” SVA Continuing Education Blog, August 13 (online) (illus.)             

Vartanian, Hrag, “NADA New York Does It Better Than Ever” Hyperallergic, May 10 (online) (illus.)

Davis, Ben, “Finding Something at NADA New York” Artnet News, May 9 (online) (illus.)

Wallace, Ian, “This Clay’s On Fire! Behind the Surprising New Renaissance in Ceramic Art” Artspace Magazine, April 17, 2014 (online) (illus.)          

“The Textile Ceramic: Elisabeth Kley at Volta NY,” Installation Magazine, March 12 (online) (illus.)          

Sutton, Benjamin, “The Imaginations Runs Wild at Volta NY 2014,” Artnet News, March 7 (online)
Robinson, Walter “Art Show Anxiety: An Artist's-Eye View From Inside the Whitney Biennial and

Armory Week,” Artspace Magazine, March 7 (online)

Cembalest, Robin, “29 Artists With Their Work at New York Art Fairs,” Artnews, March 7 (online) (illus.)

Dalamagas, Rachel Cole, “Interview: Elisabeth Kley,” zingmagazine, August (online) (illus.)

MacAdam, A., “Nude Descending Staircase: An Homage,” ARTnews, April (illus.)

Denson, G. Roger, “Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts,” Huffington Post,

December 8 (illus.) 

Schmerler, S., “Modern and Contemporary Ceramics,” Art in America, May, p 161- 2 

Smith, Roberta, “Elisabeth Kley,” The New York Times, February 16

B. Pollock, “Elisabeth Kley,” ARTnews, April, p. 136-7 (illus.)

“French Kiss,” Paris Capitale, June/July, (illus.) 

Smith, Roberta, “The Studio Visit,” The New York Times, February 24

Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update,” Artnet Magazine, March 9,(illus.)

Wei, L. “Kismet,” ARTnews, November, p. 275-6

Johnson, Ken, “Kismet” The New York Times, September 6

Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update,” Artnet Magazine, February 20 (illus.) 

92nd Street Y Ceramics Department

Cranbrook University

Monograph published by Pre-Echo Press, essays by Paul P. and Edward Leffingwell

Tomorrow’s Man 2, edited and published by Jack Pierson

“The Aesthetic Gold of the Ravished Spouse of the Godhead,” Art Journal, Spring

“Resurrected Ornaments,” zingmagazine #23, August

“Very Cute for You,” in Tabboo! The Art of Stephen Tashjian, edited by Lia Gangitano 

“Tabboo!’s Fairy Tale Renaissance,” in Dead Flowers, edited by Lia Gangitano 

Cover drawing: alLuPiNiT, edited by Rafael Sanchez & Kathleen White 

Reviews and features published in PAJ (A Journal of Performance and Art), ARTnews, Art & Auction, TimeOut NY, New York Press, Art in America, Parkett, Eyemazing and online in Artnet Magazine