born 1972 in Atlanta, GA;
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Jesse Bransford
Jesse Bransford CV
Education
2000 M.F.A. Columbia University
B.A. The New School For Social Research, New York NY / Concentration: History of the Sciences
M.F.A. Parsons School of Design, New York, NY / Concentration: Painting / With academic honours
Grands, Awards, Fellowships
2004 Farpath Foundation Residency / Dijon, France
Solo Exhibitions
2013 The Fourth Pyramid / Galveston Artist Residency / Galveston, Texas
2010 The Jungle / for Norma: Works on Paper / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
2009 IV = 369 / Luna Kevin Bruk Gallery / Miami, FL
2008 43.646944°, -79.378611° Luminato / Festival of Arts / Toronto, Canada
2007 III = 260 / Mercurius / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
2006 Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum / Santa Barbara, CA
II = 65 / Mavors / Gallerie Schmidt Maczollek / Köln, Germany
Wallpainting and Drawings / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
2005 (I) = 111 (Sol) / Kevin Bruk Gallery / Miami, FL
Jesse Bransford and Lorenzo De Los Angeles Collaborations / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art Cleveland / Cleveland, OH
Feature Inc. / New York, NY
2003 Collaborations with Lorenzo De Los Angeles III / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
The Void / Kevin Bruk Gallery / Miami, FL
Fiction / melancholic Landscape Locust Projects / Miami, FL
2002 Richard Telles Fine Art / Los Angeles, CA
Carnegie Museum of Art / Pittsburgh, PA
2001 UCLA Hammer Museum / Los Angeles, CA
Feature, Inc. / New York, NY
Feature, Inc. / New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2013 Metaphysical Intervention / LeRoy Neiman Gallery / Columbia University School of the Arts / New York, NY
2012 Lunation, Art on The Moon / Observatory Room / Brooklyn, NY
The Black Lodge / Interstate Projects / New York, NY
Sigils & Signs / Observatory Room / Brooklyn, NY
2010 Next Wave Art / Brooklyn Academy of Music / New York, NY
Vision Quest / Observatory Room / Brooklyn, NY
2009 Trance, Chance, Dreams & the Unconcious / Southfirst / Brooklyn, NY
The Audio Show / Friedrich Petzel Gallery / New York, NY
Art at Straus: NYU Steinhardt Artists at the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice / New York, NY
2008 Busan Biennale / curated by Nancy Barton / Busan Museum of Art / Busan, Korea / Catalogue
Harry Smith Anthology Remixed / curated by Rebecca Shatwell / tour:
Sensoria Festival / Sheffield, Great Britain
The Centre for Contemporary Arts / Glasgow, Scotland
The Sound of Music / curated by Jan Van Wonsel / NYU Commons Gallery / New York, NY
2007 Le Regard Bleu d’Arthur Rimbaud / curated by Claude Jeancolas / Musée Arthur Rimbaud / Charleville/Mezieres, France
Don’t torture the rotten ducklings / Institute of Visual Arts / Milwaukee, WI
Neointegrity / curated by Keith Mayerson / Derek Eller Gallery / New York, NY
Harry Smith Anthology Remixed / curated by Rebecca Shatwell, alt.gallery / Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain
Oblique Views of Hollyhock House / curated by Gabriel Cifarelli / Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House / Los Angeles, CA
2006 Block Party – An Exhibition of Drawings / Daniel Weinberg Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
Big Juicy Paintings and More – Highlights From the Permanent Collection / Miami Art Museum / Miami, FL
A Certain Likeness / Gallery W 52 / New York, NY
The Square Root of Drawing / Temple Bar Gallery & Studios / Dublin, Ireland
2005 Looking at Words / Andrea Rosen Gallery / New York, NY
The Most Splendid Apocalypse P.P.O.W. / curated by Jason Mheison / New York, NY
Atomica / Esso Gallery and Lombard-Fried Fine Arts / New York, NY
The sun rises in the evening. / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
Trade White Columns / New York, NY / Catalogue
Especial – Works on Paper / Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Köln, Germany
2004 Axxxpresssunizum Aliceday / curated by Mark Beasley and John Russell / Brussels, Belgium
Axxxpresssunizum Vilma Gold / curated by Mark Beasley and John Russell / London, UK
impact / Pilkington, Olsoff Fine Arts, Inc. / New York, NY
2003 Warped Space / CCA Wattis Institute For contemporary Arts / curated by Ralph Rugoff / San Francisco, CA
Now Playing / D’Amelio Terras Gallery / curated by John Connelly Presents / K48 and Daniel Reich Gallery / New York, NY
Paradise/Paradox / Castle Gallery / College of New Rochelle / curated by Sue Canning / New Rochelle, NY
Faking Real Leroy Nieman Gallery / Columbia University / curated by Stephen Hilger / New York, NY
Drawing Conclusions Buena Vista Building / curated by Nina Arias / Miami, FL
2002 K48-3: Teenage Rebel _The Bedroom Show John Connelly Presents / curated by Scott Hug / New York, NY
Off the Grid Lehmann Maupin Gallery / New York, NY
Guide to Trust No. 2 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts / curated by ANP / San Francisco, CA / Catalogue
The Dubrow Biennial Kagan Martos Gallery / curated by Norman Dubrow / New York, NY
Les Fables de La Fontaine / tour:
Centre pour l’Art et la Culture / Aix-en-Provence, France
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington / Seattle, WA
The Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art / Baltimore, MD
Exhibition Space of Temple University / Rome, Italy
The Fourth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection / tour:
New Museum of Contemporary Art / New York, NY
Clifford-Smith Gallery and O-H+T Gallery / Boston, MA
Art Center/South Florida / Miami, FL
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions / Los Angeles, CA
Southern Exposure / San Francisco, CA
Annual Benefit for White Columns White Columns / New York, NY
Annual Benefit for Momenta Art Momenta Art / Brooklyn, NY
2001 Not a. Lear / curated by ANP / tour:
Gracie Mansion Gallery / New York, NY
Allston Skirt Gallery / Boston MA
Dear Dead Person Momenta Art / curated by Banks Violette / Brooklyn, NY
Ghost Stories Sandroni Rey / curated by Casey McKinney / Venice, CA
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Atlanta Contemporary Art Center / Atlanta, GA
2000 Greater New York PS1 Institute for Contemporary Art / Long Island City, NY / Catalogue
Not a. Lear / tour:
Torch / Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Process / Paris, France
Galerie S. & H. De Buck / curated by ANP / Genf, Belgium
Two Friends and So On Andrew Kreps Gallery / curated by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt / New York, NY
Grok Terence McKenna Dead / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
Hairy Forearm∂s Self-Referral / Feature Inc. / New York, N
2002 M du B, F, H & g, Montreal / curated by Hudson / Quebec, Canada
Paper Trail Pt. 2 / Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art / Cleveland, OH
1999 Drawings / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
Would have had. / Cabinet Gallery / curated by Hudson / London, Great Britain
Science Fictions White Columns / curated by Lauren Ross / New York, NY
1998 Drawers / Feature Inc. / New York, NY
Fall Benefit / for Momenta Art Greene Naftali / curated by Eric Heist and Laura Parnes / New York, NY
1997 Feature Inc. / New York, NY
Fall Benefit / for Momenta Art White Columns / curated by Eric Heist and Laura Parnes / New York, NY
Epicycle/Motorcycle: an Exhibition on Technology and Humanity / Parsons Gallery / New York, NY / Catalogue
1994 The Freed Weed / Richard Telles Fine Art / curated by Dennis Cooper / Los Angeles, CA
Drawings / Fine Arts Gallery at Parsons / curated by Ken Tisa / New York, NY