Ellen Berkenblit



Selected Works

Exhibitions

Biography

Ellen Berkenblit

Ellen Berkenblit “Wildflower Hat,” 2018

Ellen Berkenblit
“Wildflower Hat,” 2018

Ellen Berkenblit “Safari by Night!,” 2018

Ellen Berkenblit
“Safari by Night!,” 2018

This is an artwork titled R by artist Ellen Berkenblit made in 2018

Ellen Berkenblit
R, 2018

This is an artwork titled Green Taffeta by artist Ellen Berkenblit made in 2018

Ellen Berkenblit
Green Taffeta, 2018

This is an artwork titled Strawberry Tiger by artist Ellen Berkenblit made in 2017

Ellen Berkenblit
Strawberry Tiger, 2017

This is an artwork titled Letter to Motorcraft Ltd by artist Ellen Berkenblit made in 2015

Ellen Berkenblit
Letter to Motorcraft Ltd, 2015

This is an artwork titled Charlie McGee by artist Ellen Berkenblit made in 2016

Ellen Berkenblit
Charlie McGee, 2016

This is an artwork titled Tigers vs Peacocks by artist Ellen Berkenblit made in 2015

Ellen Berkenblit
Tigers vs Peacocks, 2015

This is an artwork titled Pantherella Fine English Socks by artist Ellen Berkenblit made in 2015

Ellen Berkenblit
Pantherella Fine English Socks, 2015

Atrium Project: Ellen Berkenblit

April 4 – November 24, 2019, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

True Blue Mirror: Ellen Berkenblit and Sarah Braman

February 8 – May 4, 2019, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts

Ellen Berkenblit: Paintings

January 5 – February 16, 2019, Vielmetter Los Angeles

Ellen Berkenblit

January 29 – March 5, 2016, Vielmetter Los Angeles

1958
Born in Paterson, New Jersey
Lives and works in New York, NY
1980
Studied at The Cooper Union, BFA

Solo Exhibitions

2020
"Sistergarden," Anton Kern, New York, NY
2019
"Ellen Berkenblit," One Night Only, Dallas, TX
"Atrium Project: Ellen Berkenblit," MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
"Ellen Berkenblit: Paintings," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2018
"The Clock Unlocked," Anton Kern, New York, NY
"Lines Roar," The Drawing Center, New York, NY
"Ellen Berkenblit," Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2017
"Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern, New York, NY
2016
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2015
"New Paintings," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2012
"Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2009
"Re:Construction," curated by Abby Messitte, Poster Project at 50 Trinity, New York, NY
2008
"Ellen Berkenblit," Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
"Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2007
"Ellen Berkenblilt," Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI
2005
"Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2003
"Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2000
"Ellen Berkenblit," Charim Klocker Gallery, Vienna, Austria
"Ellen Berkenblit," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Boesky & Callery, New York, NY
1993
Galerie Hubert Klocker, Vienna, Austria
1992
White Columns, New York, NY [cat.]
TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986
Semaphore East, New York, NY
1985
Semaphore East, New York, NY
1984
Semaphore East, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2020
"Just Connect," MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
"Cruel Optimism," Projects section curated by William J. Simmons, Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
"All of Them Witches," Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
2019 – 2020
"Friends & Family," Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2019
The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
"Dark Laughter," curated by Barry Schwabsky, Pippy Houldsworth, London, UK
"Downtown Painting," presented by Alex Katz, Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY
"Small Painting," Corbett vs. Dempsey, New York, NY
"Malmo sessions," Carl Kostyal Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
"Drawn Together Again," FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
"Notebook," 56 Henry, New York, NY
"The Other Self: Nel Aerts and Ellen Berkenblit," Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
"True Blue Mirror," McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
"Samaritans," Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY
2018
"WAHLVERWANDTSCHAFTEN / ELECTIVE AFFINITIES," Sammlung Friedrichshof, Austria
"LINE AND VERSE," Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
"A Space for Thought," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
"Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"In Paper We Trust," The Dot Project, London, UK
"Lyric on a Battlefield," Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
"Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros," curated by Eric Fischl Hall Art Collection, Reading, VT
2016
"Subliminal Shifts," Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY
"IMAGINE," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
"Implosion 20," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
"MCA DNA: Riot Grrrls," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"Grind," curated by Joshua Nathanson, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
"2 Years of Looking," curated by Erik Hanson, New Art Projects, London, UK
"Riot Grrrls," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"The Westreich/Wagner Collection," Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2015
"NY SELF: Portraits of Artists in their Absence," curated by Filippo Fossati, National Academy Museum & School, New York, NY
"39 Years," Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
"The Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner Collection," The Whitney Museum, New York, NY
"Other Planes of There," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
"BODY/IMAGE," Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
"yin yang," 99 cent plus / HANDJOB Gallery//Store, Brooklyn, NY
"Eid Ma Clack Shaw," organized by Abby Messitte, LABspace, Great Barrington, MA
Ellen Berkenblit, Lee Maida, Tracy Miller, Derek Eller, New York
2014
"Personal Space," Essex Flowers, New York, NY
Ellen Berkenblit, Steve DiBenedetto, Philip Hanson, Barry Le Va, Albert Oehlen, Alexander Ross, Rebecca Shore, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
2013
"American Treasures: Other Voices," Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
"After Hours 2: Murals on the Bowery," presented by the Art Production Fund & The New Museum, New York, NY
"Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"Manifesto," FIAF Gallery, New York, NY
2011
"Pressing Ideas: Fifty Years of Womens' Lithographs from Tamarind," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2010
"Contemporary Works From the Collection," Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
"NeoIntegrity," The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY Townie, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2009
"Light Motive," Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
"If the Dogs are Barking," Artist Space, New York, NY
2008
"Love, Love, Love," Martos Gallery, New York, NY
"Friends and Family," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
"Ultra-Concentrated Joy, Ecstatic Drawings by Contemporary Artists," New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2007
"Graphic Content," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2006
"Ellen Berkenblit and Chris Caccamice," Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005
"Paint on Metal," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
2004
"Paint on Metal," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
"Affect," Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
"East Village," New Museum, New York, NY
"Toy Box," Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, FL
2003
"Serious Play/Metaphorical Gestures," Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
"Ellen Berkenblit/Ivzia Capan," Black Dragon Society, Vienna, Austria
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
" Landscape," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
"Officina America," Galeria D’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
"Into the Woods," Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2001
"Wonderland," Bakalar and Huntington Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
"Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"I Love NY," Benefit show, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2000
"Drawing 2000," Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
"Madison Avenue: Where Fashion Meets Art," Calypso, New York, NY
1999
"Spellbound," Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Drawings," Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY
"Deutsche Bank: 15th Anniversary of the Artists Fellowship Program of the New York Foundation for the Arts," New York, NY
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
1997
"Drawings & Paintings," Wooster Gardens, New York, NY
1996
"Ellen Berkenblit, Kara Hammond," Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
"Group Hanging," Griffin Linton Fine Arts, Costa Mesa, CA
1995
"Berkenblit, Nares, Prince, Wool," Galleria Bonomo, Rome, Italy
1994
"Small Wonders," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Waterworks," Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1993
"Yours," Wooster Gardens, New York, NY
1992
Group Show, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
"Good Work," The Cooper Union, New York, NY
"Update 1992," White Columns, New York, NY
"Shape Shifters," Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
"The Anti-Masculine (Overlapping but not corresponding to the Feminine)," Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986
Inaugural Exhibition, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985
"Chiarobscura," curated by John Duff, Art City, New York, NY
"Cross Currents," Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Comic Relief," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Semaphoria," Semaphore East, New York, NY
"Works on paper," Semaphore East, New York, NY
"Double Vision," B-Side Gallery, New York, NY and Frank Bernaducci Gallery, New York, NY
1984
"Pop Symbolism," Center Gallery, Burknell University, Lewisburg, PA
"Neo York," University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
"East Village Artists," The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
"Psychology," New York Public Library, Tompkins Square Branch, New York, NY
"Romance and Catastrophe," Piezo Electric Gallery, New York, NY
"Small Works," Semaphore East, New York, NY
"Twilight Zone," East 7th Street Gallery, New York, NY
"Limbo," P.S.1, Long Island City, New York, NY
1983
"Emergence," Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY
"Underdog," East 7th Street Gallery, New York, NY
Terminal New York, Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, NY
"Wish You’d Been Here," ABC No Rio, New York, NY
"The Wild West Show," Piezo Electric Gallery, New York, NY
"The Ritz," The Ritz Hotel, Washington, DC

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2018
Lines Special Edition, Anton Kern Gallery, NY and Victoria Press, Chicago, IL
2014
Ellen Berkenblit, Anton Kern Gallery, NY
2007
Ellen Berkenblit, Anton Kern Gallery, NY, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Ellen Berkenblit: Drawings, Grafiche Ferrero, Turin, Italy
1992
Ellen Berkenblit, White Columns, New York, NY

Bibliography

2020
Cascone, Sarah. "In LA for Frieze Week? Here Is Our Guide to 33 Inspiring Gallery Shows to See Beyond the Fairs," artnet, February 10
2019
Farr, Kristin. "Ellen Berkenblit, Practical Magic," Juxtapoz, July 10
Russeth, Andrew. "Seven Superb Shows to See in Los Angeles During—and After—the Art Fairs," Artnews, February 15
Desmarais, Charles. "Berkenblit, Braman’s trippy ‘True Blue Mirror’ at McEvoy Foundation," SF Chronicle, February 8
Scott, Andrea K. ""Samaritans," New Yorker, January 26
2018
Yau, John, "Ellen Berkenblit’s Outcasts, Animals, and Body Parts," Hyperallergic, September 22
Nadel, Dan, "Human Nature: Dan Nadel on the Art of Ellen Berkenblit, Carroll Dunham, Sarah Peters, and Kyle Staver," Artforum, September
"In Conversation: Ellen Berkenblit with Alex A. Jones," The Brooklyn Rail (web), September 4
Indrisek, Scott, "17 Artists Share the Music that Inspires Them," Artsy (web), June 27
"Ellen Berkenblit at Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels," Artnet News, June 16
Yau, John, "An Artist’s Film Not Like the Others," Hyperallergic (web), June 15
2017
Furio, Joanne, "Like Mother, Sort of Like Son," San Francisco Magazine, November
"Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1993," New Yorker, November
Smith, Roberta, "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," New York Times (web), July 27
Nadel, Dan, "Tigers, Horses, and Stripes," The New York Review of Books, June 30
Kaack, Nicole, "Critics’ Picks: Ellen Berkenblit at Anton Kern Gallery," Artforum (web), June
"This Week’s Best New Art: Ellen Berkenblit," Time Out New York, May 24 – 30
"Goings On About Town: Ellen Berkenblit," The New Yorker, June 12
Libin, Milah, "Ellen Berkenblit," Dizzy Magazine (cover and feature), Spring
Yau, John, "Will Someone Please Give Ellen Berkenblit a Museum Show Already," Hyperallergic (web) June 10
2016
Shaw, Michael, "Ellen Berkenblit," ArtScene, March
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"Ellen Berkenblit at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," DailyServing (web), February 28
2015
Cholnoky, Kary, "I need to break open the canvas constantly," Rage School (web), May 27
2014
"10 Must See East End Art Shows on July 4 Weekend," Dans Papers, July 10
2013
"Flash TNT," Vogue, May, p.146-150
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2012
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Yablonsky, Linda, "Artifacts | Bat-Sugar Bombshell," T Magazine, March 29
Coates, Jennifer, "Ellen Berkenblit," Time Out New York, March 22-28, p.36
2011
von Thurn und Taxis, Elisabeth, "TNT: Studios of Five New York Artists," Vogue Culture, November 4
2010
Nickson, Carole, "NY Studio Visit: Ellen Berkenblit," Artillery, September/October, Vol.5, Issue 1, p.48.
2008
Schwabsky, Barry, "Spots, Smudges and Glitter," The Nation, April 28, p.39-42
Fujimori, Manami, "High Fashion," April
Dannatt, Adrian, "Sugar Shock," ArtNet, February 13
Saltz, Jerry, "Critic’s Pick," New York Magazine February 13
Stringfield, Anne, "The Vogue 25 Cultural Highlights of 2008," Vogue, January, p.88.
2007
Crawford, Lynn, "Ellen Berkenblit," The Brooklyn Rail, November, p.43
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Berwick, Carly, "The Armory Show Shopping Guide," New York Magazine, February 26, p.129
2006
Mendelsohn, Adam, "Ellen Berkenblit," Frieze, November/December
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2005
ESOPUS, Number 5, Fall
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2004
Smith, Roberta, "Looking back at the flurry on the far side," The New York Times, December 10
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2003
Sholis, Brian, "Ellen Berkenblit," Artforum, November, p.153
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2002
Fiz, Alberto, "Creativita made in USA," Italia Oggi, February 3, p.19.
2000
Cotter, Holland, "Review," The New York Times, December 13
Gregori, Daniela, "Vom Draa zqischen den Aketen," Frankfurter Allgemaine Zeitung, September 30, p.63
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1999
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1996
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1992
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1987
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1985
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1984
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1983
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Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2014
Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY

Public Collections

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY