Bio

Elise Ferguson (b. 1964 Richmond, VA) currently lives and works in Queens, NY. She uses pattern, color and repetition to explore a range of process-driven approaches, mathematical puzzles, and geometric variations. Landing somewhere at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and printmaking, the results are works that reflect her intuitive use of geometry.

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EDUCATION

1995

MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

1988

BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Plaza, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The Narrows, SHRINE, New York, NY

2022

Sequence, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020

Maxwell Court, Odd Ark LA, Los Angeles, CA

Survey; Works on Paper, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019

June Room, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018

EAST, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Cloudbank, 57W57 Arts, New York, NY

2017

Corral, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Shutter, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY

Ripple Drift, Barton Art Galleries, Barton College, Wilson, NC

2016

Flippity, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY

Citron, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015

This Way That, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2014

Striped Knot, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011

Elise Ferguson; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2009

Capital X, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY

2004

Elise Ferguson: Livingroom D Lyx, Malmo, SE

2003

Floor/Wall; University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

White Room, White Columns, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS

2024

NEOGEONEOGEO, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2023

Ferguson/Blalock: Passage 3&4, The EyeSees, Athens, GR

Ferguson, Tinkler, Crawford, Pazo Fine Art, Washington, DC

2022

Duo: Ferguson & Committo, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH

2021

Glyphadelphia; Hesse Flatow, New York, NY

Ten Years; Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY

2020

Kirk Stoller and Friends, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Fluid Structure, Massey Klein, New York, NY

2019

Symmetry, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME

Summer, Frampton Exhibition, Bridgehampton, NY

Pulled in Brooklyn, IPCNY, New York, NY

2018

Archival Exhibition, Dieu Donné Papermill, Brooklyn, NY

Barn Show, Johannes Vogt Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Geometric Behavior, Ikast Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, DK

Hard Edges, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY

Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY

Superposition, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY

2017

Mount of Venus, Elise Ferguson and Caris Reid, Monya Rowe Gallery, St Augustine, FL

New York New Work, Albada Jelgersma, Amsterdam, DK

In the Steps of Folly Cove, Russell Janis, Brooklyn, NY

Summer in the City, Paula Estey Gallery, Newburyport, MA

Delineation, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY

2016

Stone Soup Nasty, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY

2015

January Show, Mixed Greens, New York, NY

Suddenly Last Summer, Longhouse Projects, New York, NY

Architectural Impulse, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY

Summer Mixer, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY

2014

Color as Structure: McKenzie FineArt, New York, NY

2013

Paint Off Paint On; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2012

Elise Ferguson/David Kennedy Cutler, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2011

Domestic Goods, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Rich-oo-uh'l, Richoo-uh'l, Jolie Laide, Philadelphia, PA

Entaglement, Regina Rex, Queens, NY

Entaglement, Art Blog Art Blog, New York, NY

Printer's Proof, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY

2010

Default State Network, Raid Projects, Los Angeles and Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY

Forth Estate, Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR

2009

New Prints: Spring, International Print Center New York, New York, NY

2008

Elise Ferguson/Arnold Kemp, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Workspace Program 2001-7, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY

2006

Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

New Editions; Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005

Talk to the Land, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2004

Sleight of Hand, Lemon Sky Projects Miami, Curated by Hudson Clearing, Miami, FL

Spacemakers, Lothringer Dreizen, Munich, GE

hung, drawn, and quartered, Team, New York, NY

New Projects; Dieu Donne Papermill, New York

The Invisible Revealed, Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection, Ripin Gallery, Oberli, OH

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME

Multistorey, Pump House Gallery, London, UK

2003

New Slang, Curated by Claudia Altman-Siegel, Luring Augustine, New York, NY

Yard, Curated by Robyn Donohue and Alyson Baker, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY

EAST International, Norwich Gallery, catalog, Norwich, Uk

Slimvolume, Curated by Andrew Hunt, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK

2002

Accelerated Grimace, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Peaks, Kagan Martos, New York, NY

2000

The May Show, Sculpture Center, New York, NY

It’s a Cruel World, White Columns, New York, NY

Mental Wilderness, Gayle Gates, New York, NY

1999

Outer Boroughs, White Columns, NY

Five Easy Pieces, Lombard Freid, New York, NY

As if the world ended on the 5th floor, Blohard, Philadelphia, PA

1997

Real World, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

Best II, Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996

Arts in Celebration Regional Biennial, University Museum, SIU-Carbondale, IL

ARCO, Beret Int’l Gallery, Madrid, ES

1995

The Uncomfortable Show, MWMWM, Chicago, IL

Profiles, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

Depends, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

Aesthetic Cranks, Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994

Flora: Chicago Botanical Garden, Chicago, IL

The Slit Show, Layaway, Chicago, IL

1992

Things, Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago, IL

That’s Nice Dear, Beret Int’l Gallery, Chicago, IL

1991

Strange Video, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL