Descripción del Artista
Education
2016 MFA, Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
2012 MA and MPhil, Columbia University, NY, NY.
2002 AB, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
One and Two-Person Exhibitions
2016 Ezra Tessler and Barb Smith, New Proposals with Páramo, Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014 Rafters, Culture Room, Brooklyn, NY.
2013 The Red-Haired Man, Good Weather, North Little Rock, AR.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Cold Summer, The Provincial, Kaleva, Michigan. Curated by Peter Shear.
Broadcast from Cedarburg, NJ, Bannerette, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Matthew Sepielli.
What else is knew, 80 Vernon Ave, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Caitlin MacBride.
Shades, The Bedfellows' Club, Little Rock, AR. Curated by Jess Hirsh and Haynes Riley.
Painters NYC, Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños (MUPO), Oaxaca, Mexico.
2015 Strike up the band, Waterfront at Art/Life Institute, Kingston, NY.
Painters NYC, Páramo Galeria, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Bard MFA Thesis Show, Milton Avery School of the Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
Not a Painting, The Hole, NY, NY.
2014 Panel Discussion & Various Formats Are Appropriate, Silvershed, NY, NY.
It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools, Junior Projects, NY, NY.
Skit, The Hole, NY, NY. Curated by Tisch Abelow.
2013 In All Kinds of Weather, /Protocol/, Gainesville, FL (catalogue).
Now, FUSE Art Infrastructure, Allentown, PA.
Young New Yorkers Benefit Auction, Allegra La Viola, NY, NY.
IMAGO, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.
A Country Road. A Tree. Evening, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
The Big Show 8, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
Residencies and Awards
2015 Nominated artist, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant.
2013 MFA Award, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (3 years).
2012 Ox-Bow, Fall Artist in Residence. Full funding from the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship. 2010 SOMA Summer, Mexico City, Mexico.
2008 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, US Department of Education (4 years).
2007 Richard Hofstadter Fellowship, Columbia University (2 years).
2002 Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellowship, Harvard University.
Bibliography
2016 Molly Gottschalk, "Ten best booths at Zsona Maco," Artsy (February 4).
Linnea West, Artist interview, Phone Tag (April 22).
2013 Chip Schwartz, "Painting's Absurdity and Samuel Beckett at Fjord," Knight Arts (June 13).
2012 Valerie Brennan, Artist interview, Studio Critical (October 22).
Artist Talks
2016 Visiting artist presentation, senior painting seminar, Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
2013 "The Lumpen: Coffee talk with Amy Sillman, Ezra Tessler, Devin Fore," Cleopatra's, Brooklyn, NY.
Selected Writing
2013 "Grey Disk," WOW-HUH (Spring).
2010 "Death Row Homepages and the Politics of Compassion," Roots, Rites, and Sites of Resistance:
The Banality of Good, ed. L. Cheliotis (London: Palgrave Press).
2007 "Dreams and Disappointments," Jacket Magazine (No. 33).
2007 "Review: Law and Disorder in the Postcolony," Punishment and Society (No. 9, Vol. 4).
2006 "Untethered Hawsers," Jacket Magazine (No. 31).
Exposición. 19 nov de 2024 - 02 mar de 2025 / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, España
Formación. 23 nov de 2024 - 29 nov de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España