Elisa Lendvay
Lendvay’s explorations in making form, color and enigmatic objects move between sculpture,painting and drawing. They present interplays among internal vision, observation of nature, and corporality to generate moments of perception, truth, and whimsey. Diverse materials are employed to consider how unlike elements can merge into something other and new. She explores the physicality of making and matter with a sense of play and discovery in the process.
EDUCATION
The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, MFA in Sculpture, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, 2006
The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1998
Bennington College, Bennington, VT, 1993-1995
SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017
Giampietro Gallery, Under the Apple Tree: Elisa Lendvay and Becky Yazdan. New Haven, CT
2016
Giampietro Gallery, Power Boothe and Elisa Lendvay, New Haven, CT
2013
Giampietro Gallery, Moon of the Moon, New Haven, CT
2012
Jason McCoy Gallery, Elisa Lendvay: Small Sculptures, NYC
2009
V&A, Force of Things, NYC
2007
Moti Hasson Gallery, Fabled Agents, NYC
2003
Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Accretions, Dallas, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Underdonk, The Giving Body, Brooklyn, NY
Matteawan Gallery, post-magic-symbiosis, Beacon, NY
Glenlily Grounds 2017, annual outdoor sculpture and installation exhibition in Newburgh, NY
583 Park Avenue, Sculpture Installation for NYFA Hall of Fame Benefit, NYC
Act 1, organized by Kristen Dodge & Dawn Breeze, Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY
Hygienic Gallery, Object and Influence, organized by Jason Silva, New London, CT
2016
TSA, Drawing for Sculpture, curated by Courtney Puckett, Brooklyn, NY
Underdonk, Onion by the Ocean, Organized by Essye Klempner and Elisa Soliven, Brooklyn, NY
Sardine at Atlas, Silent Shout, Curated by Lacey Fekishazy, Newburgh, NY
Glenlily Grounds 2016, annual outdoor sculpture and installation exhibition in Newburgh, NY
Lorimoto, Till Death do Us Part, Ridgewood, NY
Perimeter Gallery, Bodies, curated by Ilse Murdock, Belfast, ME
2015
George Segal Gallery, Faculty 2015 Department of Art and Design, curated by John Rasmussen, Director and Curator at the American University Museum, Montclair State University, NJ
Lesley Heller Workspace, Object’hood, curated by Inna Babaeva and Gelah Penn, NYC
Howard Payne University, I-10, National Exhibition of Contemporary Two-Dimensional Art, curated by Christopher Schade, Brownwood, TX
Glenlily Grounds 2015, annual outdoor sculpture and installation exhibition in Newburgh, NY
2014
Asya Geisberg Gallery, About a Mountain, curated by Holly Jarrett, NYC
Jason McCoy Gallery, Domesticity, curated by Stephanie Buhmann and Samantha McCoy, NYC
Rare Gallery, Quiet Please, NYC
Underdonk Studio, Improvised Showboat #3, Brooklyn, NY
The Bruce High Quality Foundation, The Last Brucennial, NYC
HKJB, Genesis Forward Battery, Brooklyn, NY
Underdonk, Underdonk Selects, Brooklyn, NY
Bantom Switch Factory,Your Spirit Don’t Leave Knowing, Bantom, CT
Orgy Park, Alone Together, Elisa Lendvay and Adrian Ting, Bushwick, NY
Glenlily Grounds 2014, annual outdoor sculpture and installation exhibition in Newburgh, NY
2013
Nurture Art, The Order of Things, curated by Jamillah James, Bushwick, NY
HD Projects, In Denial, Black Bile, Curated by Nicole O’Rourke, NYC
Brooklyn Parlor, Parlor Antics, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Kansas Gallery, Cheat Chains and Telephone, NYC
Clifford Art Gallery, Colgate University, External Original, Hamilton, NY
George Segal Gallery, Montclair University, Montclair University Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Montclair, NJ
Radiator Gallery, This is How my Brain Works, curated by Michael Lee, LIC, NY
Jason McCoy Gallery, Paper Band, curated by Stephanie Buhmann, NYC
EJ Hauser’s Studio, Waivers, curated by EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, Brooklyn, NY
Bushwick Open Studios, Ab/Ob/Ob, curated by Liz Ainsle, Brooklyn, NY
Sardine Gallery, Pieces on Earth, Brooklyn, NY
Joe Ballweg’s Studio, Wide Field, curated by Joe Ballweg and Andrea Bergart, Ridgewood, NY
The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Harderer. Betterer. Fasterer. Strongerer, Brucennial, NYC
2011
Softspot/University of Massachusetts Amherst Museum of Art, Have You Seen This Guy’s Work? (online)
Standpipe Gallery, Taking Shape, NYC
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Temporary Antumbra Zone, Brooklyn, NY
St. Cecilia Gallery, Black Sunday, Art Book Club, curated by Saira McLaren, Brooklyn, NY
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Iced, Staten Island, NY
Samson Projects, Chain Letter Exhibition, Boston, MA
Small Black Door, small.black.show., Brooklyn, NY
2010
Christopher Henry Gallery, Friends in High Places, NYC
Artjail, Painting Comes Alive! Curated by Erik den Breejen, NYC
The Exhibition Agency, Uncrumpling This Much Crumpled Thing, Chicago, IL
Secondhome Projects/Temp IX, Born to Die, Curated by Jay Henderson, Berlin, Germany
Daily Operation, World’s Greatest, NYC
Bushwick Open Spaces, Half-Invisible, POI, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
The Dirty Dirty, Yard Art, Brooklyn, NYC
Verge Art Fair, ANTIDOTE Gallery, NY, New York
Fun Times Gallery, No Plans for Today, curated by Vicki Sher, Brooklyn, NY
Daily Operation, Folksmusic, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Mike Rollins Fine Arts, Crotalus Atrox (or fat over lean), Curated by Liam Everett, NYC
Daily Operation, I Wanna Be Somewhere, NYC
Bushwick Open Spaces, Time Bandits II, POI, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Tensegrity, Brooklyn, NY
PS122 Gallery, 122@122, NYC
Bushwick Open Spaces, Time Bandits and Portraits of Yoda, POI, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Flux Factory, Secret Clubhouse, LIC, NY
2006
V&A, You Are Not Here, NYC
Arthouse at the Jones Center, New American Talent, Austin, TX
Powerhouse (Lawn), VA4398UV, Curated by Virginia Overton, Memphis, TN
2005
Galapagos Art Space, Holiday Pageant, Brooklyn, NY
Tyler Estate, Breaking and Entering, NYC
Conduit Gallery, Paper Tigers--Exquisite Corpse, Dallas, TX
UBS, Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition, Redhook, NY
Tanabe Tanaka, The Bushwick Sketchbook Biennial, Brooklyn, NY
2004
OK Harris Gallery, Vote With Your Art, Win Back Respect, NYC
2003
Arlington Museum of Art, Sunny Side Up, Arlington, TX
2002
500X Gallery, Sleeve, Dallas, TX
Arlington Museum of Art, Home Sweet Home, Arlington, TX
2001
500X Gallery, Feisty, Dallas, TX
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, W, Dallas, TX
Rockwall Alliance for the Arts, Art 2001, Selected by Nancy Whitenack, Rockwall, TX
2000
Casa de Cameron, Drippings, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
1999
Templeton Art Center, Art in the Metroplex, Fort Worth, TX
1998
500X Gallery, Form+Image, Works By Four New Artists, curated by Kate Budd, Dallas, TX
charlieuniformtango, a Posteriori, Dallas, TX
The Wong Spot, Heavy, San Antonio, TX
500X Gallery, Expo ’98, Selected by Ted Pilsbury, Dallas, TX
1997
Santa Chiara, Mostra D’Arte, Castiligion Fiorintino, Italy
1995
Bennington College, Women’s Work, Bennington, VT
SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
2011
The Edward F. Albee Foundation, Albee Fellow
New York Foundation of the Arts, Artist’s Sculpture Fellowship, Finalist
2009
Santa Fe Art Institute Fellowship
2008
Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, Swing Space Residency, 100 Church St.
2004- 2006
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard Fellowship Grant
2003
The Vermont Studio Center
1999
Dallas Museum of Art, Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award
1997
University of Texas at Austin, Sculpture Studio Research Award
University of Texas at Austin, Painting and Drawing Studio Research Award
1993
Dallas Museum of Art, DeGolyer Fund Award
1992
Marie Walsh Art Foundation, Summer Scholarship, Colorado Springs, CO
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gorky’s Granddaughter, November 2016,
http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2016/12/elisa-lendvay-nov-2016.html
Tiana Wang. Between Lovely Lines. Yale News, November 4, 2016
(http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/11/04/between-lovely-lines/)
Jason Andrew. Greenpoint Open Studios: 10 Must See Artists. Norte Maar
April 25, 2016
(http://nortemaar.org/2016/04/greenpoint-open-studios-10-must-see-artist/)
Paddy Johnson. Katherine Bradford and Drawing for Sculpture: Swimmers and Gender Politics. Art F City, January 22, 2016
Etty Yaniv. Till Death Do Us Part at Lorimoto, a Marriage of Art. ArtFuse. January 13, 2016
(http://artefuse.com/2016/01/13/til-death-do-us-part-at-lorimoto-a-marriage-of-art-124359/)
Two Coats of Paint. Revitalization by contamination: OBJECT'hood at Lesley Heller. August 2, 2015
(http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2015/08/revitalization-by-contamination.html)
Elisa Lendvay in “About a Mountain” at Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York Art Tours, August 2014
(http://newyorkarttours.com/blog/?tag=elisa-lendvay)
Speed Dating with Art: Fast times at Bushwick Beat Nite, March 5, 2014
(http://bushwickdaily.com/2014/03/bushwick-beat-nite-boasts-an-artful-evening/)
New Works by Melissa Brown and Elisa Lendvay at Fred Giampietro Gallery. Artscope, New England’s Arts and Culture Magazine. November 21, 2013
(http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs191/1101530073189/archive/1115711925307.html)
Daniel Wiener. Elisa Lendvay Small Sculpture, Art Seen, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2013
(http://www.brooklynrail.org/2013/02/artseen/elisa-lendvay-small-sculpture)
The Order of Things, Curated by Jamillah James, Exhibition Catalog, NURTUREart, 2013
(http://issuu.com/nurtureart/docs/jamillah_james_ebook)
6 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 7th. Gallerist NY, The New York Observer. January 4, 2013
(http://galleristny.com/2013/01/6-things-to-do-in-new-yorks-art-world-before-january-7/)
William Eckhardt Kohler. Elisa Lendvay: How the Eye Speaks. Huffington Post. October 25, 2012
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-eckhardt-kohler/elisa-lendvay_b_1953160.html)
Kevin Kinsella, Randomly Determined. Bomb Magazine. September 26, 2012 (http://bombmagazine.org/article/6842/randomly-determined)
Paddy Johnson. There’s no Place like Kansas. The L Magazine. February 1, 2012 (http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/theres-no-place-like-kansas/Content?oid=2207301)
Painter’s Bread, Visual Sustenance, Elisa Lendvay: Painting, Sculpture, and No Boundaries. November 12, 2011
(http://www.paintersbread.com/2011/11/elisa-lendvay-painting-sculpture-and-no.html,)
Gorky’s Granddaughter, November 2011,
(http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2011/12/elisa-lendvay-nov-2011.html)
Sharon Butler, Two Coats of Paint, Making our post-neo-faux-expressionist-prefigurative-protoconceptual heads spin. September 24, 2010
(http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2010/09/making-our-post-neo-faux-expressionist.html)
Julia V. Hendrickson. Review Uncrumpling This Much Crumpled Thing/The Exhibition Agency. New City Art. August 30, 2010
(http://art.newcity.com/2010/08/30/review-uncrumpling-this-much-crumpled-thingthe-exhibition-agency/)
Nora Griffin. Tensegrity. artcritical.com. August 2008.
(http://www.artcritical.com/griffin/NGTensegrity.htm)
James Kalm. Tensegrity. Wagmag. July 1, 2008.
(http://wagmag.org/reviews.php)
James Wagner. Elisa Lendvay at Moti Hasson. JamesWagner.com. April 13, 2007. (http://jameswagner.com/mt_archives/006194.html)
Amanda Douberly. From Stuff. Austin Chronicle. July 14, 2006.
Jean Claire Van Ryzin. Diverse Show of ‘New American Talent’. Austin American-Statesman. June 29,2006. pg.16
Sunny Side Up, Exhibition Catalogue, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX 2003
Tom Sime. Flow Art. Dallas Morning News. October 16, 2002
Mike Daniel. ‘Feisty” At 500X. Dallas Morning News. September 21, 2001
Silo Publication, Bennington College, Bennington VT 1993, 1994
Student Portfolio, Art in Focus. NY: Glencoe, 1994, pg.335
TEACHING/ ACADEMIC PRESENTATION
Bennington College, Visiting Faculty, Bennington, VT, Fall 2017
Marist College, Part-time Art Faculty, Poughkeepsie, NY 2017 - present
Artist Lecture Series, Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY, December 2016
Montclair State University, Adjunct Professor, Art and Design, Montclair, NJ Foundations: 3D Design, Concept, Application, Process; MFA Independent Studies
2011 - 2017
Ashcan Studio School, Midtown Manhattan and Little Neck, NY, 2013 - 2015
Art Instructor, Projects advisor, Creative Development and Portfolio Preparation, Sculpture classes with children, high school and college students
Colgate University, BFA/MFA Students, Studio Talk, 2014
University of Minnesota Graduate Studies NYC Program, Studio Visit, 2011
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Artist Talk and Class Demonstration, Form Study, Boston, MA, 2010
Noguchi Museum, Visiting Artist, Family Literacy Program, NYC, 2010
California College of the Arts, Painting/Drawing students, Studio LIC, NY, 2008
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Residential Instructor, Life Skills, Austin 1996-1999