Born: Lakewood, Ohio
Live/work: Brooklyn, New York
Education
B.F.A. The Ohio State University (Drawing and Painting)
M.A. New York University (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Studio Program, Lacoste School of the Arts in France
Residencies and Awards
2015 Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant for research in Kolkata
2014 Jiwar Creation and Society Residency, Barcelona
2013 Last Ship Residency, Mumbai
2011-2014 New York Council for the Humanities mini grant for the Congress of Curious Peoples
2010 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Programming and Exhibition grant for “The Great Coney Island Spectacularium”
2010 Dedalus Foundation Institutional Grant for “The Great Coney Island Spectacularium”
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Translations and Annotations (BRIC Biennial: Volume II). Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn
2015 Mapping Brooklyn. Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn
2014 Gallery 1. Central Booking, New York. (Ongoing)
2014 Obsolescence. Curious Matter, Jersey City
2014 The Cosmorama of the Pandemonium of Wall Street. (with Becky Sellinger) The Winter Shack, Brooklyn
2013 Plein Air. Liz Afif Gallery, Philadelphia
2013 Topsy Turvy: Artists and the Amusement Utopia. 60 Wall St. Gallery, New York
2013 Sea and Sky. Liz Afif Gallery, Philadelphia
2013 A Time In Arcadia. Curious Matter, Jersey City
2013 24th Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery. Baltimore
2013 Census, Map, Museum, Last Ship. Mumbai
2012 American Daydream, Recession Art. New York
2012 The New America: A Vanishing Landscape, Brooklyn Fireproof. Brooklyn
2012 Dreamland – A Night of Spectacle, Venus and Apoll. Dusseldorf
2012 Dangerous Toys, Curious Matter. Jersey City
2012 Planning the Past. Judy’s Kinobar Kirchofstrasse. Berlin
2011 Twin Twin Postcard Edition, Pierogi Gallery. Brooklyn
2011 The Cosmorama of the Great Dreamland Fire (with Joanna Ebenstein), The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2011 The Great Coney Island Spectacularium (with Joanna Ebenstein), The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2010 Postcards from Paradise (with Martha Wilson), The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2008 Nostalgia, The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2005 Small Works. Paintings. 440 Gallery. Brooklyn
1998 Cathedral. Southside Gallery. Cleveland
1998 White. Southside Gallery. Cleveland
1996 AleRT: A Collective of New Mexico Artists.Offsite Gallery. Santa Fe
1996 Earth Art. Harwood Art Center. Albuquerque
Selected Curated Exhibitions
2013 Topsy Turvy: Artists and the Amusement Utopia, 60 Wall St. Gallery. New York
2009 The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society and its Circle: 1926-1972 – Installation by Zoe Beloff. The Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn
2008 Waterboarding Thrill Ride – Installation by Steve Powers. Coney Island
2007 Wild Kingdom: Mermaid Parade Photographs, The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2006 Africasso – paintings and sculptures by Brother Daniel, The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2006 The 9th Annual Mermaid Show (co-curated with Carri Scoczek), The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2006 Tantallion Gardens – installation by Jen and Elisheva Forever (Elisheva Biernoff and Jen Smith), The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2005 The Parachute Pavilion (co-curated with the Van Alen Institute), The Coney Island Museum. Brooklyn
2005 (Still) Under the Influence – works on paper by Philomena Marano. The Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn
Events, Papers and Presentations
Georama: An Exploration of Moving Panoramas (Presenter, Panelist). New York.
Congress For Curious People, Barcelona, London, Coney Island
The New York Comics and Picture Stories Symposium
Days of the Commune. (Performer) by Zoe Beloff. New York.
“The Cosmorama of the Great Dreamland Fire, Thoughts on the Passing of an Ideal and the End of an Era – A Key and Guide to the Installation” (Author) Hand-bound chapbook, on sale in The New Museum, Unnamable Books, Recession Art, and McNally Jackson Booksellers, New York.
“The Timid May Stay at Home” (Presenter) Lecture and panel discussion on the history of funhouses and the work of Carsten Holler. The New Museum, New York
“Dreamland’s Legacy” (Author)in Quentin Bajac, ed. Dreamlands. Paris : Éditions du Centre Pompidou. Exhibition catalogue, Centre Georges Pompidou
“The Coney Island Museum: A brief History of the Way Things that Weren’t Separate are Separate Now” (Author) in Zoe Beloff, ed. The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society and Its Circle: 1926-1972, New York : Christine Burgin
Dreamland or Nightmare? The Future Development of Coney Island and its Community. (Moderator) The New School for Social Research, New York
Art Science Collision: The Coney Island Museum. American Museum of Natural History
