C.V. (pdf)
ELIZABETH GILFILEN
Born 1974, Cincinnati, OH; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Education
2001 MFA, Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1997 BFA, College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Cricket Fix, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2025 527 Madison Ave, Jay Grimm Advisory, New York, NY
2024 Slipstream, Vassos Gallery, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
2023 Denouement, Yi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Shorthand, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 Laid Ledge, Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012 New Paintings, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2011 Two Moons, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2010 Bruiser, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Till human voices wake us, Elizabeth Gilfilen, Anna Gregor, Olivia Mcleod, curated by Craig Stockwell, Duckworth Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Boundless, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Made in Paint, The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, NY
2022
A-one, curated by Sharon L. Butler, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2020
All Together, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018
Four Abstract Artists, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Cadences, two person show with Molly Herman, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Distilled de Stijl, TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia
2017
Antipodal, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Fight or Flight, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Summer Steals, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015
Humble Iterations, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Breathing Room, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Conversations, curated by Sharon Louden, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Taking Off, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
RBPMW SIP Exhibition, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2013
Meta Vista, curated by Matthew Gehring, Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011
The Presence of Line, Gilbert Pavilion Gallery, The Hebrew Home, New York, NY
2010
Unraveling Paint, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2009
Cutters, curated by Mary Birmingham, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
10 Years On and Going Strong, Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA
Exquisite Corpse, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
Morsel Remains, curated by Elizabeth Cooper, Morsel Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2008
Full Circle, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,Ridgefield, CT
Young Painters, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Emerge 9, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Unbreak my Heart, curated by Brent Burket, Pluto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Metro 25, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Bits and Pieces: The Collage Impulse, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2006
Drawing Stage, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Painting Annual, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
2005
AIM 25, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Pivot Points, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2004
Radius, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Drawing Conclusions, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Residencies and Awards
Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece, Residency, 2025
Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, NY, Residency, 2022
Lacawac Sanctuary & Biological Field Station, Lake Ariel, PA, Residency, 2018
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Residency, 2013
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY, SIP Fellowship, 2013
Oehme Graphics, Steamboat Springs, CO, Printmaking Residency, 2013
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, Brooklyn, NY, Residency, 2010 – 2011
Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, Residency, 2010
Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, Emerge 9 Fellowship, 2007
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, AIM Fellowship, 2005
The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Viewing Program, 2005
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT, Radius Fellowship, 2004
Teaching and Guest Artist Positions
Adjunct Instructor, Drawing 1, SUNY-Suffolk, 2013 – 2017
Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Spring, 2005
Visiting Artist, Phillips Academy, Fall, 2004
Adjunct Instructor, Drawing 1, Moraine Valley Community College, 2003
Instructor, Drawing 1, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2001
Artist Talks and Panels
St. John’s University, Queens, NY, Artist Talk, February 12, 2004
Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, Artist Talk, November 29, 2012
The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, Artist Talk, March 3, 2012
Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, Artist Talk, December 3, 2011
Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, Artist Talk, October 11, 2007
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, Artist Talk,September 21, 2006
Grace Theater, Virginia Commonwealth University, Panelist, March 1, 2005
Publications, Exhibition catalogs and essays
Vittorio Colaizzi. “De-defining the gesture,” exhibition essay for Denouement, Yi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November, 2023.
Four Abstract Artists, exhibition catalog. Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY, 2018.
Artists to Artists vol.2, catalog. The Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program, New York, NY, 2016.
Breathing Room, exhibition catalog. Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2015.
New American Paintings. Northeast Ed. #116, curated by Michelle Grabner, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2015.
Pictures of Everything: Abstract Painting Now, exhibition catalog. Victory Hall Press, Jersey City, NJ, 2014.
New American Paintings. Northeast Ed. #86, curated by Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2010.
Cutters, exhibition catalog. Essay by Mary Birmingham. The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 2009.
Exquisite Corpse, exhibition catalog. Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, Newark, NJ, 2009.
E9, exhibition catalog. Essay by Christopher Y Lew. Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, 2009.
Full Circle, exhibition brochure. Essay by Regine Basha. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, 2008.
Unambiguous, A Curated Printed Exhibition, Artworld Digest, New York, NY, 2006.
Drawing Stage, exhibition brochure. Essay by E. Carmen Ramos. City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, 2006.
AIM 25, exhibition catalog. Essay by Amy Rosenblum Martín, Lydia Yee. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 2005.
Pivot Points, exhibition catalog. Essays by Steven L. Jones and Richard Roth. VCA, Richmond, VA, 2005.
MFA Thesis, exhibition catalog. Essay by Richard Roth. VCU, Richmond, VA, 2001.
Press
Zachary Keeting and Christopher Joy. Interview with Gorky’s Granddaughter, July 14, 2024.
Etty Yaniv. “In Dialogue, Elizabeth Gilfilen: Denouement at Yi Gallery,” Art Spiel, December 1, 2023.
Online exhibit. “The earth is blue like an orange,”Jason McCoy Gallery, Nov. 10 - Dec. 15, 2021.
Lisa Kellner. “Interviews in Excellence, Five Questions,” lisakellner.com/blog, July 29, 2019.
Sherilyn Neidhardt. “Cadences at Equity Gallery,” Art Spiel, October 19, 2018.
Sharon L. Butler. “Images: Elizabeth Gilfilen,” Two Coats of Paint, July 30, 2017.
Brendan Carroll. “Nightcrawler,” brendanscottcarroll.wordpress.com, Feb. 3, 2016.
Jillian Steinhauer. “Art Rx NYC,” Hyperallergic, May 19, 2015.
Joan Tuppence. “Fall Arts Preview,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 4, 2014.
Anne Russinof. "Mind's Eye (or Ten Ways to Float)," Curating Contemporary, Sept. 2014.
Sharon L. Butler. “Recommended: Summer Group Shows,” Two Coats of Paint, July 2014.
Paul Behnke. “Studio Visit w/ Elizabeth Gilfilen,” Structure and Imagery, July 9, 2014.
Angela Fraleigh. “5 questions,” angelafraleigh.com/blog, July 2, 2014.
Paul Behnke. "Painters! (I Admire Greatly)," Structure and Imagery, March 9, 2014.
Anne Russinof. “Studio Visit,” Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town, January 29, 2014.
James Panero. “Gallery Chronicle,” The New Criterion, November 2013.
Anne Russinof. “Meta Vista,” Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town, October 23, 2013.
Online exhibit. “Meta Vista,” Curating Contemporary, curated by Matthew Gehring, October 2013.
Susan Oehme. Oehme Graphics Blog. May 7, 2013.
Henry Samelson. Buddy of Work, March 13, 2012.
Sharon L. Butler. “Handmade, utopic, urgent and obsessive,” Two Coats of Paint, February 27, 2012.
The New York Times, exhibition announcement with photograph, Metro section, February 12, 2012.
Paul Behnke. “No Longer, No Later@the Hunterdon Art Museum,” Structure and Imagery, Jan., 2012.
Brett Baker. Painter's Table, November 22, 2011.
Sharon L. Butler. “Elizabeth Gilfilen: Pugilist Painter,” Two Coats of Paint, November 16, 2011.
Vince Contarino. “Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation,” KCLOG, April 23, 2011.
Martin Bromirski. ANABA, July 30, 2010.
Benjamin Genocchio. “A Show Goes Heavy on a Traditional Medium Yet Feels Fresh,” The New York Times, Jan. 4, 2009.
Dan Bischoff. “Newark Art Exhibition is Part Swank, Part Cutting Edge,” The Star Ledger, August 4, 2008.
Benjamin Genocchio. “A Show of Small Works, and a Group Sampler,” The New York Times, Dec. 9, 2007.
Dan Bischoff. “Working Small but Thinking Big,” The Star Ledger, November 30, 2007.
Dan Bischoff. “Make room for drawings: Wide-ranging show at CWOW,” The Star Ledger, Sept. 22, 2006.
Todd Gibson. “A Different Sort of Summer Group Show,” From the Floor, July 12, 2005.
Cate McQuaid. “Three Shows Shake Up Summer Art Doldrums,” The Boston Globe, Aug. 20, 2004.
Joyce Korotkin. “Hot & Sticky,” The New York Art World, July 2001: pg. 18-19.
Jenny O. Ramirez. “Ready for Prime Time,” Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, July 18, 2000: pg. 32.