Elizabeth Gilfilen is a visual artist based in New York. Selected solo exhibitions include Yi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ and Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ. Her paintings and works on paper have been included in group shows at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Bronx Museum, among others. Residencies and fellowships include The Golden Foundation, Yaddo, The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Studio Immersion Project Fellowship, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, Gallery Aferro Studio Residency, Alijra Emerge and The Bronx Museum of Art AIM Program. Reviews of her work have been featured in ArtSpiel, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, The Boston Globe, The Newark Star-Ledger and The New York Times. Gilfilen received her BFA from the College of D.A.A.P. at the University of Cincinnati and her MFA in Painting & Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Slipstream, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2023 Denouement, Yi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Shorthand, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Cadences, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Laid Ledge, Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012 No longer, no later, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2011 Two Moons, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2010 Bruiser, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Boundless, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 Made in Paint, The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, NY
2022 A-one, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2020 All Together, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Four Abstract Artists, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2018 Distilled de Stijl, TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia
2017 Antipodal, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Humble Iterations, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2015 Breathing Room, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Conversations, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Taking Off, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 RBPMW SIP Exhibition, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2013 Meta Vista, 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, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2009 10 Years On and Going Strong, Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA
2009 Exquisite Corpse, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
2009 Morsel Remains, Morsel Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2008 Full Circle, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2008 Young Painters, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2008 Emerge 9, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2007 Metro 25, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2007 Bits and Pieces: The Collage Impulse, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2006 Drawing Stage, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2006 Painting Annual, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
2005 AIM 25, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2005 Pivot Points, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2004 Radius, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2004 Drawing Conclusions, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Education
2001 MFA, Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1997 BFA, College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Residencies and Awards
2022 The Golden Foundation for the Arts, Residency
2018 Lacawac Sanctuary & Biological Field Station Artist Residency
2013 Yaddo Fellowship Residency
2013 Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, SIP Fellow
2013 Oehme Graphics, Printmaking Residency
2010 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program
2010 Gallery Aferro, Studio Residency
2007 Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Emerge 9 Fellow
2005 The Bronx Museum of the Arts, AIM Fellow
Teaching and Guest Artist Positions
2013-2017 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing 1, SUNY-Suffolk
2005 Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Spring
2004 Visiting Artist, Phillips Academy, Fall
2003 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing 1, Moraine Valley Community College
2001 Instructor, Drawing 1, Virginia Commonwealth University
Artist Talks and Panels
2024 Artist Talk, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, February 12
2012 Artist Talk, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, November 29
2012 Artist Talk, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, March 3
2011 Artist Talk, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, December 3
2007 Artist Talk, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, October 11
2006 Artist Talk, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, September 21
2005 Panelist, Grace Theater, Virginia Commonwealth University, March 1
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.
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
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, November 10 - December 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.
Jeff Hamada. BOOOOOOOM, April 28, 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, January 27, 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, January 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.