CV
Born Madrid, Spain, 1972
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2001
Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, MFA
1999
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, BFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Title TBD, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY, June 6 – July 19
2022
Arboreal Limbs, Spires, Stacks, EC Studio, New York, NY, November 12 – December 10
2019
Growth Within the Armor Shell, EC Studio, New York, NY, April 10 – May 1
2018
Nocturnes & Chthonic Dreamer, EC Studio, New York, NY, July 17 – August 18
2017
The Fall, Apollinaire Fine Arts, London, UK, May 10 – May 28 (two-person exhibition)
2015
Conduits, Chasm Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November 17 (two-person exhibition)
2013
Settlements, Pioneer Works: Center for Art and Innovation, Brooklyn, NY, May 18 – August 5 (catalogue)
2011
Berlin – Paris 2011, Galerie Torri, Paris, France, January 28 – February 19 (two-person exhibition)
2010
Relics Where..., Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, March 20 – April 24
2009
Her Affect on Branches (Topography of Contact), Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, September 5 – October 3
2008
Echo Gambit, White Cube, Hoxton Square, London, UK, July 4 – August 30 (catalogue)
2007
Traps, Screens, and Offerings, Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin, Germany, April 14 – May 26
2006
Floral Veins, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, September 9 – October 7
Games for a Blackout Machine, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY, March 11 – April 8
2005
Union and Offerings, Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin, Germany, May 1 – May 30
Statements, ARCO Fair, Carlier | Gebauer, Madrid, Spain, February 1 – February 4
2004
Mating Grounds, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, September 10 – October 9
After the Woods: A Selection, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY, March 10 – September 20
In the Woods, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY, Long-Term Installation – Ongoing
2003
Arboreal, 31 Grand Inc., Brooklyn, NY, April 26 – May 25
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Prototype 1.0, Springs Projects, curated by artist Tomas Vu, Brooklyn, NY, April 12 - May 20
Explorers, Paggi House, Loren at Lady Bird Lake, Penny L. Aaron (curator), Austin, TX, April 6 – May 21
2023
DRAW – Point to Point, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Curator: Brian Novatny, Miami, Florida, June 17 – September 17
2022
UnSEEN – The Unpredictable Forms of Drawing, Dots Gallery Belgrade, Curators: Brian Novatny, Mirjana Dušić i Ljuba Jovićević, Belgrade, Serbia, November 18 – January 14, 2023
DRAW - What is Contemporary Drawing and What It All Can Be, Galerija Umjetnina & The Gallery of The Multimedia Cultural Centre, Split, Croatia, July 5 – August 25
My Affectionate Gaze, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Curated by Katherine Blackburn, New York, NY, February 28 – April 15
2021
100 Sculptures – NYC, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY, June 30 – August 21
2019
100 Sculptures – Paris!, Anonymous Gallery, Paris, France, May 13 – May 20
The Skin Has Eyes, Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts, Curated by Maya Erdelyi, February 23 – April 28
2018
100 Sculptures, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, September 21 – November 3
DRAW/Vojvodina, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Curated by Tomas Vu, Novi Sad, Serbia, June 8 – July 6
Pollinators, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, June 8 – August 12
2017
Contemporary Silhouettes: The Art of Cut Paper, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, October 11 – December 23
Botánica, John Berggruen Gallery, Curated by Todd von Ammon, San Francisco, CA, July 13 – August 29
Wormwood, Ellis King Gallery, Curated by Todd von Ammon, Dublin, Ireland, July 7 – August 12
DRAW/Boston, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Curated by Tomas Vu, Boston, MA, January 23 – March 4
2016
Cosmic Connections, TOTAH, New York, NY, October 6 – December 18 (catalogue)
Good News, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY, July 28 – August 29
New Prints, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, February 25 – March 24
2015
Come Together, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Curated by Tomas Vu, November 4 – December 2
Name It By Trying To Name It: Open Sessions 2014 – 2015, The Drawing Center, NY, July 17 – August 30
Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, June 5 – September 9
A Weekend In the Country, Magnan Metz, Paul Laster curated, NY, June 18 – August 21
Surface of Revolution, Southampton Arts Center, NY, May 22 – June 14
Open Sessions 3, The Drawing Center Lab, NY, April 10 – May 15
2014
Mapping Madness, The Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China, December 2014 – March 2015 (catalogue)
The Portrait Show, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, October 21 – November 21
BIRD, Bernarducci-Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, June 5 – July 18
2012
Brucennial 2012: Harder. Betterer. Fasterer. Strongerer, Brucennial, New York City, NY, February 29 – April 20
2011
Publisher’s Spotlight: LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Pace Gallery, NY, NY May 27 – July 9
2010
No New Thing Under The Sun, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK, October 21 – January 9, 2011
Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action, White Cube, London, UK, July 8 – August 28 (catalogue)
PortugalArte10, PortugalArte, Lisbon, Portugal, July 16 – August 15
Ink, Inc., Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX, June 19 – August 14
Amor Parvi oder Die Liebe zum Kleinen, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, Germany, March 5 – April 25
Conversations II, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid, Spain, February 19 – April 27
2009
Nota Bene, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL, May 9 – June 2
Pulling from History: The Old Masters, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, February 26 – May 16
Desenhos: A a Z (Drawings A to Z), Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal, February 16 – April 30
ON FROM HERE, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY, February 5 – February 8
2008
Art on Paper 2008: The 40th Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, October 15, 2008 – January 25, 2009
Microwave Six, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY, July 10 – September 13
The Luxury of Love, Vanina Holasek Gallery, New York, NY, January 12 – February 23
Renaissance, Ferragamo Gallery, New York, NY, May 7
On Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, NY, December 15, 2007 – January 26
2007
Multiple Interpretations: Contemporary Prints in Portfolio at the New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Print Gallery, New York Public Library, New York, NY, October 26, 2007 – January 27, 2008
Every Eye sees differently as the Eye, The Drawing Room, London, UK, October 4 – December 2 (catalogue)
Fairy Tale, Myth, and Fantasy: Approaches to Spirituality in Art, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY, December 7 – February 3
Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, February 16 – April 15 (catalogue)
Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelham Galerie, Vienna, Austria, January 26 – April 7
2006
Twice Drawn: Part 1, The Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 11 – June 4 (catalogue)
View Eleven: Upstate, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, October 5 – October 28
Light in August, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, August 5 – August 28
Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 15 – August 26
Twice Drawn: Part 2, The Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 7 – December 30 (catalogue)
Among the Trees, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, January 25 – April 17
Selections from the LeRoy Neiman Center, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, January 10 – February 4
New York Drawing, Travesia Quatro, Madrid, Spain
Fine Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, February 2 – March 11
2005
On Line, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, November 5 – January 22, 2006 (catalogue)
Recent Editions, The Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, October 24 – November 11
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, October 28 – December 3
Project Room, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, September 10 – October 1
Greater New York 2005, MoMA PS 1, Queens, NY, March 13 – September 26 (catalogue)
Hallucinations, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France, April 16 – May 21
Sutton Lane in Paris, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France, June 23 – July 22
Can’t See the Forest, Sixspace, Los Angeles, CA, August 19 – September 30
The General’s Jamboree, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY, July 5 – July 30
2004
Instinctive, Andrea Rosen Gallery Latin American Artists selected by Mario Testino, New York, NY, December 4 – January 15
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL, January 6 – March 27 (catalogue)
Pick-up Lines, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, July 24 – August 14
Happy Days are Here Again, David Zwirner, New York, NY, June 25 – July 30
Woodwork, Anthony Grant Inc., New York, NY, June 9 – August 27
How Would You Light Heaven, Carlier/Gebauer, Berlin, Germany, June 1 – July 31
Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, March 11 – May 30 (catalogue; poster)
2003
My Sources Says Yes, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY, November 15 – December 23
Terrarium, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY, November 8 – December 13
Druid Wood as a Superconductor, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY, September 13 – October 13
Game Over, Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
The New Topography, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, June 27 – July 19
Group Show, Grant/Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, February 18 – March 22
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 85 Chambers, New York, NY
2002
Miami Ambassador, (collaboration with Lansing-Dreiden), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Amenities, Scope at the Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
Shallow Interiors, Rivington Arms Gallery, New York, NY, February 20 – March 10
2001
MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Curated by Jerry Saltz, Columbia University: The Studebaker Building, New York, NY May 13 – May 27
2000
Part 01, Curated by Michael Cohen, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, April 28 – May 3
1999
Group, Intercontinental Gallery, Montreal, Canada
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
MoMA / The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, New York, NY
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Erica Hoffman Collection, Berlin, Germany
Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden
LACMA / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
MoCA / The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, Portland, Oregon
NMAC Foundation, Cádiz, Spain
Williams College Museum of Art, MA
Art Museum of the University of Memphis, TN
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, LA
RESIDENCIES / GRANTS / AWARDS
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY (2024)
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY (2017)
Open Sessions, The Drawing Center, Residency, New York, NY (2014 – 2016)
Leroy Neiman Center for Prints, Project Invitation, Columbia University, NY, NY (2014 – 2015)
Steep Rock Arts Association, Residency, Washington, CT (2007)
Leroy Neiman Center for Prints, Project Invitation, Columbia University, NY, NY (2005)
Hayward Prize of the American Austrian Foundation, Salzburg, Austria (2002)
Salzburg Kunstakademie Fellowship, Salzburg, Austria (2002)
Joan Sovern Award, Columbia University, New York, NY (2001)
Hayward Prize of the American Austrian Foundation, Salzburg, Austria (2001)
The Community Foundation Grant, New York, NY (1996 – 2001)
LECTURES
American Folk Art Museum, Critical Walk-Through Lecture On Art & Storytelling, NYC (2018)
Columbia University, Lecture and Visiting Artist, Senior Thesis Class, New York, NY (2014)
Pioneer Works: Center for Art and Innovation, Lecture, Red Hook, NY (2013)
American Federation of Arts, Lecture Series, New York, NY (2009)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Elaine Terner Cooper Education Fund Conversations With Contemporary Artists, New York, NY (November 17, 2009)
The Drawing Center, Lecture, New York, NY (2007)
The Museum of Modern Art, The Persistence of Figuration, Lecture and Talk with Dana Schutz and Glenn D. Lowry, New York, NY (2006)
PUBLICATIONS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
Tipton, Gemma, Irish Times, Review: New talent at the Kerlin and 23 artists at Ellis King, Aug 1
2016
Totah, David, Cosmic Connections (Catalogue), Ed. 500, TOTAH, New York, October 6
2015
Dover, Caitlin, http://blogs.guggenheim.org/checklist/artist-ernesto-caivano-on-his-intimate-complex-narrative/
Holburn, Jess, http://www.artcollector.net.au/NewYorkSummerGroupShowSeasonPartIii
2014
Vu, Tomas; Zuo, Yuan, Mapping Madness, The Inside/Outside Museum (catalogue), Beijing, China
2013
Valli, Marc; Ibarra, Ana, Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing, Laurence King Publishing, UK
Caivano, Ernesto, Ernesto Caivano: Settlements – Selected Works 2002 – 2013, Pioneer Works, Intercourse Publishing, NY, May 18, 2013
2010
May, Susan, Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action, White Cube, July 8 – August 28 (Catalogue)
Hack, Jefferson, Another Art Book, Edition 7L, Steidl (book)
Pagel, David, Art Review: Ernesto Caivano at Richard Heller Gallery, LA Times, April 9
Peck, Derek, New York Minute | Ernesto Caivano, Anothermag.com, March 15
2009
Trezzi, Nicola, From Commodities to Talismans: Modernity as a Remedy to the Aftermath, Flash Art, No.267, July – September
Between the Lines: A Coloring Book of Drawings by Contemporary Artists, Vol. 2, RxArt
2008
Kalus, Zoe, Saatchi Online TV at Ernesto Caivano: White Cube, www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
Coomer, Martin, Ernesto Caivano: Echo Gambit at White Cube Hoxton Square, London, Art on Paper, November/December 2008, p. 87
Olson, Marisa S., Ernesto Caivano – The Return of Beautiful, Planet Magazine, Winter 2008, pp. 22 – 25
Ernesto Caivano, Amelia’s Magazine, Issue 9, July 2008, pp. 114 – 117
Geldard, Rebecca, Art: Ernesto Caivano, Time Out London, July 21, 2008, p. 63
Morton, Tom; Ribas, João, Ernesto Caivano - Echo Gambit, Jay Jopling / White Cube (London), July
Pill, Steve, Exhibitions / Ernesto Caivano – Echo Gambit, MetroLife, July 9, 2008
Oliver, William. After the Woods, Another Magazine. 2008.
2007
LeMieux-Ruibal, Bruno. Contrasts / Spaniards in New York, Lapiz, Issue 237-238, p. 116 – 133
Van de Walle, Mark. Ernesto Caivano, Elle Décor April 2007, p. 70 – 72.
2006
Agneessens, Sebastien, Nano, Something in the Way #3, October, 2006 (interview/cover)
Asper, Colleen, Ernesto Caivano, Beautiful/Decay, Issue: O, 2006, p. 40 – 41
Bagner, Alex, 50 People, Places, Things: People|Radar, Wallpaper, October 2006, p. 257
Bedford, Christopher, Ernesto Caivano, Artforum.com, Critic’s Picks (Los Angeles), Sept./Oct., 2006
BlackBook, October/November, 2006, p. 106
Cascade, Rebecca, Talent Show: Ernesto Caivano, W Magazine, November, 2006, p. 206
Glueck, Grace, The Enduring Allure of Scratching on Metal, New York Times, Thursday, March 9, 2006
Grant, Annette, How to Spot the Kubrick in Edvard Munch, New York Times, Sunday, March 19, 2006
Mendelsohn, Meredith, The New Romantics, Art News, February 2006, p.123
Muchnic, Suzanne, Look, Then Look Again, LA Times, Sunday, September 17, 2006 (Interview/review)
Regan, Kai, Studio Visit, BlackBook, Issue 47, October/November 2006 (photographic portfolio)
Wells, Jonathan, First Person, Res Magazine, January/February 2006, p.40 – 41
2005
Dexter, Emma, Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon, (Drawing Survey), November 2005
Hsu, Ellen Y., After the Woods, Eleven Eleven, Volume 2, 2005, p. 15 – 19
Kold, Anders, On Line, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, (Show catalogue), p. 9 – 11
Molon, Dominic, I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach institute of Contemporary Art, Show catalogue
Myers, Holly, Ernesto Caivano at Richard Heller Gallery, Art News, January 2005, p. 132 – 4
Ross, Trine, Gode og gale streger, Politiken, 2. Sektion, Lordag 5., November 2005, p. 8
Spiegel, Olga, Impressiones de ARCO, La Vanguardia, Feb 12, 2005
2004
Barnes, Brooks, Your First Picasso, The Wall Street Journal: Weekend Journal, April 9, 2004
Cameron, Dan; Danto Arthur C.; Vendrame, Simona, New York, 03 – 13 – 04, Tema Celeste, May/June 2004
Cameron, Dan; Dan Fox, Jennifer Higgie, Matthew Higgs, Katy Siegel, Roberta Smith, and Neville Wakefield, American Pie, The 2004 Whitney Biennial, Frieze, May 2004, p. 64
Casadio, Mariuccia, Dreamy, Vogue Italia, May 2004, p. 230
Cotter, Holland, Duck! It’s Whitney Biennial Season Again, The New York Times, March 7
Eleey, Peter, Ernesto Caivano, Frieze, October 2004, p. 152
Griffin, Tim, Out of the Past: Tim Griffin Talks with the Whitney Biennial Curators, Artforum, January 2004
Kimmelman, Michael, Touching All Bases At the Biennial, The New York Times, March 12
Korotkin, Joyce B., The Neo-Baroque Era, Tema Celeste, July/August 2004, p. 38
Kunitz, Daniel, Snapshots – and Painting! – From the Cutting Edge, The New York Sun, March 11, 2004
Littman, Brett, After the Woods, Art on Paper, July/August 2004, p. 36 - 39
Milroy, Sarah, Art in a Tremulous Time, The Globe and Mail, March 17, 2004, p. R1
Psyllos, Steven, Ernesto Caivano, New York Press, June 23 – 29, 2004, p.32
Robinson, Andy, Arte Para Tiempos de Angustia, La Vanguardia, March 13, 2004
Rothkopf, Scott, Subject Matters, Artforum, May 2004 p. 176
Sanders, Mark, Canopy Activity, Another Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2004, p. 18 - 29
Sundell, Margaret, The Today Show, Time Out New York, March 25, 2004
Sozanski, Edward J., A View from the Front Lines, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 14, 2004
Triff, Alfredo, Homegrown Style, Miami New Times, February 5, 2004
Utter, Douglas Max, Ernesto Caivano @ P.S. 1, Angle, Issue #14 - June 2004