Jesse Bransford

Mavors Adamasto

2006 / Acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper / 60 × 38 cm

Martian Spirits

2006 / Acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper / 190 × 119 cm

As Above So Below

2006 / Acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper / 190 × 119 cm

11–24–7–20–3

2006 / Acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper / 38 × 60 cm

Jesse Bransford CV

born 1972 in Atlanta, GA;
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2000 M.F.A. Columbia University

 B.A. The New School For Social Research, New York NY / Concentration: History of the Sciences

 M.F.A. Parsons School of Design, New York, NY / Concentration: Painting / With academic honours

Grands, Awards, Fellowships

2004 Farpath Foundation Residency / Dijon, France

Solo Exhibitions

2013 The Fourth Pyramid / Galveston Artist Residency / Galveston, Texas

2010 The Jungle / for Norma: Works on Paper / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

2009 IV = 369 / Luna Kevin Bruk Gallery / Miami, FL

2008 43.646944°, -79.378611° Luminato / Festival of Arts / Toronto, Canada

2007 III = 260 / Mercurius / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

2006 Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum / Santa Barbara, CA

 II = 65 / Mavors / Gallerie Schmidt Maczollek / Köln, Germany

 Wallpainting and Drawings / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

2005 (I) = 111 (Sol) / Kevin Bruk Gallery / Miami, FL

 Jesse Bransford and Lorenzo De Los Angeles Collaborations / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

 Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art Cleveland / Cleveland, OH

 Feature Inc. / New York, NY

2003 Collaborations with Lorenzo De Los Angeles III / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

 The Void / Kevin Bruk Gallery / Miami, FL

 Fiction / melancholic Landscape Locust Projects / Miami, FL

2002 Richard Telles Fine Art / Los Angeles, CA

 Carnegie Museum of Art / Pittsburgh, PA

2001 UCLA Hammer Museum / Los Angeles, CA

 Feature, Inc. / New York, NY

 Feature, Inc. / New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2013 Metaphysical Intervention / LeRoy Neiman Gallery / Columbia University School of the Arts / New York, NY

2012 Lunation, Art on The Moon / Observatory Room / Brooklyn, NY

 The Black Lodge / Interstate Projects / New York, NY

 Sigils & Signs / Observatory Room / Brooklyn, NY

2010 Next Wave Art / Brooklyn Academy of Music / New York, NY

 Vision Quest / Observatory Room / Brooklyn, NY

2009 Trance, Chance, Dreams & the Unconcious / Southfirst / Brooklyn, NY

 The Audio Show / Friedrich Petzel Gallery / New York, NY

 Art at Straus: NYU Steinhardt Artists at the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice / New York, NY

2008 Busan Biennale / curated by Nancy Barton / Busan Museum of Art / Busan, Korea / Catalogue

 Harry Smith Anthology Remixed / curated by Rebecca Shatwell / tour:

 Sensoria Festival / Sheffield, Great Britain

 The Centre for Contemporary Arts / Glasgow, Scotland

 The Sound of Music / curated by Jan Van Wonsel / NYU Commons Gallery / New York, NY

2007 Le Regard Bleu d’Arthur Rimbaud / curated by Claude Jeancolas / Musée Arthur Rimbaud / Charleville/Mezieres, France

 Don’t torture the rotten ducklings / Institute of Visual Arts / Milwaukee, WI

 Neointegrity / curated by Keith Mayerson / Derek Eller Gallery / New York, NY

 Harry Smith Anthology Remixed / curated by Rebecca Shatwell, alt.gallery / Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain

 Oblique Views of Hollyhock House / curated by Gabriel Cifarelli / Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House / Los Angeles, CA

2006 Block Party – An Exhibition of Drawings / Daniel Weinberg Gallery / Los Angeles, CA

 Big Juicy Paintings and More – Highlights From the Permanent Collection / Miami Art Museum / Miami, FL

 A Certain Likeness / Gallery W 52 / New York, NY

 The Square Root of Drawing / Temple Bar Gallery & Studios / Dublin, Ireland

2005 Looking at Words / Andrea Rosen Gallery / New York, NY

 The Most Splendid Apocalypse P.P.O.W. / curated by Jason Mheison / New York, NY

 Atomica / Esso Gallery and Lombard-Fried Fine Arts / New York, NY

 The sun rises in the evening. / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

 Trade White Columns / New York, NY / Catalogue

 Especial – Works on Paper / Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Köln, Germany

2004 Axxxpresssunizum Aliceday / curated by Mark Beasley and John Russell / Brussels, Belgium

 Axxxpresssunizum Vilma Gold / curated by Mark Beasley and John Russell / London, UK

 impact / Pilkington, Olsoff Fine Arts, Inc. / New York, NY

2003 Warped Space / CCA Wattis Institute For contemporary Arts / curated by Ralph Rugoff / San Francisco, CA

 Now Playing / D’Amelio Terras Gallery / curated by John Connelly Presents / K48 and Daniel Reich Gallery / New York, NY

 Paradise/Paradox / Castle Gallery / College of New Rochelle / curated by Sue Canning / New Rochelle, NY

 Faking Real Leroy Nieman Gallery / Columbia University / curated by Stephen Hilger / New York, NY

 Drawing Conclusions Buena Vista Building / curated by Nina Arias / Miami, FL

2002 K48-3: Teenage Rebel _The Bedroom Show John Connelly Presents / curated by Scott Hug / New York, NY

 Off the Grid Lehmann Maupin Gallery / New York, NY

 Guide to Trust No. 2 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts / curated by ANP / San Francisco, CA / Catalogue

 The Dubrow Biennial Kagan Martos Gallery / curated by Norman Dubrow / New York, NY

 Les Fables de La Fontaine / tour:

 Centre pour l’Art et la Culture / Aix-en-Provence, France

 The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington / Seattle, WA

 The Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art / Baltimore, MD

 Exhibition Space of Temple University / Rome, Italy

 The Fourth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection / tour:

 New Museum of Contemporary Art / New York, NY

 Clifford-Smith Gallery and O-H+T Gallery / Boston, MA

 Art Center/South Florida / Miami, FL

 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions / Los Angeles, CA

 Southern Exposure / San Francisco, CA

 Annual Benefit for White Columns White Columns / New York, NY

 Annual Benefit for Momenta Art Momenta Art / Brooklyn, NY

2001 Not a. Lear / curated by ANP / tour:

 Gracie Mansion Gallery / New York, NY

 Allston Skirt Gallery / Boston MA

 Dear Dead Person Momenta Art / curated by Banks Violette / Brooklyn, NY

 Ghost Stories Sandroni Rey / curated by Casey McKinney / Venice, CA

 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Atlanta Contemporary Art Center / Atlanta, GA

2000 Greater New York PS1 Institute for Contemporary Art / Long Island City, NY / Catalogue

 Not a. Lear / tour:

 Torch / Amsterdam, Netherlands

 Art Process / Paris, France

 Galerie S. & H. De Buck / curated by ANP / Genf, Belgium

 Two Friends and So On Andrew Kreps Gallery / curated by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt / New York, NY

 Grok Terence McKenna Dead / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

 Hairy Forearm∂s Self-Referral / Feature Inc. / New York, N

2002 M du B, F, H & g, Montreal / curated by Hudson / Quebec, Canada

 Paper Trail Pt. 2 / Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art / Cleveland, OH

1999 Drawings / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

 Would have had. / Cabinet Gallery / curated by Hudson / London, Great Britain

 Science Fictions White Columns / curated by Lauren Ross / New York, NY

1998 Drawers / Feature Inc. / New York, NY

 Fall Benefit / for Momenta Art Greene Naftali / curated by Eric Heist and Laura Parnes / New York, NY

1997 Feature Inc. / New York, NY

 Fall Benefit / for Momenta Art White Columns / curated by Eric Heist and Laura Parnes / New York, NY

 Epicycle/Motorcycle: an Exhibition on Technology and Humanity / Parsons Gallery / New York, NY / Catalogue

1994 The Freed Weed / Richard Telles Fine Art / curated by Dennis Cooper / Los Angeles, CA

 Drawings / Fine Arts Gallery at Parsons / curated by Ken Tisa / New York, NY