Liz Ainslie
Born: 1978 in Schenectady, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2002- 04 Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Elkins Park, PA- MFA in painting
1997- 01 Alfred University, Alfred, NY- School of Art and Design- BFA with honors. Concentrations in painting and printmaking
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2013 What I Like About You, Parallel Art Space, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Thanks, Lu Magnus, Curated by Adam Parker Smith, New York, NY
2013 Shipshape, 245 Varet, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Collectively Assembled, Art@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Liz Ainslie: Proxies, Airplane, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Temporary Art, Manto Curated by Lucio Pozzi and Annarosa Buttarelli, Mantova, Italy
2011 Is Between Curated by: Robin Grearson, The Active Space, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 The Unfunny Show Curated by: Matthew F. Fisher, Small Black Door, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 So Happy Together, Norte Maar, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Purple Nurple, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Group Show, BCB Art, Hudson, NY
2011 tArt Year 8, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Painting Comes Alive! Curated by Erik den Breejen Artjail, New York, NY
2010 Time Bandits III, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2010 Group Show, BCB Art, Hudson, NY 2010 Bklyn 6, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2009 Liz Ainslie: Slices, Creon Gallery, New York, NY
2009 tArt at Air, Air Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Time Bandits II, Pioneers of Inspiration, Bushwick Brooklyn, NY
2008 Suspension: Liz Ainslie & Evan Reehl Ryer, curated by Julia Schwadron,
Spazio 522, New York, NY
2008 Daily Schemes, AM Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2008 tArt Summer Salon Show, Rabbitholestudio, Brooklyn, NY
2008 POI Group Show, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2007 On It, Group show in Bushwick, Brooklyn
2007 Victory For Tyler, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, Jenelle Porter, curator
2006 tArt Salon Exhibition, New York, NY
2005 tArt Autumn Group Show, New York, NY
2004 MFA Solo Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Juried MFA Exhibition, Ice Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 The MFA Biennial Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Press
Caraher, Meredith, Bushwick Open Studios: An Insider's Take, NYC Art Parasites, June, 2013
http://www.nyc-artparasites.com/people/bushwick-open-studios-insiders-take-1163
Matlin, Clay, Oh My Signs and Signifiers!, The GC Advocate, March 20, 2013
http://opencuny.org/gcadvocate/2013/03/20/oh-my-signs-and-signifiers/
Goldman, Sam, Bushwick Open Studios Goes North & East, Times Newsweekly, June 14, 2012
http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2012-06-14/Feature_Stories/Bushwick_Open_Studios_Goes_North__East.html,
Chapline, Jonathan, Liz Ainslie-Bushwick, #ffffff Walls, “April, 2012
http://ffffffwalls.com/2012/04/liz-ainslie-bushwick/,
Butler, Sharon, Sneaky Funny in Ridgewood, Two Coats of Paint, November, 2011
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2011/11/sneaky-funny-in-ridgewood.html
Corsano, Otino Liz Ainslie, Is Between, Otino Corsano, New
Genres Artist, October 22, 2011 http://otinocorsano.blogspot.com
Calandra, Maria, Liz Ainslie, Pencil in the Studio, August, 2011
http://pencilinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/08/liz-anslie.html
Standard Interview, Liz Ainslie, March, 2011
http://standardinterview.blogspot.com/2011/03/liz-ainslie.html
Corsano, Otino, Quick Draw Artist Interview #3: Liz Ainslie Otino Corsano, New
Genres Artist, Sunday, December 20, 2009 http://otinocorsano.blogspot.com/
Pozzi, Lucio Fuori dal coro Jef Bourgeau e Liz Ainslie, ovvero il coraggio e la cocciutaggine, Il
Giornale Dell’ Arte, N. 292, November, 2009
Vartanian, Hrag, Suspension at Spazio 522, Artcal Zine, August 13, 2008, http://zine.artcal.net/
Corsano, Otino, Liz Ainslie: Underdog Award of Distinction Recipient, Otino Corsano, New
Genres Artist, November 3, 2007, http://otinocorsano.blogspot.com/
Vartanian, Hrag, Living with Liz Ainslie’s Some Pieces (2005), Hrag Vartainian: A blog of
art, culture, writing and ideas, July, 29, 2007 http://hragvartanian.com/
Featured on the following blogs:
A/ART
Art Blog Art Blog
The Best Time of the Day
Curating Contemporary
Ferse-Verse Jesse Patrick Martin
Joshua Abelow
Kip Deeds
Romanblog II
To Everybody
Web Presents
Awards and Residencies
2011 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2006 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2004 The Rome Art and Culture Scholarship, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
2004 Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
2003 Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
Registries
2010 Bric Arts Media, Artist Registry, Brooklyn, NY
Since 2007 Pierogi, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Since 2006 NurtureArt Artists’ Registry, Brooklyn, NY
Since 2005 Artists Space, The Irving Sandler Artists File, New York, NY
Notable
2008 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Grant
2004 Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
Selected Collections
Norm Hinsey, New York, NY
Olav Westphalen, Sweden
Watler Klemperer, Champaign, IL
Luigi Carbone, Rome, Italy
Born: 1978 in Schenectady, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2002- 04 Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Elkins Park, PA- MFA in painting
1997- 01 Alfred University, Alfred, NY- School of Art and Design- BFA with honors. Concentrations in painting and printmaking
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2013 What I Like About You, Parallel Art Space, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Thanks, Lu Magnus, Curated by Adam Parker Smith, New York, NY
2013 Shipshape, 245 Varet, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Collectively Assembled, Art@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Liz Ainslie: Proxies, Airplane, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Temporary Art, Manto Curated by Lucio Pozzi and Annarosa Buttarelli, Mantova, Italy
2011 Is Between Curated by: Robin Grearson, The Active Space, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 The Unfunny Show Curated by: Matthew F. Fisher, Small Black Door, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 So Happy Together, Norte Maar, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Purple Nurple, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Group Show, BCB Art, Hudson, NY
2011 tArt Year 8, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Painting Comes Alive! Curated by Erik den Breejen Artjail, New York, NY
2010 Time Bandits III, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2010 Group Show, BCB Art, Hudson, NY 2010 Bklyn 6, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2009 Liz Ainslie: Slices, Creon Gallery, New York, NY
2009 tArt at Air, Air Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Time Bandits II, Pioneers of Inspiration, Bushwick Brooklyn, NY
2008 Suspension: Liz Ainslie & Evan Reehl Ryer, curated by Julia Schwadron,
Spazio 522, New York, NY
2008 Daily Schemes, AM Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2008 tArt Summer Salon Show, Rabbitholestudio, Brooklyn, NY
2008 POI Group Show, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2007 On It, Group show in Bushwick, Brooklyn
2007 Victory For Tyler, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, Jenelle Porter, curator
2006 tArt Salon Exhibition, New York, NY
2005 tArt Autumn Group Show, New York, NY
2004 MFA Solo Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Juried MFA Exhibition, Ice Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 The MFA Biennial Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Press
Caraher, Meredith, Bushwick Open Studios: An Insider's Take, NYC Art Parasites, June, 2013
http://www.nyc-artparasites.com/people/bushwick-open-studios-insiders-take-1163
Matlin, Clay, Oh My Signs and Signifiers!, The GC Advocate, March 20, 2013
http://opencuny.org/gcadvocate/2013/03/20/oh-my-signs-and-signifiers/
Goldman, Sam, Bushwick Open Studios Goes North & East, Times Newsweekly, June 14, 2012
http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2012-06-14/Feature_Stories/Bushwick_Open_Studios_Goes_North__East.html,
Chapline, Jonathan, Liz Ainslie-Bushwick, #ffffff Walls, “April, 2012
http://ffffffwalls.com/2012/04/liz-ainslie-bushwick/,
Butler, Sharon, Sneaky Funny in Ridgewood, Two Coats of Paint, November, 2011
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2011/11/sneaky-funny-in-ridgewood.html
Corsano, Otino Liz Ainslie, Is Between, Otino Corsano, New
Genres Artist, October 22, 2011 http://otinocorsano.blogspot.com
Calandra, Maria, Liz Ainslie, Pencil in the Studio, August, 2011
http://pencilinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/08/liz-anslie.html
Standard Interview, Liz Ainslie, March, 2011
http://standardinterview.blogspot.com/2011/03/liz-ainslie.html
Corsano, Otino, Quick Draw Artist Interview #3: Liz Ainslie Otino Corsano, New
Genres Artist, Sunday, December 20, 2009 http://otinocorsano.blogspot.com/
Pozzi, Lucio Fuori dal coro Jef Bourgeau e Liz Ainslie, ovvero il coraggio e la cocciutaggine, Il
Giornale Dell’ Arte, N. 292, November, 2009
Vartanian, Hrag, Suspension at Spazio 522, Artcal Zine, August 13, 2008, http://zine.artcal.net/
Corsano, Otino, Liz Ainslie: Underdog Award of Distinction Recipient, Otino Corsano, New
Genres Artist, November 3, 2007, http://otinocorsano.blogspot.com/
Vartanian, Hrag, Living with Liz Ainslie’s Some Pieces (2005), Hrag Vartainian: A blog of
art, culture, writing and ideas, July, 29, 2007 http://hragvartanian.com/
Featured on the following blogs:
A/ART
Art Blog Art Blog
The Best Time of the Day
Curating Contemporary
Ferse-Verse Jesse Patrick Martin
Joshua Abelow
Kip Deeds
Romanblog II
To Everybody
Web Presents
Awards and Residencies
2011 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2006 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2004 The Rome Art and Culture Scholarship, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
2004 Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
2003 Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
Registries
2010 Bric Arts Media, Artist Registry, Brooklyn, NY
Since 2007 Pierogi, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Since 2006 NurtureArt Artists’ Registry, Brooklyn, NY
Since 2005 Artists Space, The Irving Sandler Artists File, New York, NY
Notable
2008 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Grant
2004 Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
Selected Collections
Norm Hinsey, New York, NY
Olav Westphalen, Sweden
Watler Klemperer, Champaign, IL
Luigi Carbone, Rome, Italy
