Born in 1984 in USA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, USA
Drawing from art history, mythology, memory and pop-culture, Elizabeth Glaessner's dream-like paintings conjure a surreal universe uninhibited by conventional boundaries. In this imagined realm, fluid figures populate amorphous landscapes where both person and surrounding are in a seemingly constant state of metamorphoses. Glaessner begins each piece intuitively, layering oil over poured pigments, allowing the paint to interrupt the narrative making room for the subconscious. Inspired by symbolist painters such as Edvard Munch, Glaessner uncovers a psychological world with her distinct use of color and technique. Through form and process her paintings act as gateways into untapped emotions, triggering our primordial unconscious, freed from the burden of societal boundaries and moral codes.
education
2013
MFA, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, USA
2007
BA, Art & Art History, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, USA
solo shows
2024
- Now you're a lake, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022
- Dead Leg, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Phantom Tail, P·P·O·W, New York, NY, USA
- Four Legs in a Garden, Consortium Museum, Dijon, France
2021
- River Deep Mountain High / Elizabeth Glaessner & Aaron Michael Skolnick, Fierman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2019
- Power Walking: Elizabeth Glaessner & Rose Nestler, Public Gallery, London, UK
- Red Clover: Elizabeth Glaessner and David Mramor, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver, CO, USA
2018
- Mother Tongue, P·P·O·W, New York, NY, USA
2017
- Doron Langberg + Elizabeth Glaessner, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2014
- All this happened, more or less, P·P·O·W, New York, NY, USA
group shows
2024
- Le Vernissage, Partie Un, Brigitte Mulholland, Paris, France
2023
- Ravens and Crows, Winter Street Gallery, Paris, France
- Apocalypse Now, Journal Gallery, New York in Patmos, Greece
- Come A Little Closer, DCMoore Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Women on the Verge, curated by Lisa Wainwright, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Togetherness: For Better or Worse, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
- Chaque nuit j’entre dans les creux des troncs et j’écoute, Galerie C, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2022
- Somatic Markings, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Finger Bang, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Taxonomies of Imagination, curated by Andrew Sendor, Make Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- To be a giant and keep quiet about it, Margot Samel, New York, NY, USA
- You Had Me at Hello: New American Paintings 2022 Review, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
- I do my own stunts, Spazio Amanita, Los Angeles, CA
2021
- Les Yeux Clos, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Bad Girls, wallspaceplease, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- My Secret Garden, curated by Melanie Ouyang Lum, Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
- 2020 Vision, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, New York, NY, USA
- Tell Them About Me, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Nerve: The Female Body in Women’s Art, curated by Laura Hutson Hunter, Nashville Scene, Nashville, TN, USA
- Hutson Hunter, Nashville Scene, Nashville, TN
2019
- Thrashing Whispers, Trinity University’s 150th anniversary Exhibition, Trinity University, Dublin, Ireland
- Practice, Vacation, New York, NY, USA
- Drinking the Reflection, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
- I Love You, But I Will Always Leave, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2017
- Paisley, Flatiron Project Space, SVA, New York, NY, USA
- Bird/Plane, New Release, New York, NY, USA
- Object and Influence, curated by Jason Silva, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, USA
2016
- Ich dachte Sie wären nur ein armer Schlucker (I thought You Were Just a Poor Devil), Kommunalka, Leipzig, Germany
- The Woman Destroyed, curated by Anneliis Beadnell, P·P·O·W, New York, NY, USA
- Water | Bodies, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY, USA
2015
- Day Dream Nation, Artdocks, Bremen, Germany
- Who, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY, USA
2014
- Pressed Flowers, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY, USA
- NEW/IDOLS, The Varsity Project, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Fellows Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, USA
- Haunted, Louis B James Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Sargent’s Daughters, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY, USA
2013
- Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY, USA
- Diff’rent Strokes: Small Paintings and Intimate Performances, Louis B. James, New York, NY, USA
- Open Studios, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
- Spacetime, Farm, Wellfleet, MA, USA
- Individual Mythologies, Youme Haus, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- NYAA Summer Exhibition, Allegra LaViola, New York, NY, USA
- The Lure, Youme Haus, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- 501-9, 501 Studio, Clemente Soto Vélez Center, New York, NY, USA
- Transition, LIA (Halle 18, Spinnerei), Leipzig, Germany
awards
2020
Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX, USA
2013
New York Academy of Art Post Graduate Fellowship, New York, NY, USA
GlogauAIR Artist in Residence, Berlin, Germany
2012
Leipzig International Art Programme (LIAP) Residency, Leipzig, Germany
