Brent Birnbaum
born in Dallas, Texas in 1977; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts - New York, New York
2004 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design, University of North Texas - Denton, Texas
Solo Exhibitions
2013 (untitled), Space Gallery - Portland, Maine
(untitled), Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain - Luxembourg
B.O.A. 3.0, Pen World Voices Festival at The Invisible Dog - Brooklyn, NY
2012 ...And Justice for Mall of America, Second Street Gallery - Charlottesville, VA
B.O.A. 2.0, Dumbo Arts Festival - Brooklyn, NY
Lack, Special Project for Scope Art Show - New York, NY
Bureau of Apology, The LAB Gallery - New York, NY
2011 and a bag of chips, a.m.f. projects, Scope Miami - Miami, FL
Trail of Beers, Artists Wanted, Scope Art Show - New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Ideas City, New Museum Street Festival, New York, NY
Thanks, Lu Magnus, New York, NY
Performance Project, Skaftfell - Center for Visual Art, East Iceland - Seydisfjordur, Iceland
Exhibition Game, Small Black Door - Queens, NY
2012 Scope Miami, Brass Tacks - Miami, FL
Bring Yourself, Small Black Door, Queens, NY
site95 Benefit, Present Company - Brooklyn, NY
New Acquisitions IV – INFORMATION, Sammlung Schroth – Soest, Germany (catalog)
Another Side, The Re Institute - Millerton, NY
Momenta Benefit Raffle, Momenta Art - Brooklyn, NY
2011 Dead in August, The Pentagon - Brooklyn, NY
In Between the Sheets, Workspace Harlem - New York, NY
Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study, Marygrove College – Detroit, MI
Cowboy Mouth, St. Cecilia’s – Brooklyn, New York
Half Empty, Vaudeville Park – Brooklyn, New York
Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study, Superfront LA - Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
2010 Employee of the Month, Marianne Boesky Gallery - New York, NY
Used Books, Curatorial Research Lab at Winkleman Gallery - New York, NY
Collective Show New York 2010, PARTICIPANT INC - New York, NY
36 Hours in Basel, Unternehmen Mitte - Basel, Switzerland
Never Can Say Goodbye, No Longer Empty - New York, NY
2009 Low Blow, Stux Gallery - New York, NY
Playing Through, Industry City - Brooklyn, NY
PEEP-O-RAMA, AK-57 Gallery - New York, NY
Workout, Otom - Brooklyn, NY
2008 In Your Face, Buia Gallery - New York, NY
Behold The Antagonist, Dead Cat Gallery - Providence, RI
Another Last Year, Explosivo - New York, NY
2007 PAGEANT, studio717 - Brooklyn, NY
This is Not New York, Mastul e.V. - Berlin, Germany
FAITH, Diesel Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
VERNISSAGE, Chashama - New York, NY
2006 a delicate arrangement, David Zwirner - New York, NY
Summer Festival, ISE Cultural Foundation - New York, NY
Prime Time, Visual Arts Gallery - New York, NY
Out of El Bronx, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - New York, NY
Show Me Yours, Xpace - Toronto, Canada
ARTLOVE, Tribes Gallery - New York, NY
Do You Think I'm Disco, Longwood Art Gallery - Bronx, NY
Bibliography
2013 Ryzik, Melena. "Sticky Fingers Make the Show," The New York Times, March 28th
2012 CH Editors. "Art + Design in Miami: Comic Aggression," Cool Hunting, December 10th
Kleinberg, Kendall and Romy Oltuski. "The Hot List: Miami Art Basel 2012," HarpersBazaar.com, December 4th
Harod, Callie. "Power Pop: Brent Birnbaum turns overstimulation into arresting visual art," C-ville, November 20th
Toribio, Elyse. "DUMBO Arts Festival: accessible and absurd," The Record, September 20th
Upadhye, Janet. "Cheaters and Liars Leave Sins Behind at the Bureau of Apology," DNAinfo.com, September 17th
“Dumbo Arts Festival 2012 Preview: Superhero, Codex Dynamic, And Inverted Sky,” The Huffington Post, September 10th
Browder, Amanda and Tom Sanford. "Episode 365: Marina Abramovic and Brent Birnbaum," Bad at Sports, mins. 21-53, August 27th
“Brent Birnbaum, what’s in your fridge?” The Art Dossier, May 1st
Prosper, Jacqueline Colette. “V Scoop: A Look Back at SCOPE,” Vedere.com, March 16th
Roaman, Judi. “Must See… Art Fairs Are All Over NYC This Week!!!” The Accessorator online, March 7th
Zimmer, Lori. “SCOPE and Vision,” ArtSlant.com, March 6th
Schaefer, John. “Vanilla Ice, Remodeled,” Soundcheck on WNYC, mins. 21-28, January 27th
site95. Journal Volume 01 Issue 01, pages 42-45, January
2011 Superfront Publications. “Lab for Urban Futures: SUPERFRONT Series at the Queens Musuem of Art,” catalog, pg. 22 and 25
Beth Mason, Shana. “Scope Miami 2011,” Whitewallmag.com, December 21
Team Made at Art Basel Miami, MADE, Episode 6: scope Miami, December 19th
LoCascio, Monica. “The Basel Beat,” Lookbooks.com, December 7
Beth Mason, Shana. “Pulse and Scope Art Fairs in Review,” Whitehot Magazine, December
Amir. "Brent Birnbaum Is Ice Ice Maybe," Beautiful Decay online, April 19th
Scoggins, Michael. “Brent Birnbaum” Freight & Volume Magazine, Issue 3
Superfront Gallery. “Detroit: a Brooklyn Case Study,” catalog, pg. 40-43
Coleman, Madeline. "A Reference Librarian of My Own Crap: Marc Fischer of Public Collectors," Maisonneuve, February 28th
2010 Eby, Margaret. “Field Trip: Viewing the Vanilla Ice Collection,” Flavorwire, October 18th
Shoup, Risa. “Used Books, New Ideas,” The Huffington Post, September 29th
Clary, M.E. “LH Today visits with Brent Birnbaum, NY artist,” Lake Highlands Today, February 12th
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update,” artnet, January 22nd
MacDonald, Kerri. “Never Can Say Goodbye: Artists Take Over Abandoned Tower Records Store,” The Huffington Post, January 19th
“Never Can Say Goodbye at the Former Tower Records Space in NYC,” C-Monster.net, January 19th
Getlen, Larry. “A Tower-ing Work of Art,” New York Post, January 17th
Jackson, Candace. “Running on Empty,” The Wall Street Journal, January 15th
Ashman, Angela. “Chain Gang,” The Village Voice, January 13th
Prusinowski, Rebecca. “Shop of the Week, Artsy Edition: Never Can Say Goodbye,” PaperMag, January 13th
2007 Kosan, Lisa. “Just Across the Street,” artMatters, Spring 2007
2006 Animal Magazine. “Brent Birnbaum Sculptural Strangeness,” ANIMAL new york, November 13th
Perez, Magdalene. “School’s “In” for Summer,” artinfo.com, July 11th
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Exploring the Effects of Disco’s Beat,” The New York Times, February 19th
Cotter, Holland. “Do You Think I’m Disco,” The New York Times, February 3rd
2003 Wulff, June. “Go! Ahead,” The Boston Globe, November 30th
Israel, Steve. “Dallas Doings,” The Texas Jewish Post, November 27th
Sime, Tom. “Artists: Now you can be in the money,” The Dallas Morning News, November 26th
Awards
2011 Best of 2011, Beautiful/Decay, online
2010 Six Points Fellowship Finalist, New York, NY
2009 Smack Mellon Hot Picks, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Chashama Residency, New York, NY
2006 Eric C. Shiner Award, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
