Born 1975, Portland, Oregon.
Lives and works in New York City.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
Spectacle, Gluck50, Milan Italy
Head Space, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
Old Work: Jamie Isenstein and Michael E Smith, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford CT

2016
Isenstein’s, Meyer Riegger, Berlin DE

2015
Para Drama, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

2013
Jamie Isenstein: Will Return, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR

2011
Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Double Feature! Empire of Fire and Rug Woogie IV, Meyer Riegger Gallery, Karlsruhe, DE
Special Guest Rug Woogies, etc. Galerie, Prague, CR

2010
House of Hot, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
“                “, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY

2007
Acéphal Magical, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY
Hammer Projects: Jamie Isenstein: This Way to the Egress, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Quiet Manor, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch/ Meyer Riegger Gallery, Berlin, DE
Flicker, Meyer Riegger Gallery/ Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch (project), Karlsruhe, DE

2004
Infinite Invisible Soft-shoe, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY

 

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017
And Then There Were None, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, DE
Active Ingredients: Prompts, Props, Performance, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Simulation / Simultaneous, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich, CH
The Coverly Set, Sargent’s Daughters,  New York
Star Circle Stage, curated by Jenni Crain, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY§
The Inner Skin, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Post-election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY

2016
Jamie Isenstein: Infinite Invisible Soft-Shoe, special presentation in conjunction with Collected By Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Keep Your Eyes Open, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich, CH
Madame Electric, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Flashback and Guests, Stalke Galleri, Kirke Sonnerup, DK
Hermann tritt schüchtern herein, Meyer Riegger Gallery, Berlin, DE
Pratfall Tramps, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA

2015
Proper Nouns, curated by Wyatt Kahn, Rachel Uffner Gallery, NY

2014
Paraprosdokians and Rubber Chickens, The Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR

2013
Champs Élysées, Palais de Tokyo, Paris France
Suspense, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich Switzerland
A Drawing That Illustrates My Last Show At Meyer Riegger Karlsruhe, Meyer Riegger Karlsruhe, Germany
Shangrila 2013: Burrito Deluxe, Joshua Tree, CA
Die gestundete Zeit, curated by Gesine Borcherdt, Sies + Hoeke, Dusseldorf, Germany

2012
It is what it is. Or is it?, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Family Jewels, Family Business Gallery, New York
The Shandaken Project + Cleopatra’s at The Dependent, New York
MakeUp, curated by Mariuccia Cassadio, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy

2011
Museion: The Reed College Art Collection, One Hundred Years of Generosity, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis, hommage à Ján Mančuška, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Heads with Tails, Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
Alice Channer, Jamie Isenstien, and J. Parker Valentine, Lisa Cooley Gallery, NY

2010
Touched, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
The Pipe and the Flow, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid Spain
Out of Joint, Kamm Galeri, Berlin, Germany
In Here, Laurel Gitlen Gallery, New York, NY
Look Again, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
50 Artists Photograph the Future, Higher Pictures, New York, NY
Reel Subjects, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY
100 Years (version #2), PS1 Long Island City, NY

2009
Real Time, Real Documents, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Marina Abramovic Presents, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK
If You Can’t Find a Partner Use A Wooden Chair, curated by Lola Sinreich and Win McCarthy, American Donut, Miami FL
Cutting Edge Framing, curated by Lola Sinreich and Win McCarthy, Urbania Fine Art Framing, Miami, FL
Regift, Swiss Institute, curated by John Miller, New York, NY
Je est un autre, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
One Minute More, The Kitchen, New York, NY
On From Here, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY

2008
NOW: Selections from the Ovitz Family Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Countdown, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Second Thoughts, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Funny Not Funny, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
The Influence of Fish Tails on the Breaking Waves, Point B Special Projects, New York, NY
200597214100022008, Small A Projects, New York, NY
Intimacy, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Mysteries, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tales of the Grotesque, Karma International, Zurich, CH
Thanks For Coming!!, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
Unfinished Room, Unit B, San Antonio, TX

2007
Don’t Look., Contemporary Drawings from an Alumni’s Collection Martina Yamin, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Humor’s Lines, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA

2006
Green Light Green Light, Small A Projects, Portland, OR
Just Off Focus, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY
Mid-Life Crisis, Salander-O’Reilly, NY
The Presence of Absence, Gallery W. 52, New York
Is is, “what is it?”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY

2005
General Ideas, curated by Matthew Higgs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Greater New York 2005,  P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
Entdecken und Besitzen (Discovery and Ownership: Insites into Austrian Private Collections), Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, AT
Jamie Isenstein, Peter Coffin, Jan Mancuska, Art Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach, MiamiBeach, Florida
Performa O5 Biennial, New York, NY
The General’s Jamboree, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
Bebe Le Strange,  D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York
It’ll Cost You…, curated by Beth Rudin De Woody, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY
On Stage, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin Germany
We Disagree, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY

2004
Paperworks, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
Columbia University 2004 Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY
Student Artists: Columbia University, www.Bowieart.com
Object of Desire, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Art in the Office, curated by Matt Keegan, The Global Consulting Group, New York,

2003
I Can’t Be You, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
One Enemy v. 25 Millions of Friends, Kunsthochschule, Kassel Germany
Faking Real, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

2002
Myth and Hybrid, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

 

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PUBLICATIONS

2016
Madame Electrics, Exhibition zine, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA

2015
Macel, Christine and Sussman, Elizabeth. Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Reese, Rachel. Pratfall Tramps Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2013
Snyder, Stephanie. Jamie Isenstein: Will Return, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR

2012
Daderko, Dean. “It is what it is. Or is it?” CAMH, Houston, TX

2010
Groschlüter, Peter, “Touched” Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool UK

2009
Jetzer, Gianni (ed.). “Regift” The Swiss Institute, New York, NY

2008
Jetzer, Gianni, “Tales of the Grotesque” Karma International , Zurich, CH

2007
Subotnick, Ali. “Hammer Projects: Jamie Isenstein” Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Goldberg, RoseLee (ed.) Performa New Visual Art Performance.  Performa, NY
Dreishpoon, Doug (ed.) Humor’s Lines, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA Spring 2007

2005
Biesenbach, Klause (ed.) Greater New York, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NY

 

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PROJECTS

2016
Open Studio: Jamie Isenstein,  The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2015
Tramps In Conversation with Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Pratfall Tramps catalogue

2014
Benefit of Friends Collected, vol 2 organized by Jesse Benson and Shana Lutker, Project X projects
VAC BoomBox, 8tracks.com

2010
McCartney Double Vision, Possible Projects, Possible Projects Press, Philadephia PA

2007
Arm Chair Tourist, Hammer Residency, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2005
I Break for Keiko!, North Drive Press, curated by Matt Keegan, New York, NY

2004
Summer Kit Magazine, curated by Matt Keegan, New York, NY
Inside Out, ventriloquism radio show aired on 88.9 FM WBAR April 12

2000
Love Diamond, in collaboration with Miranda July, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland OR

 

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AWARDS

2013
Creative Time Artist Sand Castle Competition, first place

2012
Boomerang Fund for Artists Award

2003
Agnes Martin Fellowship Award

1997-1998
Arthur B. Davis Foundation Research Grant

 

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SELECTED LECTURES AND VISITING ARTIST POSITIONS

2017
Georgette and Richard Koopman Distinguished Chairs in the Visual Arts, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT

2016
MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York

2015
NYU Steinhardt MFA Program, New York University, New York

2013
MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York
Department of Art and Art History, Reed College, Portland, OR

2012
Sculpture Department, SUNY Purchase, New York

2011
Department of Art and Art History,  The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
Tranzitdisplay, Prague, Czech Republic
Department of Art and Art History, Reed College, Portland, OR

2010
Touched Talks, Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, UK

2009
Interview with Susan Ensley on Jannis Kounellis, Workshop on Performance Art,  Museum of Modern Art, New York

2007
Hammer Lectures, Artist Talk: Jamie Isenstein,  Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA