1972, Atlanta, GA
Lives/Works
Brooklyn, NY/Long Island City, NY
Education
2000
Columbia University, New York, NY; MFA
1996
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY; BA in History of the Sciences
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY; BFA Painting, with Honors
Columbia University, New York, NY; MFA
1996
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY; BA in History of the Sciences
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY; BFA Painting, with Honors
One Person Exhibitions
2013
- The Fourth Pyramid, Galveston Artists Residency, Galveston, TX (brochure)
- “The Jungle” (for Norma), Feature Inc., New York, NY
2009
- IV = 369 (Luna), Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami FL
2008
- 3.646944°, -79.378611°→ , Brookfield Place, Luminato Festival, Toronto, Canada
2007
- III = 260 (Mercurius), Feature Inc, New York, NY
2006
- Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (brochure: text by Casey McKinney)
- II = 65 (Mavors), Gallerie Schmidt Maczollek, Köln, Germany
- Feature Inc., New York, NY
2005
- I = 111 (Sol), Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami FL (brochure: text by Gean Moreno)
- Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2004
- Feature Inc., New York, NY
- Jesse Bransford/Lorenzo De Los Angeles Collaborations, Feature Inc., New York, NY
- Jesse Bransford/Lorenzo De Los Angeles Collaborations, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2003
- Locust Projects, Miami, FL
- Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami FL
2002
- Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (brochure: text by Elizabeth Thomas)
- Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2001
- UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (brochure: text by Claudine Isé)
- Feature Inc., New York, NY
2000
- The Void-Pit (Re: Jupiter and Beyond), site specific wall painting, Feature Inc., New York, NY
1998
- Feature Inc., New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2013
- I:MAGE, The Store Street Gallery, London, Curated by Fulgur Esoterica
- Metaphysical Interventions, The Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, Curated by Matthew C. Wilson
- Swamp, Edgar Allen Poe Park Visitor's Center, Curated By Kari Adelaide
- The Black Lodge, Interstate Projects, New York, Organized by Tom Weinrich
- Sigils & Signs, Observatory, New York, Curated by Pam Grossman/Phantasmaphile
- In The Outside, Independent, New York, Curated by Hudson
- Alchemically Yours, Observatory, New York, Curated by Pam Grossman/Phantasmaphile
- Put Up or Shut Up, New York Academy of Art, New york, Curated by Catherine Howe
2010
- BAM Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, Curated by Dan Cameron
- Divide & Conquer, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT, Curated by Robert Szantyr
- One and Three Quarters of an Inch, The Former Convent at St. Cecelia's Parish, Brooklyn, New York, Curated by Peter Clough
- The Perseids, The Custer Observatory, Southold, New York, Curated by Kari Adelaide and Sörine Anderson
- The Audio Show: Podcasts @ Triple Canopy, www.canopycanopycanopy.com, Curated by Seth Kelly
- Vision Quest, Observatory, New York, Curated by Pam Grossman/Phantasmaphile
2009
- Trance, Chance, Dreams & The Unconscious, Southfirst, New York, Curated by Maika Pollack
- Art At Straus: NYU Steinhardt Artists at the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice, 22 Washington Square North, New York, NY, curated by Nancy Barton and Michael Cohen (Brochure, Catalog)
- The Audio Show, Freidrich Petzel Gallery, New York, Curated by Seth Kelly
2008
- Sonata For Executioner and Various Young Women, André Schelechtriem Contemporary, New York, Curated by Nicholas Weist
- Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Contemporary Art, Busan, Korea, Curated by Nancy Barton and Michael Cohen
- Harry Smith Anthology Remixed, curated by Rebecca Shatwell, tour:
Sensoria Festival, Sheffield, UK
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow, UK - The Sound Of Music, NYU Commons Gallery, New York, curated by Jan Van Wonsel
2007
- Le Regard bleu d’Arthur Rimbaud, Musée Arthur Rimbaud, Charleville-Mezieres, France, curated by Alain Tourneux (brochure)
- don’t torture the rotten ducklings, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI, Organized by Gean Moreno and Nicholas Frank
- Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Keith Mayerson
- Harry Smith Anthology Remixed, alt.gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, curated by Rebecca Shatwell
- Oblique Views of Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Gabriel Cifarelli
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 (brochure: text by João Ribas)
- The Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2005
- The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves And Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; curated by Trinie Dalton
- The Most Splendid Apocalypse, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Jason Muirson
- Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
- ATOMICA: Making the Invisible Visible, Esso Gallery and Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
- The Sun Rises in the Evening, Feature Inc., New York, NY
- Trade, White Columns, New York, NY, curated by Matthew Higgs (brochure)
- Especial: Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Köln, Germany
2004
- Impact: New Mural Works, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Jason Muirson
- AXXXPRESSSUNIZM, Alice Day Gallery, Brussels, curated by Mark Beasley and John Russell
- AXXXPRESSSUNIZM, Vilma Gold Gallery, London, curated by Mark Beasley and John Russell
- I LOVE MUSIC, Creative Growth's 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Creative Growth, Oakland, CA, curated by Matthew Higgs
- Skulls, HaNNA, Tokyo, Japan, curated by Hanna Fushihara
2003
- Warped Space, CCA Wattis Institute For contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA; curated by Ralph Rugoff (brochure: text by Ralph Rugoff)
- Cult Camp K48, Dietch Projects Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; curated by K48
- Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY; curated by John Connelly Presents, K48, and Daniel Reich Gallery
- Paradise/Paradox, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY; curated by Sue Canning (brochure: text by Sue Canning)
- Container Exhibition at Basel Miami, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami FL
- Faking Real, Leroy Nieman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY; curated by Stephen Hilger
- Drawing Conclusions, Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL; curated by Nina Arias
2002
- K48-3: Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, John Connelly Presents, NY; curated by Scott Hug
- Off the Grid, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
- Guide to Trust No. 2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; curated by ANP (brochure)
- The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Norman Dubrow
- 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
2001
- Not a. Lear, tour:
Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY;
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston MA; curated by ANP - Dear Dead Person, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Banks Violette
- Ghost Stories, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA; curated by Casey McKinney
- 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, CD-ROM)
- Not a. Lear, tour:
Torch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Art Process, Paris, France;
Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium; curated by ANP - Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt
- Grok Terence McKenna Dead, Feature Inc., New York, NY
- Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral, Feature Inc., New York, NY
- 2002, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; curated by Hudson
- Paper Trail Pt. 2, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1999
- Drawings, Feature Inc., New York, NY
- Would have had., Cabinet Gallery, London; curated by Hudson
- Science Fictions, White Columns, New York, NY; curated by Lauren Ross
1998
- Drawers, Feature Inc., New York, NY
1997
- Group Show, Feature Inc., New York, NY
- Among Ourselves, www.sevenseven.com
1995
- Epicycle/Motorcycle: an Exhibition on Technology and Humanity, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (brochure)
1994
- The Freed Weed, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA; curated by Dennis Cooper (brochure)
- Drawings, Fine Arts Gallery at Parsons, New York, NY; curated by Ken Tisa
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2013
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2009
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2008
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2006
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2000
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Projects
2013
- Building the Fourth Pyramid: An Occult Art Installation in Galveston, Treadwells, London
- Visual Languages of the Observable Planets, Conference: Art & Psyche in the City, New York University, New York, (presentation) organized by the Art and Psyche Working Group
- That Sinking Sense of Wonder, Southfirst, Brooklyn NY, Curated by Jesse Bransford
2011
- The Magic of Magic Squares, OBSERVATORY, Gowanus NY, organized by Phantasmaphile
- Notations in the Flicker: Brion Gysin’s Text and Image Now, two consecutive lectures on topics related to the exhibition “Brion Gysin: Dream Machine.” The New Museum for Contemporary Art and NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Art and Art Priofessions, Both New York, organized by Jesse Bransford
- A Jungle of Signs, A discussion between Jesse Bransford and Karsten Krejcarek, followed by a lecture by Michael Taussig, In conjunction with "The Jungle" (for Norma), Feature Inc., New York
2009
- Visual Languages of the Observable Planets, Symposium: How Dangerous is the Irrational, ICI Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Berlin, Germany, organized by Sladja Blazan
- Layered Orders: Crowley's Thoth Deck and the Tarot, OBSERVATORY, Gowanus NY, organized by Phantasmaphile
2005
- Melancholia, a part of Something Else, A Lecture Series Curated by Adam Putnam, The Astrup/Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
- The Art of Memory, Passing/Time, A Lecture Series Curated by Adam Putnam, 5 Ninth, New York, NY, presented by Tracy Williams Ltd.
Publications
2013
- Ansell, Robert, Grossman, Pam, eds. Abraxas: Issue 3, Fulgur Press, London
- Bransford, Jesse. The Fourth Pyramid, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX. Edition of 200.
- Paper Monument, ed. Draw It with Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment, New York
- Jones, Matt, ed. Puppy American 3: I want to believe, New York
- Hug, Scott, ed. K48 #8, New York
- Halperin, Ilana, ed. A Geological History of New York, New York/Glasgow
2010
- Hoptman, Laura, Brion Gysin: Dream Machine, New Museum/Merrell, New York
- Adamo, Ayesha, ed. Trigger 93, New York
- Triple Canopy, The Audio Show, Part 2, http://canopycanopycanopy.com/podcasts, curated by Seth Kelly
- Philbin Ann, Miles Christopher, Elaine James, Bonn Lauren, Hammer Projects 1999-2009, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2008
- Hug, Scott, ed. K48 #7, New York
- Dalton, Trinie, ed. MYTHTYM, Picturebox, New York
2007
- Jeancolas, Claude, Le regard bleu d'Arthur Rimbaud, FVW Editions, Paris
2006
- Russell, John, ed. Frozen Tears III, London, in collaboration with Casey McKinney
2005
- Dexter, Emma, ed. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon Press, New York/London
- Dalton, Trinie, ed. Werewolf Express, Los Angeles
- Keegan, Matt, ed. North Drive Press #2, New York
- Putnam, Adam, ed. Passing/Time, New York, NY, presented by Tracy Williams Ltd.
2004
- McKinney, Casey, ed. The Dogs, San Francisco
- Russell, John, ed. Frozen Tears II, London, 779-92, in collaboration with R.A. Bransford, Jr.
2003
- Putnam, Adam, ed. Into the Abyss, New York
- Hug, Scott, ed. Cult K48, Fall/Winter, New York
- Dalton, Trinie, ed. A Touch of Class (Psychedelic State): Sweet California Unicorns, Los Angeles
2002
- Hamilton, Duncan, ed. Black Diamond, Issue 4: A Little Pain Hurts No Body, Liverpool, 15-16
2000
- McKinney, Casey, ed. Mall Punk Magazine, San Francisco, 21
- Hug, Scott, ed. K48, Fall/Winter, New York, 48-49
- McKinney, Casey, ed. Animal Stories Magazine, San Francisco, 27
1999
- Estrella, Alexandre, ed. Biblia Goes to America, Biblia #6, January/February, Lisbon, Portugal, 70
- Greene, Matthew, ed. Pee Stories Magazine, Los Angeles, 28
1997
- Bransford, Jesse, ed. Epicycle/Motorcycle, New York, 1-6
1994
- Cooper, Dennis, ed. The Freed Weed, Los Angeles, CA
Institutional Affiliations
- Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
- Affiliate Faculty, Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi
- Full Member, European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
Awards
2004
2004
- Farpath Foundation Residency, Dijon, France
Collections
- The Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
- The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
- The New School for Social Research, New York
