About the Artist
Liz Ainslie lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received an MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2004 and a BFA from Alfred University in 2001.
Ainslie has had solo exhibitions at Transmitter Gallery and Airplane in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Creon Gallery in Manhattan and The Cohen Gallery at Alfred University and Platform online. Her work has been included in shows at White Columns, Good Naked, Rhett Baruch, SARDINE, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Tappeto Volante, Orgy Park, Ground Floor Gallery, Outlet Fine Art, A.I.R. Gallery, Vox Populi, BCB Fine Art, and Gallerie Kritiku, Prague, Czech Republic. Her work has been reviewed or featured in Art Maze Mag, Maake Magazine, Giornale Dell' Arte, ArtCal Zine, and The GC Advocate. Interviews with the artist can be found online at Maake Magazine, And Freedom For, Pencil in the Studio, and #fffffff Walls. Ainslie is a Co-director of Underdonk gallery in Brooklyn, was a visiting artist at Trestle Projects in 2018, a faculty resident at School of the Alternative, 2017, a resident artist at Millay Colony for the Arts, 2011 and at Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2006.
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Education
MFA in Painting, Tyler School of Art
BFA in Painting and Printmaking, Alfred University
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2023
Liz Ainslie on Platform in collaboration with Good Naked, New York, NY
2022
Time to Love: A two-person exhibition of works by Liz Ainslie and Zebadiah Keneally, Good Naked, New York, NY
2020
Unearth: Stacy Fisher and Liz Ainslie, SARDINE, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Armature: New Paintings by Liz Ainslie, Transmitter, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
The Part of Sight, Cohen Gallery at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2014
Not the Thing Were Thinking, BCB Art, Hudson, NY
2012
Liz Ainslie: Proxies, Airplane, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Liz Ainslie: Slices, Creon Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
White Columns Annual Exhibition, Curated by Randy Kennedy, White Columns, New York, NY
Terrestrial Aperture, Rhett Baruch in collaboration with Good Naked, Los Angeles, CA
Mepaintsme, Open Call 2024, online exhibition
Cushing Collaborative, Interloc, Thomaston, ME
Trad Medium, ZXY Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Ghost Pipe, Birdhouse, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Superchill, Cloud of Bats, Brooklyn, NY
FEEDER, Good Naked During Upstate Art Weekend, Catskill, NY
On Balance: New Work by American Abstract Artists, Art Cake, Brooklyn, NY
La Banda, Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, NY
It’s Never Over, St. Charles, Baltimore, MD
2022
Golden States, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, Curated by Jay Gaskill, Los Angeles, CA
Cushing Colloaborative, Interloc Projects, Thomaston, ME
Shifting Instinct, The Ekru Project, Kansas City, MO
Mei-(1)+Mei-(2), ZXY Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
American Abstract Artists Digital Prints 2012-2019, Herron School of Art + Architecture
Indianapolis, IN
Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of AAA, 1936–present, Curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2021
FRC11, Flat Rate Contemporary, online exhibition
My Love is Your Love, Every Woman Biennial, New York, NY
Penpals, TTOTM, Online Exhibition, New York, NY
Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019, Western Connecticut State University (WSCU), Danbury, CT
Transmissions, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of AAA, 1936–present, Curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna, The Baker Museum, Naples, Florida
2020
If You Like This, You’ll Love That, Collar Works, Troy, NY
Blurring Boundaries The Women Of AAA, 1936–present, curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna on view at South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Mirror Eye, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Purple, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Collar Works Flat Files 2020, Collar Works, Troy, NY
Liz Ainslie, Mezzo Project Space, New York, NY
American Abstract Artists: Digital Prints, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY
Underdonk Draws, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Inquiry: Investigation Through Abstraction, Curated by Mark Brosseau, DAAP Galleries, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
Continuity to Change: Recent History of American Abstraction, Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery, The College at Brockport SUNY
Digital: AAA Prints 2012 – 2019, The Gallery at The Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western CT State University
Liz Ainslie, Mezzo Project Space, New York, NY
Rulers, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL
Every Woman Biennial, La Mamma Galleria, May 19 – 24, 2019
2018
The 2019 Flat File: Year Six, Tiger Strikes Asteriod, Brooklyn, NY
Italicized Reality, SARDINE, Brooklyn, NY
Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of AAA, 1936–present, Curated by Rebecca DiGivanna, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, October–November, 2018 and Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, November–December, 2018
Black Friday 2, George and Lobo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SkyLight, Curated by Fran Holstrom, Aquarius, Queens, NY
2017
Spaces, Station Independent Projects, New York, NY. curated by William Crump
2016
Stone Soup Nasty, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
Lazuli and Small Blue Thing, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Enrico Gomez
Smart Dust, Sla307, New York, NY
Salami Salon, curated by ROE projects, Brooklyn, NY
Neesh@BOS 2016, Curated by Fran Holstrom, Brooklyn, NY
Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Contemporary. Brooklyn, NY, curated by Michael David and Julie Torres
COLOR AGENTS, 245 Varet, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Peer Review, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London
Salonukah 2015, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn
New Work City, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Julie Torres
Mixtape II, 56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Todd Bienvenu
Family Ties, 500X Gallery, Dallas TX, curated by Julie Torres
A Weekend at the Old Gem, Presented by Arts@Renaissance, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Momenta Art Spring Benefit 2015, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Share This! Appropriation After Cynicism, Denny Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Triangles, Ventana244, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Melissa Staiger
Metaplay Prague - New York, Czech Center, New York, NY, curated by Petra Valentova
New and Recent Paintings, Valentine, Ridgewood, Queens
Metaplay, Curated by Petra Valentova, Gallerie Kritiku, Prague, Czech Republic
suggestion, that is the dream: Arshile Gorky and a selection of contemporary drawings, Outlet Fine Art, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Vox X: Present Tense, Curated by Matthew Brannon and Howie Chen, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA,
Do it Yourself Curated by Julie Torres, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Top Drawer Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Feral Objects curated by Peggy Cyphers and Lucio Pozzi, Creon, New York, NY
Whitney Houston Biennial: I'm Every Woman curated by Finley Christine, Dumbo, Brooklyn
2013
Shipshape, 245 Varet, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Cocktails and Dreams Part II, Airplane, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Special Guests, Sardine, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Legend of Drafts, Centotto, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
What I like About You, Curated by Julie Torres, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Thanks, Curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus, New York, 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
The Unfunny Show Curated by: Matthew F. Fisher, Small Black Door, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Purple Nurple, Curated by: Mike Olin, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
tArt Year 8, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
So Happy Together, Organized by: Julie Torres, Norte Maar Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show, BCB Art, Hudson, NY
SWEET + SOUR: tART WORKS, Curated by: Caroline Elizabeth Babson, OZANEAUX Art Space, New York, NY
2010
Painting Comes Alive! Curated by Erik den Breejen Artjail, New York, NY
tArt at AIR 2010: What's In a Collective, AIR gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Time Bandits III, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show, BCB Art, Hudson, NY
Bklyn 6, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2009
Without Borders VI: Conjunction, Lord Hall Gallery, Orono, ME, collaboration with Abigail Stiers
Time Bandits II, Pioneers of Inspiration, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
tArt at Air, Air Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Suspension: Liz Ainslie & Evan Reehl Ryer, curated by Julia Schwadron, Spazio 522, New York, NY
Daily Schemes, AM Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
tArt Summer Salon Show, Rabbitholestudio, Brooklyn, NY
POI Group Show, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Victory for Tyler, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2006
tArt Salon Exhibition, New York, NY
2005
tART Fall 2005 Salon Show, New York, NY
2004
MFA Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried MFA Exhibition, Ice Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003
The MFA Biennial Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Awards and Residencies
2018
Visiting Artist Residency, Trestle, Brooklyn NY
2017
Faculty Residency, School of the Alternative, Black Mountain, NC
2011
The 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
Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
2003
Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
Press
Keeting, Zachary and Christopher Joy, Liz Ainslie, Gorky’s Granddaughter, June 2022
Burns, Emily, Maake, Liz Ainslie, January, 2020
Pottinger, Nickola, Maake Magazine Issue 10, curated by Nickola Pottinger, December, 2019
Amato, Delphine, And Freedom For, Liz Ainslie, May 1, 2014
Caraher, Meredith, NYC Art Parasites, Open Studios: An Insider's Take, June, 2013
Matlin, Clay, The GC Advocate, Oh My Signs and Signifiers!, March 20, 2013
Chapline, Jonathan, #FFFFFF Walls, Liz Ainslie-Bushwick, April 12, 2012
Butler, Sharon, Sneaky Funny in Ridgewood, November 11, 2011
Corsano, Otino, Liz Ainslie "Is Between", Otino Corsano, New Genres Artist, October 22, 2011
Calandra, Maria, Pencil in the Studio, Liz Ainslie, August 4, 2011
Standard Interview Liz Ainslie, March 30, 2011
Corsano, Otino, Quick Draw Artist Interview #3: Liz Ainslie, Sunday, December 20, 2009
Pozzi, Lucio, Fuori dal coro Jef Bourgeau e Liz Ainslie, ovvero il coraggio e la cocciutaggine, Il Giornale Dell' Arte, N. 292, November, 2009
Singh, Anjali, Contemporary artist Liz Ainslie, Asian Curator, December, 2020
Vartanian, Hrag, Suspension at Spazio 522, Artcal Zine, August 13, 2008
Corsano, Otino, Liz Ainslie: Underdog Award of Distinction Recipient, Otino Corsano, New Genres Artist, November 3, 2007
Vartanian, Hrag, Living with Liz Ainslie's "Some Pieces" (2005), Hrag Vartainian: A blog of art, culture, writing and ideas, hragvartanian.com, July, 29, 2007
Writing
Ainslie, Liz, JJ Manford’s domestic stages for acid daydreams, Two Coats of Paint
Ainslie, Liz, Elisa Lendvay: Waltz of Charms, Two Coats of Paint
Ainslie, Liz, Hilma af Klint: Bridging the Divide, Theo Westenberger Estate
Registries
Pierogi, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Artists Space, The Irving Sandler Artists File, New York, NY
Notable
2024
Included in Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker pp.62-63, 91, 192, 227-228, 231, and 336-337
2019-Present
Co-director, Underdonk
2018-present
Member, American Abstract Artists
2004
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
2008
Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Grant
Selected Collections
Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Luigi Carbone, Rome, Italy
Olav Westphalen, Brooklyn, NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering