Bio
Born in 1978 in Schenectady, New York
Lives and works in
Brooklyn, New York
Education
MFA in Painting, Tyler School of Art
BFA in
Painting and Printmaking, Alfred University
Solo and Group Exhibitions
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
Liz Ainslie: Slices,
Creon Gallery, New York, NY
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
2002
Drawing Show, Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA
Gallery Tour, Red Barn Gallery, Jay, NY
2001
Group Show, Ballston Spa, NY
2001
BFA
Exhibition, Harder Hall, Alfred University
2000
Painting in the Yucatan, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Summer Show, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Junior
Show, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
1999
Show, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Awards and Residencies
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
1997-2004
Stanfield and
D'Orlando Art Scholarship, Unitarian Universalist Association
1999
Sophomore Award, Alfred University.
1999-01
Dean's List, Alfred University
Registries
2007
Pierogi, Flat Files,
Brooklyn, NY
2006
Nurture Art Artist's
Registry, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Artists
Space, The Irving Sandler Artists
File, New York, NY
Notable
2004
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Grant
Press
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
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
Featured on the following blogs
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Ermie
The Best Time of the Day
A/ART
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Deeds
Web
Presents
Jesse Patrick Martin
Selected Collections
Olav Westphalen, Brooklyn, NY
David and Louise Marsh,
Gloucester, MA
Walter Klemperer, Champaigne, IL
Luigi
Carbone, Rome, Italy