The Conversation Art Podcast
Epis. 365: Brooklyn artist Liz Ainslie: a coveted artist loft, scream-core singing, and artists who stay with their community even after success
The Conversation Art Podcast explores the contemporary art world through conversations with a range of participants from the center to the fringes and back again. Through frank and incisive exchanges, the show sheds light on what goes on behind the scenes, whether in a studio, a gallery or in the backroom. Artists, industry professionals and students alike gain an insider’s view of these often opaque machinations at work.
Mepaintsme
OPEN CALL 2024: JURIED EXHIBITION AND FUNDRAISER
JULY 18 - AUGUST 21, 2024
supporting the great work of four non profit organizations that provide inclusive and enriching programming for artists with disabilities: Creativity Explored (San Francisco), Project Onward (Chicago), Summertime (Brooklyn), and Die Schlumper (Hamburg).
Cushing Collaborative
July 11 - August 2, 2024
Interloc Projects
Thomaston, ME
Liz Ainslie
Maureen Cavanaugh
Stacy Fisher
Emily Noelle Lambert
Claudia Peñas Salinas
Lumin Wakoa
Interloc Projects
Good Naked (New York NY) & Rhett Baruch (Los Angeles CA) present:
TERRESTRIAL APERTURE
Rhett Baruch // 6057 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90038
February 24 - March 31, 2024
Liz Ainslie
Marcus Bernardes
J. Bradley Greer
Emily Pfaff
OPEN by appointment / info@goodnakedgallery.com
Painting on view for Get the Picture book launch
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
6:30 - 9:30pm
DIMIN
It was a pleasure spending time with Bianca Bosker as she researched her adventurous and hilarious romp through the art world.
Ghost Pipe
Birdhouse Brooklyn
Opening February 2, 6-9pm
Liz Ainslie
Janice Bridger
Sunny Chapman
Katharine Du Fault
Tom Fitzgibbon
Ed Grant
Sharilyn Neidhardt
Matt Miller
Seren Morey
Bill Page
David Pollack
Alicia Rothman
Open two weekends, 12-6, Saturday and Sunday, Feb 3/4 and Feb 10/11
ZXY Gallery presents
"Trad Medium"
Saturday, February 3, 2024
6-9pm
Announcing “Trad Medium” - ah yes…the trad medium…the trad use of material…the trad dichotomy of subject and object…the trad decision to figure or abstract…shall we try to escape it? no…not today…we will embrace it…study it…move forth…appreciating…the works…like a successful trad gallery ought to, should do…ZXY Gal at your trad service sir…
work by:
Lucius Anhello
Mariel Rowling Montes
Georgia Hourdas
Liz Ainslie
Sanie Bokhari
Gunner Dongieux
Farrell Mason-Brown
Noel de Lesseps
Mary Sellers
Eliot Lambert
Liz Ainslie “Until That” 2022, gouache on board, 12 x 9 inches
White Columns
Looking Back / The 14th White Columns Annual – Selected by Randy Kennedy
January 19–March 2, 2024
Opening Friday, January 19, 2024, 6-8pm
Participating artists:
Bill Adams,
Liz Ainslie,
Ever Baldwin,
Yevgeniya Baras,
Jennifer Bolande,
Will Boone,
Beverly Buchanan,
Tom Burckhardt,
William Christenberry,
Martha Diamond,
Tom Fairs,
Hadi Falapishi,
Harold Granucci,
Tyree Guyton,
Robert Hawkins,
Oliver Lee Jackson, Jim Joe,
Ken Johnson,
Manal Kara,
Rhoda Kellogg,
Larry Krone,
Ohad Meromi, Ralph Middleton,
Marlon Mullen,
Betty Parsons,
Noah Purifoy,
Sarah Rapson,
Evelyn Reyes,
David Schoerner,
Dave Schubert,
Ross Tibbles,
Mose Tolliver,
Richard E. Treubel,
Kevin Umaña,
Jean-Luc Verna
91 Horatio, Street New York, NY 10014 Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM info@whitecolumns.org
Liz Ainslie on Platform
I’m delighted to be featured on Platform, an online space selling artworks in partnership with world-renowned gallery David Zwirner during the month of October, 2023.
My new paintings focus on circular voids or "portholes." In Badmouthing, the void sits within various architectural and pastoral forms, including light grey markings that act as shorthand for mountains and waves and blues and greens taken directly from observation in upstate New York.
This piece along with other new paintings can be found on Platform through October 29. Thank you to Good Naked Gallery who has partnered with Platform to show these paintings.
Pliable Plane at Underdonk
Underdonk presents Pliable Plane a group show featuring the work of Ryan Crowley, Poppy DeltaDawn, Vandana Jain and Mike Estabrook, Mónica Palma, Dominic Terlizzi, and Ben K. Voss. Curated by Liz Ainslie, the show will run October 21-November 19, 2023.
Opening reception: October 21, 6-8 pm
Underdonk
1329 Willoughby Ave #211
Brooklyn, NY 11237
L train to Jefferson St
underdonk1717@gmail.com
Hours: Open Saturdays and Sundays 1-6pm, Summer Hours 2-5pm.
Superchill at Cloud of Bats
Coinciding with Sunset Park Open Studios, the opening will be on Saturday, October 14 from 5-7pm. There will also be a closing event on Friday, November 10 from 6-8pm. Please join us!
Exhibition of small works by:
Defne Tutus, Fred Fleisher, Glen Einbinder, James Cullinane, J.T. McCann, Junichiro Ishida, Liz Ainslie, Katherine Earle, Katherine Toukhy, Mike Piergrossi, Marcy Chevali
Micki Watanabe Spiller, Noemi Bilger, Shelly Bahl, Tulin Battikhi, Vandana Jain, Yasmeen Abdallah
Cloud of Bats
Brooklyn Army Terminal
140 58th Street
Building B, Suite 7G, Studio W32
FEEDER
Group Show during Upstate Art Weekend
July 22 and 23, 2023
29 Dumond Street, Catskill
Greene County
goodnakedgallery.com | @good_naked
Open Hours:
Saturday, July 22 | 12:00 - 6:00 PM
Sunday, July 23 | 12:00 - 6:00 PM
Good Naked is pleased to present: FEEDER / A group exhibition of works by Liz Ainslie, Grayson Cox, Flor Flores, Trevor King, Christopher Lin, Elisa Soliven, and Lesley Wamsley.
On Balance: New Work by American Abstract Artists
Art Cake, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show
Curated by Mary Birmingham
More information here
April 15 – May 14, 2023
American Abstract Artists is pleased to announce a show of recent work by its members at ART CAKE in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The exhibition features a selection of abstract and non-objective works, in a variety of media, by a multi-generational group of member artists. This show represents the most recent iteration of AAA’s 87 year tradition of group shows and, as such, the continuation of an important living tradition in abstract art.
Featured Artists:
Alice Adams • Liz Ainslie • Steven Alexander • Emily Berger • Jeffrey Bishop • Susan Bonfils • Marvin Brown • Jacob Cartwright • James Clark • Gabriele Evertz • Laurie Fendrich • Joanne Freeman • Cris Gianakos • Gary Golkin • Gail Gregg • James Gross • Lynne Harlow • Carl E. Hazlewood • Mara Held • Pinkney Herbert • Daniel G. Hill • Gilbert Hsiao • Rhia Hurt • Julian Jackson • James Juszczyk • Cecily Kahn • Marthe Keller • Iona Kleinhaut • Victor Kord • Jane Logemann • Stephen Maine • Nancy Manter • Joanne Mattera • Creighton Michael • Manfred Mohr • Judith Murray • Lisa Nanni • Jim Osman • Rob de Oude • John Phillips • Corey Postiglione • Lucio Pozzi • Raquel Rabinovich • Ce Roser • Irene Rousseau • Cordy Ryman • Lorenza Sannai • Karen Schifano • Mary Schiliro • Claire Seidl • Edward Shalala • Susan Smith • Melissa Staiger • Li Trincere • Kim Uchiyama • Don Voisine • Stephen Westfall • Jeanne Wilkinson • Mark Williams • Thornton Willis • Patricia Zarate • Nola Zirin
La Banda
Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show
Curated by Tappeto Volante
OPENING Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 6-9 pm
On view until March 19, 2023
With Eric Aho, Peter Acheson, Tomer Aluf, Liz Ainslie, Lisha Bai, Natalie Beall, Mildred Beltré, Timothy Bergstrom, Angela Conant, Vince Contarino, Jared Deery, Mary Flinn, Marianne Gagnier, Benjamin Klein, Uwe Henneken, Eric Hibit, Volker Hüller, Alexandra Lakin, Leonora Loeb, JJ Manford, Mónica Palma, Jesus Polanco, Padma Rajendran, Aparna Sarkar, Kim Sloane, Elisa Soliven, Jacqueline Shatz, Christine Stiver, Dominic Terlizzi, Zuriel Waters.
Tappeto Volante founders, curator Paola Gallio and artists Jared Deery, JJ Manford, and Elisa Soliven are proud to announce the second edition of La Banda, 2023, an expansive group show of works on paper, paintings, and sculpture.
It’s Never Over
January 14, 2023
6-8 PM
Pop-up group show
St. Charles Projects, Baltimore, MD
Time to Love
A two-person exhibition of works by Liz Ainslie and Zebadiah Keneally
Good Naked
at 72 Allen Street
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9th, 6-8 PM
On view September 9 - October 16, 2022
Open Sunday through Friday 11 AM - 5 PM
For more information please email info@goodnakedgallery.com
Image info: “Outermost In” site-specific wall painting at 72 Allen Street (detail).
Gorky’s Granddaughter
I’m excited to be featured on the renowned Gorky’s Granddaughter blog. It’s the first film Zachary Keeting and Chris Joy have posted since last October! Watch the interview/studio visit where we discuss punk rock, pipe cleaner people, hypnotic modern carpeting, and of course, painting.
Cushing Collaborative
Exhibition at Interloc Projects, Thomaston, ME
Interloc Projects in Thomaston will host a show for the Cushing Collaborative’s individual works the week of July 11 – 17 by appointment. There will be an artists reception on Wednesday, July 13 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Interloc Projects is a multidisciplinary art space located at 153 Main Street in Thomaston, Maine, providing access to contemporary artists through exhibitions, performance, and publications.
A new collectively-funded artist residency project, the Cushing Collaborative, will be in Cushing, Maine July 8 through July 17. The project is inspired by the long history of New York artists who spent summers in Maine and created alongside the local artists and fellow New York artist friends. The Cushing Collaborative is organized by New York artist Maureen Cavanaugh who gathered a group of other New York artists for the project (Liz Ainslie, Jaqueline Cedar, Emily Noelle Lambert, Carolyn Salas, Claudia Peña Salinas, and Lumin Wakoa), each of whom has a long foundation of friendship and shared community in New York.
Studio Archive Project
I’m pleased to be included the outstanding list of artists participating in the Studio Archive Project! Founded by artist Lisha Bai, Studio Archive Project was born out of Bai’s desire to connect people looking for thoughtful and compelling art with a curated selection of work direct from artists’ archives. After years of acquiring art from studio visits with friends and colleagues, Bai wanted to give other people beginning or growing their collection a way to access these often hidden works while supporting artists, giving them the majority of sale, and another avenue to support their practice.
View my selection of works here.
Golden States at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles
Golden States
Sarah Wertzberger, Jay Gaskill, Alyss Estay, and Liz Ainslie.
SPRING/BREAK Art Show
LOS ANGELES 2022
5880 Adams Blvd, Culver City Arts District.
Opening Night: Wednesday, February 16th, 5PM - 8PM
Regular Show Days: Friday, February 18th - Sunday, February 20th, 11AM - 7PM
Available works here: https://springbreakartfair.com/collections/jay-gaskill-la-2022
Shifting Instinct
The Ekru Project
517 E 18th Street, Kansas City, MO
January 21 - March 4, 2022
Shifting Instinct presents paintings, drawings, textiles, and sculptures by ten contemporary artists residing in the United States. The exhibition features works by Christopher Daharsh, Liz Ainslie, Ky Anderson, Andy Ryan, Japeth Mennes, Cynthia Alberto, Jonathan Ryan, Aili Schmeltz, Cesar Lopez, and Sam Haan. Each deeply engaged with various modes of abstraction and cover a wide range of artistic production in a spectrum of style that not only explore line, color, shape, and texture, but also evoke an expansive realm of ideas and subjects, including consumerization, history, and the body. The title Shifting Instinct refers to the innate response each artist takes into consideration when creating their body of works.
Net: Lauren Collings & Sarah McDougald Kohn
Curated by Liz Ainslie
Underdonk
January 8th – February 13th 2022
Closing Reception: Saturday, February 12th, 5-8PM
Saturdays + Sundays 1-6PM
Net is an exhibition that brings together two artists who use systems of repetition as a cohesive element against chaos. Sarah McDougald Kohn and Lauren Collings practice experimentation to hover in the unwieldy realm of the organic. Both artists rein it in by incorporating repetition: whether it is chains and braids or stripes and dots, the pattern acts like a net: containing the amorphous field as parts poke out through the holes.
FRC11
Flat Rate Contemporary
Flat file group show online
Nov 15, 2021 - Feb 15, 2022
DIGITAL: AAA Prints 2012–2019
October 21 – December 5, 2021
Western Connecticut State University (WSCU)
Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct 21, 6–8 pm
Since its first exhibition in 1937, American Abstract Artists has used printmaking as a platform to both introduce and document the work of its members and to expand the vocabulary of abstraction to an ever-increasing audience. This print portfolio tradition began with the celebration of the organization’s first anniversary and was followed decades later by marking AAA’s fiftieth, sixtieth, and seventy-fifth anniversaries.
TRANSMISSIONS AT UNDERDONK
Underdonk presents Transmissions, a group exhibition that explores the intergenerational dialogues that occur between teachers and students, mentors, colleagues, spaces, institutions, networks, and schools of making. The exhibition creates a visible network of artistic transmissions between members of the Underdonk collective and artists that have influenced them, while at the same time presenting an alternative map of influence.
1329 Willoughby ave. 211, Brooklyn NY
July 9th-August 8th 2021 :Opening Reception 6-9pm
Brian Wood ——> Georgia Elrod
Ken Buhler —-> Sam Bornstein
Buzz Spector ——-> JJ Manford
Keiko Narahashi –> Elisa Soliven
Nick Carone —–> Chris Bertholf
Justin Chance –> Keshia Prioleau Martin
Lucio Pozzi—————–>Liz Ainslie
Alix Pearlstein ———-> Leonora Loeb
Interview for Asian Curator online Magazine
I enjoyed speaking with Anjali Singh about my studio practice.
Read interview
Blurring Boundaries The Women Of AAA, 1936–present
South Bend Museum of Art, Warner Gallery
curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna
October 17, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Opening Reception October 16, 2020
I’m pleased to be included in this traveling exhibition that highlights the indelible ways in which the women of American Abstract Artists have, for more than eighty years, shifted and shaped the frontiers of American abstraction.
South Bend Museum of Art website
Collar Works 2020 Flat Files
I’m pleased to have three works included in this year’s Collar Works Flat Files. All works featured are sized 16”x20” or below and priced under $450. Individual works from the Flat File will be selectively highlighted throughout the year in the gallery, and online. Gallery visitors will be able to view and purchase works in the Collar Works Flat File Program on an ongoing basis. The program will run for one full year, from September 2020 through August 2021.
More about the Flat Files
Underdonk Draws Fundraiser
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Underdonk Draws was initially intended to be a fundraiser to keep our space open and active after an enormous financial loss due to the Paddle 8 bankruptcy that left us without basic operating costs. Please go to our IG page @underdonk.
As a collective committed to showcasing emerging & underrepresented artists, we feel an urgency to additionally support two other small organizations in NYC who are creating meaningful social change. We will donate half our fundraising efforts from Underdonk Draws to the Okra Project, & the Free Black Women’s Library.
We appreciate your support and help to keep Underdonk going.
Please reach out with any questions.
Liz Ainslie, Chris Bertholf, Sam Bornstein, Georgia Elrod, Leonora Loeb, Stacy Fisher, Aleta Lanier, JJ Manford, Keisha Prioleau Martin, Elisa Soliven, Melissa Staiger
If You Like This, You'll Love That
I’m pleased to be included in this virtual chain reaction-style show with Collar Works, June 15- August 21, 2020.
The Collar Works team each invited an artist to choose a work to include and requested they ask a fellow artist they admire to participate. My work was chosen by Joseph Dolinsky and I chose the work of Theresa Daddezio. The virtual exhibit and sale will go live on Monday, June 15 with a $10,000 goal. The Collar Works Board of Directors and Staff will match the first $1,000 within 24 hours to kick-start the fundraiser. All proceeds to Collar Works will be instead donated to the following organizations: Marsha P. Johnson Institute (NYC), Troy for Black Lives / Justice for Dahmeek (Troy, NY), Albany Bail Fund for Black Lives (Albany, NY), and Soul Fire Farm (Petersburg, NY). Join us in supporting vital organizations committed to ending racism and injustice.
Collar Works Website
Curina Inverview
May 5, 2020
I was pleased to talk with Hannah from Curina, a new online platform that brings together artists and collectors under the mission to make art ownership transparent and accessible.
Purple at Underdonk
February 15 - March 22, 2020
Underdonk is pleased to present Purple, a plus-one group show comprised of the collective members, and their respective invitees.
On View: Feb. 15 – March 22
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 1-6 PM
Closing: Sunday, March 22, 4-6 PM
Liz Ainslie, Chris Bertholf, Sam Bornstein, Lindsay Burke, Daniel Davidson, Georgia Elrod, Stacy Fisher, Laura Frantz, Sarah Fuhrman, Alexis Granwell, Eric Hibit, Amanda Rose Hunter, Matt Jones, Tricia Keightley, Kimia Kline, Sarah McDougald Kohn, Emily Noelle Lambert, Elisa Lendvay, Leonora Loeb, Stuart Lorimer, JJ Manford, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Vicente Matte, Steve Mykietyn, Ben Pritchard, Elisa Soliven, Melissa Staiger
Underdonk website
Art Maze Mag Winter Issue 16
Three images of my work are included in the editorial selection of issue 16 of Art Maze Mag, curated by the editorial team of ArtMaze Mag.
Art Maze Magazine is an independent artist-run and ad-free international print and online publication dedicated to showcasing and promoting experimental and progressive contemporary art, which reflects modern society and its environment, provokes conversation and action; and fosters innovation and diversity of mediums which make today’s art scene so intriguing and versatile.
SARDINE is pleased to present ‘Unearth’, a two-person exhibition featuring sculptures by Stacy Fisher and paintings by Liz Ainslie.
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25 from 6 to 9 pm
Exhibition runs through February 23, 2020.
SARDINE
286 Stanhope Street, Ground Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11237
Hours: Saturdays & Sundays from 1 to 6pm
Throughout Fisher and Ainslie’s bodies of work, there are flickers of familiar forms--a crown of hair, the crests of waves, a bird’s beak, a plastic jewel--that reference our shared way of reading the world. ‘Unearth’ takes on a double meaning: Fisher and Ainslie present viewers with something unearthed, as in excavated, but also un-earth, as in “not earth”--a vision of the natural world altered through artifice and human design.
Maake Issue 10 / Curated by Nickola Pottinger
I’m pleased to be included in this amazing artist-run print publication featuring contemporary artists and artist-run projects. Featured Artists: Liz Ainslie, Mike Ambron, Austin Ballard, Katie Barrie, Theresa Bloise, Jessica Cannon, Su A Chae, Tusia Dabrowska, Saskia Fleishman, Jim Gaylord, Rachel Grobstein, Roxanne Jackson, Travis Jarrells, Norm Paris, Angelina Parrino, Kat Ryals, Judd Schiffman, Winnie Sidharta, Melissa Vogley, and Caroline Wayne
Artist-Run: Camayuhs, Coco Hunday, Crystal Flowers, Sardine, Vicki
Artist Spotlight: George Boorujy and Rose Nestler
Conversations: Heidi Norton
Purchase a copy here
JJ Manford Essay
I wrote an essay about JJ Manford’s show in the Project Room at Derek Eller Gallery.
Read it on Two Coats of Paint.
Mirror Eye at Ortega Y Gasset Projects
Young Space is excited to partner with Far x Wide for a three-day exhibition at Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, NY, to benefit Art Start.
January 3-5, 2020 at Ortega y Gasset Projects, 363 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Opening times:
Friday 3 January: 1-6 (+ opening reception 6-9)
Saturday 1-6
Sunday 1-4
Participating artists: Alex Paik (Brooklyn, NY), Amelia Briggs (Nashville, TN), Brendan Shea (Portland, ME), Brian Rattiner (Brooklyn, NY), C. Anthony Huber (Iowa City, IA), Christian Ruiz Berman (Westport, CT), Darren Dempster (Brooklyn, NY), Ethan Stuart (Santa Monica, CA), Georgia Elrod (Brooklyn, NY), Georgia Hourdas (Brooklyn, NY), Ian Etter (Brooklyn, NY), Jason Rohlf (Brooklyn, NY), Joey Weiss (Brooklyn, NY), Joseph Dolinsky (Brooklyn, NY), Kara Cox (Providence, RI), Kiwha Lee Blocman (New York, NY), Leonora Loeb (New York, NY), Liz Ainslie (Brooklyn, NY), Loren Erdrich (New York, NY), Max Manning (Spring, TX), Molly Hassler (Milwaukee, WI), Nina Kintsurashvili (Iowa City, IA), Raymie Iadevaia (Los Angeles, CA), Roland Santana (Chicago, IL), Sharon Servilio (Jackson Heights, NY), Supaform (Moscow, RU), Taylor Loftin (Jackson, MS), Taylor O. Thomas (Tampa, FL), Travis LeRoy Southworth (Brooklyn, NY), and Zuleyka Alejandro (New York, NY)
American Abstract Artists: Digital Prints, 2012–2019 at Transmitter
JANUARY 3 – FEBRUARY 9, 2020
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 6–9 PM
Transmitter
1329 Willoughby Avenue, 2A, Brooklyn, NY 11237 +1 646-389-9407 info@transmitter.nyc
Participating Artists:
2012 Portfolio: Alice Adams, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Susan Bonfils, Power Boothe, Henry Brown, Kenneth Bushnell, James O. Clark, Gabriele Evertz, John Goodyear, Gail Gregg, James Gross, Lynne Harlow, Mara Held, Daniel G. Hill, Gilbert Hsiao, Phillis Ideal, Julian Jackson, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Steve Karlik, Marthe Keller, Irene Lawrence, Jane Logemann, Vincent Longo, David Mackenzie, Stephen Maine, Katinka Mann, Nancy Manter, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Hiroshi Murata, John Phillips, Lucio Pozzi, Leo Rabkin, Ce Roser, David Row, Edward Shalala, Robert Storr, Robert Swain, Clover Vail, Vera Vasek, Don Voisine, Stephen Westfall, Jeanne Wilkinson, Mark Williams, Thornton Willis, Nola Zirin
2019 Portfolio: Liz Ainslie, Steven Alexander, Jeffrey Bishop, Jacob Cartwright, Rob de Oude, Laurie Fendrich, Joanne Freeman, Gary Golkin, Pinkney Herbert, Rhia Hurt, Joanne Mattera, Judith Murray, Lisa E. Nanni, Jim Osman, Don Porcaro, Corey Postiglione, Raquel Rabinovich, Irene Rousseau, Anne Russinof, Lorenza Sannai, Karen Schifano, Mary Schiliro, Claire Seidl, Melissa Staiger, Kim Uchiyama
Underdonk Auction Paddle 8
Underdonk is an artist run collective, founded as a vehicle for thinking through ideas and promoting the work of the artists they believe in. As such, it is also a curatorial platform, which aims for inclusiveness & thoughtfulness, free from market affliction, explicit programming, and stylistic bias. Help support this project by bidding at Paddle 8.
Painting at Mezzo
My painting will be up at Mezzo, artist and curator Christina Van Der Merwe’s project space inside Porsena, from November 7 to December 11, 2019
Drawing workshop at Classeteria
Join me for Drawing Warmup, my new workshop at Classeteria in Bushwick. Maybe you're looking to shake up your established drawing practice, or you’ve always wanted to try drawing but anxiety associated with the blank page got the best of you. Over the past several years, I’ve developed customized drawing prompts influenced by the experimental artists I admire. These exercises foster exploration and discovery while minimizing our tendency to focus on the finished product.
Drawing Warmup
Saturday, October 5th, 2019
2-4 pm
Classeteria
Review of Elisa Lendvay Show
I was pleased to write about Lendvay’s show at Sargent’s Daughters for Two Coats of Paint.
Every Woman Biennial
La MaMa Galleria, 47 Great Jones St.
May 20-29th, 2019 1-7pm
Opening Reception: May 19th, 2019 from 1-4pm
The EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL is the all woman and women-identified art biennial founded and curated by C. Finley.
Digital: AAA Prints 2012 – 2019
The Gallery at The Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western CT State University
October 16 – December 6, 2020
This exhibition includes the 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio and the 2019 suite of Digital Monoprints. .
Blue Bananas
Far x Wide
April 1-May 15, 2019
Liz Ainslie, Susan Carr, Ryan Thayer Davis, Georgia Elrod, Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Zach Seeger
Inquiry: Investigation through Abstraction
The Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery
University of Cincinnati
2600 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati OH 45221
January 28th- March 10th, 2019
Reception: March 7th 5-7pm
Artists: Liz Ainslie, Natessa Amin, Lee Arnold, David Aylsworth, Rachel Beach, Nadine Beauharnois, Mark Brosseau, Martha Clippinger, Mark Joshua Epstein, Rubens Ghenov, Clare Grill, Anna Kunz, Meg Lipke, Lucy Mink, Nicholas Nyland, Alex Paik, Emil Robinson, Caroline Santa, Anne Seidman, and Kirk Stoller
Continuity to Change: Recent History of American Abstraction
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
The College at Brockport, SUNY
January 31 – March 3
Artists: Liz Ainslie, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Susan Bonfils, Gabriele Evertz, Laurie Fendrich, Sam Gilliam, Michelle Grabner Mara Held, Pinkney Herbert, Marthe Keller, Al Loving, Giles Lyon, Katinka Mann, Joanne Mattera, Creighton Michael, Lisa Nanni, Irene Rosseau, Ce Roser, Jovi Schnell, Clover Vail, Patricia Zarate, and Nola Zirin are included in this exhibition that traces Abstraction’s impact on the art world from roughly 1936 to the current day.
The 2019 Flat File: Year Six
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York
Reception: Friday, November 30th, 6pm – 9pm
November 30 – December 16, 2018
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 1pm – 6pm and by appointment
329 Willoughby Ave #2A, Brooklyn NY 11237
(347) 746-8041
The 2019 Flat File features works by: Liz Ainslie, Kumasi J. Barnett, Janine Biunno, Theresa Bloise, Kat Chamberlin, Yen Yen Chou, Jonathan Cowan, Molly Dilworth, Ian Etter, Daniel Goodwin, Jennifer Grimyser, Christine Han, Leslie Hirst, Will Hutnick, Amanda Konishi, Lauren McGill, Nick Naber, Jenene Nagy, Naomi Nakazato, Zahra Nazari, Justin Liam O'Brien, Anna Ortiz, Alison Owen, Kent Rhodebeck, Anna Riley, Leslie Roberts, Kate Russo, Ryan Russo, Emilie Selden, Becca Shmuluvitz, Juna Skenderi, Leah Smith, Kalina Winters, Mie Yim, Seldon Yuan, Stella Zhong, Deborah Zlotsky, and Mark Zubrovich. This year’s flat file was organized by Yael Eban, Rachael Gorchov, Alex Paik, Erika Ranee, and Sun You.
Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of AAA, 1936–present
Curated by Rebecca DiGiovonna
I’m pleased to be included in a traveling exhibition Blurring Boundaries:
The Women Of AAA, 1936–present, curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna. Rebecca wrote a wonderful essay about the show. Read here
The show is currently at Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 15 – December 10, 2018.
Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
November–December, 2018
Knoxville, Tennessee
Italicized Reality at SARDINE
SARDINE is pleased to present a group show titled Italicized Reality featuring work by Liz Ainslie, Andy Cross, Christopher Dunlap, Robin Kang, Jennifer J Lee and Dana Powell. The exhibition opens with a reception on Saturday, September 15, 2018 from 6 to 9 pm. It will run through Sunday, October 14,
SARDINE, 286 Stanhope St, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11237 914.805.1974
Visiting Artist at Trestle
The Visiting Artist Residency allows artists to explore their practice and share their artistic experience with the Brooklyn Art Space and Trestle community. Each cycle, selected artists receive a free Brooklyn Art Space Semi-Private studio. The Visiting Resident Artist leads a monthly critique open to the public.
http://www.trestlegallery.org/va-residency/
SkyLight, Group Show Curated by Fran Holstrom
Aquarius
1116-A Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens
Opening: Sunday June 3rd, 4-7pm
Artists: Liz Ainslie, Inna Babaeva, Andy Cross, Stacy Fisher, Alex Paik and Mitchell Wright
https://www.neesh.io/space/
The Part of Sight
Solo exhibition at Cohen Gallery at Alfred University
September 15 - October 19
2 Pine Street, Alfred, NY 14802
https://art.alfred.edu/facilities/cohen.cfm
Catalogue published by Transmitter with Essay by Clay Matlin
In conjunction with my solo show, Transmitter has published a catalog which includes Clay Matlin's essay In Praise of Earnestness: On Liz Ainslie along with images of work included in the exhibition and other recent paintings.
Price: $15
Purchase here
Armature: New Paintings by Liz Ainslie
Transmitter
June 23 - July 30, 2017
1329 Willoughby Ave, #2A, Brooklyn, NY
transmitter.nyc
Spaces
Station Independent Projects
Curated by William Crump
Artists: Liz Ainslie / Theresa Daddezio / Alison Fox / Ilse Sørensen Murdock / Kristina Lee / Erika Ranee
On view through May 28, 2017
http://www.stationindependent.com/exhibitions.php
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The six artists presented in SPACES do not adhere solely to the restrictions of contemporary painting set by rigid representational and non-representational demands. Instead, they tend to shift between figure, nature, and abstraction at will. They each move between - or rather their work exists- in that space between representation and abstraction.
At times these artists simultaneously paint abstractly or representationally depending on their interests. By beginning a work in one style and ending it in another each painter finds an elusive balance with their work. Their strength is in choosing to cast off any notion of a particular manner or current trend. They observe the language of painting on their own terms. Pioneering new ground, mixing genres, and orchestrating a unique approach which doesn’t leave them beholden to anyone.
By shifting their approach and style at will these six artists share a historical thread with others who came before them. Namely, Elaine de Kooning, Sonia Gechtoff, Buffie Johnson, Deborah Remington, Jeanne Reynal, and Susan Rothenberg, each of whom charted these in-between spaces and pushed boundaries to find their own success.
It's within this space that Liz Ainslie, Theresa Daddezio, Alison Fox, Ilse Sørensen Murdock, Kristina Lee, and Erika Ranee unapologetically question in their own way where painting comes from, who it belongs to, and where it is headed. Each attributing to a dialogue that looks to move the conversation forward through their own space and in their own time.
Faculty at School of the Alternative, Black Mountain, North Carolina
I had an amazing time teaching for two weeks at School of the Alternative in May, 2017. My class took place in iconic Eureka Hall where Black Mountain College originally held some of their classes. I taught Anti-Product Drawing and Painting where we focused on the act of making rather than worrying about the end result. School of the Alternative is a socially integrated experience, with intimate classes, communal living, and emphasis on shared labor.
Salami Salon
Curated by ROE projects
January 14, 2017
a one night only exhibition featuring:
Liz AINSLIE, Maria CALANDRA, Maanik Singh CHAUHAN, Jennifer COATES, Paul CORIO, Christopher DUNLAP, Rico GATSON, Ivy HANDLEMAN, Kimia Ferdowsi KLINE, JJ MANFORD, Cristina de MIGUEL, Mike OLIN, Matt PHILLIPS, Nathan RITTERPUSCH
Hilma af Klint: Bridging the Divide
Essay written for the Theo Westenberger Estate
Contributed by Liz Ainslie
Stone Soup Nasty
Orgy Park
December 16 - January 16, 2017
Opening December 16, 2016 7-10pm
created by Katherine Aungier, Jennifer Lee, Zuriel Waters and Steven Mykietyn
Liz Ainslie, Andrea Arrubla, Katherine Aungier, Rory Baron, Joshua Bienko, Tess Bilhartz, Kate M. Blomquist, Lauren Collings Schwarz, Corydon Cowansage, Nicholas Cueva, Julie Curtiss, Emily Davidson, Sonya Derman, Rachel Fainter, Elise Ferguson, Angelina Gualdoni, Yuhi Hasegawa, Clinton King, Jenny Lee, Stuart Lorimer, Ioana Manolache, Anthony Miler, Patrick Carlin Mohundro, Dominic Musa, Steve Mykietyn, Dan Oglander, Maria Stabio, Adam Sipe, Tracy Thomason, Charles Tisa, Zuriel Waters, Lindsay Wraga
Neesh @BOS 2016
October 1 & 2, 2016, 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Hosted by Neesh Interactive
GROUP EXHIBITION
Hosted by Liz Ainslie & Maanik Singh Chauhan
Neesh Interactive proudly presents a group exhibition of paintings during Bushwick Open Studios 2016 featuring artists whose studios are outside of the neighborhood or city. The artwork on display adds breadth and context to the hosting artists, Liz Ainslie and Maanik Singh Chauhan who will have their studios open in their distinct Brooklyn live/work loft.
Featuring Artists:
Maureen Cavanaugh
Gianna Commito
Andy Cross
Jay Davis
Stacy Fisher
Jasmine Justice
Sarah Shirley
Meghan Petras
Mitchell Wright
Liz Ainslie
Maanik Singh Chahaun
Many of the artists shown here have helped shape the scene over the past two decades. We are excited to cycle in a few voices who may not have been heard in awhile, may not have been shown together before, or whose work has evolved in a different place under a different dialect. Artists are influenced by each other, even if only seen online or remembered from a show long ago. Neesh offers a chance to view this artwork in person and learn from the tactile qualities of the paint itself, distinct approaches to space, content and abstraction. Curated by Fran Holstrom, founder of Neesh Interactive www.neesh.io Enjoy!
On view: 11am – 7pm, Saturday & Sunday
Brunch: 10am – noon, Sunday (children welcome)
COLOR Agents
30 April, 2016
7-10 pm
Liz Ainslie
Lucio Pozzi
Dustin London
Lauren Collings
Maanik Singh Chauhan
Throughout the varied methodology and subject matter of these paintings, color is dominant in the depiction of space and form. Color activity drives the painting’s illusion.
LAZULI and Small Blue Thing
Feb 11th - Feb 28th, 2016
Ground Floor Gallery 343 5th St., Brooklyn NY 11215
Gallery Hours : Th/Fri 2 - 6pm Sat 12 - 6pm Sun 12 - 5pm
Artists Reception TONIGHT : Friday Feb 19th 6 - 9pm
Closing Reception : Sunday Feb 28th 3 - 5pm
Liz Ainslie
Andrea Bergart
Debra Drexler
Ellen Hackl Fagan
Daniel John Gadd
Rachael Gorchov
Jeanne Heifetz
Will Hutnick
Paula Overbay
Russell Rogers
Joanne Ungar
"Today I am ... a Small Blue Thing ... like a marble or an eye" - Suzanne Vega
An exhibition within an exhibition, Small Blue Thing, in a nod to #newcollectorbk, Ground Floor Gallery's blog for new art buyers, offers a selection of smaller sized gems from the artists of LAZULI. These choice and accessible finds offer the perfect occasion to begin or expand upon your own fine art collection.
Peer Review
October 7th - November 6th, 2015
Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London
Opening Reception: October 6th, 6 - 8pm
An exhibition of painterly gestures seen on screen, seperated by the Atlantic, shown together IRL, in London
Liz Ainslie
Ky Anderson
Andrea Bergart
Lauren Collings
Merike Estna
Erin Lawlor
Meg Lipke
Jai Llewellyn
Matthew Macaulay
Phoebe Mitchell
Peter Shear
Tracy Thomason