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Fritz Chesnut

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1973, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Lives: New York City, USA

Education
1997 MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
1995 BA, University of California, Santa Cruz

Solo Exhibitions
2010
Country Club, Los Angeles, CA
Country Club, Cincinnati, OH

2002
Starstruck, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions
2009
Potluck, Country Club Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Christine Nichols
Tribeca Film Festival ART AWARDS, New York, NY

2008
Relev�, Edlin Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Jessica Murray

2007
Post Retro, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Monica Moran and Justin Lieberman
Shipworm and Gribble, Mollusk NYC/Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY
Eye Contact: Portraiture Now, GE World Headquarters, Fairfield, CT, curated by Danielle Mysliwiec and Paddy Johnson

2006
Considered Drawing, The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
-scope New York art fair, with Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, NY
The Social Body, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL, curated by David Gibson

2005
Gods and Monsters, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL, curated by Heather Darcy and Erin Sircy
El Greco, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, curated by Joy Glidden
This Dream, America, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY, curated by Keith Miller

2004
Frisbee Art Fair, with ARENA Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
From New York With Love, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL, curated by Trong G. Nguyen

2003
Supereal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, curated by Lauri Firstenberg
You, Royal Modern, New York, NY, curated by Lisa Kirk
Gush, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
B-LIST Brooklyn, Angst, and Desire, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

2002
AIM 22, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Scratch, ARENA, New York, NY
End of the Rainbow, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
Body, Musawwir Art Space, Midland Park, NJ
New York Stories, The Brewster Project, Brewster, NY, curated by Paul Laster
NYCinDC, Decatur Blue, Washington DC
Eleven Bulls: 15 Artists, Project Green, Brooklyn, NY
A Special Place, ARENA, Brooklyn, NY
New York Mutation Project, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY

2001
Fast FWD: Miami, with Bellwether Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2001 Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

2000
Works on Paper, White Columns at the Meat Market Art Fair, New York, NY
Fritz Chesnut, Andrew Nofsinger, Christine Sciulli, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
Posers, White Columns, New York, NY
2000 Momenta Art Benefit, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY

1999
New Art From Greenpoint, James Fuentes, New York, NY

1998
American Pie, Mission Badlands, San Francisco, CA
We Can Go Where We Want To, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

1997
MGSA MFA 1997, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
New York Area MFA Exhibition, in association with CAA, Hunter College, New York, NY

1996
Aggressive Export Project, Institute of Contemporary Art, Auckland, New Zealand, curated by Rhonda Lieberman
Fugitive Dyads, Video Lounge, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY

Grants/Awards
2002 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Art Grant
2002 Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1995 Susan Benteen and William Irwin Hyde Scholarship
1991 Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation Scholarship in Art

Publications
2005
Harrison, Helen A., "El Greco," review,The New York Times, Sunday, March 20, 2005

2004
Lee, Chris, "Karaoke's Religious Ecstasy," Black Book, December 2004/January 2005, p. 38
Quattordio, Alessandra, "Supereal," review, Flash Art Italia, December 2003/January 2004, p. 119
Savorelli, Alice, "Supereal," review, Contemporary Magazine, no 59, p. 75

2003
Battiston, Eleonora, "Supereal," review, Segno, November/December, 2003, p. 44-45
Firstenberg, Lauri, Supereal, catalog, December, 2003, p. 15-17
"Gush," review, The New Yorker, September 22, 2003, p. 58
Huntington, Richard, "How Ironic," review, Buffalo News, May 2, 2003, p. 19
Massier, John and Kramer, David, B-LIST Brooklyn, Angst, and Desire, catalog, April, 2003, p. 14

2002
AIM 22: Artist in the Marketplace, 22nd Annual Exhibition, catalog, July, 2002, p. 15
Reproduction, Harper's Magazine, March, 2002, p. 21
Coates, Jennifer, "Starstruck," review, Wburg.com, May, 2002
Cotter, Holland, "Artist in the Marketplace," review, The New York Times, September 6, 2002
Hamburger, Susan, "Starstruck at Bellwether," review, Waterfront Week, Volume 12.09 / May, 2002, p. 6
Lepore, Louise, "Almost Famous Artists," Jane Magazine, April, 2002, p. 72
Van Mol, Jan, "New York Mutation Project," Ad!dict Magazine, #15: Mutation, winter 01/02
Wawerna, Beth, "Show Us Your Zits," Spin Magazine, February, 2002, p. 52

2001
Laster, Paul, "bkyn 2.0, an online journal of the arts," www.bkyn.com, November, 2001
Reardon, Valerie, "The Big American Issue," Exhibit:a, June/July 2001, p. 38-39

2000
Bollen, Christopher, "Posers," review, Time Out NY, Apr. 27-May 4, 2000, Issue No. 240, p. 71

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