Born 1966, New York City, NY.
EDUCATION
1995 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME.
1995 MFA. Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ.
1993 Studio Semester, Empire State College, CUNY, New York, NY
1988 BA, Honors in Art. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCY AWARDS
2023 PS122 Studio Residency (upcoming)
2023 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency (upcoming)
2005 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, Residency
2003 Alfred University Research Grant
2002 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Painting
1999 Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dalasen, Norway, Residency
1998 BCAT (Brooklyn Community Access Television)/Rotunda Gallery Residency
1997 Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship
1997 Vassar College W. K. Rose Fellowship for the Creative Arts
1997 MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship
1995 Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship
1993 Leon Golub Scholarship
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Anxious Nature, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY. (upcoming)
2023 Transcendental Meditation, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY. (with Susan Rowe Harrison)
2005 Niagara, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY.
2002 Somewhere, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA.
2001 Tropicalia, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY.
1999 Homestead, Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts, New York, NY.
1998 Plastic Replicating Garden, Deitch Projects, New York, NY.
1998 Looking-Glass House, Thread Waxing Space Project Room, New York, NY.
1998 Recent Paintings, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2007 From Earth to Sky, Myrtle and Wyckoff Ave. Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY, Commissioned by Arts for Transit, MTA.
2007 Tuscan Pastoral, The Siena, Montclair, NJ. Commissioned by Herod and the Township of Montclair.
2000 Garden in a School: Impressions of Jackson Heights, I.S. 230, Jackson Heights, NY. Commissioned by NYC Bd. of Ed. & NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art.
2000 Garden Reverie, Palladium at CityPlace, West Palm Beach, Florida. Commissioned by the Palladium Co.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
2023 Mirror Milk, Satchel Projects, New York, NY.
A Light Exists in Spring, Birdhouse Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Personals, Skowhegan, New York, NY.
2015 Triacontagon: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Artists’ Fellowship Program, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY.
2012 Streetscape, New York Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn, NY., curated by David Terry
2011 Multiples and Editions, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Amanda Alic and Ethan Crenson
2009 Multiples and Editions, Open Source, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Amanda Alic and Ethan Crenson
2008 Repositioning Landscape, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT. curated by Jennifer McGregor
2007 Multiples and Editions, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Amanda Alic and Ethan Crenson
2006 Forest, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY.
New Work, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT.
2005 Into the Woods, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Reality Show, Penninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA.
Wasteland, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY.
Decipher: Hand Painted Digital, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Yasufumi Nakamori (brochure)
Exposition Collective, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
2004 Drawn to the Present, Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY. curated by Linda Gottesfeld
Global Priority, The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA. curated by HanGil Han
Global Priority, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea. curated by HanGil Han
2003 Reality and Fiction: Reconstructing Representation, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY. curated by HanGil Han
Fendi/New Group Party Auction, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
On and Off the Wall: The NYFA Fellows, Phillips,de Pury & Luxembourge, New York, NY. curated by William Stover
After Matisse/Picasso, P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, Queens, NY.
Cabin Fever, ArtSite, Wellsville, NY.
2002 Pausing to Shift, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY. curated by Jennifer McGregor (brochure)
Global Priority, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY. curated by HanGil Han
On Perspective, Galerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2001 Lion, on display in conjunction with Eternal Egypt, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
In My Mind’s Eye: My thoughts light fires in your cities, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark. curated by Søren Martinsen
Operativo, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico. curated by Tobias Ostrander (catalog)
Pioneering Sprit: Colbert Art Walk 2001, Downtown Art Project, New York, NY. curated by Simon Watson (brochure)
Summer Show, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA.
Painting/Not Painting, White Columns, New York, NY. curated by Rachel Urkowitz and Peter Rostovski
2000 Insites, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT. curated by Erin Barnett (catalog)
Reality Bytes: The Look Mediated by the Media, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany. curated by Ellen Siefermann (brochure)
Four From Brooklyn, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
1999 Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY.
Size Matters, Gale Gates, etal., Brooklyn, NY. curated by Mike Weiss
(P)review, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY.
Bi Design, Contemporary Art Collective at The Art Factory, Las Vegas, NV. curated by Almond Zigmund
X-mas, a Project by the Department of Public Appearances, Kent Gallery, New York, NY.
Transart, York Street Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY.
And on a Lighter Note…, Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts, New York, NY.
1998 Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY.
Summer Show, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. curated by Paris Murray
New Visions ’98: Under Construction, Gen Art, New York, NY. curated by Debra Singer
1997 Invited, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. curated by Paris Murray
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Robyn Love. Small Things Brought Together, Season 4, Episode 3: Cadence Giersbach. YouTube. LINK TO VIDEO
2014 Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayres. New York’s Underground Art Museum: MTA Arts and Design. New York: The Monicelli Press, 2014.
2008 Lee Scharf. “Repositioning The Landscape”. Westport Minuteman, February 7, 2008.
2007 Business Briefs. The Montclair Times, June 13, 2007.
Joelle L. Quartini. “Siena Open House.” The New York Blade, June 8, 2007.
Phil Guie. “New Terminal Brings Brooklyn and Queens Together.” Queens Ledger, April 26, 2007.
2005 Marvin Heiferman (ed.). City Art: New York’s Percent for Art Program.
New York: Merrell, 20005. p.196.
Tony Adler. “Nature Denatured.” Chicago Reader, November 11, 2005.
Talk of the Town. The New Yorker, April 11, 2005.
Sheila Pepe. “The Immediacy of Niagara.” Gay City News. Vol. IV, Issue 13. Mar 31-Ap 1, 2005.
Mary Hrbacek. “Cadence Giersbach, Roebling Hall.” The New York Art World. April, 2005.
Yasufumi Nakamori. Decipher: Hand Painted Digital. 2005. Brochure.
Lisa Curtis. Pen, ink, mouse. The Brooklyn Paper. Jan, 22, 2005.
2002 Jennifer McGregor. Pausing to Shift. 2002. Brochure
Leah Ollman. “Dots and Dabs That Cast a Spell” Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2002.
2001 Walter Robinson. “Miami Sun,” ArtNet Magazine, December 19, 2001
Simon Watson. Pioneering Sprit: Colbert Art Walk 2001. 2001. Brochure
Tobias Ostrander. Operativo. 2001. Catalog
Cuauhtémoc Medina. “Nueva Óptica con Sólo un Ojo,” Reforma, Mexico City, Sept. 5, 2001.
Blanco Robleda. “Tamayo Reborn,” The News, Mexico City, August 24, 2001.
Gregory Williams. “Flux Interior.” Interior Design, August 2001. Vol. 72. No. 10.
Holland Cotter. “Art Guide,” The New York Times, May 4, 2001.
Gregory Williams. “New York Critics Picks,” Artforum Online, May 2, 2001.
Kim Levin. “Lock and Load: Spring Arts Preview,” The Village Voice, February 27, 2001.
2000 Joel Engelhardt. “CityPlace: Architect’s 5 Favorite Places” The Palm Beach Post, October 24, 2000.
William Zimmer. “Art: When Daily Life is Examined Closely” New York Times, CT Ed. July 2, 2000.
Erin Barnett. Insites: Interior Spaces in Contemporary Art. June 2000. Catalog.
Ellen Siefermann. Reality Bytes: The Look Mediated by the Media. Brochure April 2000.
1999 J. Bowyer Bell. “Cadence Giersbach,” Review, December 15, 1999.
1998 Martha Schwendener. “Cadence Giersbach” Time Out New York, Oct. 18, 1998.
Kevin Conley. “Talk of the Town,” The New Yorker, October 5, 1998.
Ken Johnson. “Art Guide,” The New York Times, October 2, 1998.
Dominique Nahas. “Cadence Giersbach,” Review, October 1, 1998.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox, Buffalo, NY
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, NY
Palladium at CityPlace, Palm Beach, FL
School Construction Authority, New York, NY
The Siena, Montclair, NJ
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