b. 1962 Newark, New Jersey
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria and Warren, Connecticut
EDUCATION
1984 BFA Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Riffs. Jarman’s Caravaggio, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
2017 Judith Eisler (curated by Max Henry), Charim Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2016 Judith Eisler, Independent Brussels, Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Gloria, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, FL
Movie Lights 6, One Work Gallery, Vienna
Close-Ups & Two Shots, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Plein Air, Krobath, Vienna
2009 Rodeo Season, Krobath, Vienna
2008 I Don’t Believe it, I Won’t Let it Happen, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
Marianne, Glaspavillon, Berlin
2006 Anhauchen, Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna
Rapt, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
2005 “Drive," he said., Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich
2004 Room Tone, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
2003 The Unconscious Has a Reputation, Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna
2001 Interiors, Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna
1998 Judith Eisler, Tate Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Judith Eisler, Luhring Augustine viewing room, New York , NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox:1989-2017, curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Kunsthalle Wien,
Vienna, Austria
The Truth of Uncertainty, curated by Chrissie Iles, Hall Art Foundation/Schloss Derneburg
Museum, Hanover, Germany
Ugo Rondinone: I Love John Giorno, White Columns, New York, NY
Flaming June VII (Flaming Creatures), GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA
Not I, We, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Flat Screen, Split Screen, Smoke Screen, curated by Jackie Gendel and VeraIliatova,
Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence University, Bronxville, NY
2015 Ten Year Anniversary, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA & Palm Beach, FL
Ugo Rondinone: I ♥ John Giorno, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2014 When I was Young, I Never Needed Anyone, Mauve, Vienna
Inaugural Exhibition, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Still, curated by Peter Fleissig, Frith Street Gallery, London, UK
Second Skin, curated by Victoria Bartlett, VPL, New York, NY
2011 Vanishing Point: Paint and Paintings from the Collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl, curated by Gean Moreno,Bass Museum of Art,
Miami, FL
Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Sammlung-LEIDENSCHAFT, curated by Rudi Molachek, Stift Admont, Austria
2010 Five Year Anniversary Exhibition, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, FL
Judith Eisler, Bryn McConnell, Mariah Robertson, curated by Augusto Arbizo, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Infinitesimal Eternity, curated by George Rush, Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Female Gaze, Cheim and Read, New York, NY
2007 Painting of Modern Life, curated by Ralph Rugoff, Hayward Gallery, London and Castello di Rivoli, Turin
Stranger than Paradise, curated by Max Henry, Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva
Neonoir, curated by Cameron Martin, Howard House, Seattle, WA
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller, New York, NY
Counterparts, curated by Ragan Cole-Cunningham,Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2006 I Love My Scene, curated by Jose Freire, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Much Madness is Divinest Sense, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
10 Painters, Galleri K, Oslo
When The Lights Go Out... Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
2003 Girls on Film, curated by Joseph Wolin, Penrose Gallery,Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Lazarus Effect. New Painting Today, curated by Luca Beatrice, Lauri Firstenberg and Helena Kontova,
Prague Biennale, Galleria Nazionale Veletrzni Palac,Prague
Back in Black, Cohan Leslie Browne, New York, NY
2002 Painting as Paradox, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Artists Space, New York, NY
2001 Das Gespenst, curated by Daniela Holzl, Cora Holzl Gallery, Dusseldorf
Vice Versa, curated by Michael Lieberman, Rare Gallery, New York, NY
Visibility, Fair: Bill Adams, Judith Eisler, Shirley Irons, curated by Patrick Callery, Murray Guy Gallery, NewYork, NY
Why Do We Cover Our Interior Walls and Windows? Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna
2000 Natural Wonder, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Millennium, Tate Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Judith Eisler & Shop @ Up Supastore, Up & Co., New York, NY
Wild/Life or the Impossibility of Mistaking Nature for Culture, curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
Greensboro, NC
1996 Carl D’Alvia and Judith Eisler, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Ross Bleckner, Peter Cain, Judith Eisler, Jack Pierson, Juan Usle, Christopher Wool, Galleri K, Oslo
Three Paintings, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY
Don't Postpone Joy or Collecting can be Fun, curated by Rudi Molacek, Austrian Cultural Institute, New York, and Neue Galerie,
Graz, Austria
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Rachel Churner, “Review: Judith Eisler at Casey Kaplan,” Artforum, November 2018.
2017 David Pagel, “No wallflowers here: Sparks fly when art mingles on the walls of 'Flaming June
VII',” Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2017.
Alex Jovanovich, “John Giorno talks about his New York retrospective,” Artforum, July 25, 2017.
2016 Jan Sjostrom, “Gavlak Gallery show reveals the many faces of Gloria Swanson,” Palm Beach Daily News, January 6, 2016.
2015 Ashley Garner, “Judith Eisler,” Monrowe Magazine, November 2, 2015.
2014 Wade Guyton,“Obscuring the Icon,” Interview Magazine, March, 2015.
Fan Zhong, “Slow Motion,” W Magazine, February 19, 2015.
Jessica Steller, “Judith Eisler: Elusive Elements of Light and Motion,” FLATT Features, February, 2015.14-29.
2012 Christa Benzer, “Romy,Liz,New York,” Der Standard 8, February 2012. 24
Johanna Hofleitner, “Die Galerie als Kino”, Die Presse, Schaufenster, January 13, 2012. 51
2010 Merrily Kerr, “Judith Eisler, Bryn McConnell, Mariah Robertson,” Time Out New
York, August 2010.19-25.
“Judith Eisler, Bryn McConnell, Mariah Robertson,” The New Yorker, August 2010.16-23.
2009 Emmanuel Caron, "Judith Eisler: Portfolio", L’Officel Hommes I, Numero 1, Autumn 2009-2010. 140-143.
“The Female Gaze: Women Look at Women,” The New Yorker, August 31, 2009
Iris Strohner, "Judith Eisler:Rodeo Season", Hauptstadt, May, 2009.
2008 Christopher Bollen, ”Judith Eisler,” Interview Magazine, October, 2008. 78.
Emily Wiener, ”I Don’t’ Believe It, I Won’t Let it Happen", Artforum.com, October 2008.
Joseph Wolin,”I Don’t Believe It, I Won’t Let It Happen,” Time Out New York, November 2008. 6-12
Andrea Scott, "I Don’t Believe It, I Won’t Let It Happen,” The New Yorker, November 17, 2008.
2007 Adrian Searle, "Snap Decisions,” The Guardian, October 2, 2007.
Laura Cumming, ”Are You Ready for this Close-Up?,” The Observer, October 2007.
Brian Dillon,”The Painting of Modern Life,” Art Review, Issue 15 ,October 2007.
Gayle Clemans, "The Act of Viewing is Part of the Art,”The Seattle Time,
September 14, 2007.
2006 "Sabine Vogel, Anhauchen,” Artforum.com, October 2006.
Ursula Maria Probst, “Anhauchen,” Art Magazine, October 2006.
Christopher Bollen, ”New Art,” V Magazine, Spring Preview 2006. 80.
"Judith Eisler, Rapt", The New Yorker, March 12, 2006.15.
2004 Jeffrey Kastner, "First Take,12 New Artists: Judith Eisler,”
Artforum, January 2004. 131 (illustrated on cover).
Ken Johnson, “Judith Eisler, Room Tone,” New York Times, January 30, 2004. B38.
Martha Schwendener, “Judith Eisler, Room Tone,” Time Out New York, January 22-29,2004.56.
"Judith Eisler, Room Tone", The New Yorker, February 2, 2004.16.
2003 “Works in Progress,” V Magazine January/ February 2003.
2002 Jenn Joy, "Focus Painting Part One: Contemporary Painting Today", Flash Art,
October 2002. 81.
2001 Friedrich Tietjen,”Judith Eisler", Flash Art, October 2001.108.
Andrea Winklbauer, “Vieldeutige Unscharfen,” Art Magazine, June 20, 2001.
Michael Wilson, "New York Roundup", Art Monthly, June 2001.45.
Andrea K. Scott, "Visibility, Fair". Time Out New York, May 10-17, 2001. 69.
Merrily Kerr, "Chelsea Reviews,” M Magazine, May 2001.11.
1999 Norman Bryson, "Summer at Tate, essay for the exhibition,” June 1999.
Uscha Pohl, "Wave, Ocean, The Long Goodbye,” Very Magazine, Issue # 5, January 1999.
1996 Stuart Servetar, "Carl D’Alvia and Judith Eisler", New York Press, March 3, 1996.
John Connelly, "Carl D’Alvia and Judith Eisler", Thing Reviews, February 29, 1996.
1995 Jan Kokkin, “Teknikere pa Topp,”Magasinet, September 10, 1995.
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Plein Air, Exhibition brochure, Krobath, Vienna, Austria.
2011 Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection, The Dayton Art Institute.
2009 TIWIMUTA, VOLUME 1, Spring.
Abstract America, The Saatchi Gallery.
2007 The Painting of Modern Life, Hayward Gallery exhibition catalog.
Counterparts, exhibition catalog.
2006 Anhauchen, Krobath Wimmer exhibition catalog.
2005 Visionaire #46, Uncensored by Mario Testino.
2004 10 Paintings, exhibition catalog.
2003 The Lazarus Effect. New Painting Today, exhibition catalog.
2002 Painting as Paradox, Artists Space exhibition catalog.
2001 Judith Eisler: Interiors, Krobath Wimmer exhibition catalog.
1998 Wild/Life or the Impossibility of Mistaking Nature for Culture, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, North Carolina exhibition catalog
COLLECTIONS
The Hall Art Foundation
Brandes Collection
MTV Network
NASA
Perez National Museum of Art
Saatchi Collection
Smithsonian Institute
Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College
TEACHING
2009 Professor of Painting, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2007 School of Visual Arts, NYC
2006 Visiting Critic MFA painting program, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2004 Artist in Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
AWARDS
2002 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
