EDUCATION
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), 2004
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Stranger; A Great Man
Entrance Gallery, New York, NY
2024
Storyteller
Seven Sisters Gallery, Houston, TX
The Tourist
Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
2022
Sunsets
Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
2020
The Fair Mountain
Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami FL
2019
Sunless
Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
Suns
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2017
No Paintings
Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Suns
Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
Parade
Aranda/Lasch, New York, NY
Measure for Measure
Nina Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Edge of the Divine, Curated by Erin Dorn; McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Seth Cameron, Christian Eckart, Sam Gilliam, Sheila Hicks, Dorothy Hood, Robert Polidori, Ai Weiwei
2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus, Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné, University of South Florida
Marcos Agudelo, Diana Al-Hadid, Atelier Van Lieshout, Alberto Borea, Sebastiaan Bremer, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Seth Cameron, Samantha Casolari, Rebecca Chamberlain, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Jordi Colomer, Patricia Cronin, Godfried Donkor, Dysturb, Inka Essenhigh, Maureen Gallace, Zhao Gang, Rico Gatson, Mark Thomas Gibson, Patrick Hamilton, Ellen Harvey, Yishai Jusidman, Deborah Kass, Basil Kincaid, Glenda León, Matvey Levenstein, Kalup Linzy, Hew Locke, Cristina Lucas, Narsiso Martinez, Eva and Franco Mattes, Allan McCollum, Richard Mosse, Angel Otero, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Edison Peñafiel, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Anastasia Samoylova, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Guy Richards Smit, Kiki Smith, Bosco Sodi, Tavares Strachan, SUPERFLEX, Sarah Sze, Jorge Tacla, Tony Tasset, Newsha Tavakolian, Janaina Tschäpe, Spencer Tunick, Rodrigo Valenzuela, William Villalongo, Kennedy Yanko, Lisa Yuskavage
Slow Burn, Curated by David Aipperspach & Sarah Pater, John H Baker Gallery, West Chester University, WestChester, PA
Seth Cameron, Anthony Campuzano, Micah Danges, Jessica Dickinson, Angela Dufresne, Ava Hassinger, Dona Nelson, and Richard Ryan
2017
Grisaille, Curated by Brooke Lynn-McGowan, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Shiva Ahmadi, Yasima Alaoui, Ayad Alkadhi, Afruz Amighi, Reza Aramesh, Shoja Azari & Shahram Karimi, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Dilip Chobisa, Seth Cameron, Arthur Carter, Noor Ali Chagani, Nick Farhi, Nir Hod, Rachael Lee Hovanian, Pouran Jinchi, Joseph Kosuth, Liane Lang, Farideh Lashai, Shirin Neshat, Enoc Perez, and Dan Witz
BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION
SELECT INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2025
On Education, Curated by Tobias Maier
Amant Foundation, NY
2024
Yes, Chef, Curated by Zoe Lukov
Water Street Projects, NY
2016
Radical Seafaring, Curated by Andrea Grover
Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY
2015
Icons: The Art of Appropriation
Sotheby’s S|2, New York, NY
2014
All the Best Artists Are My Friends, Curated by Ray Smith
MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Curated by Phong Bui
Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Blackboard: Teaching and Learning From Art
Artipelag, Gustavsberg, Sweden
Lyon Biennale: Meanwhile...Suddenly and Then
Lyon, France
2012
Merging Bridges
The Baku Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011
Dublin Contemporary 2011, Curated by Jota Castro and Christian Viveros-Faune
Dublin, Ireland
These Days, Curated by Vito Schnabel
Sotheby’s S2, NY, NY
2010
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Greater New York
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
Dominó Caníbal
Contemporary Art Project Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Dreamlands
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2009
1969, Curated by Neville Wakefield
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
Free as Air and Water, Curated by Saskia Bos and Steven Lam
Cooper Union, New York, NY
Plot 09: This World & Nearer Ones, Curated by Mark Beasley
Creative Time at Governor’s Island, New York, NY
2008
Greenwashing. Ambiente: pericoli, promesse e perplessita
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Schweiz Uber Alles
Fundacion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
The End of Western Art
ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2018
Ways to Die
The Armory Show Platform Project, New York, NY
2017
The Second Coming
Leila Heller, Dubai, UAE
Portraits of the Artists as a Young Bruce
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich, Switzerland
Pearls
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
2016
As We Lay Dying
The Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
Selections from the Greek & Roman Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
6817, Los Angeles, CA
Pizzatopia
Vito Schnabel Projects, New York, NY
2015
Arcadia
The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Mother,
Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
2014
Isles of the Dead
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Vive la Sociale!
Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Ode to Joy: 2001-2013
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Freedom
The Cohen Gallery at Brown University, Providence, RI
2012
Art History with Labor
The Lever House Art Collection, NY, NY
Selections from the Greek & Roman Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
Meditations of the Emperor
Mark Fletcher, New York, NY
The Transubstantiation of Bruce
Contemporary Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
The Raft of the Medusa / Le Radeau de la Méduse
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
The Bruce High Quality Foundation
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Stay with me, Baby
Alexander Dellal, Berlin, Germany
2011
It Started with a Car Crash
20 Projects in collaboration with IMT Gallery, London, UK
Argumenta
Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta, Venice, Italy
The Princess and the Monolith
Unge Kunstneres Samfund, Oslo, Norway
2010
Beyond Pastoral
The Tramshed, London, UK
The Retrospective: 2001-2010
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
Self-Portraits
The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Happy Endings
W Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
2009
The Bruce High Quality Foundation University
Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
Empire
Cueto Project, New York, NY
Cats on Bowery
LaMaMa la Galleria, New York, NY
2008
The Great Wall
Duve Galerie, Berlin, Germany
The Retrospective
Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Rent Strike! & Other Activist Jingles from the Crypt of Bruce High Quality
The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Cats on Broadway
The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2005
The Funeral of Bruce High Quality
a construction site on 24th Street
2004
The Gate
various New York waterways
LECTURES, TALKS & PANELS
2025
Art Education: Education Art: A Brief History of Schools Founded by Artists
with Kenny Schachter
Amant Foundation, New York
2024
Think Again: On Images of Violence in Painting and Cinema
Hoffberger Visiting Artist Lecture, Maryland Institute College of Art
2022
Criticism, Discipline, Narrativity, Identity & Desire: Five Lectures on Art & Education
Hoffberger Critic-in-Residence Lectures, Maryland Institute College of Art
Summer School: Where Can Art Education Happen?
Kasmin Gallery, New York
2021
Art Without an Audience
New Art Dealers Alliance, New York
2020
Arts Education During the Pandemic
with Madeilynann Mitchell
University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa
2019
Critical Dialogues: Seth Cameron
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia
Art and Political Action: Art's Strongest Calls
with Christian Viveros-Faune
TEFAF, New York
2017
Ad Reinhardt: Artists Among Artists, Organizer and Moderator
with Cheyney Thompson, Josephine Halvorson, Nathlie Provosty, Peter Halley and Raymond Pettibon
Ad Reinhardt Foundation and David Zwirner, New York
Hands Off Our Revolution: Complicity
with Rachel Liebiskind, Noah Fischer, Evan Moffitt, David Birkin
International Center of Photography, New York
Recess: Art, Pedagogy & the Social Sphere
with Javier Duero, Fonna Forman, Teddy Cruz, Mohammad Salemy, Natalia Zuluaga ArtCenter/South Florida and Pérez Art Museum Miami
DIY MFA: Alternatives in Higher Arts Education
with Sean Carney, Carla Herrera Prats and Andrew Berardini
Black Cube and ArtPlant, Denver CO
2016
Working Definitions, or How to Achieve the Seven Things to Avoid
The Cooper Union, New York
In the Woods: Narcissus, Poussin, Heidegger, Celan
Hoffberger Visiting Artist Lecture, Maryland Institute College of Art
Academics in Bed: In Conversation
with Tom Healy
Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami
2015
Resistance & Futility
Artspeak Series, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
In the Woods: Narcissus, Poussin, Heidegger, Celan
Narcissus Now Festival, Onassis Cultural Center, New York
2014
Vive la Sociale
with Joachim Pissarro
NICC, Brussels
Isle of the Dead
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
2013
Teaching Jim: On Learning, Loving, and Losing
School of Visual Arts, New York
Freedom
Brown University, Providence
2012
Salon | The Global Artworld: Regionalism
with Jens Hoffmann and Chelsea Haines, Art Basel, Miami Beach
2011
Teach 4 Amerika
lecture tour sponsored by Creative Time
The Cooper Union; Carnegie Mellon University; Tyler School of Art; College of Creative Studies (Detroit); University of Illinois at Chicago; University of Minnesota; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; Santa Fe University of Art and Design; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Art Institute; Portland State University
Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
Visiting Artist Lecture
Williams College, Williamstown
The Princess and the Monolith
Unge Kunstneres Samfund, Oslo
2010
Visiting Artist Lecture
University of Minnesota, St. Paul
2009
Explaining Pictures to a Dead Bull
Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York
State of the Art: New York
with Carlo McCormick, Urbis Centre, Manchester, UK
Art History with Benefits
X Initiative, New York
Visiting Artist Lecture
School of Visual Arts, New York
Columbia University Symposium on Public Art
Columbia University, New York
Artist Lecture
Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
2008
Visiting Artist Lecture
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia
Visiting Artist Lecture
ArCo School of Art & Design, New York
2007
Cooper Union Symposium
The Cooper Union, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE & PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP
Degree-Granting Institutions
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Hoffberger Graduate School of Painting
Critic-in-Residence (2022)
Graduate-level critiques and lecture series
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, School of Art
Adjunct Professor of Art (2007-17)
Courses Taught:
Advanced Drawing
Advanced Sculpture
Junior Seminar: Biography & Myth
The Intradisciplinary Seminar (public lecture series and seminar)
Curriculum Development & Course Leadership
Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU)
Founder & Instructor (2009–2017)
Founded and led a tuition-free, post-graduate art education program. Responsible for curriculum design, faculty recruitment, and instruction across studio, theory, and interdisciplinary formats.
Multi-Level Courses Developed and Taught:
Experimental Art History
Creative Writing
Curriculum Development
Open Critique
LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATION
Executive Director, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York (2020–2023)
Senior administrative leadership of a nonprofit cultural institution; oversight of staff, budgeting, fundraising, exhibitions, public programs, and long-term planning.
Founder & President, Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU) (2009–2017)
Founding administrative leadership of a nonprofit, tuition-free post-graduate arts education program; responsibility for curriculum design, faculty recruitment, governance, fundraising, and daily operations.
Creative Director, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), New York (2004–2007) Institutional leadership role overseeing curatorial and educational programming, exhibitions, and public initiatives.
EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP & PUBLISHING PLATFORMS
Editorial Advisor, Metalabel (2025–present)
Editorial and strategic advising for an artist-led publishing platform, focused on communication strategies around new models of creative collaboration.
CONSULTING & ADVISORY ROLES
(2015–present)
Institutional and programmatic consulting for cultural organizations, including Watermill Center; Serving the People Creative Foundation; Topical Cream; South Florida Arts Center (now Oolite Arts).
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023
Children’s Museum of the Arts
NADA, NY
2022
Children’s Museum of the Arts
NADA, NY & Miami
2016
The House of LaDosha: This Is UR Brain
Foundation University Gallery
2015
Noah Davis and The Underground Museum
Foundation University Gallery
Guerrilla Girls Broadband: #ProvokeProtestPrevail
Foundation University Gallery
Betty Tompkins: Real Ersatz
Foundation University Gallery
2014
The Last Brucennial
837 Washington Street, New York, NY
2012
The Brucennial: Harderer, Betterer, Fasterer, Strongerer
159 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
Bruceforma: The Resurrection
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
2010
The Brucennial: Miseducation
350 West Broadway and Recess, 41 Grand Street, New York, NY
Field of Dreams (Un Mundo Nuevo) with producer Andres Levin
Celebrate Brooklyn!, Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY
2009
The Brucennial: Smithumenta
Ray Smith Studios, 261 Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY
2008
The Brucennial
The Bruce High Quality Foundation, 1100 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
2005
A Knock at the Door…
South Street Seaport Museum and The Great Hall Gallery,
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS (AS AUTHOR)
2017
Interview: Raymond Pettibon
Zwirner Books
Review: Next Time Won’t You Sing With Me: Intuitive Alphabet by Michel Oka Doner
The Miami Rail, December
Essay: Broken Toilet: BHQFU Is Dead
The Brooklyn Rail, September
Review: Michel Houellebecq: French Bashing
The Brooklyn Rail, September
Essay: Nine Years
WVWVWVWVWVW, April
2016
Interview: Robert Bordo
The Brooklyn Rail, July
2015
Interview: Walid Raad
The Brooklyn Rail, December
Essay: Professional Challenges. Amateur Solutions
The Brooklyn Rail, December
AWARDS
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Artist Residency, West Cork, Ireland (2019)
Cooper Union Urban Visionaries Award (2010)
SERVICE
Board of Directors, Serving the People Creative Foundation (2020–present)
Admissions Committee, The Cooper Union School of Art (2007–present)
President, Parent–Teacher Association (PTA), Ballet Tech, New York, NY (2025–26)