andrewprayzner@gmail.com
Born 1973, Boston, MA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Andrew Prayzner: Horizontals, Morgan Lehman, New York, NY
2015
One Hundred Views of Nothing, Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
2013
Passage, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Anomies, Ethel Walker School Gallery, Simsbury, CT
2011
New Pictures, Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002
The Future Decays, Visual Research, New Haven, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
XX, Morgan Lehman, New York, NY
Brooklyn Bridge, McBride Contemporian, Montreal, Canada
Substrates of Action, curated by Lauren Hussey, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Feels Like the First Time, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
A Vase is A Vase Is A Vase, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2020
Magic Edge, curated by Michelle Tillou and Andy Cross, Troutbeck, Amenia, NY
Wild Tangents, organized by Caetlynn Booth and Ann Trinca, Reservoir, Ridgewood, NY
2019
The Magic Hour, curated by Calli Moore, See You Next Thursday, Brooklyn, NY
Decade, curated by Sun You, SFA Projects, New York, NY
art.now.2019, metamorphosis: climate change, curated by Betty Levin, Hearst Galleries, New York, NY
2018
Untitled Projects, Crush Curatorial, Amagansett, NY
Bouquet, curated by Kirstin Lamb, The Yard, Brooklyn, NY
Night Regulation, curated by Patrick Neal, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2017
The Collectivists, Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, CA
Points of Entry, Scotty Project Space, Berlin, Germany
ArtText, Labspace, Hilldale, NY
2016
In This Place, C2CWC, San Francisco, CA
Fabulous You, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
Lost Cause, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
2015
This Dust, GSL Projekt, Berlin, Germany
Parallels, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
April 11th, 2015 / Pawtucket, Improvised Showboat, Pawtucket, RI
Deep End, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Reactivator, Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
Ten Part Invention, Jaus, Los Angeles, CA
Text Me, Hazan Projects, New York, NY
Outlet Annual Invitational, Outlet, Brooklyn, NY
Befana's Secret Booty, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Grab Bag, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Exchange Rates: This Dust, curated by GSL Projekt, TSA, Brooklyn, NY
One Plus One, Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Wonder + Awe, curated by Margaret Vaughn, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
2013
In Search Of.., organized by Dustin Dennis, Amanda Lechner and Christopher Ulivo; Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
Correspondence, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
2012
In Search Of…, organized by Dustin Dennis, Amanda Lechner and Christopher Ulivo; The Art and Design Gallery at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS
2011
Overnighter curated by Leigh Ruple, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
Discrete Power, organized by Vizkult, Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
The Unsettled, University of Delaware Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Defining Moments, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Art Sync, NHTC, New Haven, CT
2009
A Taste of Young New York, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic
Viking Mountain Funeral, Celestial Suitcase Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Morsel Remains, Morsel Art Space, Long Island City, NY
Manifest Destinations, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA (* Two-person exhibition)
2008
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Dream Tigers, curated by Brian Zegeer, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Memory Minister, Chashama, New York, NY
Boxtown Miami, Secret Project Robot, Miami, FL
Flatfile Portfolio, David Krut Projects, New York, NY
American Idyll, LaPelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Subdivision: Visions of Suburbia, curated by Matthew Best, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington DC
Images of the North, SIM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005
Operation: RAW, curated by Jane Irish, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
SCOPE: Miami, Townhouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
SCOPE: London, St. Martin’s Lane, London, England
Introductions, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Voxennial, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania MFA Thesis Show, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2004
The Rain Event: Postcards to the CAC, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
Works on Paper 2004, juried by Jordan Kantor, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2003
Radius, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Product: Comments on Consumer Culture, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
ArtWork, CHELA Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2002
Group Show, The Dealership, Brooklyn, NY
Urban/Suburban, Gallery 13, Danbury, CT (* Two-person exhibition)
2001
Salon III, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA
Contemporary 3, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
2000
Refugees + Immigration, Gallery of Social/Political Art, Boston, MA
Vital Signs: Drawing as Inquiry, Creative Art Workshop Gallery, New Haven, CT
1998
No England, No Amsterdam, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Contemporary Visions, The University Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Education
MFA , University of Pennsylvania, 2005
BFA , University of Hartford, 1996
Press
Poinsot, Lucien, “Brooklyn Painters”, Duel, Spring 2019
Victoria Zunitch, “Works that elevate both form and textual ideas”, Queens Chronicle, March 1, 2018
Rene Kaiser, "This Dust" review, this is tomorrow, March 18, 2015
Benjamin Sutton, “Making Cents of Exchange Rates Bushwick”, Hyperallergic, October 27, 2014
Gorky’s Granddaughter, studio visit interview, www.gorkysgranddaughter.com, September 2013
Gorky’s Granddaughter, studio visit interview, www.gorkysgranddaughter.com, March 2011
Edith Newhall, “Galleries: Dark Duo”, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 2009
Libby Rosof, “First Friday- an Introspective Fourth of July”, Fallon and Rosof
ArtBlog, July 7, 2009
Libby Rosof, “Survival Plan for First Friday”, Fallon and Rosof ArtBlog, May 5, 2007
Libby Rosof, “Summer in the City: American Idyll at LaPelle”, Fallon and Rosof ArtBlog, August 10, 2006
Susanne Utzt, ” Provincial Art? Surprises in DC” (translated from German), WELT Online, January 26, 2006
Libby Rosof, “RAW Bits-more Ice Box Morsels”, Fallon and Rosof ArtBlog,
September 24, 2005
JT Kirkland, “DC Roundup”, Thinking About Art, August 12 2005
Roberta Fallon, ‘Vox to the System”, Philadelphia Weekly, June 15-21, 2005
Libby Rosof, “Art Camp”, Fallon and Rosof ArtBlog, June 6, 2005
Rondeau, James, New American Paintings: MFA Annual 2004, Boston, MA, February 2005
Angell, Marisa, “Sense of Place: Architecture and Built Landscape in Contemporary Connecticut Art”, Art in New England, Brighton, MA, February/March 2000
Residencies
Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan, June 2015
The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, July 2014
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, July-August 2012
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 2011
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, January 2008
SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland, November 2005
Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland, June-August 1994
Teaching Experience
2023-2015
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2023-2021
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2021-2007
Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT
2021-2013
Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
2019-2012
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
2014-2011
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
2005
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Related Experience
2019-2014
Co-Director, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Visiting Critic, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
2016
Juror, Visiting Artist, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2016
Panel Discussion Moderator, Autonomy, New York Creative Salon, New York, NY
2015
Panel Discussion Moderator, Artist as Curator, Select Art Fair, New York, NY
Curatorial Projects
2019
baseball show, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Antonio Serna; The Same Sun, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
2017
x≠y (curated with Naomi Reis), Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Field Studies (curated with Naomi Reis), Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
Dissolution, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
2015
The Two States of W.W., Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Brooklyn, NY
World is New (curated with Yin Ho), Space Available, Brooklyn, NY
2010
True Singing is a Different Breathing, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Avatar Atavistic, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY