| EDUCATION | |
| 2008 | MFA, Combined Media, Hunter College |
| 2002 | BFA, Painting, University of Wisconsin Madison |
| UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2011 | The Hole Gallery, New York. Solo Show |
| 2011 | Nicole Klagsbrun, New York. Solo Show |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2010 | SAKS gallery, Geneva |
| 2010 | Andrea Melas Presents, Dirty black summer revisited, Athens |
| 2009 | QUAZAI, DUVE Berlin |
| A Touch of Grey, Journal Gallery, New York | |
| 2008 | Dark Systems, Deitch Projects, NY |
| THE DUSKY PARLOUR, DUVE Berlin | |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2010 | DUVE Berlin, LOGOS - LOVOS with Aids 3-D and Duncan Malashock |
| 2009 | New York Minute, Museo d‘Arte Contemporanea di Roma. Curated by Kathy Grayson |
| Burn, Baby, Burn!, DUVE Berlin | |
| Artissima 16, DUVE Berlin | |
Inferno, Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City, Curated by Leslie Rosa |
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| The Black & White Show, Curated by Meghan Carleton, Collective Hardware, New York | |
| Black Hole, Kunsthalle Andraxt. Curated by Dr. Friederike Nymphius (group, Aug. 09) | |
| Art Brussels with DUVE Berlin |
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| Armory Show, Deitch Projects | |
| Never Late than Better, Elisabeth Foundation of Arts, New York, | |
| curated by Trong Gia Nguyen | |
| 2008 | Conceptual Figure, Deitch Projects, NY |
| Mail Order Monsters 4, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK | |
| Mail Order Monsters 3, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens, Greece | |
| Dark Fair, Swiss Institute, presented by the Milwaukee | |
| International | |
| Performed Identities, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, NY, NY | |
| Art Brussels with DUVE Berlin | |
| NEXT Chicago with DUVE Berlin | |
| 2007 | Painted Objects, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY |
| Famous Adults as Children, Famous Children as Adults, Monya | |
| Rowe Gallery, New York, NY | |
| The Whitney Art Party / ISP Benefit, Whitney Museum, New York, | |
| NY | |
| Journal Drawings, The Journal, New York, NY | |
| 2006 | The Armory Fair, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY |
| School Days, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2005 | Delusionarium2, White Box Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2004 | Tar Pit Tales, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Happy Days are Here Again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2002 | Man Walks Into a Room, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art Collection | |
| Horts Family Collection | |
| Evan Gruzis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1979. Through a aesthetic language that could be deemed "Pop-Noir", Gruzis' work describes the complementary nature of the Other and the Mainstream. His drawings, paintings, and installations revel in seductive vapidity with an approach to light and subject matter that is at once romantic and darkly humored, stylized yet absurd. The viewer is invited to interpret if the conditions in Gruzis' work are a reflection, dramatization, or indictment of contemporary culture -or an amalgam of all three. Gruzis received his BFA in Painting from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 2002. His work has been exhibited in New York at the David Zwirner Gallery, the Tilton Gallery, and the Harris Lieberman Gallery, and featured in publications such as The Journal and Esquire Japan. He will complete a MFA degree in Combined Media at Hunter College in the winter of 2008. He lives and works in New York. | |
