JJ Manford
b. 1983 in Boston, MA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2012: Hunter College, MFA in Painting
2008-9: The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio (Painting/Drawing) 2006: Cornell University, College of Art, Architecture and Planning Bachelors in Fine Art, Art History
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024: “Fifth Season”, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024: “Jaune Brilliant”, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2024: “Hayden Rowe Street”, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
2023: “The Golden Pheasant At Flamingo Estate & Other Tales of Wanderlust”, Harper’s, NY
2023: “In A Western Town”, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022: “Our House”, Harper’s, Los Angeles, CA
2021: “Moon Salon”, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2021: “View from Gowanus”, Harper’s, East Hampton, NY
2019: “Fish Tank TV (Project Room)”, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2018: “NIGHT”, One River, Westport, CT
2017: “Greenport Magic”, Arts and Leisure, New York, NY
2017: “Liminal Grove”, One River in Allendale, and Englewood, NJ
2016:” Wanderers and Wildflowers”, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2013: “Of Other Places”, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
2012: “The Brink of Utterance”, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2007: “Dissolving Lucian II/ Points of My Compass”, Gershwin Gallery, New York, NY
2006: “Lucian is Dissolving”, Willard Straight Art Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024: “Tone Poem” The Hole, New York, NY
2023: “Off The Rack”, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2023: “RIPE”, Harper’s, Los Angeles, CA
2023: “Levity”, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY
2023: “Don’t Sweat the Technique”, with Michael Berryhill and Matt Kleberg, Miami, FL
2023: “LIBRARY”, curated by Glenn Goldberg, TV Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2023: “The Power to Dream”, curated by James Bolton, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2022: “In Residence”, Studio Archive Projects, New York, NY
2022: “Brooklyn Bridge”, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2022: “Manscaping”, The Hole, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
2022: “Interior Dialogues”, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022: “Psychedelic Landscape”, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY
2022: “What A Long Strange Trip”, Analog Diary, Beacon, NY
2022: “Chasing Phantoms”, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
2022: “What Now?”, PM/AM Gallery, London, UK
2022: “Drawing with Scissors”, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022: “Prism”, Y2K, New York, NY
2022: “Lexicon of Love”, Studio Archive Project, Brooklyn, NY
2022: Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, Italy
2021: “A Flower Show”, Gangway NPT, Newport, RI
2021: “Spiritual Art Advisory”, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021: “Melrose”, Harper’s, Los Angeles, CA
2021: “Oasis”, The Pit, Palm Springs, CA
2021: “Unraveling”, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY
2021: “Hello From the Living Room”, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2021: “Michael Berryhill & JJ Manford”, One River, Allendale, NJ
2020: Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2020: “Quarters”, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY
2019: “The Mind is Also a Landscape”, Public Land/ Print Club LTD, Sacramento, CA
2019: “Under the Time of Lampshades”, Transmitter NYC, Brooklyn, NY
2019: “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, curated by Timothy Bergstrom, Washington Art
2019: Association, New York, NY
2019: “Mushrooms”, Y2K Group, 7 Franklin Place, New York, NY
2019: “Decade”, curated by Sun You, SFA Projects, New York, NY
2019: “New York”, Just Like I Pictured It, Platform, Brooklyn, NY
2019: “Making (It) Work”, curated by Karla Wozniak and Georgia Elrod, Hubbell Street Galleries,
2019: California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018: “In Form: BMCC Art Faculty Exhibition”, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY
2018: “Big Holiday Show”, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
2018: “7 Samurai”, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2018: GlenLily Grounds 2018, Newburgh, NY
2018: “Idols and Icons”, curated by Muskat/Knoll, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2018: “Summer of Love”, Freight and Volume Gallery, New York, NY
2018: “Gangs of New York”, curated by Essex Flowers, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
2018: “DNA Residency Show”, Provincetown, MA
2018: “Untitled Projects”, curated by Catherine Haggarty & Karen Flatow, Amagansett, NY
2018: “True North”, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
2018: “Foundation Faculty Exhibition”, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2018: “Ring of Fire”, Far x Wide, for Earth Justice, Brooklyn, NY
2017: “Nostalgisms”, curated by Nick Benfey, Able Baker Contemporary, Porland, ME
2017:“Indian Summer”, Disturb the Neighbors, New York, NY
2017: “In Paper We Trust”, curated by Sara Clarken & Brigette Mulholland, Dot Project, London
2017: “The Secret Life of Plants”, curated by Jennifer Coates and Nick Lawrence, Freight and Volume, New York, NY
2017: “Conference Object”, curated by Sarah Butler, Cairo, NY