Stuart Elster was born in New York City and lives in Brooklyn. He received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from The University of the Arts and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale University School of Art. Stuart has been represented in New York by Junior Projects Gallery, Lucas Schoormans and Tate Galleries. He has participated in two- person and group exhibitions at Sala Projects, Junior Projects Gallery, Lucas Schoormans ,Tate, Marvelli, Schroeder Romero and Nicole Klagsburn Galleries. Nationally, at Yale University School of Art’s 32 Edgewood Gallery, New Haven CT, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT, Happy Lion Gallery in Los Angeles CA, Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University Art Museum in Chicago, the Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, University of the of the Arts in Philadelphia. Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Idaho. Internationally his work has been shown in Italy, France, Austria India and Germany. A selected Bibliography of Stuart’s work includes, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Artcritical, Hyperallergic and Tema Celeste magazine. Profiles and interviews with the artist have been published in Heeb magazine and the Kunstforum International.
Stuart Elster is currently teaching at Brooklyn College. As an Assistant Professor, Stuart was the former Director of the Fine Arts Department and critic in the Summer MFA program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia PA. He has been a. Stuart has been a visiting artist and guest critic at Yale University New Haven, CT. and Yale University Norfolk summer program, Brooklyn College MFA program, NYU Steinhart MFA Program in Studio Art, School of Visual Arts, NY DePaul University, Chicago, IL School of the Art institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, Rice University Houston TX, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX and the Kunstakademie Munster, Munster Germany.
Stuart Elster 207 Hancock Street, Brooklyn NY11216 stuartelster@gmail.com stuartelster.net
Education
Yale University School of Art 1993
MFA - Painting / Printmaking
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1988
BFA – Fine Arts / Painting
Brooklyn College
Study abroad, Carrara, Pietrasanta, Italy Summers: 1984-1985
LaGuardia High School of Music and Art 1983
Solo-Two Person Exhibitions
Grapeshot 2021
Sala Projects www.salaprojects.com
526 West 26th Street, Room 708,
New York NY 10001.
Cinderella Liberty 2014
Paintings by Stuart Elster
Junior Projects Gallery- www.juniorprojects.com
139 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002
Guy Corriero, and Stuart Elster,
Junior Projects Gallery juniorprojects.com
Pulse Miami Art Fair 2014
Miami Fl
Elster // Krashes 2013
Paintings by Stuart Elster and Peter Krashes
102 Gallery, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by Rebecca Saylor Sack
Mesmerize, Drawings by Stuart Elster 2011
Steven Harris Architects/ Rees Roberts and Partners, New York, NY
Stuart Elster, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY 2005
Stuart Elster, Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO 2005
Stuart Elster, No Dogs Allowed 2000
Gallery 5 eme Etage, Paris France
Will Cotton and Stuart Elster 1999
Tate, New York, NY
Stuart Elster 1995
John Slade Ely House, Center for Contemporary Art
New Haven, CT
Stuart Elster, Fair- Grounds 1994
Herter Gallery University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
Group Exhibitions
Mediums of Exchange 2019
Curated by Lisa Panzera and Bartholmew Bland
Shirley Fiterman Art Center, CUNY, BMCC. New York, NY
Lehman College Art Galler, Bronx, NY
Dazzle Camouflage: Hiding In Plain Sight 2016
Curated by Coutney Gilbert
The Center in Ketchum
The Sun Valley Arts Center
Sun Valley, ID
Pushing Paper 2016
Junior Projects Gallery
New York, NY
Yel Low 2016
Junior Projects Gallery
New York, NY
Junior Projects Gallery: Dallas Art Fair 2015
Dallas, TX
Reliable Tension, Or: How to win a 2014
Conversation About Jasper Johns
32 Edgewood Gallery, Yale School of Art
New Haven, CT
Faculty Exhibition 2014
President’s Office
University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
ArtShop 2013
Exhibition to support Franklin Street works
Stamford, CT,
Curated by Terri C. Smith
Streamlines. Ephemeral Presence in contemporary Art 2013
Sakyadhita International Conference
Mahaprajati Vihar
Vaishali, India
Curated by Lise McKean
House Arrest 2012
Franklin Street Works, Stamford, Ct
Curated by Terri C. Smith
Islands and Ghettos 2009
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin Germany
Curated by Johan Holten
Islands and Ghettos 2008
Heidelberg Kunstverrein, Heidelberg, Germany
Curated by Johan Holten
NADA Art Fair, Miami, Fl 2008
Andreas Grim Gallery, Munich Germany- New York, NY
New Painting Faculty 2007
Charles Browning, Stuart Elster, Drew Lowenstein
Gallery 817,
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Nightmares of Summer 2006
Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Money Changes Everything 2006
Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY
Mutiny 2006
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
Surface 2005
Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
NADA Art Fair, Miami, Fl 2005
Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings 2004
Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary New York 2004
J Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Fl
Fitter Happier, An exhibition concerning technology 2004
DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Gravity over time 2002
1000 eventi Gallery, Milan Italy
Art position 2002 2002
Almanach zur jungen kunst in Wien, Vienna Austria
I love New York benefit 2002
Nicole Klagsburn Gallery, New York NY
Kagan Martos Gallery, New York NY
Opening 2000
Gallery 5 eme Etage, Paris France
Telesthesia and Amnesopia 2000
Betty Rymer Gallery
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Bibliography
2019 Lisa Panzera and Bartholomew F Bland, Exhibition Catalogue: Mediums of Exchange, Shirley Fiterman Art Center and Lehman College, New York NY
2017 John Pilson, Robert Storr, Exhibition Catalogue: Reliable Tension, Or: How to win a Conversation About Jasper Johns, Yale University School of Art, New Haven CT
2014 Drew Lowenstein, Artcritical, Constructing “Boatness” from Abstraction and Camouflage: http://www.artcritical.com/2014/05/26/drew-lowenstein-on-stuart-elster/
2014 Patrick Neal, Hyperallergic, Thick Paint, Dazzle Ships, and Lipstick Bullets: http://hyperallergic.com/126217/stuart-elster-cinderella-liberty/
2014 Amy Athey McDonald, Yale News, Yale School of Art exhibition explores enduring impact of Jasper Johns on contemporary artists. February 14, 2014
2014 Helen Rouner, Yale Daily News, Exhibit celebrates Jasper Johns. February 18, 2014 http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/02/18/exhibit-celebrates-jasper-johns/
2014 Joe Amarante, New Haven Register, Jasper Johns as muse in ‘Reliable Tension’ exhibit, March 9th, 2014. http://www.nhregister.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140309/jasper-johns-as-muse-in-reliable-tension-exhibit
2013 Ali Blum, A dialog on Power at Crane Art- Stuart Elster and Peter Krashes, Theartblog.org, Published January 29th, 2013. http://www.theartblog.org/2013/01/a-dialog-on-power-at-crane-arts-stuart-elster-and-peter-krashes
2013 Chip Schwartz, Stuart Elster and Peter Krashes at the Crane, Knight Arts, Published January 17th, 2013. http://www.knightarts.org/community/philadelphia/stuart-elster-peter-krashes
2013 Lise McKean, Streamlines. Ephemeral Presence in contemporary Art Exhibition Catalogue, Sakyadhita International Conference, Mahaprajati Vihar, Vaishali, India
2013 Nickolas Calabrese, Review of House Arrest at Franklin Street Works, This is Tomorrow, Contemporary Art Magazine, May 30, 2012
2012 Terri C. Smith, The Road To House Arrest. Exhibition Catalogue, Franklin Street Works. Stamford, CT
2008 Johan Holten, lslands and Ghettos. Exhibition Catalogue, Heidelberg Kunstverein. Heidelberg, Germany
2008 Magdalena Kroner, “I like the idea of being a modern history painter.” Kunstforum, International #189, January- February 2008,
2006 Julie Fishkin, Money Talks, Stuart Elster’s Penny Paintings. Heeb, Spring 2006
2006 Johnson, Ken, “Art Listing”, New York Times. June 30, 2006.
2005 Editors, “The Listings”, New York Times, April 1, 2005, E24. Color Reproduction.
2005 Johnson, Ken, “Art Listing”, New York Times. March 25, 2005, E23.
2005 Arner, Alan G. “ happier’ embraces technology through painting and needwork”. Chicago Tribune
2002 Farronato, Milovan. Gravity Over Time”. Tema Celeste, #94 Setp/Oct 2002, p107. Color Reproduction.
Visiting Artist/ Critic
Brooklyn College
Panelist: MFA reviews 2017-Present
New York University 2017
Guest critic for Graduate students Critique
Munster Kunstademie in New York 2016-2018
Lectured at New York City Museums to visiting German Students
New York, NY
Panelist-Reliable Tension, Or: How to win a 2014
Conversation About Jasper Johns
Yale School of Art,
New Haven CT
Panel Discussion: John Pilson, Moderator
Panelists-
Robert Storr
Adam McEwen
Alix Pearlstein
Elaine Reichek
Stuart Elster
Visiting Artist and Critic 2012
Rice University, Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts,
Department of Art History, Houston, TX
Visiting Artist and Critic 2012
Texas State University, Department of Art History and Design, San Marcos, TX
Visiting Artist and Critic 2011
DePaul University, Department of Art and Art History, Chicago, IL
University of the Arts Summer MFA program 2010
Food for thought Visiting Artist Lecture Series,
Philadelphia, PA
Munster Kunstademie in New York 2009
Lectured at New York City Museums to visiting German Students
New York, NY
Yale University School of Art, Summer program at Norfolk 2009
Norfolk, CT
Fitter Happier, An exhibition concerning technology. Panel Discussion 2004
DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Visiting Critic Interdisciplinary Critiques 2003
Yale University School of Art
New Haven, CT
Visiting Critic, Video Studio Critiques 2002
Yale University School of Art, Photography Department
New Haven, CT
Visiting Critic, Photography Department 2002
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Graduate Painting Department 2001
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Panelist, “Thelesthesia and Amnescopia” 2000
Painting Symposium 2000
School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Teaching
Brooklyn College 2019- Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2007- 2016
Assistant Professor 2008- 2016
Adjunct Senior Lecturer 2007- 2008
The City College, CUNY 1998- 2008
Adjunct Lecturer
Yale University School of Art 1994-1995
Lecturer