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FRITZ CHESNUT
Born in 1973, Santa Fe, NM
lives and works in New York City
Education
1997 MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
1995 BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
Solo Exhibitions
2002 Starstruck, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY
Jouissance, Autoversion, Ltd., New York, NY
Post Retro, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Monica Moran and Justin Lieberman
Shipworm and Gribble, Mollusk NYC/Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY
Eye Contact: Portraiture Now, GE World Headquarters, Fairfield, CT, curated by Danielle Mysliwiec and Paddy Johnson
2006 Considered Drawing, The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
-scope New York, with Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, NY
The Social Body, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL, curated by David Gibson
2005 Gods and Monsters, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL, curated by Heather Darcy and Erin Sircy
El Greco, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, curated by Joy Glidden
This Dream, America, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY, curated by Keith Miller
2004 Frisbee Art Fair, with ARENA Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
From New York With Love, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL, curated by Trong G. Nguyen
2003 Supereal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, curated by Lauri Firstenberg
You, Royal Modern, New York, NY, curated by Lisa Kirk
Gush, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
B-LIST Brooklyn, Angst, and Desire, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
2002 AIM 22, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Scratch, ARENA, New York, NY
End of the Rainbow, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
Body, Musawwir Art Space, Midland Park, NJ
New York Stories, The Brewster Project, Brewster, NY, curated by Paul Laster
NYCinDC, Decatur Blue, Washington DC
Eleven Bulls: 15 Artists, Project Green, Brooklyn, NY
A Special Place, ARENA, Brooklyn, NY
New York Mutation Project, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Fast FWD: Miami, with Bellwether Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2001 Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
2000 Works on Paper, White Columns at the Meat Market Art Fair, New York, NY
Fritz Chesnut, Andrew Nofsinger, Christine Sciulli, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
Posers, White Columns, New York, NY
2000 Momenta Art Benefit, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
1999 New Art From Greenpoint, James Fuentes, New York, NY
Grants and Awards
2002 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Art Grant
2002 Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1995 Susan Benteen and William Irwin Hyde Scholarship
1991 Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation Scholarship in Art
Residencies
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Bibliography/Press
2005 Harrison, Helen A., "El Greco," review,The New York Times, Sunday, March 20, 2005
2004 Lee, Chris, "Karaoke's Religious Ecstasy," Black Book, December 2004/January 2005, p. 38
Quattordio, Alessandra, "Supereal," review, Flash Art Italia, December 2003/January 2004, p. 119
Savorelli, Alice, "Supereal," review, Contemporary Magazine, no 59, p. 75
2003 Battiston, Eleonora, "Supereal," review, Segno, November/December, 2003, p. 44-45
Firstenberg, Lauri, Supereal, catalog, December, 2003, p. 15-17
"Gush," review, The New Yorker, September 22, 2003, p. 58
Huntington, Richard, "How Ironic," review, Buffalo News, May 2, 2003, p. 19
Massier, John and Kramer, David, B-LIST Brooklyn, Angst, and Desire, catalog, April, 2003, p. 14
2002 AIM 22: Artist in the Marketplace, 22nd Annual Exhibition, catalog, July, 2002, p. 15
Reproduction, Harper's Magazine, March, 2002, p. 21
Coates, Jennifer, "Starstruck," review, Wburg.com, May, 2002
Cotter, Holland, "Artist in the Marketplace," review, The New York Times, September 6, 2002
Hamburger, Susan, "Starstruck at Bellwether," review, Waterfront Week, Volume 12.09 / May, 2002, p. 6
Lepore, Louise, "Almost Famous Artists," Jane Magazine, April, 2002, p. 72
Van Mol, Jan, "New York Mutation Project," Ad!dict Magazine, #15: Mutation, winter 01/02
Wawerna, Beth, "Show Us Your Zits," Spin Magazine, February, 2002, p. 52
2001 Laster, Paul, "bkyn 2.0, an online journal of the arts," www.bkyn.com, November, 2001
Reardon, Valerie, "The Big American Issue," Exhibit:a, June/July 2001, p. 38-39
2000 Bollen, Christopher, "Posers," review, Time Out NY, Apr. 27-May 4, 2000, Issue No. 240, p. 71