brianblockinfo at gmail.com
Born Milton, MA. Lives and works in New York City and Grafton, NY
EDUCATION :
Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program (Studio). 2015-16
Independent Study, Hunter College, New York 2013-14
MFA (Photography and Related Media) School of Visual Arts, New York 1995
BA University of Massachusetts at Amherst 1989
EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Mudanca #2, Parque Guinle, Rio De Janeiro
Ornament, Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY
2017 Sunscreen, Lower East Side Printshop, NY, NY
Muse in the Mews, Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY
2016 Whitney Independent Study Program Studio Exhibition
Lake Life, Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY
2014 Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Chasanoff Collection, Yale University Art Gallery
Surfaces et Mesures, La Tannerie, Begard, France
A Talk by Rene Glete on the Unpublished Late Work Notes of F. Curtis Wott, CR10, Linlithgow, NY
2009 Exhibition, 211 Elizabeth Street, NY
2008 Summer Residency Program, Cooper Union, NY
2006 NADA Art Fair, Participant Inc., Miami
Waiting for a Clean Shot, Participant Inc., New York (with Noah Khoshbin)
Boilermaker, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York
2000 Women, Egizio’s Project, NY
2000 Gary Baldwin, Brian Block, Steven Sollins, Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Forever is a Hell of a Long Time, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, NY
1999 Paint A Rumor, Maria Cilena Gallery, Milan, Italy
1999 The Other Side of New York, Maze Gallery, Torino, Italy
1997 Fan-Dom, White Columns, NY
1996 Scherzo, Art in General, NY
COLLABORATIONS with A Front Group:
2003 A FRONT GROUP, Starbucks: The Great Tape Over, Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
2002 A FRONT GROUP, Ponsef: Coming Soon. Brooklyn, NY
2001 A FRONT GROUP, Ponsef: Nature Purified, Monk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
RESIDENCIES:
2022 The Watermill Center
2021 MASSMoCA
2010 Cuts and Burns Artist video editing residency, Outpost Artists Resources, NY
2008 The Cooper Union, Summer Residency Program
2004 The American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist
2000 Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
VIDEO SCREENINGS:
2007 "Pattern", V22 Gallery, London
“Get Ready For Action", V22 Gallery, London
Split International Film Festival, Croatia (Special Award) (Catalogue)
Deviant Art Festival, Gothenburg Kunsthallen, Sweden
Stuttgarter Winterfilm 20, Stuttgart
Blue Room, Open Video Projects, Rome
2006 IMPAKT video festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
SELECT 5 Media Festival, Chicago
Projection Gallery, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
ScopeHamptons, Southhampton, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Interview with Alyona Coureau, Spaces Objects Art, June 2016
Brian Boucher, "Brian Block and Noah Khoshbin" Art in America, March 2007, pp. 173-4. (ill)
Baker, R.C., "Ugly Americana", The Village Voice, August 3, 2006
Kalm, James, “Ponsef,” NY ARTS Reviews, Vol. 7 no.2, February 2002
Ferrette, Candice, “Working With Robert Wilson,” The East Hampton Star, August 3, 2000
Cotter, Holland, "Forever is a Hell of a Long Time," New York Times, July 12, 1999
Smith, Roberta, "Fan-Dom," New York Times, November 14, 1997