b. 1972
Education
1999 MFA, Yale University School of Art, Sculpture, New Haven, CT
1997 BFA, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Infidelicious…, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Uncle John’s Band, The Armory Show (lobby, Pier 90), presented by Public Art Fund and Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Here Comes the Son, Here Comes the Knight, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2014
New Hells, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Works on Paper, Blondeau and Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
Size DOES Matter, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
2008
political corect, Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva, Switzerland
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2006
New York, Interrupted, curated by Dan Cameron, pmk gallery, Beijing, China
The Name of This Show is Not GAY ART NOW, curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Inaugural Group Show, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Oracle of Truth, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Post-Everything, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The General's Jamboree/2nd Annual Watercolor Exhibition, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
The Most Splendid Apocalypse, P.P.O.W., New York, NY
ev+a, curated by Dan Cameron, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick City, Ireland
Art Rock, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Life and Limb, curated by David Humphrey, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
2004
Fight or Flight, Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, NY
2003
Pantone, curated by David Hunt, Massimo Audiello, New York, NY
Escape From New York, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
The Burnt Orange Heresy, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY
Life/Like, Apartment 5BE, New York, NY
2001
Learned America, curated by Jason Murison, P.P.O.W., New York, NY
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, curated by Jason Forest, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Dear Dead Person, curated by Banks Violette, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Meat Market, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
Dedicated to Art, Hemicycle Gallery, Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.
Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1997
Options 1997, WPA, Washington, D.C.
Hemicycle Gallery, Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
2008
Cotter, Holland. "Listings: Ivan Witenstein.” The New York Times 3 Oct. 2008: E27. Print.
2007
Duff, Stacey. “A New York minute.” Time Out Beijing Feb. 2007. Print (illustration).
2006
Cotter, Holland. “Ivan Witenstein: Infidelicious.” The New York Times 5 May 2006: E35. Print.
2005
Sicha, Choire. “Art But Not Dangerous.” New York Observer 21 Mar. 2005: 8. Print.
Vogel, Carol. “Public Art at Armory Show.” The New York Times 11 Mar. 2005: E35. Print.
2004
Fricke, Kirsten. “Ivan Witenstein: Freudian Psychosexual Dynamics.” Beautiful Decay, Issue G 2004: 28-32. Print.
Johnson, Ken. “Fight or Flight.” The New York Times 10 Dec. 2004. Print.
Smith, Roberta. “Pantone.” The New York Times 4 Jan. 2004: E43. Print.
2003
Bischoff, Dan. “”Escape from New York.” Star Ledger 5 Sep. 2003. Print.
Hunt, David. “Ivan Witenstein.” Sculpture Jul/Aug. 2003: 74. Print.
2002
Cotter, Holland. “Ivan Witenstein & Dan Fischer.” The New York Times 13 Sep. 2002. Print.
2001
Fox, Catherine. “A Dirty Shame.” The Atlanta Journal Constitution Sep. 2001. Print (illustration).
Cotter, Holland. “Dear Dead Person.” The New York Times May 2001. Print.
Wehr, Anne. “Crash Course.” Time Out New York May 2001. Print.
“Dear Dead Person.” The New Yorker May 2001. Print.
1997
O’Sullivan, Michael. “WPA’s Limited Options.” The Washington Post 4 Jul. 1997. Print.
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. “Art.” The Washington Times 15 Jun. 1997. Print.
Dixon, Glenn. “Bastards of Young.” Washington City Paper Jul. 1997. Print.
Awards
2004 Public Art in the Public Realm Recipient, Public Art Foundation, New York, NY
1999 Rebecca Taylor Porter Award, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Public Collections
The New School, New York, NY