ELIZABETH JAEGER
b. 1988, San Francisco. Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
2011 BA Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2009 École Nationale Supérieur des Arts, Nancy, France
2008 School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2026
What Was Left of Me Bloomed, Silke Lindner, New York, NY
2025
Resent the Sky, Klemm’s, Berlin, Germany
2024
Contempt, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2023
Prey, Mennour Gallery, Paris, France
2022
itself and else, Klemm’s, Berlin, Germany
2021
Piece of Cake, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Holes, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Gutted, Mister Fahrenheit, New York, NY
2020
before making profound statements use a pencil with a good eraser, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA
2019
Brine, Klemm’s, Berlin, Germany
Hours, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA
2017
Pommel, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Banana, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, UArts, Philadelphia, PA
2015
8:30, And Now, Dallas, TX
2014
6:30, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Music Stand, Eli Ping, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2025
Ulysses, SOOT gallery Los Angeles, CA
From Being Jealous of a Dog’s Vein, curated by Brook Hsu, Kiang Malingue NY
Animal !?, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc, Landerneau, FR.
Peculiar Manufactures curated by Marie Catalano, Octagon House, NY
Blickachsen, Bad Homburg, GR.
America Unframed, American Art Projects, Berlin, GR.
Play, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA.
Summer Solstice, Club House, Wellington, FL.
Capsule Filling, Capsule Shanghai pop up, Hong Kong.
Fleurs du Mal, Silke Lindner, New York, NY.
2024
Unfolding, Klemm’s, Berlin
Hovering, Capsule Venice, Venice, IT
On Flourishing, Klemm’s, Berlin, DE
When We Became Us, Capsule Venice, Venice, IT
2023
Ideal Shapes of Disappearing, Silke Lindner, New York, NY
Yours truly, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE
2022
Licking The Walls, Callie’s, Berlin, Germany
Persona and Parasite, White Space, Beijing, China
Moon Flower, Europa, New York, NY
The odds are good and the goods are odd, Lisson Gallery, New York, NY
One hundred eighty-six billion steps to the sun, Clearing, New York, NY
SUPERMOON, Clearing, Los Angeles, CA
And still no rain, Daniel Faria, Toronto, Canada
Sea Show, Winter Street Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Carte Blanche, Mennour, Paris, FR
2021
The Swamp Show, Mundus Press, Northampton, MA
Clay Pop, Deitch, New York, NY
98 Newtown lane, Jack Hanley Gallery East Hampton, East Hampton, NY
DOMINO, Shoot the Lobster, New York, NY
documento, Embajada, San Juan, PR
Speech Sounds, More Pain, Real Pain, New York, NY
Best in Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, US
2020
Green Go Home, HUA International, Berlin, DE
To dream a man, Clima, Milan, IT
documento, Embajada, San Juan, PR
How to Survive, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, DE
naturlich! {sic!}, KLEMM'S, Berlin, DE
Might Delete Later, Essex Flowers
2019
People, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, US
2018
Zombies: Pay Attention!, Aspen Art Museum, USA
Housewarming, Third Floor, New York, NY
Silent Transformations, Deli Gallery, New York, USA
Beside Myself, JTT Gallery, New York, USA
People, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, USA
Pine Barrens, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA
At Large (Part II), Reyes Projects, Detroit, MI
Wading in a Puddle, Motel, New York, NY
Eye to Eye, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
The Pain of Others, Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
The Sun and the Rainfall II, Galleria Zero, Milan, Italy
Personae, KLEMM’S, Berlin, Germany
Elizabeth Jaeger, Moris, Giorgio Andreotta, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Germany
Sticky Fingers, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
Dreamers Awake, White Cube, London, United Kingdom
99 Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
Katy Cowan, Sara Cwynar, Elizabeth Jaeger and Willa Nasatir, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Lentils, Ramiken Crucible, New York, NY
Form of Touch, curated by Becky Nahom, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
2016
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Attics of My Life, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
It Started With A Rose, 315 Gallery, New York, NY
An Idle Visitation, Plaza Mercado, Santa Fe, CA
Too Much of a Good Thing, Hudson Basilica, Hudson, New
Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
Cool Memories, Occidental Temporary, Viellejuif, France
Garden Memories, Regards, Chicago, IL
In The Making, SIGNAL, New York, NY
Onion By The Ocean, Underdonk, New York, NY
In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New, SculptureCenter, New York, NY
MirrorCells, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Watermark, SIGNAL, Brooklyn, NY
Fear of a Blank Pancake, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
2015
Greater New York, Museum of Modern Art PS1, New York, NY
Finestra Aperta, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
He Put a Hot Fish in Her Navel, Embajada, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Elizabeth Jaeger, Ann Greene Kelly, Aidan Koch, And Now, Dallas, TX
The Figure 8, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Universiy of Georgia, Athens, GA
Sublime, Auto Body, Bellport, New York, NY
Freedom Culture, curated by Graham Collins, Journal, Brooklyn, NY
Weird Science, curated by Aniko Berman, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Close to the Skin curated by Lumi Tan, Company, New York, NY
Le Musée Imaginaire, Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
Dirty Linen, DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece
Night Shade: Dean Levin, Eli Ping, Elizabeth Jaeger, KINMAN, London, United
Vessels, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY
Stirring Still, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, New York, NY
Vis-a-vis, curated by Michael Mahalchick, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Got Tortilla with Butter on Phone. Think it’s the End? curated by Mikkel Carl, Rod Barton, London, United Kingdom
Buying Friends: The Kortman Collection, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA), Grand Rapids, MI
Zero Point, Jackie Klempay Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Paging Yolanda, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY
NIGHT TIDE, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL
Border Food curated by Jesse Greenberg, Loyal Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
Former Models curated by Merkx & Gwynne, BRIC, New York, NY
2013
Internet Protocol, Patrella’s Imports, New York, NY
Snail Salon, curated by Adrienne Rubenstein, Regina Rex, New York, NY
Bedfellows Club, curated by Jess Hirsch, Patty Healy McMeans, Minneapolis, MN
They Live, Shanaynay Paris (online)
That Being Said, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Where the Sun Don’t Shine, 247365, New York, NY
Bones, Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Publications
2025
ANIMAL - FHEL LANDERNEAU CATALOGUE
2024
Erickson, Monique. Lonesome N#1. Lonesome Press.
2023
Iles, Chrissie. Clay Pop, Rizzoli, New York, NY
2018
Brodsky, Jake & Landesberg, Paige. Recto / Verso: Art Publishing in Practice, Hauser & Wirth Publishers and Artbook at MoMA PS1, New York, NY
2017
Lilley, Claire. Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art, Phaidon, New York, NY
Susanna Greeves, Honey Luard, & Alyce Mahon. Dreamers Awake, White Cube, New York, NY
Banks, Grace. Play With Me by Grace Banks, Laurence Kind Publishing Ltd, London, UK
Nahom, Becky. Form of Touch. SVA NYC
2016
In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New, Sculpture Center, New York, NY.
2015
Deste: 33 Years, 1983–2015, The Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Buying Friends, The Kortman Collection, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art,
Grand Rapids MI
The Figure 8, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA.
2010
Notes From A Young Curator, by Sam Korman, Publication Studio, Portland, OR.
Press
2026
“6 Highlights der Spark Art Fair Vienna” March 13.
2024
Stehli, Jean Sebastien, “The mysterious worlds of Elizabeth Jaeger”. sonamkhetan.com, January 25.
Meinecke, Anna. “6 Highlights der Spark Art Fair Vienna” March 13.
2023
“Elizabeth Jaeger “prey" at Mennour, Paris”, Mousse Magazine
“Editors’ picks: Seven shows to see in December.” artbasel.com December 11.
2022
Genda, Dagmara. “Studio Visit with Elizabeth Jaeger” Berlin Art Link, March 2022
2021
Andrea K. Scott, “Goings On About Town, Elizabeth Jaeger,” The New Yorker, October.
Jason Farago, “TriBeCa Gallery Guide: New York’s Most Vibrant Art Scene,” The New York Times, October.
Lisa Yin Zhang, “Elizabeth Jaeger, Holes,” TheGuide.Art, October 21.
Elke Buhr, “In Hannover lehrt, HOW TO SURVIVE Widerstand in der Krise” Monopol, January
2020
Josefina Ayerza, “elizabeth jaeger” Lacanian Ink 55/56, Fall 2020 (cover)
Claudia Bonin, “Starter : Die nunen kunstler” ART-Das Kunstmagazin, April
Leonie Wessel, “Poster for download, Courage gallery in the break room”, Monopol, 04.22
Sylvia Metz, “#Kunsttrotzcorona 12” artmagazine 04.17
“How the Art World is Helping to Fight the Effects of Coronovirus” Harpers Bazaar 04.15
Poster d’artista negli ospedali di New York, Sky Arte, 04.13
Taylor Dafoe “Artists Have Designed Motivational Posters for Healthcare Workers on the Front Lines.”
Artnet, 04.09
Hakim Bishara, “Artists Decorate Hospital ICUs With Encouraging Posters” Hyperallergic, 04.08
Brooke Bobb “Meet the Women Behind the Inspirational Art Gallery Wall in Lenox Hill Hospital” vogue.com03.27
2019
Shira Wolfe, “Strength Through Fragility - Elizabeth Jaeger’s Brine”, Artland, May
Anna Larkin, “Ritualisted Sculptures: Elizabeth Jaeger,” Exberliner, May
Johanna Hardt, “Bodies as Vessels: an Interview with Elizabeth Jaeger,” Berlin Artlink, April
Hili Perlson, Berlin Gallery Weekend Is More Macho Than Usual This Year, So Here Are 5 Solo Shows by Women Artists to Watch. Artnet April.
Adam Lehrer, “The Discomfort in Comfort: Vulnerability in Elizabeth Jaeger’s New Portraits,” Filthy Dreams, February 14
John Chiaverina, “One on One: Elizabeth Jaeger Talks ‘Hours’, Her New Show of Portraiture at Jack Hanley Gallery,” ARTNews, January
2018
Adam Lehrer, “Contemporary Art Unsettles In Show at JTT Gallery Curated by Dan Hershlein Forbes, 08.07
Creahan, D. New York-“Beside Myself, Curated by Dan Herschlein” at JTT Through August 3rd, 2018, Art Obesrved, 08.02
“The Pain of Others at Ghebaly Gallery” Contemporary Art Daily, 02.28
Jennifer Piejko, “Critic's Guide : Los Angeles” Frieze.com 01.24
Julia Weitz, “The Pain of Others at Ghebaly Gallery” Contemporary Art Review .L
2017
“Elizabeth Jaeger - Why I Create”, Phaidon, Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art.
Grace Banks, “Five Contemporary Artists Using Dolls as a Feminist Protest”, AnOther (online), 19 September.
Julia Wolkoff, “The Body Politic: A Conversation with Elizabeth Jaeger”, Art in America (online), 23 August.
“Sticky Fingers at Arsenal Contemporary, New York”, Cura Magazine.
Sarah Cascone, “Editor’s Picks: 14 Things to See in New York This Week”, Artnet News, 10 July.
“‘Sticky Fingers’ at Arsenal Contemporary New York”, BlouinArtInfo, 01 August.
Blair Cannon, “Critics’ Picks”. Artforum, July.
Emily McDermott, “10 Female Artists to Watch”, Elle (online), 9 May
Dodie Kazanjian, “A Guide to This Spring’s Best Art Shows”, Vogue (online), 31 March.
Julia Wolkoff, “Elizabeth Jaeger at Jack Hanley”, Art in America (online), 23 March.
Casey Lesser, “15 Must-See Works at NADA New York”, Artsy, 3 March
2016
Kat Herriman, “A New York Gallery Show Rethinks the Summer Reading List:, The Creators Project, 7th July.
Wendy Vogel, “Critics’ Picks”, Artforum, June.
“Time Out Loves to See ‘Mirror Cells’”, Time Out New York, 15 June.
John Chiaverina, “Spider Women, Cargo Ships, Chia Grass, and ‘Mommy’: Behind the Scenes of ‘Mirror
Cells’ at the Whitney Museum, ArtNews, 10 June.
Tracy Zwick, “Feeling It”, Cultured Magazine, June.
“A Flowering of Spring Shows”, BLOUIN ArtInfo, May.
“Mirror Cells at Whitney Museum”, MUSE, 12 May.
Scott Heins, “5 Great Things To Do In NYC This Week”, Gothamist, 10 May. Sebastian Gladstone, “The
Time Between Seconds”, Foundations Magazine, Spring/Summer
N. Freeman, “SculptureCenter Reveals More Details of it’s All-Female 2016 Exhibition Lineup”, ARTnews, 1 March
Kat Herriman, “In Bushwick, Signal Gallery’s Latest Show Will Improve Your Mental Health”, Artsy, 29 February
M. Finaly, “Exhibitions in Brief: Saints, Sex Dolls and Subversive Paintings”, CFile Daily, 22 February
Sophia Callahan, “5 Rising Sculptors Talk About What’s Next in 2016”, Vice, 19 February
2015
“The Ones To Watch: Elizabeth Jaeger”, Interview Magazine, Dec./Jan.
N. Freeman, “‘Thinking From The Present Allowed Us To Get To The Past’: Peter Eleey Talks The New
Embrace of Old Work In ‘Greater New York,’” ArtNews, 9 October.
B. Sutton, “MoMA PS1’s Citywide Survey Shows New York’s Greats (and Not-so-Greats)”, Hyperallergic, 9 October.
A. Binlot, “A New Gallery in Puerto Rico With a Salacious Backstory,” The New York Times, 1 October.
“Elizabeth Jaeger,” Purple Magazine, Fall-Winter 2015/2016, vol. III, issue 24, pp. 86-87.
“Consumer Reports: Elizabeth Jaeger,” Art News, 21 August.
“Weird Science” V Magazine, August.
“Review: ‘Weird Science,’ a Group Show of Experimental Art” The New York Times, 30 July.
“Elizabeth Jaeger ‘Night Shade’ at Kinman Gallery, London,” Purple.fr, 3 July. “Le musée imaginaire,” Wall Street International.
M. Lim, “Elizabeth Jaeger,” Arthena, 22 June.
J. Steinhauer, “The 2015 NADA New York Art Fair in 25 Superlatives,” Hyperallergic, 15 May.
B. Boucher, “Sex Sells As NADA New York Becomes the World’s Most Erotic Art Fair,” Artnet, 15 May.
S. Indrisek, “Delusional Shopping at NADA New York,” Art Info, 14 May.
A. Campbell, “Elizabeth Jaeger, And Now Gallery,” Artforum, May.
M. Elizalde, Condé Nast: Traveler, “New York City Art Gallery Guide: Lower East Side and Chinatown,” March 27.
2014
“Post Woman,” Kaleidoscope Magazine, Issue 23, Winter.
L. Rubio, “artnet Asks: Elizabeth Jaeger”, artnet news, November 2014
R. Small, “Elizabeth Jaeger, Former Model, Reshaping Her Career,” The New York Times, October.
J. Earnest, “Through a Glass Darkly, Elizabeth Jaeger,“ The Brooklyn Rail, In Conversation, 3 October.
S. Indrisek, “Elizabeth Jaeger: Blobs, Stretchers, Drunk Guys,” ArtInfo, 23 January.
2013
W.S. Smith, “First Look: Elizabeth Jaeger,” Art In America, September, p. 39.
J. Earnest, “Elizabeth Jaeger at Interstate Projects,” SFAQ Online, July. 2013
J.A. Peetz, “Where the Sun Don’t Shine,” Artforum.com, 18 July.
Z. Lescaze, “Medieval Times at NADA,” Gallerist NY, 10 May.
Very Large Array, book and DVD. Nationale, Portland, OR.
2011
Benny “Platinum Musing” experimentalarchive.blogspot.com April
Raimondi, Anyi.“Platinum Musing: Elizabeth Jaeger” msmspdx.com
Armstrong, Carlie. “Elizabeth Jaeger” Workspace.com, March
Awards
2024/2025
Ceramic Brussels: Guest of Honor
2018
The Lotos Foundation
Museum Collections
The Whitney Museum of American Art
Fondazione Fiera Milano