ELIZABETH JAEGER
b. 1988 in San Francisco, California. 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 and Two-Person 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, NY
2019
Brine, Klemm’s, Berlin, Germany
Hours, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
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
2026
Night Shade, Curated by Anneli Botz and Tiffany Zabludowicz, Studio2m, New York, NY
On New Romanticism, Slip House, NY
The Lift, BILLYCLARK, NY
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, NY
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, New York, NY
2019
People, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Zombies: Pay Attention!, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Housewarming, Third Floor, New York, NY
Silent Transformations, Deli Gallery, New York, NY
Beside Myself, JTT Gallery, New York, NY
People, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, NY
Pine Barrens, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, NY
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, NY
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, PR
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, UK
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, UK
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
Awards
2024/2025
Ceramic Brussels: Guest of Honor
2018
The Lotos Foundation
Museum Collections
The Whitney Museum of American Art
Fondazione Fiera Milano
Publications
2025
Alandete, Christian. Animal !?, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc, Landerneau, FR
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
Greeves, Susanna, Honey Luard, and 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
Korman, Sam. Notes From A Young Curator, Publication Studio, Portland, OR.
Press
2024
Jean Sebastien Stehli, The mysterious worlds of Elizabeth Jaeger, Sonam Khetan, January 25.
Anna Meinecke, 6 Highlights der Spark Art Fair Vienna, Gallerytalk.net, March 13.
2023
Marie Catalano, Elizabeth Jaeger “prey" at Mennour, Paris, Mousse Magazine, May 12.
Editors’ picks: Seven shows to see in December, artbasel.com, December 11.
2022
Dagmara Genda, Studio Visit with Elizabeth Jaeger, Berlin Art Link, March 18.
2021
Andrea K. Scott, Goings On About Town: Elizabeth Jaeger, The New Yorker, October 29.
Jason Farago, TriBeCa Gallery Guide: New York’s Most Vibrant Art Scene, The New York Times, October 28.
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, April 22.
Sylvia Metz, #Kunsttrotzcorona 12, artmagazine, April 17.
How the Art World is Helping to Fight the Effects of Coronovirus, Harper’s Bazaar, April 15.
Poster d’artista negli ospedali di New York, Sky Arte, April 13.
Taylor Dafoe, Artists Have Designed Motivational Posters for Healthcare Workers on the Front Lines, Artnet, April 9.
Hakim Bishara, Artists Decorate Hospital ICUs With Encouraging Posters, Hyperallergic, April 8.
Brooke Bobb, Meet the Women Behind the Inspirational Art Gallery Wall in Lenox Hill Hospital, Vogue, February 27.
2019
Shira Wolfe, Strength Through Fragility - Elizabeth Jaeger’s Brine, Artland, May
Anna Larkin, Ritualised 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, August 7.
Dan Creahan, New York-“Beside Myself, Curated by Dan Herschlein” at JTT, Art Observed, August 2.
The Pain of Others at Ghebaly Gallery, Contemporary Art Daily, February 28.
Jennifer Piejko, Critic's Guide: Los Angeles, Frieze, January 24.
Julia Weitz, The Pain of Others at Ghebaly Gallery, Contemporary Art Review
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, 19 September.
Julia Wolkoff, The Body Politic: A Conversation with Elizabeth Jaeger, Art in America, August 23.
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, July 10.
‘Sticky Fingers’ at Arsenal Contemporary New York, BlouinArtInfo, August 1.
Blair Cannon, Critics’ Picks, Artforum, July.
Emily McDermott, 10 Female Artists to Watch, Elle, May 9.
Dodie Kazanjian, A Guide to This Spring’s Best Art Shows, Vogue, March 31.
Julia Wolkoff, Elizabeth Jaeger at Jack Hanley, Art in America, March 23.
Casey Lesser, 15 Must-See Works at NADA New York, Artsy, March 3.
2016
Kat Herriman, A New York Gallery Show Rethinks the Summer Reading List, The Creators Project, July 7.
Wendy Vogel, Critics’ Picks, Artforum, June.
Time Out Loves to See ‘Mirror Cells’, Time Out New York, June 15.
John Chiaverina, Spider Women, Cargo Ships, Chia Grass, and ‘Mommy’: Behind the Scenes of ‘Mirror Cells’ at the Whitney Museum, ArtNews, June 10.
Tracy Zwick, Feeling It: The Whitney Museum Puts its Eighth Floor in the Hands of Five Emerging Sculptors, Cultured Magazine, June.
A Flowering of Spring Shows, BLOUIN ArtInfo, May.
Mirror Cells at Whitney Museum, MUSE, May 12.
Scott Heins, 5 Great Things To Do In NYC This Week, Gothamist, May 10.
Sebastian Gladstone, The Time Between Seconds, Foundations Magazine, Spring/Summer
Nate Freeman, SculptureCenter Reveals More Details of its All-Female 2016 Exhibition Lineup, ARTnews, March 1.
Kat Herriman, In Bushwick, Signal Gallery’s Latest Show Will Improve Your Mental Health, Artsy, February 29.
M. Finaly, Exhibitions in Brief: Saints, Sex Dolls and Subversive Paintings, CFile Daily, February 22.
Sophia Callahan, 5 Rising Sculptors Talk About What’s Next in 2016, Vice, February 19.
2015
The Ones To Watch: Elizabeth Jaeger, Interview Magazine, Dec./Jan.
Nate 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, October 9.
Benjamin Sutton, MoMA PS1’s Citywide Survey Shows New York’s Greats (and Not-so-Greats), Hyperallergic, October 9.
Ann Binlot, A New Gallery in Puerto Rico With a Salacious Backstory, The New York Times, October 1.
Elizabeth Jaeger, Purple Magazine, Fall-Winter 2015/2016, vol. III, issue 24, pp. 86-87.
Consumer Reports: Elizabeth Jaeger, ARTnews, August 21.
Weird Science, V Magazine, August.
Martha Schwendener, Review: ‘Weird Science,’ a Group Show of Experimental Art, The New York Times, July 30.
Elizabeth Jaeger ‘Night Shade’ at Kinman Gallery, London, Purple.fr, July 3.
Le musée imaginaire,Wall Street International.
M. Lim, Elizabeth Jaeger, Arthena, June 22.
Jillian Steinhauer, The 2015 NADA New York Art Fair in 25 Superlatives, Hyperallergic, May 15.
Brian Boucher, Sex Sells As NADA New York Becomes the World’s Most Erotic Art Fair, Artnet, May 15.
Scott Indrisek, Delusional Shopping at NADA New York, Art Info, May 14.
Andy Campbell, And Now: Elizabeth Jaeger, Artforum, May.
Molly Elizalde, New York City Art Gallery Guide: Lower East Side and Chinatown, Condé Nast: Traveler, March 27.
2014
Post Woman, Kaleidoscope Magazine, Issue 23, Winter.
Lorraine Rubio, artnet Asks: Elizabeth Jaeger, artnet news, November 4.
Rachel Small, Elizabeth Jaeger, Former Model, Reshaping Her Career, The New York Times, October 8.
W.S. Smith, First Look: Elizabeth Jaeger, Art In America, September, p. 39.
Jarrett Earnest, Through a Glass Darkly, Elizabeth Jaeger, The Brooklyn Rail, October 3.
S. Indrisek, Elizabeth Jaeger: Blobs, Stretchers, Drunk Guys, ArtInfo, January 23.
2013
Jarrett Earnest, Elizabeth Jaeger at Interstate Projects, SFAQ Online, July.
John Arthur Peetz, Where the Sun Don’t Shine, Artforum, July 18.
Zoe Lescaze, Medieval Times at NADA, Gallerist NY, May 10.
Very Large Array, book and DVD. Nationale, Portland, OR.
2011
Platinum Musing, Experimental Archive, April
Anyi Raimondi, Platinum Musing: Elizabeth Jaeger, msmspdx.com
Carlie Armstrong, Elizabeth Jaeger, Workspace.com, March