Born in Dallas Texas on October 29, 1974
BS from New York University 1997
Motorcycle Accident 2001
MFA Parsons School of Design 2004
Elizabeth Hendler lives and works in New York City and Brooklyn, USA with strong affection for Coney Island, NY, Paris, France and Texas, USA.
Upcoming:
Images from past years and 2010 will be released and re-released soon in 2010 for a SEXTENNIAL ONLINE EXHIBITION - 6 years of the Living Photo Booth. Partial proceeds of profits from photo sales will go to benefit Coney Island USA. More information coming soon.
EXHIBITIONS and PROJECTS
2010
"Living Photo Booth" On Site Art Project documenting Coney Island
participants at the Mermaid Parade, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY.
"Unaffordable Art Fair" New York Studio Gallery, New York, NY
"Bodies and Other" Pool Art Fair, New York, NY
"Playspace/VEAUX Salon Series" Artist Studio, 26th St, New York, NY
"SICK" Root Division Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
2009
"Living Photo Booth" On Site Art Project documenting Coney Island
participants at the Mermaid Parade, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
2008
"Living Photo Booth" On Site Art Project documenting Coney Island participants at the Mermaid Parade Ball, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
2007
"Living Photo Booth" On Site Art Project documenting Coney Island
participants at the Mermaid Parade Ball, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
"Antagonist Art Movement, Benefit for Waggytail Resuce", Art Show at Ave A and 7th St. Gallery
Surgery 8 - spinal neuro-stimulator device implantation.
2006
"Living Photo Booth" On Site Art Project documenting Coney Island
participants at the Mermaid Parade Ball, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
"Copilandia" SOS Int'l showing on Barge in Spain. Copyright 1995 to 2005 dual channel artwork.
"Filthy Party" Fringe Underground Event, projections on site for event
“Art Star” FRINGE underground Issue #2 www.fringeunderground.com
Sometime in here, Surgery 6 and 7 - knee reconstruction and leg surgeries, implantation of donor ligament, reorientation of left knee
2005
"Living Photo Booth" On Site Art Project documenting Coney Island participants at the Mermaid Parade Ball, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY invited by Coney Island Museum and CIUSA
“Photo New York” New York, NY
“Over the Top Under the Rug” SICA Long Branch, NJ
“One Night Stand – The Sex Show” Viscaya New York, NY
2004
“Intimacy” Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
"New York Website Best Picks" New York Arts Magazine New York, NY
"MFA Spring Open Studio Event" Parsons School of Design New York, NY
"MFA Thesis Show" Fifth Ave Galleries, PArsons School of Design New York, NY
2003
"MFA Open Studio Event" Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
"Summer Exhibition" Palumbo Cases Gallery, New York, NY
"Material Intimate Dream" Palumbo Cases Gallery, New York, NY
"MFA Open Studio Event" Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2002
"Public Art" Palumbo Cases Gallery, New York, NY
"Group Show" Palumbo Cases Gallery, New York, NY
"MFA Open Studio Event" Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Sometime in 02, or 03 or 04 - Surgery 4, 5 - Mount Sinai, NY for knee surgery and New Orleans, Louisiana for nerve surgery, reconstructions, reconnection of nervous system for left arm, which at that time was paralyzed (no doctor in NYC would do it)
2001
"Reactions" Exit Art The First World, New York, NY
"Benefit Exhibition for RAWA" Gallery 128, New York, NY
"Politics and Justice" Modena, ITALY
Motorcycle Accident -Hit by a Taxi cab in 2001, Queens NY
Surgeries 1, 2, and 3 Elmhurst Hospital,Queens, and Mount Sinai, New York for leg stabilization, and reconstruction
2000
"Two Women Show" Midway Art Studios, Queens NY
1999
"Group Show" 111 First Street Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
"Open Studio Tour" 111 First Street, Jersey City Arts Tours, NJ
"Group Alumni Exhibition" Greenhill School, Dallas, Texas
1998
"Open Studio Tour" 111 First Street, Jersey City Arts Tours
Artists Only Gallery, www.artistsonly.com online exhibition and ongoing portfolio
"Group Alumni Exhibition" Greenhill School, Dallas, Texas
1997
"Sugar and Spice" La Boulangere, New York, NY
"Senior Thesis Show" Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
"Feminist Expressions" Kimball Hall, Women's History Month show, New York, NY
"Third Floor Group Show" Barney Building, NYU show, New York, NY
"Open Studio Event" Barney Building, New York, NY
"Group Alumni Exhibition" Greenhill School, Dallas, Texas
1996
"Two Women Show" NYU in France, Paris, France
Triple XXX Exhibition "Group Show" 873 Broadway, New York, NY
"Open Studio Event" Barney Building, New York, NY
"Copiacabana" Museo del Arte Contemporarea, Badajoz, Spain
1995
Triple XXX Exhibitions
"Group Loft Show" 245 E. 11th St. New York, NY
"Red and Shiny" 151 Ridge St. (loft), New York, NY
"Group Show" Ninth Street Market, New York, NY
"Group Show" Shelter Ecklectica Gallery, New York, NY
"Group Show" Mike's Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
"Open Studio Event" Barney Building, New York, NY
"Copyright Island" Bilbao River, Bilbao, Spain
"Labeling a Woman" in collaboration with Elaine Y Chow, in conjunction with TimeCapsule Event at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
"Blackboard Jungle Dub" group collaboration with Federico Guzman, Johannesburg Biennial. Johannesburg, South Africa
"Morality of Materials" Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
"Small, Medium, and Large" Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1994
"Freshman Drawing Show" Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
"As You Go By" outdoor exhibition in conjunction with Federico Guzman,
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS
Faves:
“Art Star”, Web review at FRINGEunderground.com, Art Star section October 2005
"Sweet and Low Down" Blog by Lux Lotus, aka Lauren Cerand November 2005
And more:
"New York Arts Pick of the Week", Website pick of the week at NY Arts Magazine online, July 2004
"New Yorker of the Week", NY1 spot, February 2003, in a piece about the Barnstormers and Art Start
"Art Start" Art Start Promotional Booklet 2001
"Community Service" section, YAPA online 2000
"Art Start" Art Start Promotional Booklet 1998
"Elizabeth Hendler" www.artistsonly.com 1998
"Art Show Celebrates Feminism" Washington Square News,Vol 25, No.28: NY 1996
"Copiacabana Flyer" Museo del Arte Contemporarea. Badajoz, Spain. 1996
"Black Looks Catalogue" Johannesburg Biennial. Johannesburg, South Africa. 1995
Time Capsule - A Concise Encyclopedia of Women Artists. Edited by Robin Kahn, SOS Int'l and Creative Time 1995
"Triple XXX Artists" Triple XXX Catalogue, New York, NY