Gabriele Evertz
Born August 27, 1945, Rangsdorf, Germany.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
MFA, Painting, Hunter College, CUNY 1990
BA, Art History, Magna Cum Laude, Hunter College, 1980
Solo Exhibitions
2022 PATH, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Exaltation, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Eight Flags: Gabriele Evertz, site-specific installation, Radevormwald, Germany
2017 Gabriele Evertz: Color Relativity, 499 Park Avenue / The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
2015 The Gray Question, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Optic Drive, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Geometry of Color, Art Sites Gallery, Riverhead, NY
2011 Rapture, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2006 LIV, Benton Nyce Gallery, Greenport, NY
1998 Paintings, Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Blurring Boundaries: The Women of AAA, 1936 – Present, ten-venue exhibition, ends Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT (2020-2023)
2022 Harmony and Contrast: Chromatic Painting at the Turn of the Century, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Moving Perspective, EST Art Foundation, Leiden, the Netherlands
2021 STRIPES–the whole idea Online exhibition, AAA, Americanabstractartists.org/exhibitions/2020s/Stripes/
Magic, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of AAA, 1936 – Present, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN; traveling to The Baker Museum, Naples, FL; Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA; Peeler Art Center, De Paux University, Greencastle, IN; LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA; Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2019 Harmonies in Color, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
New York Is Now, Platforms Project 2019, Athens, Greece
Continuity to Change: Recent History of American Abstraction, Tower Gallery,
The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY
New York Centric, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
Digital: AAA Prints 2012 – 2019, The Gallery at The Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western CT State University, Danbury, CT
2018 Radiant Energy, curated by Mary Birmingham, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Blurring Boundaries: Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936 – Present, curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky; Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN; Warner Gallery, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN; The Baker Museum, Naples, FL; Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA; Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN; LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA; Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
PRIMARY, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
2017 Polychromy, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
Extended Process, Saturation Point, London, United Kingdom
AAA 75th Anniversary Portfolio, Clear Lake Art Gallery, University of Houston, TX
2016 Painting Color, Glassell Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Chromatic Space, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC CUNY, NY
Polymorphous, The Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Territory, Amagansett, NY
Art Du Jour, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Onward of Art: AAA 80th Anniversary Exhibition, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, NY
Visible Histories: Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of American Abstract Artists, curated by Max Weintraub, Abrons Art Center at Henry Street Settlement, NY
Color, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2015 Breaking Pattern, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
Geometric Obsession. American School 1965—2015, Museo de Art Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Re-Op: ‘Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Remains to be Seen, The Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Endless, Entire, AAA Exhibition, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Territory of Abstraction, Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA
AAA’s 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Breaking Pattern, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2014 A Global Exchange: Geometric Abstraction Since 1950, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Color Refined, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Doppler Shift, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
INTERVENTION, Flagge zeigen. Banner Project, Radevormwald, Germany
Sensation, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Sensory Impact, AAA@ Morgan Stanley HQ, Purchase, NY
Hard-Edge Abstraction: Paintings and Works on Paper, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery,
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Color as Abstraction, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
American Abstract Artists: AAA’s 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2013 Dynamic Invention: American Abstract Artists (AAA), Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Hauptsache Grau, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, Germany
Colors and Optics, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Buzz, Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Seeing Red, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
AAA International 75th Anniversary, Paris Concrete Gallery, Paris, France
Layers, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Minus Space, The Suburban, Chicago, IL
Check Mic, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Pointing a Telescope at the Sun, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
AAA ABSTRACTION ∞ (Infinity), The Icebox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
American Abstract Artists International, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, Germany
American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary, OK Harris Gallery, NY
It’s All Good, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Long Island Biennial (inaugural exhibit), The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
AAA International, Museum of the Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Otranto, Italy
Continuing Color Abstraction, The Painting Center, NY
From the Flatfiles, Minus Space Project Space, online exhibit, Brooklyn, NY
Paper Works, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Alternative Abstractions, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Color, Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, Marshall, MN; Gallery 705, Stroudsberg, PA
Color Exchange: Berlin - New York, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany; traveling to Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
It’s a Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Minus Space, MoMA P.S.1, Queens, NY
AAA: Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Taking Shape: Geometric Abstraction, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
Spectrum, Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Escape from New York, SNO Gallery, Sidney, Australia; traveling to RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (2009); Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand (2010)
2007 Op Art: Then and Now, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Radius, Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Optical Edge, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
AAA: Continuum, St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ
Gallery Artists: Adler & Co Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 State of the Art, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
2005 AAA: Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird Gallery, NY
Ideal, Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Symbolism in Abstracts, Simon Liu gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Die Farbe hat mich, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
2003 The Thirty-Eighth Juried Exhibition, Parrish Art Museum, East Hampton, NY
2002 Small Works, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
Abstract Dilemmas: AAA, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2001 Footfalls, site-specific sculpture, Greenport, NY
Hit and Run, Woodward gallery, New York , NY
All Blues, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
2000 Paper Invitational III, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
Toward the New, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Annual Members Show, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY
Generations II: A Survey of Women Artists, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Female Energy II, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Abstraction Index curated by Vincent Longo, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1996 American Abstract Artists, 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Kean College, Union, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
Visual Arguments, Fordham University, New York, NY
1994 New York Abstraction Painting, Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, NY
Sworn Statements, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, NY
1993 Presentational Painting, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
1991 MFA: The First Decade, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Small Works, Grey Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
Videos
2022
“”In the Studio with Gabriele Evertz,” Youtube, uploaded by American Abstract Artists, (1) In the Studio with Gabriele Evertz - YouTube
2020
“Gabriele Evertz EXALTATION at MINUS SPACE,” Youtube, uploaded by jameskalmroughtcut, (1) Gabriele Evertz EXALTATION at MINUS SPACE - YouTube
2018
“Gabriele Evertz: Eight Flags,” site specific installation, Radevormwald, Germany
2014
“Color Refined: TVC News,” Vimeo, uploaded by The Volunteer Channel, https://vimeo.com/111708128
2012
“Roesler Hotel #21 –buzz – curadoria/curated by vik muniz,” Youtube, uploaded by Galeria Nora Roesler, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pG2yqD358U
2011
“Gabriele Evertz: Rapture at MINUS SPACE,” YouTube, uploaded by James Kalm Rough Cuts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e15g5slGO6k
2009
“Gabriele Evertz Paints A Color Study,” Vimeo, uploaded by Michael Feldman, https://vimeo.com/9498966
“Gabriele Evertz Documentary,” Vimeo, uploaded by Michael Feldman, https://vimeo.com/7908976
“Gabriele Evertz Time Lapse,” Vimeo, uploaded by Michael Feldman, https://vimeo.com/6254518
“Studio Visit: Gabriele Evertz,” Vimeo, uploaded by Stocan Films, https://vimeo.com/10307740
Exhibitions Curated
2017 Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Ewing Gallery and The Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN; Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State, Murray, KN; College of Arts and Science, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL [catalogue/book]
2010 Visual Sensations: Robert Swain Paintings: 1967-2010, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY [catalogue, reviews]
2009 Color Exchange: Berlin-New York, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany; Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY [brochure]
2006 Presentational Painting III, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY [catalogue, reviews]
2003 Seeing Red: An International Exhibition of Nonobjective Painting, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, with Dr. Michael Fehr [catalogue, reviews]
1999 Set in Steel: The Sculpture of Antoni Milkowski, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY [catalogue, reviews]
1997 Presentational Painting II, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY with Sanford Wurmfeld and Jesse Lambert [catalogue, reviews]
1996 Visual Arguments, Fordham University, New York, NY
Color Systems in Art and Science, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY, with Klaus Stromer. [catalogue, review]
Mac Wells: Light into Being, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, with Robert Swain [exhibition catalogue]
1990 April Fools, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY, with Beth Wesson
Essays Published
Gabriele Evertz, “PATH,” Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2022. [exhibition catalogue]
Gabriele Evertz, “Dual Current,” Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, UT, Knoxville, TN, 2017. [exhibition catalogue]
Gabriele Evertz, “The Gray Question,” Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2015. [exhibition catalogue]
Gabriele Evertz, ”Visual Sensations,” Visual Sensations: Robert Swain Paintings: 1967-2010, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY 2010. [exhibition catalogue]
Gabriele Evertz, “Notes,” From the Flatfiles, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2010.
Gabriele Evertz, “Observation for a Young Painter,” Presentational Painting III, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, 2006. [exhibition catalogue]
Gabriele Evertz, “Light Sensations in Painting and Nature,” Seeing Red, On Nonobjective Painting and Color Theory, Cologne, Germany, 2004. [exhibition catalogue]
Gabriele Evertz, “Milkowski’s Muse,” Set in Steel: The Sculpture of Antoni Milkowski. Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY,1999. [exhibition catalogue]
Gabriele Evertz, “Indefinable Pleasures: Color in Presentational Painting,” Presentational Painting II, Hunter College, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, New York, NY, 1997. [exhibition catalogue]
Awards
2022
Participant, Artist Talk, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2016-
2022
TwoTrees Cultural Space Subsidy Program
2020
Participant, Artist Talk, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Participant, Artist Talk, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey
2015
PSC/CUNY Summer 2015 President’s Fund for Faculty Advancement
2012
The Basil Alkazzi Award for Excellence in Painting, NYFA, NY
2011
Maturity in Art, Panel Discussion, Po Kim and Silvia Wald Foundation, NY
2005, 2003, 2002
DAAD Grant
2003
Participant, Color as Experience, a two-day symposium, Goethe Institut, New York, NY
2001
NEA, East End Arts Council
1990
William Graf Travel Abroad Scholarship Award
PSY-CUNY Research Grant: Color Systems
Memberships
Whitney Museum of American Art
Minus Space
American Abstract Artists
Geoform.net
Select Public Collections
The Art in Embassies Program of the US Dept. of State
The British Museum, London, England
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, OH
Ewing Gallery, UT Knoxville, TN
Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MI
Karl-Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Museum of Modern Art, Library Special Collection, NY
The Museum Modern Art Hünfeld, Germany
The New York Public Library, NY
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Osthaus Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
The Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ
Stiftung für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zürich, Switzerland
St. Lawrence University Art Museum, Canton, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Academic Positions
Professor Emerita, Hunter College, CUNY, 2018
Professor Hunter College, CUNY, Department of Art and Art History, 1990-2018
Associate Chair of Studio Art, 2013-2016
Visiting Critic, Yale School of Architecture, 2002
External Examiner, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, Netherlands, 2001