| Jessi Reaves | |
| Birth Date: | 1986 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon |
| Training: | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Sculpture |
Jessi Reaves (born 1986, Portland) lives and works in New York. Known for her multifaceted sculptural practice which blurs the lines between the functional and the aesthetic, she has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions including the Arts Club of Chicago; the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. Her work is in the collections of the Brandhorst Museum, Munich; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; among others.
Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Jessi Reaves studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA degree in 2010.[1] [2]
She presented her first solo exhibition at Bridget Donahue, New York in April 2016.[3] In 2017, she participated in the Whitney Biennial. “Rejecting the sleek craftsmanship of iconic midcentury design, Reaves exaggerates markers of construction to an almost aggressive abundance,” note co-curators Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks.[4] In 2018, Reaves participated in the 57th Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburg, PA.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2024 Café Crèvecoeur, Galerie Crèvecoeur, Montesquiou, July 5 - July 31These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK, February 3 - May 12SHINE ON, Sadie Coles HQ, London, United Kingdom, February 15 - April 27The New Village: Ten Years of New York Fashion, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, January 22 - March 162023 Home is Where You’re Happy, Haus Mödrath - Räume Für Kunst, Kerpen, Germany, October 8 - August 25, 2024Solstice, Galerie Crevecoeur, Paris, France, November 11, 2023 - January 27, 2024darling, your head’s not right, curated by Danica Lundy, François Ghebaly, New York, New York, July 5 - September 15Customs Cars Cultures, curated by Kyle Thurman, UncleBrother, Hancock, New York, July 1 - September 4Ecstatic: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, June 10 - August 27A Study in Form, curated by Arden Wohl, James Fuentes, New York, New York, May 3 - June 3At Gate, Blue Velvet Projects, Zurich, Switzerland, March 11 - April 8From Andy Warhol to Kara Walker. Scenes from the Collection, Brandhorst Museum, Munich, Germany, February 28 - July 14, 20242022 The odds are good, the goods are odd, Lisson Gallery, New York, New York, June 29 - August 6Catechism, Bridget Donahue, New York, New York, June 8 - July 292021 DOG, Company, New York, New York, June 4 - July 10Finding Our Way, Lumber Room, Portland, Oregon, March 14 - May 32020 Via dell’Inferno, Herald St at Galleria Spazia, Bologna, ItalyAkeem Smith: No Gyal Can Test, Red Bull Arts New York, New York, September 24 - November 152019 Slant Step Forward, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, California, September 12 - October 27Il est une fois dans l’Ouest, Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux, France, June 29 - November 9Perverse Furniture, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut, May 19 - June 292018 Carnegie International, 57th Edition, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 13 - March 25, 2019Eckhaus Latta: Possessed, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, August 3 - October 8SI ONSITE, Swiss Institute, New York, New York, semi-permanent installation, beginningThe Phantom of Liberty: Contemporary Works in the RISD Museum Collection, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, May 4 - December 3099 BOWERY 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10002 USA BRIDGETDONAHUE.NYCSit-In, September Gallery, Hudson, New York, April 7 - May 20Loopstar Future Feel Good: Jessi Reaves, Mother Culture, Los Angeles, California, March 2 - April 302017 Interiors, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland, November 1 - February 23, 2018Steps to Aeration, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany, July 8 - September 1Midtown, Lever House, organized by Maccarone and Salon 94, New York, New York, May 3 - June 9Liminal Focus, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, New York, April 26 - June 30Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, March 17 -June 11Ruins in the Snow, High Art, Paris, France, February 22 - April 1Looking Back/ The 11th White Columns Annual, White Columns, New York, January 14 - March 42016 A Cautionary Tale: Jessi Reaves and Bradley Kronz, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy, December 15 - January 25, 2017Dolores, Team Gallery, New York, New York, September 8 - October 9Outside, Karma, Amagansett, New York, September 3–25Gallery Share, Off Vendome, New York, New York, May 5Bloody Life, Herald Street, London, England, April 24 - May 29Design & Crime, Éric Hussenot, Paris, France, April 23 - June 4Real Fine Arts Presents, New York, 809 Washington Street, New York, New York, March 2–6Jessi Reaves & Sophie Stone: How to Remove Stains, Del Vaz Projects, Los Angeles, California, January 15 - April 152015 Natural Flavor, Ludlow 38, New York, New York, November 12 - December 13Swiss Institute Annual Architecture and Design Series: Second Edition, ‘Pavillon De L’Esprit Nouveau: A 21st Century Show Home’, curated byFelix Burrichter, New York, New York, September 25 - November 8Summer Group Show, Germantown, New York, curated by Matt Moravec and Taylor Trabulus, August 29–30Panic Pants, Essex Flowers, New York, New York, June 28 - August 2Living Rooms, Old Room Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Josh Kline, February 7 - March 7Paramount Ranch, Shoot the Lobster Gallery, Los Angles, California, January 31 - February 1Das Gesamtsexwerk, M/L Art Space, Brooklyn, New York, January 172014 Seau Banco Carbon, Bed Stuy Love Affair Gallery, New York, New York, December 22 - January 2La Casa del Cazu Merzu, Shoot the Lobster Gallery, New York, New York, September 19 - October 19American Basketry, Bed Stuy Love Affair, New York, New York, August 15 - September 6My Old Friend, My New Friend, My Girlfriend, My Cousin and My Mentor, Shoot the Lobster Gallery, New York, New York, curated by JPW3,May 29 - June 29
2024 Rémi Guezodje, “Jessi Reaves, de l’inattention à l’inattendu”, Libération (July 10),https://www.liberation.fr/culture/arts/art-contemporain/jessi-reaves-de-linattention-alinattendu-20240710_4WN7BOJBAJB3JOH2N4OAI4H6TQ/“Jessi Reaves: Reflect as one”, The Art Newspaper, Edition Française, (May),https://www.artnewspaper.fr/2024/05/17/gestes-simples-art-tantrique-et-rencontres-improbablesAarthi Mohan, “In search of the sublime: The multifaceted artistry of Jessi Reaves”, STIRpad (June 7),https://www.stirpad.com/news/stir-news/in-search-of-the-sublime-the-multifaceted-artistry-of-jessi-reaves/?utm_source=search_bar&utm_medium=stirpad_search.Ada O’Higgins, “A Stitch in Time”, Artforum, online and in print May 2024, pp. 11–12https://www.artforum.com/columns/ada-ohiggins-the-new-village-552341/2023 Anna Frattini, “Jessi Reaves Continues to Challenge the Boundary Between Art and Design”, Collater.al (October 18),https://www.collater.al/en/jessi-reaves-above-the-cold-san-carlo-cremona-art-design/Lori Waxman, “To sit or not to sit: Jessi Reaves shows her furniture sculptures in ‘All possessive lusts dispelled’ at the Arts Club”,Chicago Tribune (April 29), https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-jessi-reaves-arts-club-review-20230430bcbqe2qucrae7fzhl556k5grky-story.htmlVasia Rigou, “Decadent Design: A Review of Jessi Reaves’ “All possessive lusts dispelled” at the Arts Club of Chicago”, New City Art(February 27), https://art.newcity.com/2023/02/27/decadent-design-takes-center-stage-a-review-of-jessi-reaves-all-possessive-lustsdispelled-at-the-arts-club-of-chicago/2022 Em Rooney, "The Artists’ Artists: Twenty-six artists reflect on 2022" Artforum, (December),https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/twenty-six-artists-reflect-on-2022-89662Brainard Carey, "Jessi Reaves Interview", Yale University Radio (November 15),https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/jessi-reaves/Cassie Packard, "Review: Jessi Reaves", Artforum, November, 2022, p. 188-189C. Reinhardt, “New York — Jessi Reaves: ‘At the well’ at Bridget Donahue Through November 19”, Art Observed (October),http://artobserved.com/2022/10/new-york-jessi-reaves-at-the-well-at-bridget-donahue-through-november-19th-2022/Johanna Fateman, "Jessi Reaves", The New Yorker (October 15), https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/jessi-reaves-20222021 Octavia Bürgel, "Jessi Reaves Leaves it dirty", 032 (June 17) https://032c.com/jessi-reaves-leaves-it-dirty99 BOWERY 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10002 USA BRIDGETDONAHUE.NYC2020 Yxta Maya Murray, “Artful Volumes: Bookforum Contributors on the Season’s Outstanding Art Books: Wildlife: Elizabeth Murray andJessi Reaves”, Bookforum (December), https://www.bookforum.com/print/2704/the-season-s-outstanding-art-books-24278Jessi Reaves, Gaetano Pesce, "It's Alive! The Amorphous Imaginary of Gaetano Pesce", SSENSE (March 4),https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/art/its-alive-the-amorphous-imaginary-of-gaetano-pesceRachel Hahn, “Lou Dallas Celebrated Valentine’s Day by Bringing Fragonard’s Most Famous Painting to Life”, Vogue (February 19),https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/lou-dallas-raffaella-hanley-valentines-day-decor-band-jessi-reaves-live-sculpture-public-arts2019 Leah Singer, Jessi Reaves, Apartamento Issue #24 (Fall/Winter) 169-183Chris Wiley, “The Beguiling Work of Jessi Reaves”, Frieze (June 1), https://frieze.com/article/beguiling-work-jessi-reaves“Freedom of Expression”, RISDXYZ (Spring/Summer), 13Tiffany Lambert, “Trash Aesthetics” Pin-Up (Spring/Summer), 250-255Kathy Leonard Czepiel, “Unsettling In”, Daily Nutmeg (May 23),http://dailynutmeg.com/2019/05/23/perverse-furniture-artspace-unsettling-in/Brian Slattery, “Artspace Gets Perverse”, New Haven Independent (May 22),https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/artspace_perverse_furniture/Eliza Barry, "Jessi Reaves: II”, Brooklyn Rail (May), https://brooklynrail.org/2019/05/artseen/Jessi-Reaves-IIMeredith Mendelsohn, "Jessi Reaves”, Sculpture Magazine (April 29), https://sculpturemagazine.art/jessi-reaves/Holland Cotter, “Over 40 Art Shows to See Right Now - Spring Gallery Guide: Below and Above Canal Street”, The New York Times(April 26), https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/arts/design/gallery-guide-canal-street.htmlKeshav Anand, “Jessi Reaves: Bringing Eccentricity To The Domestic”, Something Curated (April 24)“Reaves’ Wondrous Wreckage” Our RISD (April 16)Alina Cohen, “5 Standout New York Exhibitions to See This April”, Artsy (April 5)“8 New York Art Exhibitions Not To Miss This April: Jessi Reaves II”, Something Curated (April 3)Johanna Fateman, “Jessi Reaves”, The New Yorker (March 28)Antonia Marsh, “Antonia Marsh: The Absurdist Sculpture of Jessi Reaves”, AnOther Magazine (March 27)“Works By Park McArthur, Alex Da Corte, Huma Bhaba, and More Enter Carnegie Museum of Art Collection”, Artforum (March 26)“9 Art Events in New York: Jessi Reaves, Gary Indiana, Barthélémy Toguo, and More”, ARTnews (March 11),http://www.artnews.com/2019/03/11/9-art-events-nyc-jessi-reaves-gary-indiana-barthelemy-toguo/Scott Turri, “Same Ol’ Carnegie”, New Art Examiner (January/February), volume 332018 Maria Savostyanova, “Reaves’s Beads”, Interior+Design (October 1), 208Alix Browne, “T Introduces Jessi Reaves”, T Magazine - The New York Times (September 9), 47-48Glenn Adamson, “Sculpture To Dwell On”, Art in America (September), 71-77Whitney Bauck, “If Eckhaus Latta’s Whitney Museum Exhibition Is A Scam, It’s A Good One”, Fashionista (August 8),https://fashionista.com/2018/08/eckhaus-latta-possessed-whitney-museum-exhibitAndrea Valluzzo, “Aldrich to survey tabletop art in The Domestic Plane”, Stratford Star (May 17),https://www.stratfordstar.com/80962/aldrich-to-survey-tabletop-art-in-the-domestic-plane/Felix Burrichter, Jack Chiles, Marc Matchak, “Mental Furniture”, Pin-Up (Spring/ Summer), Issue 24Sarah Rafson, “57th Carnegie International will bring artists who engage spatial politics around the world”, Architects Newspaper (April 23),https://archpaper.com/2018/04/57th-carnegie-international-pittsburgh/#gallery-0-slide-0Amy Serafin, “Ottoman Empire”, Wallpaper (May), 147-153Alex Greenberger, “Here’s the Artist List for the 2018 Carnegie International”, ArtNews (April 11),http://www.artnews.com/2018/04/11/heres-artist-list-2018-carnegie-international/Kieron Marchese, “John Galliano Invites Sculptor Jessi Reaves to Create Raw, Deconstructed Pieces at Maison Margiela SS18”, Designboom(January 25), https://www.designboom.com/design/maison-margiela-ss18-john-galliano-jessi-reaves-01-25-2018/Elizabeth Paton, “At Maison Margiela, a Sculptor and a Designer Unite”, The New York Times (January 24),https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/fashion/maison-margiela-john-galliano-jessi-reaves.html?referer=2017 Silvia Sgualdini, “Jessi Reaves and Bradley Kronz Dorich House Museum/ London”, Flash Art, no. 50 (November 27)Josephine Graf, “Nicola L.”Frieze (October 23)Eliza Barry, “A Chair Is A Chair Is A Sculpture: On Jessi Reaves and the Decorative Unconscious”, Columbia University (May 24)Roberta Smith, “The Met’s Rei Kawakubo Show, Dressed for Defiance”, The New York Times (May 4)Ruba Katrib, “A Cautionary Tale by Bradley Kronz and Jessi Reaves”, Document, No. 10 (Spring/ Summer), 220 - 227Johanna Fateman, “Rights and Privileges: Johanna Fateman on the 2017 Whitney Biennial”, Artforum (May), 296-302Cat Kron, “Ginny Casey and Jessi Reaves”, Artforum (May)Gesine Borcherdt, “Form Versus Function”, Blau, No. 17 (March), featured on cover, 48-53Chris Sharp and Genevieve Yu, “Double Take - Whitney Biennial”, Art Agenda (March 21),http://www.art-agenda.com/reviews/double-take%E2%80%94whitney-biennial-2017/Evan Moffitt, “Waste Land”, Frieze (March 19)Novembre Magazine, Issue 11 (March 1), spread featuring sculpture by Jessi Reaves, fashion by Lou Dallas, 254-258Michele D’Aurizio, “Jessi Reaves and Bradley Kronz”, Flash Art, No. 331 (February/ March)Roberta Smith, “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week: Looking Back: The 11th White Columns Annual”, The New YorkTimes (February 24)99 BOWERY 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10002 USA BRIDGETDONAHUE.NYCGeneva Bria, “The Warning of Jessi Reaves and Bradley Kronz: Brescia”, Artribune (January 16)2016 Natasha Stagg, “Curve Appeal”, Pin-Up Magazine, Issue 21 (Fall/Winter 2016/2017), 73Robin Pogrebin, “Here Comes the Whitney Biennial, Reflecting the Tumult of the Times”, The New York Times (November 17)Gaetano Pesce and Jessi Reaves, edited by Marco Braunschweiler, “Introducing: Conversations Between Two Artists Who Have Never MetBefore”, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: Stream (November 11),http://www.moca.org/stream/post/introducing-gaetano-pesce-and-jessi-reavesEric Sutphin, “Jessi Reaves”, Art in America (September), p. 144“Jessi Reaves at Bridget Donahue”, Contemporary Art Writing Daily (June 8),http://www.artwritingdaily.com/2016/06/jessi-reaves-at-bridget-donahue.html?m=1Christie Chu, “10 Millennial Artists to Watch in 2016: Jessi Reaves”, Artnet News (June 6),https://news.artnet.com/art-world/10-millennial-artists-watch-2016-511961Kavior Moon, “Jessi Reaves and Sophie Stone”, Artforum (Summer), 405David Ebony, “David Ebony’s Top 10 New York Gallery Shows for May”, Artnet News (May 25)Claire Voon, “The Visual Indulgences of Furniture Made From Scraps”, Hyperallergic (May 18)D. Creahan, “New York - Jessi Reaves at Bridget Donahue Through June 5th, 2016”, Art Observed (May 14)Leigh Anne Miller, “Lookout: Jessi Reaves”, Art in America (April 29)“Jessi Reaves”, The New Yorker (April 27)Sam Korman, “Jessi Reaves”, Flash Art (April 26), Issue 307Roberta Smith, “Lower East Side As Petri Dish”, The New York Times (April 22), C29Katherine Cusumano, “Domestic Ills: Sculptor Jessi Reaves Elevates Furniture By Making It Weirder”, W Magazine (April 21)John Zane Zappas, “Jessi Reaves & Sophie Stone at Del Vaz Projects”, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (April 14),http://contemporaryartreview.la/jessi-reaves-sophie-stoneat-del-vaz-projects/Eckhaus Latta, “Sightlines”, Art in America (April), 37Jessi Reaves, “Biopic: The story behind an artwork, in the artist’s own words”, Modern Painters (April), 47Josephine Graf, “An Ideological Revision of Furniture Design: Josephine Graf in Conversation with Jessi Reaves”, Mousse Magazine,(February 17), 230 - 2372015 Julia Trotta, “Scrap Queen”, Pin-Up Magazine, Issue 19 (Fall/Winter 2015/2016), 52 - 53Carson Chan, “The Great Indoors: Show Home”, Pin-Up Magazine, Issue 19 (Fall/Winter 2015/2016), 209 - 225Kate Messinger, “6 Contemporary Female Sculptors to Know (Plus Pieces You Can Afford)”, Man Repeller (November 12),http://www.manrepeller.com/best_of_internet/6-contemporary-female-sculptors-to-know.htmlLyndsy Welgos, “Summer Group Show”, Topical Cream (September 17), http://topicalcream.info/blog/summer-group-show/“Featured Artist: Jessi Reaves”, SculptureNotebook, (August 25–29) http://www.sculpture-center.org/exhibitionsCuratorsNotebook.htm“Jessi Reaves”, interview with Bridget Donahue, Foundations, No. 3 (Fall/Winter), 26 - 33
by Kate Horsfield & Elizabeth Murray, Johanna Fateman & Jessi Reaves, Dancing Foxes Press/CAMH
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