Emily Ludwig Shaffer
Biography
Born San Francisco, CA, 1988
Education MFA, Columbia University, New York, US, 2017
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2010
Resides New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 An Island Refrain, Dio Horia, Mykonos, GR
Emily Ludwig Shaffer and Françoise Grossen, L’Inconnue, New York, US
2020 Wall-To-Wall, PACT, Paris, France 2019
From The Ha-Ha Wall Comes The No-No Dance, Institute 193, Lexington, US 2018
Stone Tapestry, PACT, Paris, FR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Interior, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, US
Contemporary Domesticity, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, England
Pt. 2: Invasive Species, organized by Anat Ebgi, Paul Schimmel and Stefano di Paola, Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, US
The Language of Flowers, curated by Phillip March Jones, Reyes Finn, Detroit, US
2020 what fruits it bears, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Imagining Reality, Future Gallery, Berlin, DE
Good Pictures, curated by Austin Lee, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, US
A group of more or less than 10, Winter Street Gallery, Edgartown, US
2019 Nostos, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, CA
Big Painting, curated by Jonathan Travis, Patrick Parrish, New York, US Doldrums, Mrs. Gallery, Maspeth, US
Glass Age, curated by Jesse Greenberg, Helena Anrather, New York, US No Place, L’Inconnue, Montreal, CA
2018 Fata Morgana, curated by Y2K Group, 77 Mulberry, New York, US
A Harmless Exercise in Boundlessness, Gildar Gallery, Denver, US
The Sun Is Gone But We Have The Light, curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Unclebrother, Hancock, US
Seafood Stew, curated by Matthew Flaherty and Bernadette Silva, Y2K popup, New York, US
Without God or Governance, curated by JAG projects, Marinaro Gallery, New York, US
2017 In Response: The Arcades, The Jewish Museum, New York, US
Columbia Summer Show, organized by Anya Komar, Long Island City, US Cats without Claws, curated by Maggie Goldstone, Mom’s, New York, US MFA Thesis
Exhibition, curated by Deborah Cullen, Lenfest Center, Columbia University, New York, US
Night Light, curated by Kristin Walsh, Pfizer Building, New York, US
Protean Vessel(s), Ellis King, Dublin, IE
2016 Skins, Ellis King, Dublin, IE
Circumscriptio, Compositio, Receptio Luminum, Boatos Fine Art, Sao Paulo, BR Finished Goods Warehouse, curated by Natalie Bell, Pfizer Building, New York, US
MFA 1st Year Show, curated by Amanda Parmer, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, US
2015 No Notice, curated by Kricket Lane and Nina Schwarz, 98 Commercial Street, Greenpoint, New York, US
I Saw the Earth Like a Broken Egg, curated by Sam Parker, Christian Berst Art Brut, New York, US
Yin Yang, curated by Tessa Perutz, 99c Plus Gallery, New York, US
Buying Friends, curated by Ryan Kortman, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, US
2013 NPR Bar, Know More Games Gallery and 247365 Gallery (outpost), Miami, US Petrella’s Imports: Internet Protocol, curated by Petrella’s Imports, Pulitzer Fountain,
New York, US
The Show Is A Leo, curated by Tisch Abelow, Linnea Kniaz, and Lauren Luloff, 840 Broadway, New York, US
Style Points and Substance Pangs, curated by Rachel LaBine and Keith J. Varadi, Tiger Strikes Astroid, Philadelphia, US
2011 Word Problem, curated by Jonathan Chapline and Emma Shapiro, The Active Space, New York, US
2010 Homecoming, Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, US
Bibliography
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Bogojev, Sasha, An Island Refrain: Emily Ludwig Shaffer @ Dio Horia, Mykonos, Juxtapoz Magazine, September 10, 2021
Seidel, Madeleine, Emily Ludwig Shaffer & Françoise Grossen, Brooklyn Rail, June 2021
Black, Holly, Visiting the Secret Gardens of Emily Ludwig Shaffer, Interview. Elephant Magazine, May 24, 2021
2020 Jacquet, Matthieu, 8 expositions en galerie à visiter au mois de décembre, Numéro Art, December 2020
2019 Leiman, Layla, Hard Edged Vibrant Fantasy Land by Emily Ludwig Shaffer, ArtMaze Magazine, Issue #15, Fall 2019
Strakovsky, Dmitry, Emily Ludwig Shaffer at Institute 193, UnderMain Magazine, May 18, 2019
Lequeux, Emmanuelle, Horse-série: Emily Ludwig Shaffer, Le Quotidien de L’Art, April 25, 2019
No Place at L’Inconnue, Editorial Magazine, March 6, 2019
Campbell, James D., NO PLACE, Whitehot Magazine, March 2019
Emily Ludwig Shaffer’s Surrealism is Easily Approachable, Art of Choice, January 3, 2019
2018 Pivnik, Lee, 8 Must-See Artworks at NADA Miami 2018, Artspace, December 7, 2018
Ginger Zine, Issue 11, Winter 2018
Movement, Library Paper, Issue no. 9, 2018
Johnson, Brandon, Harmless Boundlessness: Andrew Cannon, Jasmine Little, & Emily Ludwig Shaffer at Gildar Gallery, Denver, Zing Magazine, October 2018
Roome, Kristine, The Sun is Gone But We Have the Light’ at Unclebrother in Hancock, NY, Arte Fuse, July 31, 2018
Cowan, Sarah, A Mind/Room of Their/One’s Own, PACT, Spring 2018
2017 Forbes, Alexander, Gotthardt, Alexxa and Indrisek, Scott, 12 Artists in Summer Group Shows Who Deserve Solo Shows, Artsy, August 2, 2017
The Average Platypus, Issue no. 3, July 2017
2015 Perlin, Yelena, Coming to Terms With Nature Through Outsider Art, The Last Magazine, August 28, 2015
2013 Russeth, Andrew, ‘suzannegeiss.net’ at Suzanne Geiss Company, Suzannegeiss.net and Petrellasimports.net, The New York Observer, August 26, 2013
Stagg, Natasha, The Future of Art, V Magazine, July 24, 2013
Smith, Shannan Elinor, suzannegeiss.net at Suzanne Geiss interview with Emily Ludwig Shaffer, OpeningCeremony.us, August 9, 2013
Graham, Annabel, Re-Imagining The NYC Newsstand: Petrella’s Imports take over The Suzanne Geiss Company, Out of Order Magazine, August 2013
Kelsey, Colleen, Suzanne Geiss’ New Domain, Interview Magazine, July 23, 2013 Johnson, Paddy, Kimball, Whitney and Kirsch, Corinna, We Went To Soho: Dust
Motes and Homoerotica, Art F City, April 24, 2013
Schwartz, Chip, A slap of absurd at Tiger’s Style Points and Substance Pangs, The Art Blog, April 23, 2013
2011 Chapline, Jonathan, #FFFFFF Walls, Interview with Jonathan Chapline, ffffffwalls. com, November 4, 2011
PRESS
2021 An Island Refrain: Emily Ludwig Shaffer @ Dio Horia, Mykonos, Sasha Bogojev, Juxtapoz Magazine
ArtSeen: Emily Ludwig Shaffer & Françoise Grossen, Madeleine Seidel, The Brooklyn Rail
Visiting the Secret Gardens of Emily Ludwig Shaffer, Holly Black, Elephant Magazine
2020 8 expositions en galerie à visiter au mois de décembre, Matthieu Jacquet , Numéro Magazine
2019 Hard-Edged Vibrant Fantasy Land by Emily Ludwig Shaffer , Layla Leiman, ArtMaze Magazine
Emily Ludwig Shaffer at Institute 193, Smitry Strakovsky, Under Main Magazine
NO PLACE Alison Yip Emily Ludwig Shaffer Quintessa Matranga Galerie L’Inconnue Montreal, James D. Campbell, Whitehot Magazine
Emily Ludwig Shaffer's Surrealism is Easily Approachable, Art of Choice
2018 Harmless Boundlessness: Andrew Cannon, Jasmine Little and Emily Ludwig Shaffer at Gildar Gallery, Denver, Brandon Johnson, Zing Magazine
Emily Ludwig Shaffer: Stone Tapestry, Sarah Cowan, PACT
2013 Suzanne Geissâ?? New Domain, Colleen Kelsey, Interview Magazine
