Born in 1982, Atlanta, GA. Lives and works in New York, NY.
EDUCATION
2021
M.A., Art History, Hunter College, New York, NY
2005
B.F.A., Sculpture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Architecture and Urban Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Repro, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Fountains, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021
Haze Machine, two-person exhibition with Andy Meerow, Derosia, New York, NY
2019
Front, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Man In My Table, two-person exhibition with Andy Meerow, La Kaje, Brooklyn, NY
Leavee, two-person exhibition with Charles Harlan, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Canada
2018
Core, Mary Mary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2017
Paris Internationale, solo presentation, Mary Mary Gallery, Paris, France
2016
Imagine, Frieze London with Night Gallery, London, United Kingdom And Now, Dallas, TX
2015
The Four Seasons, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
At Your Fingertips, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN March, Eli Ping Frances Perkins, New York, NY February 14, 2014, Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY
2012
WITS END, Eli Ping, New York, NY
2009
Cavepainting, two-person exhibition with Alexi Brown-Schmidt, The Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
WeaveWorld, curated by Jacques Louis Vidal, Brackett Creek Exhibitions, Bozeman, MT
Is It Real? Contemporary Artists Address Reproductive Freedom, curated by Emily Edwards and Sara Hignite, Lagoon Studio, Dallas, TX
NEW YORK, N. WHY?, Gems, New York, NY
Somnabulism, As It Stands, Los Angeles, CA
Citygroup, New York, NY
2023
A Sofa Under My Painting, Pio Pico, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Armory Art Fair, presentation with Night Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Majeure Force, Part One & Part Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Shared Artists Copies, organized by Carlos Reyes, New York, NY
An Artist Age Mess, Derosia, New York, NY 01102020, Curated by Y2K group, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Man in My Table, La Kaje, New York, NY
Leavee, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Quebec
2018
Devotion: How Sitting on the Floor at the Store Reminded Me Weaknesses Show Strength, Kimberly-Klark, New York, NY
Condo New York, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Metropolis, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, NY
Windows, organized by Adam Marnie, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
In the Abstract, curated by Susan Cross, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
Atmospheres of Form, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Canada
The Gap between the Fridge and the Cooker, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2016
Affection, two-person exhibition with Jennifer Sullivan, Lighthouse Works, Fisher’s Island, NY
Tell me what I mean, curated by John Garcia, To Bridges, Bronx, NY
Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth, Division Gallery at 4619 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
An Idle Visitation, organized by AND NOW, Hester, and Tomorrow Gallery, Plaza Mercado, Santa Fe, NM
Daydream from 2013, curated by Matthew Flaherty, CANADA, New York, NY
Shooting the Breeze, 247365, New York, NY
No Name Manon, curated by Lydia Glenn-Murray, Kodomo, New York, NY
2015
Towards the Theory of a Unified Hole, Derosia, New York, NY
The Lazy Sunbathers, Sies + Höke, Dusseldorf, Germany
Please Excuse Our Appearance, 247365, New York, NY
3-person exhibition, United Artists LTD, Marfa, TX
Fictions, organized by Adam Marnie, Derek Eller, New York, NY
2014
le doux ron-ron quotidian, curated by Patrick Armstrong and Matt Moravec, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, and Off Vendome, Dusseldorf, Germany
And Now, Inaugural 3 person exhibition with Borden Capalino and Eli Ping, curated by James Cope, Dallas, TX
a topography of chance, curated by Jessica Silverman, fused space, San Francisco, CA
Ck one daily, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Another, Once Again, Many Times More, curated by Ryan Foerster, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY
New Hells, curated by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2013
NADA, Eli Ping Gallery, Miami, FL
Arsenio, curated by James Cole, Luxembourg Rock Art and the X-ray Style, Shoot the Lobster, Ryan Foerster's house, Brooklyn, NY
Day 19 Even Later, curated by Alex Ross, Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
It's Over There, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY Liberti(n)es, curated by Keith J. Varadi, Open Space, Baltimore, MD
2012
NADA Miami Beach, (solo booth), Eli Ping, Miami, FL
Pig Party, curated by Gina Beavers, New York City: Jamie Sterns / Andrew Russeth, New York, NY 4th of July: From the Collections of Young Americans, Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY
Why Marguerite Duras, curated by Rose Marcus, The Artist's Institute, New York, NY
Some Facts About Manhattan, organized by Rose Marcus, Shoot the Lobster / Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Cafe, in collaboration with Andy Meerow, Recess Activities, New York, NY
The Dependent Art Fair, organized by Rose Marcus, New York, NY
EFII, organized by Rose Marcus, Rose Marcus, Win McCarthy & Hayley Silverman, New York, NY
Cave-in, organized by Ramiken Crucible and Christopher Rivera, Puerto Rico
2011
"I don't know if it makes any sense – I feel quite dizzy and a little drunk due to the blow. I will return with more info shortly...", curated by Howie Chen and Tim Saltarelli, IMO Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Evil Freaks II, curated by Andy Meerow and Rose Marcus, Nada Hudson, Hudson, NY
School Nite, organized by Silver Shed, News Museum Festival of New Ideas, New York, NY
Evil Freaks, The Dependent Art Fair, New York, NY
Win Last Don't Care, Ramiken Crucible, New York, NY
NADA for Show Room, organized by Rose Marcus, Miami, FL
Alisa Baremboym, & skuta, curated by Rose Marcus, Show Room, New York, NY
2010
Booooooth, @ NADA Art Fair, curated by Rose Marcus, Miami, FL
LIVE/WORK, LaMama Galleria, curated by Caitlin MacQueen & Lizzy Marshall, New York, NY
Froze is Cold, in collaboration with Frankie Martin, Heliopolis, Brooklyn, NY
Two Minute Froze, in collaboration with Frankie Martin, CANADA, New York, NY
CCDC Factory, collaboration with Frankie Martin, County Affair Callicoon, Callicoon, NY
Be Your Own Placebo, Curated by Jamie Mohr, North Adams, MA
Miseducation, Bruciennial, New York, NY
2007
Float, organized by Rose Marcus and Monica Rodriguez, LaMobil, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
Shack, organized by Rose Marcus and Monica Rodriguez, LaMobil, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
99 Cent Fire, Pratt Institute Thesis Show, Brooklyn, NY
RESIDENCIES, PANELS, LECTURES
2020
Harvard Radcliffe Nominee
2019
Atelier Residency, invited artist-in-residence, Syracuse University
2018
Professor of Art, visiting professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Artist talk, MFA Department, Syracuse University
2017
Guest critic, BFA Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Panel Discussion with Eric Mack and Andrew Blackley, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, NY
Artist talk, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Artist talk, Marlborough College
2016
New York University, NY
2015
Lighthouse Works, Fisher’s Island, NY
2014
Lecture, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN Jury Panel, Recess, New York, NY
2012
Cafe, (collaboration with Andy Meerow), Recess, New York, NY
2011
A.C.E. Curatorial Committee Hunter College, New York, NY
Formal Analysis, Appendix Lecture Series, Columbia University, New York, NY
Off the Clock: Working with flexible labor, social networks and Everyday Life - panelist; moderator Gillick - Art in General, New York, NY
2003
New York Studio School Summer Residency and Scholarship, New York, NY
SELECTED PRESS
2021
Emilie Reed, “Play to Lose,” Illustration for Real Life Magazine
2019
Sarah Lassise, “Man in My Table,” for La Kaje Anna Kovler, “In Conversation: Rose Marcus,” Aresnal Contemporary
2018
Mayer Rus, “Outside the Box,” Architectural Digest, June Louise Long, “8 Must-See Exhibits at Glasgow International,” April
2017
Andrew Russeth, “Inside Job: In The Tradition of Institutional Critique, Artists Are Throwing Wrenches Into the Art World’s Works”, ArtNews, Jan 18
2016
Marcus, “How to Fix the Art World, Part 2”, ArtNews, Nov 21
Molly Gottschalk, “11 Artists to Watch at Frieze London”, Artsy, Oct 6
Howard Halle, “10 NYC Artists 35 and under you should know”, TimeOut New York, June 24
Tim Gentles, “Frieze New York”, art-agenda, May 6
Andrew Russeth, “A Few Delights at Frieze New York”, ArtNews, May 5
Jamie Morra, “Q&A between Jamie Morra and Rose Marcus”, FOUNDATIONS, Spring issue
2015
Editors of ArtNews, “The Lazy Sunbathers”, ArtNews, Sep 23
Charlotte Jansen, “Rose Marcus at Night Gallery”, Carla Snap Review, June 8
2014
Holland Cotter, New Hells, New York Times, Aug
Nico Linnert, Critics Pick, Artforum, March
Dominique Nahas, I Never Promised You Two Rose Gardens, Culture Catch, March
2013
Barbara MacAdam, “It’s Over There”, ArtNews, April Editors of cura, “It’s Over There”, cura, Jan 29
Additionally, Marcus's visual, curatorial, and performative work has been reviewed in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, Cura, Architectural Digest, Mousse Magazine, Vogue, and Foundations Magazine.
Marcus treats groundwork as intrinsic to her art practice; she became a certified full-spectrum doula in 2020 and serves women in need throughout New York City. Marcus’s art practice also includes curating, teaching, and writing. In 2010 and 2011, she founded and produced The Dependent Art Fair in New York, and has since spearheaded multiple curatorial endeavors. Marcus has published essays for the Theo Westenberger Foundation, ArtNews, Kunstmuseum Bonn, and DIS Magazine. She has self-published two books: Wits End and Technology is a Slow Job that Never Ends. She has held teaching positions at Cornell University in 2018 and Syracuse University in 2019. Marcus acted as curatorial consultant for Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith, an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art on the hermetic filmmaker Harry Smith. The presentation will be on view through January 28, 2024. Marcus's writing on Smith will be published in a forthcoming book titled Heaven and Earth Magic.