Etty Yaniv: Wavering Vistas

The title Wavering Vistas suggests a landscape in flux, perhaps shaped by atmospheric conditions, such as heat, haze, and mist, as well as the interplay of light, perspectives, and ideas. The series of my small-scale paintings resemble vignettes out of my large-scale installations. These paintings, primarily acrylic with elements of collage, ink, and silk, encapsulate, through tactility, composition, and color, universes of detail within their intimate dimensions. I strive for the coexistence of contrasts—glossy and matte, opaque and transparent, dense and sparse—interplay with dynamic tension. The imagery, while imaginary, is deeply rooted in specific places and states of mind: from my residencies at MASS MOCA in North Adams, MA, and the Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY, to the Venice Lagoon in Italy and periods of COVID isolation. These experiences shape the thematic and material choices in my work, reflecting a blend of the real and the envisioned.

Etty Yaniv Bio

Etty Yaniv has exhibited in solo and group shows at national and international museums and art venues, including the Haifa Museum of Art, Israel; Newark Museum of Art, NJ; Monmouth Museum of Art, NJ; Torrance Art Museum, CA; The State Silk Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, AIR gallery, in Brooklyn, Purdue University, IN; Zero1 Biennial, San Francisco; and Leipziger Baumwollspinnerie in Germany. In 2022 her site-specific installation, Inversion, was exhibited in Palazzo Mora, Art Biennale, Venice, 2022. She has been awarded the Two Trees‘ cultural space subsidy program since 2018. Her work is featured in public and private collections internationally. In 2018, Yaniv founded the online art publication Art Spiel and serves as its chief editor. She also teaches graduate classes in the MFA program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. Yaniv holds a BA in Psychology and Literature from Tel Aviv University, followed by a BFA from Parsons School of Design, and an MFA from SUNY Purchase.

Etty Yaniv Resume

Website: www.ettyyanivstudio.com

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Resides in the NYC area and works in Brooklyn.

One and Two Person Exhibitions

2022

Palazzo Mora, 2022 Venice Art Biennial, Ecc, Inversion, site-specific installation, Venice, Italy

Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ, Appendices, site-specific

Guild Gallery, NYC, Fire and Water, a two-person show with Christina Massey, curated by Carol Salmanson

2021

Five Myles, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Into the Maelstrom, site-specific installation

Stand4, Brooklyn, Landviews of Commonplaces

Equity Gallery, NYC, Premonitory Terrains, site-specific installation

2019

Main Window Dumbo, Brooklyn, Run Off, site-specific installation

Salena Gallery, LIU, Brooklyn, Transient Presence, site-specific installation

Space 776, Brooklyn, Perpetual Roads

2018

Las Vegas City Hall Art Gallery, Las Vegas, On the Horizon, site-specific installation

Illinois Central College Art Gallery, Peoria, On the Horizon

2017

SPECTRE Arts, Durham, NC, On the Horizon

Garrison Art Center, NY, Rising Under Currents

Tbilisi State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia, Curios, site-specific installation

2016

Jersey City University, Lemmerman Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Detached from the Celestial Sphere

Musée Héritage of St. Albert (AGSA), Alberta, Canada, Parallel Topographies

Long Island University Humanities Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, Sirens

Richard Stockton Art Gallery, Stockton University, NJ, Urban Sediments

2015

Purdue University Art Gallery, Lafayette, Indiana, Urban Sediments

UConn Stamford Art Gallery, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT, Urban Sediments

2014

Montserrat College of Art Galleries, Frame 301, Beverly, MA, At that Moment, All Spaces Change

Western Illinois University Gallery, Illinois, Variable States of Suspension

AYZART, NYC, The Third Landscape

2013

Millersville University, Sykes Gallery, Millersville, PA, Parallel Topographies

2011

Monmouth Museum, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ, Etty Yaniv: Pen and Collage

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

4Heads Portal and Chashama, Manhattan, NY, Shifting Landscapes, site-specific installation

2023

Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Waterbodies, site-specific installation

The Boiler-ELM, Brooklyn, Out of Joint, site-specific installations by five visual artists and a dancer, curated by Etty Yaniv

Pennsylvania Academy of Art Museum, On the Horizon

The Golden Foundation, Made in Paint

CounterPointe10, a collaborative of dance/visual art curated by Norte Maar

SUNY Cortland, Altered Logistics: Contemporary Collage & Appropriation Art, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi

2022

Kameyama Triennial, Kameyama, Japan, curated by William Norton and Kei Kihara

Space 776 Gallery, NYC, Detachments, curated by Dasha Bazanova

Kate Oh Gallery, NYC, Matrixes, curated by Jaynie Crimmins

Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton, CT, Tides and Currents, curated by Jeanne Ciravolo

Greek Consulate, Occupy #3, curated by Peter Hopkins and Sarah Olson

MoCa Long Island Museum, Asia America, curated by John Cino

2021

Wonzimer Gallery, LA, Imperfectionism, curated by Alaia Parhiz

Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY, Artists Draw Their Studios, curated by Michelle Weinberg

Bau 18^th, invitational, The Cultural Association BAU of Viareggio, Italy

Rhombus Space, Brooklyn, Bounty

Dreamers, International public art project in urban spaces, including Rome, Athens, NYC, curated by Laura Mega

Ursa Gallery, CT, Coral Reef Principle, curated by Sarah Olson

Bravin Lee Projects, If Tomorrow Comes, curated by Karin Bravin

2020

Wonzimer Gallery, LA, Sense of Place, curated by Vita Eruhimimovitz and Nicole Kutz

Peep Space, Tarrytown, NY, Flat File 2020

PeepShow Space, Brooklyn, Reds to Blues, a Three-person painting exhibition curated by William Norton

1. David & Co., Brooklyn, Vestige, Three-person exhibition, curated by Michael David (Artsy)

2019

Arcadia project for the Environment, Sirens, site-specific installation, NYC

St. Paul Church, NYC, The Lovely Wild, curated by Jenn Cacciola and Frank Sabatté

Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, curated by William Norton

2018

Istituto Marangoni, Miami, Re-Think, site-specific installation, curated by Arcadia Earth

The Clemente Center, NYC, Trill Matrix, site-specific installation, curated by Elizabeth Riley

Governor’s Island Fall Art Fair, 4Heads, site-specific installation

National Museum of Romanian Literature in Bucharest, The Object Book Biennial

Centoto, Brooklyn, Unborderings, curated by Paul D’Agostino

Cigar Factory, LIC, NY, curated by Krista Saunders Scenna and Carolina Peñafiel

The Green Room Gallery, Brooklyn, Mindful Waiting, curated by Elisa Jensen

2017

David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, Yellow Chair, curated by Keith Schweitzer

University of Bridgeport, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Arnold Bernhard Center, CT, curated by Peter Konsterlie

DAVID&SCHWEITZER Contemporary, Brooklyn, True Believers, curated by Daniel Gadd

Chashama, 470 Vanderbilt Ave, Bigger, Bolder, Better

Salena gallery, LIU, Brooklyn, RECLAIMED

2016

Visual Arts Gallery, NJCU, Jersey City, Reclaimed, curated by Michal Gavish and Etty Yaniv

Art Connects, NYC, permanent exhibition, curated by Peter Gynd

ATrium, Morristown, NJ, curated by Dr. Lynn L. Siebert

Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, Foreign Bodies, curated by Jill Benson and Krista Saunders Scenna

Monmouth Museum of Art, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ, Artists Emerged: New Works, invitational

Purdue University gallery, Lafayette, Indiana, On or About: Rockwell Kent, curated by Craig Martin

Torrance Art Museum, LA, CA, Sibling Rivalries, curated by Ashley Garrett and Max Presneill

Space 776, Brooklyn, New Morning, curated by Dasha Bazanova

Life on Mars, Brooklyn, Sideshow, curated by Michael David

2015

Schema Projects, Brooklyn, Volume 2, curated by Mary Judge and Enrico Gomez

Sheen Cultural Center, NYC, Art Walk, curated by Benjamin Williams

Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, Fractured: Works on Paper, curated by Rachel Moore

RJampol Projects, NYC, Crossing Your Own Line, curated by Rebecca Jampol

Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, Out of Sight, curated by Lola Vilenkin

Life on Mars, Brooklyn, NYC, Seeking Space, curated by Michael David

The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, Paper Constructions, curated by Anne Trauben

2014

Life on Mars, Brooklyn, Never mind the Bollocks, curated by Fran O’neill

Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ, Ready or Not, curated by Shlomit Dror

The Gateway Project, Newark, NJ, Emerald City, curated by Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Jampol

Ten Eyck Storefront gallery, Inhabiting Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NYC, curated by Karin Bravin

Falchi building, Long Island City, NYC, In My Borough, Site specific collaborative public art

Life On Mars, Brooklyn, The Indexical Mark, curated by Michael David

2013

Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, One Sided Story, Leipzig, Germany, curated by Candace Goodrich

ORT/PLACE, Mestrovicev Pavilijon-HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia, curated by Candace Goodrich

Tac Eindhoven, Temporary art center, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, invitational

Galerie Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, Germany, invitational

Institut Für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany, invitational

2012

Westpol A.I.R. Space, Westwerk, Kunst ist Kapital, Leipzig, Germany

San Francisco, CA, Zero1 Biennial, invitational collaborative project

AIR gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, Righteous Perpetrators, invitational, curated by Jennifer Wroblewski

The Nilson gallery, Monmouth Museum, NJ

2011

Die Novo Projekt, Berlin, Germany

Austin State University, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas

White Box Gallery, NYC, MFA thesis show

Dolly Maass Gallery, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, Thesis Two-person Exhibition

Selected Publications / Media

Tussle, Out of Joint, by William Corwin, May 24, 2023

Arte Fuse, Out of Joint at the Boiler191, May 26, 2023

Two Coates of Paint, CounterPointe10: It’s About Risk, by Jerry Hochman, March 2023

Pep Talks for Artists, podcast with Amy Talluto, September 18, 2022

Arte Fuse, Etty Yaniv: Inversion at Palazzo Mora in Venice, Italy, by Tim Wright, April 25, 2022

The Woven Tale Press, Hybrid Landscapes, WTP, Vol IX #6

The Woven Tale Press, Discovering Connectivity Between the Parts, July 30, 2021

POVarts, Whirling Form and Presentness at Five Myels Gallery, by Katerina Lanfranco,2021

The New York Times, Arts & Design, Finding Art Miles Away, by Seph Rodney, 2021
Artcritical, Window on the Environment: Etty Yaniv in Dumbo, by Anna Shukeylo, 2020

The New York Times, At Arcadia Earth, Dazzle Illuminates Danger, by Laurel Graeber, 2019

Kolaj Magazine, Run Off, 2019

Arte Fuse, Trill Matrix at the Clemente, by Jonathan Goodman, 2019

Settlers+Nomads, Etty Yaniv, On the Horizon, by D.K. Sole, 2019

ANTE Magazine, Sustainable Art Sweeps Miami Art Week, by Audra Lambert, 2018

Gothamist, Photos: Old Governors Island Houses Now Filled with Strange Creations, by Scott Lynch, 2018

Arte Fuse, Independent Artists Reign at Governor’s Island Art Fair, by Audra Lambert, 2018

Hyperallergic, Immerse Yourself in the Ghoulish Art on Governors Island, by Zachary Small, 2018

Artarea TV, Curios in the Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2017

Professional Women Photographers, Sources and Choices: Etty Yaniv, by Catherine Kirkpatrick, 2017

Bedford + Bowery, Skin-Like sculptures, by Cassidy Dawn Graves, 2016

Arts in Bushwick, Precarious Constructs, A Dance with the Maelstrom, by JenJoy Roybal, 2016

Art New England, Fractured: Works on Paper, by Meg Brazill, 2015

The Exponent, New gallery exhibits explore History and Reimagined Experience, by Emma Flick, 2015

Lafayette Journal & Courier, Exhibits Explore Isolation and Motion, by Domenica Bongiovanni, 2015

Hyperallergic, A Concise Guide to BOS, by Benjamin Sutton, 2015

Arts in Bushwick, Arts and Crafts of Paper, by Willow Goldstein, 2015

Sustainability 101, Sustainable Hotels are Identified, Artworks Awarded, by Magdalene Sim, 2014

Public Radio, TSPR, Brooklyn Artist Showing at WIU, radio Interview and article, by Jonathan Ahl, 2014

Hyperallergic, Adventures in Styrofoam, Maximalism, and Photography, by Alex Heimbach, 2014

Art Residencies

2022, The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation

2020, Mass MoCA, MA

2017, Artist in residence at the State Silk Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia

2012-13, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, One Sided Story, Leipzig, Germany

2011, Vermont Studio Center

2008, School of Visual Arts, NYC

Awards and grants

The Puffin Foundation, grant, 2023

Two Trees Cultural Studio Space Subsidy Program, Dumbo, since 2018

Collections

In institutional and private collections nationally and internationally, including State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia, The Foundation Center, NYC, ElephantArt, Switzerland, Arcadia Earth, and private collectors in the USA, Switzerland, Netherlands, Israel, Australia, and Canada.

Writing: 2018, founded the online magazine Art Spiel and serves as its chief editor

Teaching: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, MFA classes.

Education

MFA, SUNY Purchase, NY

BFA, Parsons School of Design, NYC

BA, Tel Aviv University, Psychology and