EDUCATION
2008
MFA Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1998
BFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
E.L. Kirchner, Bill’s PC, Perth, Australia
Self-Portraits (2009 – 2024), Dorp, Bath, United Kingdom
Gene’s Gold, Gene’s Dispensary, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Targets (in collaboration with Freddy), SPCE, Glen Arm, MD
New York Painting, New York City, New York, NY
Joshua Abelow: Cryptocurrency #InTheOffice, Ladybug, Providence, RI
2023
Worm Paintings, lower_cavity, Holyoke, MA
RATS, Disneyland Paris, Perth, Australia
2022
Joshua Abelow, Kunsthalle Wichita, Wichita, KS
Barnett Abelow, HG, Chicago, IL
Joshua Abelow: 2022, Apartment 13 Gallery, Providence, RI
Joshua Abelow featuring Joshua Boulos, A.D.NYC, New York, NY
Joshua Abelow: 1982 - 2022, Baader-Meinhof, Omaha, NE
Joshua Abelow at Overlook Mountain House Ruins, Woodstock, NY
Zoom, JIR SANDEL, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021
Trust Fall, Anthony Greaney, Somerville, MA
Leaky Abstractions 2.0, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Leaky Abstractions, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
2020
Radioactive Drawings, Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Weird Science, Apartment 13 Gallery, Providence, RI
Know Show, Massif Central, Brussels, Belgium
Installation Views, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2019
Group Show, Real Pain Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Disconnected Paintings, Et al., San Francisco, CA
2018
DRAWINGS DRAWINGS, James Fuentes, New York, NY
2017
Miss You, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
2016
Drawings, Allen & Eldridge, New York, NY
Motion Pictures, Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA
Running Witches in Chelsea, James Fuentes (temporary space), New York, NY
Freddy, James Fuentes, New York, NY
2015
Good Morning, BFA Boatos Fine Arts, São Paulo, Brazil
Running Witches, Freddy, Harris, NY
2014
RELAX, Arts+Leisure, New York, NY
2013
ABELOW ON DELANCEY, James Fuentes, New York, NY
2012
ABELOW SCHMABELOW, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
FAMOUS ARTIST, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium
Songs from a Room, devening projects + editions, Chicago, IL
2011
DUMB & EASY, Tomorrow, Toronto, Canada
OH! ABELOW, James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY
2008
Mystic Truths, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
2006
Monday Afternoon Club, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Joshua Abelow & Tisch Abelow: Help Me, barsa, Barcelona, Spain (upcoming)
Dylan Matuno featuring Joshua Abelow: Deerskin in Japan Thing, FOME, Osaka, Japan
Dylan Matsuno featuring Joshua Abelow: Artist Residency, Single Double, Honolulu, HI
2024
Joshua Abelow & Katya Kirilloff: Villains, Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, MO
2023
Joshua Abelow & Katya Kirilloff: Heroes, RA Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2022
EDM, with Joshua Boulos, King’s Leap, New York, NY
Anti-Magic, with Dani Arnica, Et al., San Francisco, CA
2019
Joshua Abelow and William King, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2017
Joshua Abelow and Tom Evans, Page (NYC), New York, NY
Frozen Jail, with Flannery Silva, Pretty Days, Miami Beach, FL
Necropolitan Avenue, with Steve Keister, Real Estate, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Joshua Abelow & Bjorn Copeland, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
2014
Keeping a Close Eye on the Wind, with Gene Beery, Bodega, New York, NY and Freddy, Baltimore, MD
2010
Brother/Sister, with Tisch Abelow, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Return Policy, As It Stands, Los Angeles, CA
Grand Buffet, Gene’s Dispensary, Los Angeles, CA
Stickers!!! Les Bains-Douches invites Cocotte, Les Bains-Douches, Alençon, France
Deep Color, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
Thingamajig, SPCE, Glen Arm, MD
LOVE, part 2, Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, MO
Miniotics, curated by Pop Gun,Weather Proof, Chicago, IL
Vera & Friends: Artist Scarves by Vera Neumann and Massif Central, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Goodbye Horses, Ethan Cohen, New York, NY
2024
I arrived, I laid an egg, I left, L21 Gallery,Palma De Mallorca, Spain
Artists & Recipes, organized by Abby Llyod, Marvin Gardens, Brooklyn, NY
The Twilight Zone, curated by Austin Eddy, Left Field, Los Osos, CA
Old New Windsor, Maurice, New Windsor, MD
Chance Encounters, Readymade Gallery, Orleans, MA
Return Again, RA Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Last One Before the Fall, Sleepforever Gallery, Honolulu, HI
A study in Form (Chapter Two), curated by Arden Wohl, James Fuentes, New York, NY
Shoot for the Stars, Swanson Kuball, Long Island City, NY
The World Pulse Beats Beyond My Door, Pop Gun, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Horizon Line, curated by David Humphrey and Susan Jennings, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
Inside Fibers of The Curtain, As It Stands, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibitionists: Art by Artists Who Curate, Walters, Amsterdam, NY
King’s Leap & Freddy, Freddy, Harris, NY
I AM THE PASSENGER, Mother, Beacon, NY
2022
My Whole World, Baader-Meinhof, Omaha, NE
Hob Gob, Helen’s Costume, Portland, OR
Aoulioule, Musée régional d’art contemporain Occitanie, Sérignan, France
Napkin Brain, curated by Jesse Benson and Keith J. Varadi, Local 1, Mexico City, Mexico
Baitball #02, curated by Baader-Meinhof, Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare, Italy
2021
∞, Y2K group, New York, NY
Friends & Family, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Eyes Closed (Les yeux fermés), Allison Blumenthal & Camila Oliveira Fairclough studios, Paris, France
Christmas in July, East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY
Minor Rationalism, curated by Eric Schmid, Baader-Meinhof, Omaha, NE
10 Years, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
Apartment 13’s A New Museum’s Triennal, Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art, Fall River, MA
Gallery Selections, ober gallery, Kent, CT
Wall Say Ball – Fundraiser 2021, Court Space, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Psycho, East Hampton Shed, Brooklyn, NY
Make Me One With Everything, Grifter, New York, NY
2019
Friends and Family, curated by Keith Mayerson, Peter Mendenhal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Light Switch, good naked, Brooklyn, NY
The Burn Show, Safe Gallery @ Folly Tree Arboretum, East Hampton, NY
cut the branch you’re sitting on, with Susan Classen-Sullivan and Fred Escher, darkZone, New Jersey
Flesh and Fantasy, Marvin Gardens, Brooklyn, NY
I’m Trying to Explain, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
“The Views” Paintings of Windows, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
A Very Happy New Year to You, with Tisch Abelow and Paula Brunner Abelow, Nina Johnson, Miami, FL
Temporary Resting Place, Three Four Three Four, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Real Estate Fine Art in Miami, 3663 SW 8th St., Miami, FL
Summer of Love, Arts+Leisure, New York, NY
The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
SuperSet, curated by Jessica Silverman and Glen Helfand, fused, San Francisco, CA
Carol Cole: Cast a Clear Light, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Double Duty, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
Mixed Bag, curated by Joe Bradley and Jeremy Willis, Real Estate, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Hide and Go Chic, Rover Gallery, Chicago, IL
FOTG, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Multiple Multiple Multiple: A Print Show, Oof Books, Los Angeles, CA
From out Under, organized by Matthew Brown and Lucien Smith, Appointment Only, Los Angeles, CA
2017 White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
2016
Beach is Better, Fringe Projects/Good Weather, Miami, FL
Monster Mash, Vicki, Newburgh, NY
Begonia Bougainvillea, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX
Milk Of The Poppy, CAPITAL, San Francisco, CA
It’s So Cold, Bahamas Biennale, Detroit, MI
12th Annual Brooklyn Academy of Music Art Auction, Bridget Donahue, New York, NY
Foundation Barbin Presents: REDUX (Sort of), curated by Lukcy DeBellevue, Kai Matsumiya, New York, NY
2015
PaintersNYC, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico
Second Show, EDDYSROOM, Brooklyn, NY
Intimacy in Discourse: Reasonable-Sized Paintings, curated by Phong Bui, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Anxiously Attached, Essex Flowers, New York, NY (reading performed by Brian Belott, Billy Grant, and Jamian Juliano-Villani)
826NYC Exhibition & Auction, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Jurassic Paint, New Scenario, newscenario.net (online only)
Popular Panorama 2, Secret Recipe, Los Angeles, CA
The Guston Effect, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
p+b, with Peter Eide and Brent Holland Baker, Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD
From Line to Constellation, curated by Francesca Capone, Cohen Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Situational Comedy with R. Lyon and Brad Phillips, 247365, Brooklyn, NY
Brendan Cass Benefit Auction, CANADA, New York, NY
2014
Brushcrusher, curated by Gerasimos Floratos and Quintessa Matranga, Basement Show NY, New York, NY
THE IMAGE IS BESIDE THE POINT, curated by Jack Pierot, Pierot The Fool, New York, NY
The Built Environment: Lower East Side in Istanbul, curated by Kathleen Madden, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
The Go Between: Works from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, curated by Eugenio Viola, Sprovieri, London, UK and Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Napli, IT
Surrender Flags, Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books, Portland, OR
What Was The Question, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Don't Look Now, curated by 247365, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
Joshua Abelow / Heather Guertin / Zak Prekop / Shunsuke Imai "paintings," Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo, Japan
John De Andrea "Lisa" with Joshua Abelow, Julia Rommel, Stefan Rinck, Peter Schuyff, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium
This One's Optimistic, Pincushion, curated by Cary Smith, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
Ok Great Thanks This Is So Ridiculous, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, Acme, Los Angeles, CA
Riding the Earth Boy 40, Mission Comics & Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spitball, curated by Progress Report, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
2013
NPR Bar Miami, curated by Know More Games, Miami, FL
Endless Vacation, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do., Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Draw Gym, organized by Brian Belott, 247365 and Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY
Rock Art & the X-ray Style, curated by Ryan Foerster, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY
The Fruit Loop, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY
Home Screen - SuzanneGeiss.net, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
Jew York, Zach Feuer Gallery and UNTITLED, New York, NY
DNA: Strands of Abstraction, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
1XX, Launch F18, New York, NY
Prague Biennale 6, Expanded Painting, curated by Giancarlo Politi, Helena Kontova and Nicola Trezzi, Prague CZ
Rug Whoops, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
Land, Ho!, curated by Holly Coulis & Ridley Howard, Virginia Commonwealth University, Fine Arts Gallery, Richmond, VA
DOWNTOWN: A View of the Lower East Side, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
New York I Love You Sometimes, Classic Six, New York, NY
Encounter, Zürcher Studio, New York, NY
2012
Pig Party, organized by Gina Beavers, New York City, New York, NY
Epiphanic Glow, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Breadbox, ZieherSmith at the ICON, Nashville, TN
Can't Stop Rock Lobster, Shoot The Lobster, New York, NY
B-Out, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Fükengrüven, Bodega, Philadelphia, PA
Sleep Late, My Lady Friend, Horton Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011
Tailgates & Substitutes, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
Go Figure, Dodge Gallery, New York, NY
If you like it, take it home, ART BLOG ART BLOG, New York, NY
Behind the Curtain, A Lock of Hair Falling, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL
Wild Beasts, Champion Gallery, Austin, TX
Dead in August, The Pentagon, Brooklyn, NY
Can I Get A Witness?, ART BLOG ART BLOG, New York, NY
Summer Salt, The Proposition, New York, NY
^..^ / :), Casita Maria Center for the Arts and Education, Bronx, NY
ABC123, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Working Title, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Lutz, Wildlife, Brooklyn, NY
A Healthy Skepticism, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL
Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper, Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA
Color Me Bad, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Cabinet, Brooklyn, NY
2010
All in the Family, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Power to the People, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Anti-Anti/Non-Non, Hal Bromm, New York, NY
Exit Light, Reference, Richmond, VA
Sonny Smith: 100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA and Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Text as Image, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
TETE-A-CLACK, Galerie im Reigierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
The PDA Show, No Brow Coffee, Ken Sanders Rare Books, Alchemy Coffee, The Utah Pride Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Portable Caves, HKJB, Long Island City, NY
2009
Insomnia, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY
Cadaver Corpse, Golden Age, Chicago, IL
Local Paintings, Markus Winter, Berlin, Germany
2008
Takt 5, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
Landscape, Portrait, Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Texas National 2008, The Art Center at the Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
All Media Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Kunst Gruppe, Werkstatte Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Actual Size Biennial, CAID, Detroit, MI
Heroes, Bryce’s Barber Shop, Olympia, WA
2006
Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
RISD Fine Arts Biennial NYC 2006, Exit Art, New York, NY
2005
Two for the Seesaw, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2004
Coloring Book, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
RISD Fine Arts Biennial NYC 2004, Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, NY
2003
Wildlife, Ross Bleckner’s studio, 77 White Street, New York, NY
Better Homes and Gardens, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, PA
Unframed First Look, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
New American Talent, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2002
Off the Grid, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
Friends and Family, Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York, NY
AWARDS
2008
Merit Scholarship Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art
1998
Gordon Peers Award for Excellence in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design