MICHAEL ASSIFF
b. 1983; St. Petersburg, Florida
Lives and works in Queens, New York
EDUCATION
2008
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, RI
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Michael Assiff, KDR305; Miami, FL
Volunteer Flowers, ASHES/ASHES; New York, NY
2017
Rune Collection, organized by Anna Frost & BFI, Pretty Days; Miami, FL
Pier 1, Valentin; Paris, France
New England’s Dark Day, with Dennis Witkin, Hotel Art Pavilion; Brooklyn, NY
Ozone Flowers, with Chelsea Culprit, Galería Mascota; Mexico City, Mexico
2016
Remediation Flowers, First Continent; Baltimore, MD
2015
Hangry, Shoot the Lobster; New York, NY
2014
Aqueduct, Window on Broad, University of the Arts; Philadelphia, PA
Fresh Aire, Good Weather; North Little Rock, AK
2013
Bali Ha’i, Culture Room; Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Exhibition #1, Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art; Fall River, MA
Material Conditions, Matthew Brown Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
This Sacred Vessel, Arsenal Contemporary; New York, NY
Harvest the crust from your eyes, / (slash); San Francisco, CA
Psychic Cherries, curated by Bozidar Brazda; Woodstock, NY
Respawn the Seeds Worthy of a Life Inside the Earth, curated by Mitch Patrick, Flatlands
2019
Holding Space, Big Pictures Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA
Commutiny, Sibling; Toronto, Canada
Launch, Deep Earth; New York, NY
Burn Show, Safe Gallery; New York, NY
2018
Indelible Marks, American Medium; New York, NY
A kiss under the tail, Arsenal Contemporary; New York, NY
Cross the Breeze, Valentin; Paris, France
Cerrajeria, Lock Up International; Mexico City, Mexico
Mars 2112, Rumpelstiltskin; New York, NY
Transmutation, Big Pictures Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA
Fear Faire, Marinaro; New York, NY
2017
Toxoplasmosis, with Rachel Lord & Jonathan Santoro, High Tide; Philadelphia, PA
A scream runs through the house, Helena Anrather; New York, NY
Annex, M+B; Los Angeles, CA
2016
O / U, Room East; New York, NY
Reconstructive Memory, curated by IOP, Valentin; Paris, France
Future Nature, Jack Hanley; New York, NY
CAROGNA, organized by Fabio Santacroce & Kareem Lofty, Rijksakademie; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Efficient Frontier, Magenta Plains; New York, NY
Open Source Indicators, Sgorbati Projects; New York, NY
Forest of my dead cells, curated by Korakrit Arunanondchai, 032c; Berlin, DE
Under all this dirt the floor is really very clean, Motel; Brooklyn, NY
2015
Tears on My Spider Roll, Violet’s Cafe; New York, NY
Tulipomania, curated by Jay Ezra Nayssan, Balice Hertling; Paris, France
Playlist, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran; Montreal, Canada
Tiger Tiger, Salon 94 Bowery; New York, NY
AFA2, 63rd-77th STEPS, Pane e Pomodoro Beach; Bari, Italy
Land Lords, with Alessandro Agudio & Bradford Kessler, monCHÉRI; Brussels, Belgium
FIFA99, with David Roesing & Keith Varadi, Stadium 2; New York, NY
Finally Every Dimension of the Soil, American Medium; Brooklyn, NY
2014
Scripted Spaces, Martos Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
The Fishbone Diagram, with Anne Libby & Anne Kunsemiller, U.S. Blues, NY
Tom Kah Gai, with Carson Fisk-Vittori, Derek Frech, & Izabelle New, Moroso Projects, CA
Mental Furniture, by Petrella’s Imports, Night Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
Future Visions, Torrance Shipman Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
2013
Diff’rent Strokes, Louis B. James; New York, NY
2012
Brucennial, 159 Bleeker Street; New York, NY
2010
Mountains & Folds, curated by Korakrit Arunanondchai, Mountain Fold Gallery, New York, NY
2008
In the Name of Love, curated by Patrick Armstrong & Patrick Groth, Memorial Project Space, RI
Crit, curated by Holly Hughes, Spencertown Arts Academy; Spencertown, NY