Education
1995
MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
1985
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibitions/Projects
2009
Capital X; Envoy Gallery, New York
2009
Newport News Moon; Envoy Gallery, New York
2008
Elise Ferguson/Arnold Kemp; Envoy Gallery, New York
2006
The Armory Show/Long Island City Featured Artist; Long Island City, New York
2004
Livingroom D lyx, Malmo, Sweden
2003
"Wall/Floor", University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2001
"White Room," White Columns, New York
1996
"Elise Ferguson" Beret International, Chicago
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Forth Estate: New Editions, The Re: Institute, Millerton, NY
2010
RECENT EDITIONS: A printmaking exhibition from NYC publishers Forth Estate and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, NH
2010
Default State Network, Raid Projects, Los Angeles and Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York (catalog)
2009
2007
Workspace Program 2001-7; Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
2006
Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2006
2006
Works on Paper, Bruno Marina Gallery, NY
2005
"Talk to the Land", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2005
"Greater Brooklyn", CRG Gallery, New York
2004
"Sleight of Hand", Lemon Sky Projects (curated by Hudson Clearing), Miami
2004
"Spacemakers", Lothringer Dreizehn, Munich
2004
"hung, drawn and quartered", Team, New York
2004
"New Projects" ; Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
2004
"The Invisble Revealed;Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection"; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
2004
"Multistorey", Pump House Gallery, London
2003
"Yard", Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
2003
"New Slang", Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
2003
"EAST International", Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK
2003
"Slimvolume", Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK
2002
"Accelerated Grimace," Silverstein Gallery, New York, curated by David Hunt
2001
"Peaks," Kagan Martos, New York
2000
"The May Show," Sculpture Center, New York
2000
"It’s a Cruel World," White Columns, New York
2000
"Mental Wilderness," Gayle Gates, New York
1999
"Outer Boroughs," White Columns
1999
"Five Easy Pieces," Lombard Freid, New York
1999
"As if the world ended on the 5th floor," Blohard, Philadelphia
1997
"Real World," New Langton Arts, San Francisco
1997
"Best II," Beret International Gallery, Chicago
1996
"Arts in Celebration Regional Biennial," University Museum, SIU, Carbondale
1996
"Elise Ferguson/Michael Merchant," Beret International Gallery, Chicago
1995
"The Uncomfortable Show," MWMWM, Chicago
1995
"Profiles," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
1995
"Depends," Gallery 400, Chicago
1995
"Aesthetic Cranks," Beret International Gallery, Chicago
1994
"Flora," Chicago Botanical Garden, Chicago
1994
"The Slit Show," Layaway, Chicago
1992
"Things," Beret International Gallery, Chicago
1992
"That’s Nice Dear," Beret International Gallery, Chicago
1991
"Strange Video," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
Awards and Residencies
2006
Artist-In-Residence, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2004
MacDowell Colony
2003
Artist-In-Residence, Illinois State University
2003
Dieu Donne Papermill, Workspace Grant
2003
Socrates Sculpture Park
2003
EAST International Exhibition Grant
1996
Illinois Arts Council: Special Assistance Grant
1995
SIU-Carbondale, University Museum: Merit Award
1995
UIC-Teaching Assistantship
1991
C.A.A.P. Grant, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1989
C.A.A.P. Grant, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
