FRED FLEISHER
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Education
MFA Queens College – CUNY
BFA, BS Penn State University
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Scheduled: Suffolk County Community College
2025
IFAC Arts, The Yard, New York City: Soul Sliding & Slow Driving
2022
RAM Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Tomorrow’s People Somewhere
Brian Leo Projects, NY, NY: Dropped In, Kicked Out: The Series
2016
Stuart & Co., Chicago, IL: The Unanswered Question Is The Key To Your Soul
2015
Rockelmann &, Berlin, Germany: Museum Of The End Of The World
Concepto Gallery, Hudson, NY: The Tyranny Of The Ordinary
2014
Littlefield Performance and Art Space, Brooklyn, NY: Modus Operandi
2010
Galerie Open, Berlin: Try Me
2006
Frank Creative Arts Center, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV: Fred and Friends
Two Person Exhibitions
2025
Swale House, Governors Island, NY: In Suspension (with Kim Darling)
2017
Rockelmann &, Berlin, Germany: Just Let Me Be, (with Jeffrey Teuton)
2008
Galerie Open, Berlin: Apocalyptic Renovations, (with Trevor Guthrie)
Galerie Stephan Witschi, Zurich: (with Franzisca Klotz)
Group Exhibitions
2025
Bullet Space, NY, NY: Mythos, curated by Vandana Jain
Urban Air Art Residency, Warkwick, NY: End of Summer Artist Showcase
Honey Badger Motel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Robots and Lemonade
Raynham Hall Museum, Oyster Bay, NY: Unfinished Revolutions
Swale House, Governors Island, NY: With Water, curated by Mary Mattingly and Kim Darling
ABC No Rio, NY, NY: Clothesline Benefit
Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk, NE: 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, curated by Kim Darling
Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, artist-run online platform: Absurd Exhibition
2024
Petshop Gallery, Omaha, NE: Feral Friends, curated by Kim Dahling and Alex Jochim
Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Phila, PA: Converge Benefit Exhibition
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Don Porcella – Garden Party, Primary Curator
2023
AHL Foundation, New York, NY: 2023 AHL Art Fair
Cloud of Bats, Brooklyn Army Terminal, SuperChill, curated by Vandana Jain and Mike Estabrook
SPRING/BREAK Art Show New York City, Secret Show, Group Exhibition
Van Der Plas Gallery, 156 Orchard Street, NY, NY: Bohemian, Group Exhibition
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Microdots in Camelot, Primary Curator
2022
Arcade Project Curatorial, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY: The Border V
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ, Veterans Exhibition, curated by Ivy Brown of Ivy Brown Gallery
NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY: Waves
Swale House, Governors Island, NY: Imagined Futures – Part II
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, NY, NY: NYAEA 75th Anniversary Fundraiser
NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY: Virtual Benefit Spring 2022
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Dark Shadows, curated by Chris Bors and Fred Fleisher
2021
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ, TFLR Contemporary Gallery
Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY, College at Old Westbury: Imagined Futures
SPRING/BREAK Art Show New York City, Nothing Shocking,, curated by Chris Bors and Fred Fleisher
City Point, Brooklyn, NY: Access Art, Brooklyn Arts Council Benefit Group Exhibition
NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY: We Become Present, Group Exhibition, curated by Elisa Gutierrez
Rats Nest Studio, Tampa, FL, Either and. . ., Group Exhibition, curated by Kim Darling and Tatiana Mesa
Equity Gallery, NY, NY: Melanie Vote – The Washhouse – One Year Later Group Exhibition
NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY: Rediscoveries
Capelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece: 35x35 Art Project, Group Exhibition
2020
University of South Florida, Flock House Tampa, Group Exhibition
Arcade Project Curatorial, NY, NY: Winter Benefit, Group Exhibition
Rexer Gallery, Hoboken, NJ, American Eyes, Group Exhibition, curated by Eric Chelman
Rexer Gallery, Hoboken, NJ, Vote for America, Group Exhibition
Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, NY, NY: Equity and Justice, Benefit Group Exhibition
Van Der Plas Gallery, 156 Orchard Street, NY, NY: Colors, Shapes & Shadows, Group Exhibition
Arcade Project Curatorial, NY, NY: Spring Forward, Group Exhibition, curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, NY, NY: Spring Flash, Group Exhibition
SPRING/BREAK Art Show New York City, General Store, curated by Chris Bors
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste, curated by Chris Bors
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ, TFLR Contemporary
Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, NY, NY: NYAEA Annual Members Invitational Juried Group Exhibition
IMC Lab + Gallery, 55 Avenue A, NY, NY: Reality Remix, Group Exhibition, Curated by James Tunick
2019
M. David & Co., Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Access Art, Brooklyn Arts Council Benefit Group Exhibition
SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ: Art on Toast, Group Exhibition, Curated by Katelyn Halpern
Atlier Turbine, Glarus, CH: Casas Broncos Presents: Malled & Walled American Style
McKinney Arts, 526 East 11th Street, NY, NY: REDUX, Group Exhibition
2018
SUNY College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY: New Faculty Exhibition
SUNY College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY: Live Performance High Octane
SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ: Soft News, Group Exhibition, Curated by Katelyn Halpern
The Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ: Ancien Regimes, Group Exhibition, Curated by Robinson Holloway
Con Artist Collective, 119 Ludlow, Street, NY, NY: Fall Residency Artists Group Exhibition
2017
Ace Hotel and Swim Club, Palm Springs, CA: Mirrored Stranger Exhibition, Curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY: Successive Excessive, Group Exhibition, Co-curated with Chris Bors
2016
Stuart & Co., Chicago, IL: Passage, Group Exhibition
2015
University of Quebec Trois Rivières, Canada: NYC, Inc., Group Exhibition, curated by Dr. Catherine Bernard
2014
Projekt 722, Brooklyn, NY: IconoClash, Three-Person Exhibition, curated by Noah Becker
Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY: Soliloquy, Group Exhibition
Rockaway! - Rockaway Beach Surf Club Exhibition, NY: MoMA/PS1
Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY: Paperworks, Group Exhibition
Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY: Meditations, Group Exhibition
ABC NO RIO, New York City: Real Estate Extended Show Group Exhibition
Gibson Guitar Showroom, NY, NY: Sw!pe Magazine Event, Live Performance High Octane
Otto’s Shrunken Head, NY, NY: Live Performance, High Octane as Special Guest with Penn 65000 Club
2013
(e)merge Art Fair, Washington DC: Rockelmann &, Berlin, Germany
Artshare LA, Los Angeles, CA: Past Tense, Future Imperfect, Group Exhibiton, curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
ABC NO RIO, New York City: I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Group Exhibition
Rockelmann &, Berlin, Germany: Introduction, New Gallery Space Group Exhibition
Otto’s Shrunken Head, NY, NY: Live Performance, High Octane as Special Guest with Penn 65000 Club
St. Phillips Church, NY, NY: The End and New Beginnings, Group Exhibition
2012
City Drift Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY: curated by Meenakshi Thirukode, Koan-Jeff Baysa; supported by Bogart Salon
Family Business Gallery, NY, NY: Artists Guarding Artists, curated by Laura Murray and Peter Hoffmeister
Spattered Columns Gallery, NY, NY: Metropolis, Sw!pe Magazine Exhibition
Hotel Villa Kastania, Berlin: Travel, Organized by Galerie Open, Berlin
Galerie Open, Berlin: Welcome To My World, Three Person Exhibition
2011
ISE Culutural Foundation, NY, NY: Roku, Group Exhibition, curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
CPW Gallery, NY, NY: Swipe Magazine Launch
2010
Veka, Glarus, CH: Nationalismus, Group Exhibition curated by James Stewart
Culturefix, NY, NY: Untitled, Group Exhbition curated by Savannah Spirit
ABC NO RIO, NY, NY: The Ides of March Biennial Exhibition
2009
Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR: Holy Sheet Benefit exhibit, curated by Paul Middendorf
Roulette Art Trade at St. Phillips Church, NY, NY: Art in the Mission
527 West 25th Street, NY, NY: The Drop 2012, curated by Mie Iwatsukii, Alexandra Chang
CSV Cultural Center, NY, NY: Recession Special, curated by Marly Hammer and Kate Bryan
2008
Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY College at Old Westbury, NY: Un/Veiled Visions Faculty Exhibition
Figment, Governors Island, NY: Emergence, (with G77), Group Exhibition curated by Joyce Manalo
World Culture Open, NY, NY: Kindergarten, Group Exhibiton curated by Changsuk Park
ABC NO RIO, NY, NY: The Ides of March Biennial Exhibition (with G77)
2007
Liste Art Fair, Berlin: Galerie Open, Berlin
Windows Gallery, LIC, NY: Perspectives Group Exhibition
Moti Hasson Gallery, NY, NY: HIV Law Benefit Exhibition
cWOW, Newark, NJ: Vitamin W, The Wonder Factor, Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
2006
Roulette Art Trade at St. Phillips Church, NY, NY: Sanctuary and Undercroft, Group Exhibition
The Blue Elephant Art Center, Frederick, MD: Transparanoia, Group Exhibition curated by Marguerite Day
Dorsky Gallery, LIC, NY: Threads of Memory,Group Exhibition curated by Margaret Mathews Berenson
SUMI New York, NY, NY: Artintime, Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
2005
Scope Miami International Art Fair: XC Project, Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
Three Colts Gallery, London, England: USUK II, Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa and Ryan Lemke
Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR: Flatfile, Group Exhibition curated by Paul Middendorf
Scope International Art Fair, Hamptons, NY: Lifeboat Project (with G77) Group Exhibition curated by Renee Vara
Waterways – Venice, Italy: Lifeboat Project (with G77) Group Exhibition curated by Renee Vara
The Lab Gallery, NY, NY: USUK, Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa and Ryan Lemke
The Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China: Bling-bling Ka-ching: Made in America, Group Exhibition
2004
HereArt, NY, NY: Abracadaver, Group Exhibition curated by Virgil Wong and Koan-Jeff Baysa
Artspace, New Haven: Enchantment, Group Exhibition curated by Denise Markonish and Michela Griffo
Peekskill, NY: Peekskill Project, Crystalis with NINTEENEIGHTY, Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
Rare Gallery, NY, NY: Art Show, Group Exhibition curated by NINETEENEIGHTY
Casas Reigner Gallery, Miami: The Toy Box Group Exhibition curated by Carolina Wonder
Lyons Wier Gallery, NY, NY: Scope International Art Fair
SIGGRAPH 2004: Synaesthesia, Group Exhibition Los Angeles, CA
HereArt, NY, NY: Dum Dum Grown-Up Art, Group Exhibition curated by Josh Kil
2003
Biennale Di Arte Contemporanea, Di Porto Ercole, Italy: curated by Laura Martin
Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, NY, NY: [r]evolution: warface, Group Exhibition
Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY, NY: $99 Bargain Store Show, Group Exhibition curated by Tim Thiesel
Gallerythe, Brooklyn, NY: Delta Time (10 month exhibit), Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY: Future Species, Group Exhibition curated by David Liss, MOCCA
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY: Puppy Love, Group Exhibition curated by Titia Hulst
Transient NYC, NY, NY: One Minute Distractions, Group Exhibition curated by Laura Martin
Gallerythe, Brooklyn, NY: Dark Science, Group Exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa
The Work Space, NY, NY: Figures of Invention II, Group Exhibition curated by Elisabeth Condon
Bibliography
ABC NO RIO "Mythos" Zine and Catalog (images) September 2025
Anthony Montalbano,”Transmissions from Fred Fleisher a Visual Artist” Vinyl Writer Music blog (images), April 2021
CFAM, 35x35 Art Project, Catalog (images), 2021
Dambrot, Shana Nys “SPRING/BREAK ART FAIR’S LOS ANGELE EXCESS” LA Weekly, February 15, 2020
Stoop, Joop and Houwling, Jos Exhibition Catalog (images) Collaborative Project, 2019
Bernard, Catherine “NYC, Inc.” Exhibition Catalog (images) University of Quebec Trois Rivières, 2015
Vesnik, Ana “The Museum of the End Of The World @ Rockelmann &” Widewalls, April 2015
Kleinman, Loren “Breakable Things” (Cover Art) Winter Goose Publishing, March 2015
Kleinman, Loren “Fred Fleisher: Addressing The Cultural Noise” Huffington Post (images) September 16, 2014
Susan Hartenstein “Beyond Tilden” The Wave July 25, 2014
Wilson, Michael "Avant Guard" Artforum (Scene & Herd) (images) August 13th, 2012
Losk, Alice “Show Alert: Artists Guarding Artists” Artsicle August 3rd, 2012
Mustafa, Pablo “Event Recap: Artists Guarding Artists” Fashion Nerd Magazine August 3rd, 2012
Hoffmeister, Peter “A Conversation with Fred Fleisher” SW!PE Magazine, Vol III, (images) Spring 2012
Matt Jones “Puppy American 3: I Want to Believe” Zine, included artist (images), 2011
ISE Cultural Foundation Exhibitions Catalog (images), 2011
SW!PE Magazine, Vol II, (images) Winter 2011
Johnson, Hosea “Bicentennial Celeb at St. Philip’s Church” HarlemWorldBlog September 28, 2009
“Tips and Picks” NY Arts Magazine, (images) September/October 2008
Herzog, Manuela “Schmuzeln” Das Schweizer Kulturmagazin, (images) September 2008
Bischoff, Dan “A Healthy Dose Of Higher Consciousness” The Sunday Star Ledger April 22, 2007
Landi, Ann. “Threads of Memory”.” ARTnews May 2006
Berenson, Margaret Matthews, Threads of Memory Exhibition Catalog, Dorsky Gallery (images) 2006
Mercer, Dickson “Blue Elephant Presents Transparanoia” The Frederick News-Post (images) August 3, 2006
Rogers, Melissa “Art Review”, The Picket January 28, 2006
Birke, Judy “Artspace Review” New Haven Register December 5,2004
Agish, Meral “Encant Terribles, the inner child, unleashed” New Haven Advocate November 25, 2004
“Come and Play” The Miami Herald (images) June 25, 2004
Herrara, Adriana T. “Toy Box clausura el local de Casas Riegner Gallery” El Nuevo Herald July 25, 2004
Patrick, Louise “Dum Dum Grown Ups” NY ARTS Magazine March 8, 2004
Hershenson, Roberta “Footlights” The New York Times, September 21, 2003
La Rocco, Benjamin “Future Species” The Brooklyn Rail, August/September 2003
Webb, Jay “Society Pages, Fashionistas gather for a cause” Dallas Observer, July 3, 2003
Cotter, Holland “Art Review: Where Witty Meets Gritty” The New York Times, November 15, 2002
Speer, Richard “Toying with Play-Two new exhibits crash the nursery” Willamette Weekly Sept. 2002
Wilson, Michael “New York Reviews” Contemporary, (images) June, July, August 2002
Biddle, Erika “Art Reviews: “Ides of March @ ABC NO RIO” ArcadeProject.com (images) Summer 2002
Leovich “Objections” NY ARTS Magazine, pg. 93, April 2002, Vol. 7 No. 4
Ahn, Mihee “Noteworthy Artists of this year . . . America” Misulsegae, (images) pgs. 46-48 Jan. 2002
Ahn, Mihee “Lost & Found: Reclaimed Moments” Misulsegae, (images) pgs. 132-133 February 2001
Levin, Kim The Village Voice, August 8, 2000 XLV No. 31
Green, Gaye L. “The Return Of The Body: Performance Art . . . ” pg. 11 Art Education, January 1999
Herron, Annie “Fred Fleisher and Peter Bregoli at Mckinney Arts” Review Magazine, March 1997
Collections
Urban Air Art Foundation
The Waskowmium Museum, Vermont
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Collection
Private Collections
Curatorial Projects
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Don Porcella – Garden Party, Primary Curator
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Microdots in Camelot, Primary Curator
Swale House, Governors Island, NY: Imagined Futures – Part II May 2022
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Dark Shadows, co-curated with Chris Bor February 2022
Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY, College at Old Westbury, NY: Imagined Futures, September 2021
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, Nothing Shocking, c0-curated with Chris Bor September 2021
SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ: Tangible Imaginings, September 2019
Atelier Turbine, Glarus, CH: Casas Broncos Presents: Malled & Walled American Style, July 2019
Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY, College at Old Westbury, NY: The Expanding Matrix, March 2017
Dineen Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ: Maximum Overdrive! October 2017
Dineen Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ: Guest Curator, Spring 2017
The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY: Successive Excessive, co-curated with Chris Bors, January 2017
Projekt 722, Brooklyn, NY: Charm & Strange, Marguerite Day and Adie Russell June 2016
Teaching/ Visiting Artist / Professor
Fall 2018 to Present
State University of New York - Old Westbury, Associate Professor of Visual Art
2010 - 2018
Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ, Adjunct Professor
2003-2005 and 2006 - 2018
State University of New York - Old Westbury, Adjunct Professor
2005 - 2006
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, Visiting Professor
Lectures and Artist Talks
2025
Raynham Hall Museum
Honey Badger Motel Gallery
Albert Wisner Public Library
2020
Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ
2019
SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Curator/Artist Panel Discussion: Tangible Imaginings
2018
Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY – College at Old Westbury
2016
Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
2012
Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY: City Drift Artist Panel and Discussion
2009
St. Phillips Church, New York City: Artist Talk: Art in the Mission
2006
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, Artist Talk
2004
Artspace, New Haven, CT, Artist Talk: Enchantment Exhibition
2003
Montclair State University, NJ, MFA Program Seminar
Residencies
Urban Air Art Foundation, Warwick NY
Swale House, Governors Island, NY (2025)
Swale House, Governors Island, NY (2022)
Conartist Collective, NY, NY
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency, Jersey City, NJ
Chashama Studio Residency, NY, NY