Evan Nesbit

Profile

1985 Born

2012 MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2009 BFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Lives and works in Neveda City, CA

Solo Exhibitions

19..2023 "/ˈsɪn.kə.sɨs/“ Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA

            “Marbled and Bewildered” Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY

2021 “Appelative Lines” Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2020 “Tumble Cycle” Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY

            “Open Objects” Roberts Projects, Culver City, CA

2019 “Evan Nesbit 2019” Weiss Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2018 “Articular Aspiration” Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

            “Ever Dissonant Futures” James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

            “Perishable Gestures” at Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 “Cellophane Grip” Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY

            “Superstratum” Weiss Berlin, Berlin, Germany

            “Elective Hip Replacement” Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy

2016 “Fields” Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA

            “Headset / Peripheral Vision” Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2015 “Headstand” James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

            “Porosity” Eleven Rivington, New York, NY

2014 “Variable Dimensions” Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

            “/ˈkaɪˑæzəm/” Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA

2013 “Light Farming/Heavy Gardening” Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012 “JESTORIAL” Motus Fort Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibition

2023 “Moment Momentum” James Harris Gallery, Dallas, Tx

             “Color Fields” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

             “California Art: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, CSUN Art Galleries. Northridge, CA

2022 “We are LA,” Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery. Cal State University, Los Angeles, CA

             “On Jupiter” Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke College. Salem, VA

             “Wish You Where Here 2” Roberts Projects, Culver City, CA

             “Ten Year Aniversary Show” Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2020 “Talking to a Stranger” James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019 “The Weight of Matter” Roberts Projects, Culver City, CA

             “Chroma” Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY

2018 “One Way Or Another” Roberts Projects, Culver City, CA

2017 “California Dreaming…” Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

             “The Coverly Set” Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY

2015 “Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic L.A.” Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

             “Mona” 86 Projects, Berlin, Germany

             “Some New American Paintings” Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             “And There Is An End 2” James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

             “And There Is An End” Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA

             “Winter Show” KOKI ARTS, Tokyo, Japan

             “Made in California: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

             "2015 Miami Edition” Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL

             “New Vibrations” Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy

             “Tatiana Berg, Evan Nesbit, Brendan Smith” Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2014 “The Go Between” Museo Di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

             “&” collaboration with Michele Fitzhugh, Roberts and Tilton, Culver City, CA

             “Tectonic Dynamics” James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

             “Pablo Jansana, Evan Nesbit, Letha Wilson” Eleven Rivington, New York, NY

             “From Pre-History to Post-Everything” Sean Kelly, New York, NY

             “The Next Level” Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy

2013 “Une exposition de peinture” Portmanteau, Geneva, Switzerland

             “Practicing to Pretend” Alterspace, San Francisco, CA

             “Floater” BravinLee programs, New York, NY

             “Winter Group Show” Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             “Untitled-Sandy” Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan

2012 “Surfaces, Supports” Tatiana Berg / Evan Nesbit, Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

             “Superpositions” New Wight Biennial, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angels, CA

             “A Gleeful and Relentless Forward Moving of Time” Carmichael Gallery, Culver City, CA

             “Summer Group Show” Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             “Eyes off the Flag” Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan

             “Eyes off the Flag” Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

             “MFA Painting Thesis” Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

2011 “Water McBeer” Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             “MFA 2012” Yale University School of Art

2010 “Strange and Constant” Marissa Textor / Evan Nesbit, Park Life, San Francisco, CA

2009 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007 “Camera one, Camera Two” Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Awards and Honors

2012 Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Prize, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Public Collection

Orange County Museum of Art

Crocker Art Museum

Long Beach Museum of Art

Fredrick R. Weisman Art Foundation

The Pizzuti Collecton of the Columbus Museum of Art

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Bibliography

2022 On Jupiter, Works for the Beth DeWoody Collection. Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke College

2021 Van Duhren, Andreas. “Evan Nesbit, Open Air” Text Van Duhren Interviews.

2020 Bacon, Alex. “Gathering Grid” Evan Nesbit, Open Objects. Roberts Projects

2019 louisa, Elderton. “In Brief, Evan Nesbit at Weiss Berlin” Frieze. 17 April 2019

              Van Duhren, Andreas. “Evan Nesbit” 17 Text Magazine. 2019

              Kherbek, William. “The Presence of Presence” Evan Nesbit, Weiss Publications

2017 Ambrosia, David. “Michael Berryhill and Evan Nesbit Are the Warp and Woof of Miro’s Thead” White Hot Magazine. October 2017

              Bacon, Alex. “Between Image And Object” Evan Nesbit, Cellophane Grip. Van Doren Waxter

              Troncone, Alessandra. “Evan Nesbit @ Annarumma”, Napoli. Flash Art (IT). Feb - Mar, 2017 #331

2015 Rhodes, David. “Evan Nesbit Porosity” The Brooklyn Rail. September 8, 2015

              Pagel, David. “And There is an End” The Los Angeles Times

2014 Fernandez, Gaby Collins. “Sensitive Surfaces” Evan Nesbit, /ˈkaɪˑæzm/. Roberts and Tilton

              Phelps, Calvin. “Evan Nesbit /ˈkaɪˑæzm/“at Roberts and Tilton, Art Ltd. July 2014

              Cadwell, Ellen C. “Painting Backwards: Evan Nesbit at Roberts and Tilton” New American Paintings.

2013 “In Conversation with Evan Nesbit” - San Francisco Arts Quarterly