Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2017 MFA, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2005 BA in Art History and Studio Art, Mount Holyoke
College, South Hadley, MA
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024
Two person show (forthcoming), PUBLIC, London UK
2023
À mon seul désir, Pangée, Montreal, QC (solo)
2022
NADA Miami, Mrs. (solo presentation)
Slippery Yoke, Carvalho Park, Brooklyn, NY (two person)
too bad for heaven, too good for hell, Mrs., Maspeth, NY (solo)
2021
Flex Point, PUBLIC, London, UK (solo)
Allegory for the Muse, NADA House presentation with Projet Pangée, Governors Island, NY (solo)
2019
Power Walking, PUBLIC, London, UK (two person)Grey Matter, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY (two person)
2018
Gymnasia, BRIC Project Room, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
Strange Business, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
2012
Lithic Habitats, CUCHIFRITOS Gallery, New York, NY, (two person)
Group Exhibitions
2024
Fever Dream, Swivel, Brooklyn, NY (forthcoming)
2023
Elsewheres, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA
The Fantasticals, DIMIN, New York, NY
Snakes in the Grass, Newchild, Antwerp BE
Stuffed, Boston University, Boston, MA
Spring, Primary, Miami, FL
Felix Art Fair, Mrs., Los Angeles, CA
Milk Tongue, SUNY Oneonta Art Galleries, Oneonta, NY
2022
A Few Small Nips, Mrs., Maspeth, NY
The Shape of Things, Swivel, Saugerties NY
Symbiosis, Berkshire Botanical Garden, curated by Beth R. DeWoody, Stockbridge, MA
Felix Art Fair, Mrs., Los Angeles, CA
Late Night Enterprise, Perrotin, New York, NY
3 Going Through 9 To Get To 27, Galveston Art Residency, Galveston, TX
2021
Anniversary, Mrs., Maspeth, NY
Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Boy Box, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Glyphadelphia, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY
The Artist is Online, König Galerie, Berlin, DEU
PRECISION - Illustration Technique in Art and Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
2020
Fantasy Body, Projet Pangée, Montreal, QC
All Out/All In, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Reality Flex, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
Domestic Brutes, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
The Essential Goods Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
No Time Like the Present, PUBLIC Gallery, London, UK
Applied Forces, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
King Dogs Never Grow Old, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Macho, Established Gallery, Brooklyn, NYBody Horror, Bomb Pop-Up, Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
Put on Your Face and Hand Me Down, Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT
Field Projects Presents: Pool Party, C24, New York, NY
Buddy System II, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY
Arena, SPACE, Portland, ME
Ceremonial Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Every Woman Biennial, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Soft Grit, Lobo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Another History, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
Going Beyond, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY
Civil Discourse, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Hand in Glove, Public Address, Brooklyn, NY
Art in Odd Places: BODY, Westbeth Gallery and 14th Street, New York, NY
Let the Fancy, University of Illinois Art Gallery, Springfield, IL
Wendy Let Me In, Beverly's, New York, NY
2017
The Giving Body, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Salt Lick, L.O.G. (Low Occupancy Gallery), Chapel Hill, NC
Borrowed, Spaceworks, Brooklyn, NY
Commencement, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic Plastic, CRUSH Curatorial, New York, NY
Dead Horse Bay: The Glass Graveyard of Brooklyn, Urban Glass, Brooklyn,NY
2016
The Weight We Hold, Causey Contemporary, New York, NY
2011
Mining Between: Works by Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist-Teachers, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
Fenced and Stitched, ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Ready Set Create, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
For Johnson, The Northern Gallery, Olympia, WA
Brucennial, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
2009
The Yield: Harold Residency Exhibition, Chicago, IL
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist-Teacher Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Everyman’s An Angel, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Alchemy, Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY
Residencies/Fellowships/Awards
2022
Artist in Residence, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA
2021
Fores Project Residency, London, UK
2019
Purchase Prize Awardee, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NYWassaic Project Summer Residency, Wassaic, NY
Edward F. Albee Foundation Summer Residency, Montalk, NY
2018
Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Session 31, Fishers Island, NY
2017
Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship nominee
2016
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Brooklyn College
Recipient of the Ravenal Travel Grant, Brooklyn College
2014
Artist in Residence at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2009
Supporting Woman Artists (SWAP) Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY
Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill, OH
Artist Grant Recipient at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008
ARTCamp Studio Residency, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Artist in Residence at Byrdcliffe Artist’s Colony, Woodstock, NY
Recipient of 1905 Memorial Alumnae Fellowship for Visual Arts, Mount
Holyoke College
Bibliography
2022
Wall-to-Wall Carpeting's Very Good Year, Curbed New York Magazine, Diana Budds
Straying Off the Glitzy Path at Miami Art Week, Hyperallergic, Valentina Di Liscia
10 Standout Emerging Artists Discovered at NADA and Untitled Art in Miami, Galerie, Paul Laster
Big Question: How do Bodies, Commodities and the Digital Intersect, Art21, David Eardley
Rose Nestler: too bad for heaven, too good for hell, Brooklyn Rail, Elizabeth Buhe
Modes of Making: Rose Nestler Interviewed by Sheryl Oppenheim, BOMB Magazine
The Approval Matrix, New York Magazine
Your Concise New York Art Guide for April 2022, Hyperallergic, Cassie Packard
Editors' Picks, Artnet, Neha Jambhekar
2021
Emerging Art Exhibitions to See in London, The Art Newspaper, Kabir Jhala
2020
Sewing Sculptor, L'Officiel Lithuania (in print), interview with Julija Kalvelyte
Surrealism Reloaded: Attention Moving Body Parts, SCHIRN MAG for SCHIRN Museum, Natalie Wichmann
Issue 10, Spotlight Artist, Maake Magazine, Catalogue and Online, Emily Burns
The Language of Fashion in Fine Art Form: A Conversation With Rose Nestler, Juxtapoz Magazine Online, Jessica Ross
Diane Rosenstein, King Dogs Never Grow Old, Artillery Magazine, Avery Wheless
King Dogs Never Grow Old, KCRW Arts & Culture
2019
Rose Nestler Sculpting the Second Skin, Metal Magazine, Interview with Julija Kalvelyte
Podcast: Episode 28, Amy Beecher Show
Artist Feature, Protest Issue, Thalia Magazine
9 Exceptional Artworks from Spring/Break Art Show 2019 That Aren't Penile, by Loney Abrams
Rose Nestler Explores the Societal Constructs of Clothing, Art of Choice, interview with Maria Vogel
The New Surrealism: Contemporary Women Artists Against Alternative Facts, Art Space Magazine online
Rose Nestler: Gymnasia reviewed by Katie Hector, Maake Magazine, January
Voices of Contemporary Art/Joan Mitchell Foundation CALL Artists Talk, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Interview/Feature, Vulture, Jock Talk: Sculptor Rose Nestler’s Gymnasia Fantasia, by Jordan Larson
Featured Artist, Issue 2, HISS Magazine, Columbus, OH
Museum Collections
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2023
Visiting Artist, MFA Program, Brooklyn College
2022
Visiting Artist, Cornell University
2021
Visiting Artist, Sculpture Department, Vassar College
Visiting Artist, Sculpture Department, SUNY Albany
Visiting Artist, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art
Visiting Critic, MFA Program, SUNY Purchase
Visiting Critic, MFA Program, New England College
2019-present
Part-Time Faculty/The New School /Parsons School of DesignAdjunct Assistant Professor/Sculpture/CUNY College of Staten Island
2020-present Instructor/Mentor NYC Crit Club
2021-2022
Adjunct Assistant Professor/Montclair State University
2016-17Adjunct Teaching Fellow/Workshop in New Materials/CUNY Brooklyn College