
Georgia Elrod
Painting, Drawing & Works on Paper
b. 1979, Brooklyn, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Hudson Valley, NY
Painter Georgia Elrod’s work was recently featured in New American Paintings #146 curated by New York Magazine's Jerry Saltz. Additional features include Two Coats of Paint, Architectural Digest, ArtMaze, and Vice / Garage. Elrod is co-director and co-founder of the artist-run gallery RUTHANN in Catskill, NY, and was previously a co-director at Underdonk in New York City from 2015 - 2024.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Heartbeats, Peninsula Art Space, NYC
2014 Around the Corner, Novella Gallery, NYC
2012 Here and Here, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010 Open System, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, NYC 2006
2006 Georgia Elrod: Recent Paintings and Drawings, JGallery, Maplewood, NJ
2006 Viewfinder, Roger Smith Lab Gallery, NYC
2005 Brief Histories, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Selfie, The Birdhouse Gallery, NY Transmissions, Underdonk, NYC
2021 PLATFORM 03, PLatform.com / David Zwirner TORQUE, Peninsula Art Space, NYC
2021 Moon Burn, Goldmali Gallery, Online
2020 Purple, Underdonk, NYC
2020 MIRROR EYE, Ortega Y Gassett, NYC
2019 Wildernesses, curated by Johnny Mullen, Peninsula Art Space, NYC A Fairly Secret Army (notes from New York), Dusseldorf Germany Curated by Paul Whiting
2019Polishing the Jewel Box, Disturb the Neighbors, NYC
2019 Blue Bananas, Far X Wide, NYC
2019 The Oblique, curated by David Gibson, NYC
2019 Making (It) Work, California College of the Arts
2019 The Unusuals, The Painting Center, NYC
2018 Graces, Curated by Nicholas Cueva, 5-50 Gallery, NYC Private Practice, Underdonk, NYC
2017 Show Me Yours, Underdonk, NYC Truth, BRIC, NYC
2016 Soft & Hard, Trestle Projects, NYC Beauty, Openings Collective, NYC
2015 Borderlands, COOP Gallery, Nashville TN
2015 Family Ties, curated by Julie Torres and Bonny Leibowitz, 500X, Dallas, TX
2015 New Work City, curated by Julie Torres
2015 Momenta Art, NYC
2014 Second Family, 2 Rivington, NYC
2014 Family Style, Formerly Pocket Utopia, NYC Rum Punch!, 204 Parkside, NYC
EDUCATION
2010 Hunter College, M.F.A
2001 The Colorado College, B.A. with honors in Fine Art
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