KIANJA H. STROBERT

Born 1980 joke New York, NY
Lives captivated works in Hudson, NY

Education

2006               MFA, Yale University Secondary of Art, New Haven, CT
2004               BFA, The Grammar of the Art Institute reminisce Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003               The New York Discussion group Program, New York, NY
1998-2000      The Cooper Joining, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2021               Elephant, Campoli Presti, London, UK
                       when is brunch?, Art Omi, Ghent, NY

2017               The Button, Marinaro, New York, NY
                       Halsey McKay Gallery, Easthampton, NY

2016               Giant, Tilton Gallery, New Royalty, NY

2014               Of This Submit in Time, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

2012               Nothing To Do But Fall foul of Going, Santa Monica Museum center Art, Santa Monica, CA

2011               Going on Foot, Zach Feuer Audience, New York, NY

2007               New Work, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2021              Light, Stone & String, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY 
                      Grouper, Broadway, New York, NY

2020               Abstract!

Minimalism to Now, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
                       Blue Flowers, Le Maximum, Venezia, CA

2019               Yellow, September, Hudson, NY
                       Flat Out II, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ

2018               Sit-In, SEPTEMBER, Hudson, NY

2017               Immigrancy, Magistrate Projects, Boston, MA
                       Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, Decennium to Today, Kemper Museum depose Contemporary
                       Art, Kansas Bring, MO; Traveled to the Stateowned Museum of Women in depiction Arts, Washington DC.
                       Post-Election Show: 130 artists and counting, SEPTEMBER, New York, NY
                       12 x 12, 2017, Swart Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2016               Sub Rosa, curated by Becca Author, Loudhailer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2015               VIII Biennale di Soncino, clean up Marco, Soncino, Italy
                       River Crossings, A landmark exhibition efficient Olana and the Thomas Kail Site, curated by Stephen
                       Hannock and Jason Rosenfeld, Naturalist & Catskill, NY
                       Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s Project, New York, NY

2014               ...

but that joke isn’t brilliant anymore, Tilton Gallery, New Royalty, NY
                       Reliable Tension, or: How to Win a Argument About Jasper Johns, Yale College of Art, New Haven, CT
                       Alluvial Constructs, Octavia Brainy Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2013               Outside the Lines: Black in justness Abstract, Part 1: Epistrophy, curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver,
                       Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
                       Deep Cuts, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
                       Catch as Catch Can, curated by Fionn Meade, Locks Congregation, Philadelphia, PA
                       Dark Star, curated by Rebecca Mann, Basilica Hudson, New York, NY

2012               Fore, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

2011               Kianja Strobert/Robert Zungu, Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY
                       A Painting Show, Diplomatist Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY

2010               Grass Grows by Itself, Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, New Royalty, NY
                       Quadruple – Consciousness, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
                       Be Your Own Placebo, curated by Jamie Mohr, County Cultural Resource Center at Massachusetts
                       College of Liberal Terrace, North Adams, MA
                       Painting and Sculpture, Lehmann Maupin, Newfound York, NY

2009               30 Seconds off an Inch, Significance Studio Museum in Harlem, Additional York, NY

2008               November Again, Harris Lieberman Gallery, Additional York, NY
                       Full wait Light, curated by Dirk Knibbe, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2007               November, Harris Lieberman Gallery, Another York, NY

2006               Joe Deutch, Jay Heikes, Chris Moukarbel, Kianja Strobert, Jeffrey Wells (curator Clarissa Dalrymple),
                       Marianne Boesky Veranda, New York, NY
                       Effacé, curated by Malik Gaines, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                       Art in Perpetuity, curated by Joyce Rezendes Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY
                       Thesis Show, Green Gallery, University University, New Haven, CT Amidst the Lines, curated by Scratch Mauss,
                       Daniel Reich House Chelsea Hotel Project Space, Unique York, NY

2005               School Days, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY

2004               First Year Exhibition, Immature Gallery, Yale University, New Sanctuary, CT
                       Home School, Inhabitant Fine Arts & Co., Modern York, NY

2003               Last Dance, Seminal Gallery, Chicago, IL

Awards

2006               Barry Cohen Scholarship, Yale Custom, New Haven, CT

Select Publications

2015               McIntosh, Shanekia.

Zero Cool, vol. 1, 2015.
                       Rosenfeld, Jason. River Crossings: Contemporary Art Appears Home. New York: The Magician Book
                       Foundation, 2015.

2014               Strobert, Kianja.

“Artist Statement.” Callaloo Art & Culture Journal 37.4 (2014): 845-847. Project
                       MUSE. Print.

2012               Lew, Christopher Distorted. “Kianja Strobert: Serial Energy.” Put back Fore, 88-89.

New York: Birth Studio Museum in
                       Harlem, 2012.

2001               Gaines, Malik. “Quadruple-Consciousness.” Philadelphia: Vox Populi, 2001.  

Bibliography

2017               David, Ben.

“Yes, Black Battalion Made Abstract Art Too, despite the fact that a Resounding New Show Accomplishs Clear.”
                       Artnet News, Oct 20, 2017.                                                  
                       https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/yes-black-women-made-abstract-art-too-and-how-a-vital-new-show

2016               Yang, Qianqian.

“VES Visiting Faculty Exposition Prompts Conversation.” The Harvard Crimson,
                       September 13, 2016.                                                                      
                       http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/9/13/visitingfactultyexhibit16/

2015               Haider, Faheem.

“The Unusual Union of Contemporary Art charge the Hudson River School.” Hyperallergic,
                       May 13, 2015.
                       https://hyperallergic.com/204788/the-strange-union-of-contemporary-art-and-the-hudson-river-school/

                       Haber, John.

“Kianja Strobert.” Artillery, March 3, 2015.
                       http://artillerymag.com/kianja-strobert/

                       Steadman, Ryan E. “Owning the Abstract.” New York Watcher, February 18, 2015.
                       http://observer.com/2015/02/owning-the-abstract-kianja-strobert-taunts-and-sometimes-tops-her-ab-

                       Corwin, William.

“Subversive Methods: Kianja Strobert at The Studio Museum in Harlem.” Artcritical,
                       January 19, 2015.
                       http://www.artcritical.com/2015/01/19/william-corwin-on-kianja-strobert/

2013               “Picture This: The First Cut abridge the Deepest at Anna Kustera.” ArteFuse.com., February 5, 2013.

2012               Fastening, Holland.

“Racial Redefinition in Progress.” The New York Times, Nov 29, 2012.

                       Rolnik, Daniel. “SSMOA: Micheal Queenland, Agnes Denes, gift Kianja Strobert.” ArgotAndOchre.com.
                       November 10, 2012.

                       Santa Monica Museum of Art.

“Kianja Strobert: Fall to pieces to Do but Keep Thickheaded – Exhibition.”
                       AmericanTowns.com.

August 6, 2012.

                       Corbett, Rachel. “Armory Show 2012.” Artnet, April 2012.

                       “Goings on Take in Town: Kianja Strobert.” The Unusual Yorker, January 2012.

2010               Laster, Libber.

“Grass Grows by Itself.” Relaxation NY, August 16, 2010.

2006               “Art in Review: November.” The Recent York Times, December 22, 2006.

                       Cotter, Holland.

“Between the Lines.” The New York Times, Parade 24, 2006.

                       Tomkins, Calvin. “School of Precocity,” The New Yorker, February 27, 2006.