TIFFANY CALVERT
Tiffany Calvert’s paintings incorporate diverse technologies, including fresco, 3D modeling, and data manipulation. John Yau, in his Hyperallergic profile, compares their “improvisational riffs and fractured views” to de Kooning. Calvert’s work has been exhibited at the Lawrimore Project (Seattle, WA), E.TAY Gallery (NY), the Speed Museum (Louisville, KY), the Susquehanna Art Museum (PA), and Cadogan Contemporary (London, UK), among others. Residencies include the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, I-Park, and ArtOmi International Arts Center where she received a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship. Calvert has received grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. She is Associate Professor of Art at the Hite Institute of Art & Design, University of Louisville and a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid curatorial collective.
SELECTED CV
2005 MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers
1998 BA Oberlin College, cum laude
Exhibitions
*indicates solo and two person exhibitions
2023
Living Arrangements, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY
Adversarial Nature, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville
2022
Volcano Lovers, Haunt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
*ENCOUNTER/EXCHANGE (with Naomi Reis), Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Boston
*Tiffany Calvert: Image Value, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
One of Many, Harper Gallery, Greenville SC
The Art of Europe, Speed Museum, Louisville KY
2021
The Shands Collection: New Directions, curated by Julien Robson. Quappi Projects, Louisville
Past Performance as Indicator of Future Outcomes: an exhibition of work by women who use Artificial Intelligence in their art making process, Carnegie Center for Art & History, IN (cancelled during COVID)
2020
*S/AMPLE DATA, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville TN
Art in Doom, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans LA
2019
*SHIFT: works by Tiffany Calvert + Alex Kanevsky, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg PA
Speed Museum KY, long term loan, European Paintings Galleries
Currents: Things to Come, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville TN
2018
Spring, Cadogan Contemporary, London UK
*Tiffany Calvert: Semper Augustus, Moremen Gallery, Louisville KY
Something Pretty: works by Sadie Barnette, Tiffany Calvert, Angela Dufresne, Justin Favela,
Stephen Rolfe Powell and HuiMeng Wang, Morgan Gallery, Transylvania University KY
2017
*Tiffany Calvert: Rainbow Chaos, Arkansas State University, AR
The Prolonged Gaze: Tiffany Calvert, Vian Sora, and Nhat Tran, guest curated by Mirada Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Museum, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville KY
Synthesizing Nature, The Center for Contemporary Art, NJ
New Recruits, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville KY
2016
Verblist, E.TAY Gallery, New York NY
Synthesizing Nature, View Art Center, Old Forge NY
2015
*Tiffany Calvert, Carl & Sloan Contemporary, Portland OR
The Memory Palace, Cedar Crest College, PA
2014
The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, NY
The Dam Show, Reservoir Art Space, Queens NY
2013
Collapse, Visual Arts Center, Mississippi State University, MS
PILF #1, Sunset Park Studios, Brooklyn NY
180, Garage Space, Easton PA
2012
Humus: Landscape Painting Across a Spectrum of Abstraction, The Center for Contemporary Art, NJ
Dystopian Delight, Mike Rollins Fine Art, New York NY
Brooklyn Art Museum Brooklyn GO! Open Studios Project, Brooklyn NY
2011
Signs on the Road, Curatorial Research Lab @ Winkleman Gallery, curated by Gogue Projects, Camel Collective, Cathouse FUNeral, New York NY
2010
Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting, SVA Gallery, NY
One Night Stands, Mark J. Epstein studios, Brooklyn NY
2009
Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction, Austin Peay State University, TN
What’s Left, M.R. Fine Art, New York NY
NeoRococo, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
2008
New Work, one person exhibition, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
The Prom: A Semi-Formal Survey of Semi-Formal Painting, Lawrimore Project, Seattle WA
Sprawling, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
A Lawrimore Project Biennial, Lawrimore Project, Seattle WA
2007
Cabinet of Curious Ties, LAB Gallery, New York NY
A Drawing Show, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
Year_07 Art Projects, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, London UK
Benny’s Bungalow, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
AquaArt Miami Fair, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami FL
2006
New Work, one person exhibition, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
Beast, Finesilver Gallery, Houston TX
Keeping it Real, The Garage, Jersey City NJ
Some Things Which Are Funny, and Some Things Which Are Quite Serious, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
AquaArt Miami Fair, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami FL
2005
Disputed Territories, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
Fresh Meat/Young Blood: New Jersey’s New Masters, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
Moonstruck: The Hong Kong Artist’s Biennial 2005, Hong Kong, China
7th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Attleboro Museum Center for the Arts, MA
AquaArt Miami Fair, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami FL
Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, NJ
2004
New Work, one person exhibition, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
The Odds, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
New Works on Paper, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
Living in an Immaterial World, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
Faculty and Returning Students Graduate Exhibition, group curator and exhibiting artist, Mason Gross Galleries, NJ
2003
One Inch, Quality Gallery, Brooklyn NY
The Thousand Symphonies, Fluxus performance with Philip Corner, Nicholas Hall, NJ
First Year Graduate Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, NJ
2002
Synesthesia, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago IL
2001
Artwork III, 847 W. Jackson Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago IL
Woman Made Gallery Annual Juried exhibition, Chicago IL
1999
Vital Signs, Cesar Chavez Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA
Re-Presentation, Boise State University 5th Biennial National Exhibition, Boise ID
Icarus, (Collaborative media performance/installation), Club 6, San Francisco CA
1997
Code, Public Installation; Oberlin OH
Grants and Awards
2023
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant
2023 Creative Works Award, University of Louisville Office of Research and Innovation
2022
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant
Nominee, Anonymous Was a Woman Award
2019
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant
2018
Artist-in-residence, Speed Art Museum
Research and Innovation Grant; 'Tiffany Calvert: Tulip Mania and Data Manipulation', University of Louisville Office of Research and Innovation
2017
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant
Victor Olorunsola Endowed Research Award; 'Hybrid Painting in the Expanded Field', University of Louisville
Artist Professional Development Grant, The Great Meadows Foundation
2010
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Chashama organization subsidized studio, Brooklyn NY
2008
Djerassi Alumni Artists’ Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2007
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2006
ArtOmi International Artists Residency, Omi, NY
Artists Residency Program, Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT
Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship
Curatorial Projects
2023
Holding Pattern, co-curated with members of Tiger Strikes Asteroid, KMAC Museum, Louisville
2016
Magic, an exhibition of works by Hayley Barker, Matthew F Fisher, Karla Knight, Chris Martin, Kristine Moran, Sarah Peters, Henry Samelson and Laurel Sparks, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
2010
All Things Being Equal…, an exhibition of works by Joy Garnett, Paul Pfeiffer, Steve DiBenedetto and others, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2008
Some Abstraction Occurs: an exhibition of works by Pamela Jorden, Jasmine Justice, WesSherman and Wendy White, curated by Tiffany Calvert, 65GRAND, Chicago, IL
LECTURES AND PANELS
2023
“Appreciating Technologies: Technology, Craft and Acquiring Skill in Contemporary Studio Practice”, College Art Association Annual Conference, Panel: The Anachronist’s Cookbook, New York, NY
2022
Visiting artist lecture, College of Creative Arts, Miami University, OH
Artist talk with Tiffany Calvert, 21C Museum Hotel Louisville
2018
“Critical Mass II”, a panel discussion on the state of contemporary critical discourse in the region with inaugural critic-in-residence Dan Cameron and curator Dr. Emily Elizabeth Goodman, KMAC Museum and the Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville
“Director's Cut: Women Artists on Women Artists in the Age of Impressionism”, with Stephen Reily, Director, featuring Vian Sora and Tiffany Calvert, Speed Museum
Artist and Actors Talkback:“Red” a play about Mark Rothko, Bunbury Theatre, Louisville
2017
Artist talk in conjunction with Tiffany Calvert: Rainbow Chaos, Arkansas State University
“Painting Space/Digital Space”, Cressman Center, in conjunction with Painting in the Network: Algorithm and Appropriation, Louisville KY
2015
Visiting artist series lecture, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Visiting artist lecture, UC Davis, CA
2013
Visiting artist lecture, College of Architecture, Art & Design, Mississippi State University
Bibliography
2022
Garnett, Joy. “Tiffany Calvert’s Uncanny Valley”. Evergreen Review, S/S 2022
Amy Wilson, “Featured Artist: Tiffany Calvert – A Conversation”. Majuscule, Issue 8, April 2022
2020
Yau, John. “Painting’s Divided Legacy”. Hyperallergic, March.
Key, Justin Nolan. “Tiffany Calvert –This is Not a Simulation” Artist Proof Podcast, S1 E4
Rochelle Belsito, “Shift: A new exhibition featuring the artwork of Tiffany Calvert and Alex Kanevsky explores the passage of time”, American Art Collector, Feb.
2017
Sullivan, Cara. “Perception in the Digital Age: The Hybrid Paintings of Tiffany Calvert”. Number Magazine, Issue 92, November
2016
Sheffield, Clarence Burton. “The Nature of Culture and the Culture of Nature: Critical Reflections on ‘Synthesizing Nature’. Exhibition catalogue.
2012
Meier, Allison. “Go Sunset Park: An Emerging Art Community.” Hyperallergic, September.
2010
Taube, Isabel. “The Open Image.” Exhibition catalog, Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting. New York: SVA Galleries.
2009
Greene, Warren. “Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction”, September 2009, exhibition catalogue, with essays by Warren Greene and Ruth Crnkovich.
Leiser, Stacy. “APSU Exhibit to Explore Abstract Art”, The Leaf Chronicle, September 15
2008
Hackett, Regina. “Never Fear, Painting is Here”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 17
Clemans, Gayle. “Falling in Love with Intimacy of Painting”, The Seattle Times, February 19
Courson, Patricia. “Tiffany Calvert: New Work”. Flavorpill.net, March 14
Courson, Patricia. “Some Abstraction Occurs”. Flavorpill.net, January 11
2006
Camper, Fred. “Two-Dimensional Dioramas”, The Chicago Reader, March 24, Section 2, p. 24
Birmingham, Mary. “Garage Art Work is Raw, Real with Mixed Identities”, The Jersey Journal, October 27, p. 23
Wu, Suzanne. UR Chicago, Vol. 9, Issue 3, March 9, p. 18
2005
Mid-Atlantic Region cover artist, New American Paintings catalog
2002
Alan Artner. “Paintings Are Disarming, Memorable”, Chicago Tribune, August 9, sec. 7
Public Collections
Fidelity Corporate Collection
Hudson County Community College Foundation Collection
Omni Hotel, Louisville