Ethan Greenbaum
Ethan Greenbaum
Workspace Program Resident 2015
I was honored and excited to receive a Dieu Donné Workspace Program Residency. Much of my current multimedia work is linked with the traditions of paper printmaking, but I’ve had relatively few chances to work with paper casting or printing on paper. Cast paper is an exciting medium for me and provides an interesting metaphor to some of my subjects, like foam stones or formica, that are also compressed particulates imitating a natural material.
I am extremely grateful to my studio collaborator, expert papermaker Paul Wong, and the entire staff at Dieu Donné. Paul is incredibly patient, funny and was a true partner in the process. He anticipated problems and suggested ideas and possibilities that I would never have come up with on my own. The entire team at Dieu Donne are unfailingly kind, helpful and supportive. They provide a wonderful studio environment and I’m deeply thankful for their efforts. — Ethan Greenbaum, 2015
Ethan Greenbaum uses a range of digital and sculptural processes to excavate and reframe the built environment. His multimedia works link digital representation, architectural construction, and increasingly, language. During the artist’s time at Dieu Donné, he worked closely with collaborator Paul Wong to create a series of cast paper prints that emulate faux stone walls and building supply logos. The prints were created in tandem with Greenbaum’s existing works in media such as vacuum formed photos, CNC carved corian and 3D powder prints.
In the Studio
About the Artist
Ethan Greenbaum (b. New Jersey) obtained an MFA from Yale School of Art. Greenbaum is the recipient of the Queens Art Fund New Work Grant, the Silver Art Residency, Dieu Donne’s Workspace Residency, LMCC’s Workspace Program, The Robert Blackburn SIP Fellowship, The Socrates EAF Fellowship, The Edward Albee Foundation Residency and The Barry Schactman Painting Prize. His work has been discussed in The New York Times, Modern Painters, Artforum, BOMB Magazine, ArtReview and Interview Magazine, among others.
Selected exhibition venues include KANSAS, New York; Derek Eller Gallery, New York; Hauser and Wirth, New York; Marlborough Chelsea, New York, Higher Pictures, New York; New York; Marianne Boesky, New York, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles; Steve Turner, Los Angeles; The Suburban, Chicago; Michael Jon & Alan, Miami, The Aldrich Museum, Connecticut; Socrates Sculpture Park; Long Island City and Stems Gallery, Brussels. Recent projects include a solo presentation with Lyles & King and solo exhibitions at Galerie Pact, Paris and Super Dakota, Brussels.
Ethan is a co-ounder and editor of the thehighlights.org and his writings have appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Wax Magazine, BOMB, Paper Monument and others. He has also curated and co-curated multiple exhibitions at venues including The Suburban, Chicago; Lyles & King, New York and Super Dakota, Brussels. He currently lives and works in New York.
For more information, please visit their website: https://ethangreenbaum.com