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Jeff Gauntt-Quiceno grew up in Texas and studied painting (BFA) before moving to New York (MFA), where he was represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Jeff currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He makes paintings, objects, and prints in his studio, designs and builds costumes and props for performing (cosplay) at genre conventions, and makes signs and prints for covert interactive fan performances at live events. Jeff has been awarded grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, New York (MFA)
University of Houston, Texas (BFA)
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006
Falling, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Jeff Gauntt / David Humphrey, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2003
Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
2001
Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Locals Only, Artex Project Space, Inglewood, CA
2012
re:present L.A., Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA
2011
The Open Daybook Exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Horizon, EFA Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Guess Who’s Coming to Lunch?, Reedstudio, New York, NY
Still Missing: Beauty Absent Social Life, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY
2005
The New Yorker: Passport to the Art World, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
Drawing Narrative, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
Painting The Edge, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Blindness: Jeff Gauntt, Peter Rostovsky, Michael Wetzel, Dwight Hackett Projects, Sante Fe, NM
2004
About Painting, The Frances Young Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Eye Candy, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Art In the Office, The Global Consulting Group, New York, NY
2003
The Men’s Room, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Nature Boy, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Pink Slips and Golden Parachutes, The Project, New York, NY
2002
Nervous System, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Exit Art, New York, NY
2000
Garden Party, N.E.G., Milan, Italy
Greater New York, P.S.1, New York, NY
Architecture and Memory, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York, NY
Group Show, Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
1999
Architecturally Abstract, Revolution Gallery, New York, NY
Aqua Agua, Revolution Gallery, Detroit, MI
AWARDS
2014 Best Costume Award, Star Trek Las Vegas
2013 2nd Place Best Group Costume, Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo, Los Angeles
2009 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
1999 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York, NY
LECTURES
2008 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2007 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2006 University of Houston, TX
2003 Yale University, New Haven, CT
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008 Introduction to Drawing, Community Center, Lake Worth, FL
2007 Artist in Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1996 Teaching Assistant, Laura Cottingham / Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Callwood, Brett. Two Nights of Cold Waves. LAWeekly.com https://www.laweekly.com/two-nights-of-cold-waves
2014 StarTrekcom Staff. Farrell Wears Original Wedding Dress & Pegg Lights Up Vegas. StarTrek.com https://www.startrek.com/article/farrell-wears-original-wedding-dress-pegg-lights-up-vegas
2011 Earle, David P. The Open Daybook
2006 Huhn, Tom. Still Missing: Beauty Absent Social Life (Exhibition Cat.) McSweeney’s, Issue #20
Taylor, David. “The Artful World of Gauntt,” Pasadena Citizen, Nov. 1, 2006
2005 Carver, John. “Reviews,” Art Papers, November/December
Ribas, Joao. Painting The Edge (Exhibition Catalog)
Collins, Tom. “Hidden Depths,” Albuquerque Journal, July 22, 2005
Keegan, Matt. North Drive Press Issue #2, 2005
2004 About Painting (Exhibition Catalog)
Garcia-Fenech, Giovanni. “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Stitch, February
Yaddo New York City Benefit 2004 (Auction Catalog)
Smith, Roberta. “Echo Eggebrecht,” The New York Times, November 12, 2004
2003 Ewing, John. “Jeff Gauntt,” Artlies, Winter
The New Yorker, Goings on about Town, “Jeff Gauntt,” November 17
Cohen, David. “Jeff Gauntt,” The New York Sun, Thursday, November 6
Saltz, Jerry. “Babylon Rising,” The Village Voice, September 5
The New Yorker, Goings on about Town “Pink Slips and Golden Parachutes,” January 27
2002 Myers, Holly. “Vaguely Out of Touch With ‘Nervous System’,” LA Times, March 29, 2002
“Charley 01,” Charley Magazine, Les Presses Du Réel/Janvier, c.2002, ISBN 1-564-66092-3
Humphrey, David. “New York e-mail,” Art Issues, Summer.
Smith, Roberta. “Jeff Gauntt,” New York Times, March 9.
Saltz, Jerry. “Greater Expectations,” The Village Voice, March 9
Solomon, Deborah. “How to Become an Instant Art Star,” New York Times Magazine, Sept. 17, 2000
Hong, Catherine. “United Artists,” Harper’s Bazaar, May 2000
Greater New York (Exhibition Catalog)
1999 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation 1999 Awards
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