Samuel Jablon
Born 1986 in Binghamton, NY
Samuel Jablon is an artist and poet based in New York City. Jablon received his MFA from Brooklyn College/CUNY (2013) and his BA from Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado (2009). He has performed and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, The Queens Museum, Hauser & Wirth, Storefront for Art and Architecture, The Kitchen, Artists Space, Carl Kostyál, Morgan Presents, Blum & Poe, TOTAH, The Pit, and Ballon Rouge. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Interview Magazine, Art in America, ARTnews, Hyperallergic, BOMB, and the Brooklyn Rail.
Education:
2013
MFA Visual Art, Brooklyn College (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY
School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts
2009
BA Writing and Literature, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
Solo + Two Person Exhibitions:
2024
Morgan Presents, New York, NY, Linger Longer
2023
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, Devil Town
2022
Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SE
Ballon Rouge, Dubai, UAE, Art Dubai
2021
Morgan Presents, New York, NY, Odili Donald Odita & Sam Jablon: Color/Code
Ballon Rouge, Brussels, BE, Bad Time (with book)
the Landing, Los Angeles, CA, Mike Cloud + Sam Jablon: blurred life time
2020
Ober Gallery, Kent, CT, Chaos
Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX, Nothing Bad Happens
2019
Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL, Mark Flood + Samuel Jablon: Dirty Words
Ballon Rouge, London, UK, Don’t Panic (curated by Francesca Gavin)(with catalogue)
Reading Room, Dallas, TX, Burnt By Sun
2018
Freight + Volume, New York, NY, UNSTUNG (with catalogue)
Ballon Rouge, Los Angeles, CA, Doomed (curated by Brigitte Mulholland)
2016
Diane Rosenstein, Los Angeles, CA, Over Heard
Freight + Volume, Arts + Leisure, New York, NY, Life is Fine (with catalogue)
2014
Freight + Volume, New York, NY, WORD:PLAY (with catalogue)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024
The Pit, Los Angeles, Halfway to Sanity
2023
M+B, Los Angeles, CA, My Condolences
2022
The Pit, Palm Springs, CA
PM/AM, London, UK, What Now?
2021
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, Wild Frontiers
Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SE, Hospitalet Sessions
2020
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, Show Me The Signs
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, Transatlantico
Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY, New Wave, (curated by David Williams)
2019
Ballon Rouge, Brussels, BE. Club Inaugural
56 Henry, New York, NY. Notebook (curated by Joanne Greenbaum)
Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA. Mind, Body, Soul (Maysha Mohamedi, Spencer Lewis, Samuel Jablon)
2018
Pierogi, New York, NY, Under/erasure (curated by Heather and Raphael Rubinstein)
Museum Of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit Michigan, Benefit Auction
TOTAH, New York, NY, Polarities
2017
Artists Space, New York, NY I Love John Giorno
Yours Mine and Ours Gallery, New York, NY, The Roger Ailes Memorial Show
The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, The Tyranny of Common Sense Has Reached Its Final Stage (curated by Tomas Vu-Daniel and Rirkrit Tiravanija)
2016
The 8th Floor (Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation), New York, NY, When Artists Speak Truth
2015
New Museum, Art In Odd Places, New York, NY, Idea City
Arts & Leisure, New York, NY, Your Bad Self (with catalogue)
Spring Break Art Show, New York, NY, Material Transaction (curated by Alejandro Jassan)
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY, Storefront TV: O Me! O Life!
2014
Queens Museum, Queens, NY, ETERNiDAY
Children's Museum of Art, New York, NY, Drawn to Language
2013
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Transform The World! Poetry Must Be Made By All! (curated by Kenneth Goldsmith)
DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Poet Sculpture
Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY, do it (outside)
HOWL Festival, Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY, Soap Box Poets
Publications:
Samuel Jablon: Bad Time, Ballon Rouge, 2021
Samuel Jablon: Unstung, Freight + Volume, 2018
Grunthaner, Jeff. Conversations in contemporary poetics, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2017
Samuel Jablon: Life is Fine, Arts + Leisure, 2016
Samuel Jablon: WORD:PLAY, Freight + Volume, 2014
Selected Bibliography:
2024
Ostrow Saul, Sam Jablon: Linger Longer, Brooklyn Rail, April 2024
Yau, John, Five NYC Shows to Round Out Your April, Hyperallergic, April 16
2022
Ojo, Kayode. Interview: Samuel Jablon, BOMB Magzine, Spring 2022 (print)
2021
Thomas, Alexandra M. A Transgenerational and Intercultural Look at Abstract Painting. Hyperallergic Nov 1
Golden, Dan. Mike Cloud and Sam Jablon. Curator March
Almino, Elisa Wouk. Mike Cloud / Sam Jablon: blurred life time, Hyperallergic February 3
2020
Sommer, Erik. “In The Studio: Samuel Jablon.” Mott Projects, December 10
Freeman, Nate. “Editors’ Picks: 13 Virtual Art Events Not to Miss This Week, From the Debut of Ibrahim Mahama’s Latest Project to Studio Visits With NADA.” Artnet News, May 25
Schultz, Abby. “NADA Supports Dealers and Artists With Digital FAIR.” Barrons, May 20
Binlot, Ann. “Samuel Jablon and Mark Flood talk dirty words, hedonism, psychotropic drugs.” Document Journal, February 11
Editors. “20 Painters Who Are Shaping the New Decade”. The Daily Collector, January 20th
2019
Binlot, Ann. “The Highlights Of Miami Art Week 2019: The Parties Continue, The Art World Goes Bananas At Art Basel in Miami Beach.” Forbes, December 13
Angeleti, Gabriella and Ludel, Wallace.“Three exhibitions to see in Miami this weekend.” The Art Newspaper, December 12
Woolridge, Jane. “Get a jump on Art Basel 2019 at Miami Progressive Art Brunch.” Miami Herald, November, 28
Meyer, James. NOTEBOOK 56 Henry, Artforum May Issue
Russeth, Andrew.”Six Superb Shows in New York: Jessi Reaves, Mimi Gross, Nolan Simon, ‘Strategic Vandalism,’ ‘Notebook,’ and Caroline Goe”. ARTnews March 38
Ely, Paulette. MIND BODY SOUL INSTALLMENT, Flaunt Magazine, February 7
Heinrich, Will. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week, New York Times January 23
Martin, Brittany.The Best Exhibits at Museums and Galleries in L.A. in January, Los Angeles Magazine January
Corwin, William. Under Erasure, Brooklyn Rail December 11
2018
Chapman, Ryan. Samuel Jablon: Unstung, Brooklyn Rail October Issue
Editors. The Top 25, Cultured Magazine, Fall Issue
One Piece: "Linger Longer by Samuel Jablon." BOMB Magazine, January 26
2017
Munro, Cait. "Speeding BULLETS: Artist Sam Jablon", BULLET, June 15
2016
Truax, Stephen. "Samuel Jablon Interview," CRUSHfanzine, September 16
Golden, Dan, "Interview Samuel Jablon," Curator, September, 13
Grunthaner, Jeff. "Paintings that Set Letters and Language Free," Hyperallergic, May 11
Editors. "Samuel Jablon Life is Fine' at Freight + Volume," ARTnews, May 9
Winstead, Ed, "Samuel Jablon," Interview Magazine, pp.30. April Issue
Griffin, Rashawn,"An Interview with Samuel Jablon," Whitehot Magazine, April 12
Henry, Adam, "Between seeing and reading, Two Coats of Paint, April 2
Mooney, Tyrrell,"Samuel Jablon Studio Visit," MTV RE:DEFINE, January 25
2015
Holman, Bob, “Samuel Jablon & Stefan Bondell,” Interview, The Brooklyn Rail, pp. 78-79, April Issue
2014
Morse, Trent. “Samuel Jablon at Freight + Volume, Review,” ARTnews, p. 117, December Issue
Frederick, Jeff. “Samuel Jablon, Review,” Art In America, pp. 179-180, November Issue
Plagens, Peter.”Artist Mixes Texts, Images in Exhibition Titled 'Word:Play',” The Wall Street Journal, pp. A19. August 30
Hyde, James. “Samuel Jablon,” Artists on Artists, BOMB Magazine, pp. 125-127, Issue 127 / Spring
Selected artist talks:
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Maryland, DE, Visiting Artist Lecture
Rutgers University, Visiting Artist Lecture
The Brooklyn Rail, The New Social Environment: Artist talk with Mike Cloud
UAB's Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, AEIVA, Birmingham, AL, Visiting Artist Lecture
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Visiting Artist Lecture
Tyler School of Art / Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Visiting Artist Lecture
2014 Whitney Biennial, New York, NY, Critical Practices, LaTableRonde, Roundtable: On Curating and Authorship
Hunter College, New York, NY, Visiting Artist Lecture
Public Collections:
JP Morgan Chase
Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts
City University of New York
Pen America