b. 1987 Bronx, NY

Lives and works in New York, NY

 

EDUCATION

2011 MFA; Meadows School of the Arts at SMU; Dallas, TX

2009 BFA; School of Art + Design at Purchase College; SUNY; Purchase, NY

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

The Importance of Being Ernidge; Louis B. James; New York, NY

2014

OTIS JONES + BRET SLATER; annex14; Zürich, CH

OTIS JONES + BRET SLATER; Louis B. James; New York, NY

OTIS JONES + BRET SLATER; Holly Johnson Gallery; Dallas, TX

2013

Morgan Lehman Gallery; “The Study”; New York, NY

2012

An Amulet that Natters; Thomas Robertello Gallery, project space; Chicago, IL

Elaine Lévy Project; Brussels, BE

Marty Walker Gallery; Dallas, TX

2011

Thomas Robertello Gallery; Chicago, IL

2010

Pump Fake; Thomas Robertello Gallery, project space; Chicago, IL

2009

Five Color Flag Machine; Purchase College; SUNY; Purchase, NY

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2015

Cult of Personality; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX

Colors; Louis B. James; New York, NY

2014

Weiß – Aspekte Einer Farbe in Moderne und Gegenwart; Museum im Kulturspeicher; Würzburg, DE

Unbounded; Root Division; San Francisco, CA

Beyond the Pale; Interstate Gallery; Brooklyn, NY

Pouring it On; University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA

2013

Touch the Moon; Louis B. James; New York, NY

Diff’rent Strokes; Louis B. James; New York, NY

Stéphane Ducret + Bret Slater; annex14; Zürich, CH

Maximum Overdrive; University of Texas at Dallas; Dallas, TX

2012

Bret Slater + Jeff Zilm; et al Projects; Brooklyn, NY

Oliver Francis Gallery; Dallas, TX

2009

Neuberger Museum of Art; Purchase, NY

2008

9 : 5 :: Jessica Sugerman : Bret Slater; Purchase College; SUNY; Purchase, NY

State University of New York Selected Students Exhibition; State University Plaza; Albany, NY

 

TALKS

2015

Taliesin West; the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture; Scottsdale, AZ

2014

Artists on Artworks; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York, NY

2013

Curator’s Choice; Dallas Museum of Art; Dallas, TX

2012

Michael Corris in conversation with Bret Slater; Nasher Sculpture Center; Dallas, TX

 

RESIDENCIES

2010

Artist-in-Residence; Les Subsistances; Lyon, FR

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015

Messinger, Kate. Can’t Hardly Wait for Summer, Paper Magazine, June, New York, NY

Backstory, Dwell, May, United States

2014

Roeschmann, Dietrich. Das Sieht Gut Aus, artline>Kunstmagazin, October, Germany

Galerienausstellungen zum Saisonanfang, SonntagsZeitung, August 31, Switzerland

Pagliasso, GianCarlo. Fiere e Artisti in Fieri, Campanotto Editore, June. TO, Italy

Corris, Michael. How to Look at Style and Substance: The Paintings of Otis Jones and Bret Slater, Glasstire, July. Texas                                                              

Bourbon, Matthew. Critic’s Pick, Artforum online, June.

McKinnon, Luanne. Form & Matter Redux: The Art of Otis Jones and Bret Slater, San Francisco, CA
Zotos, John. Otis Jones + Bret Slater, Arts + Culture, May 2014, Texas.

Cole, Jeanette.  Pouring it On, catalog, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Mora, Patricia. Worldly Goods, Patron, February/March. Dallas, TX

Goings On About Town: Art.  The New Yorker, January, New York, NY

Killary, Katie. Bushwick Daily, January, Brooklyn, NY                                   

2013

Russeth, Andrew. 11 Things to do in New York’s Art World Before December 14, GalleristNY, The New York Observer, December. New York, NY

Highlights: The Americas: New York, Modern Painters, December.

Henkes, Alice. Kunstbulletin, September. Switzerland                                    

2012

Simek, Peter. Paint, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, D Magazine, December. Dallas, TX

Dubois, Collette. <H>Art, September. Belgium

Steverlynck, Sam. Agenda, September. Brussels, BE

Corris, Michael. F/D Luxe, August. Dallas, TX

Simek, Lucia. Glasstire. Texas

Carter, Steve. Modern Luxury, June. Dallas, TX

Rees, Christina. Glasstire, May. Texas

2011

Indrisek, Scott. Modern Painters, December.

Klein, Paul. The Huffington Post, September. Chicago, IL

100 Best Shows of Fall. Modern Painters, September

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2014

Weiß – Aspekte Einer Farbe in Moderne und Gegenwart, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, D

Ontogenesis, annex14, Zürich, CH

OTIS JONES + BRET SLATER, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX

Pouring it On, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2012

New American Paintings no.102

2010

New American Paintings no.87

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

 

CURATORIAL