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The unruly artwork of Jesse Bercowetz is born out of a dark rural sensibility and is completely entrenched in the
contemporary American psyche. His work is fashioned through trial and error into material metaphor and holds no
allegiance to any one process or genre. Bercowetz is committed to a non-market driven collaborative process and
fostering interdependence through radical arts practices.
He is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has been awarded Fellowships from the
MacDowell Colony, The New York Foundation for the Arts and The Jerome Foundation.
His art has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums, including: PS1 / MoMA, NYC; The Drawing Center,
NYC; White Columns, NYC; Derek Eller Gallery, NYC; Feigen Contemporary, NYC; Exit Art, NYC: The Brooklyn
Museum of Art, The New Museum, NYC; The Brooklyn Academy of Music; Albany University Art Museum, NY;
Islip Art Museum, NY; Mass MOCA, MA: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Rice University, TX,
and Art Basel, Switzerland.
He is the Recipient of several grants including: The Pollock/Krasner Grant, The Haven Foundation, The Mayer
Foundation, The Artist Fellowship, Change Inc., The Jerome Foundation Travel Grant, The Puffin Foundation,
Bessie Award and the New York Foundation for the Arts Emergency Grant.
Bercowetz has been selected for residencies at: The Vermont Studio Center, Headlands Center for the Arts, CA;
Triangle Arts, NYC; Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, NYC; Art Omi, NY; Smack Mellon Studios, NYC, Religare
Arts, New Deli, India; Ochre Arts, Hyderabad, India; and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
His work has been reviewed in numerous publications including: The New York Times, L.A. Weekly, Art Review,
Sculpture Magazine, The New Yorker, The Brooklyn Rail, The Chicago Reader, The Village Voice, Time Out New
York, India Times and ArtForum.
He has Volunteered for The New York State Council for the Arts, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Youth Mentorship
Program, NYC; The New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program; The Coalition for the Homeless,
NYC; Luna-Rose Prisoner Support, Bangkok, Thailand; Bellevue Hospital Mentally Ill Chemically Dependent Unit,
NYC and The Visiting Nurses Service of New York, Hospice.
Bercowetz lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
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source: jessebercowetz

Jesse Bercowetz is an artist who lives in New York City. His work has been exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum of Art and PS1 / MOMA. He is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and has received grants from The New York Foundation for the Arts and the Pollock / Krasner Foundation. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times and ArtForum. Bercowetz recently returned from South East Asia on a research grant from The Jerome Foundation.
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source: aptglobalorg

Jesse Bercowetz is an award-winning artist who lives in New York City. His epic and sprawling sculptures have been featured in a myriad of exhibitions worldwide. He is a two-time Fellow of the prestigious MacDowell Colony, a recipient of The New York Foundation for the Arts grant and a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been praised on more than one occasion in the New York Times. He has lectured at several prominent universities and institutions. His work can be found in numerous art collections in the U.S. and abroad. Bercowetz is currently preparing to travel to South East Asia on a research grant from the Jerome Foundation.

Jesse Bercowetz creates large-scale installations that may make you feel a little queasy, as if you have just fallen down a rabbit hole of paranoia and conspiracy. A confounding assortment of objects mixes fantasy and reality in works that comment on the subconscious of contemporary America. His work often has apocalyptic undertones and awe-inspiring titles. Bercowetz’s art holds elements of the fantastical, the futuristic and the historical in its materials, design and ideas. Part mobile, part machine-like and completely entrenched in the contemporary psyche, Bercowetz’s work is mindful of humanity’s nature to be irrational, curious and visionary.