JJ Manford (b. 1983, Boston, MA) received a BFA from Cornell University in 2006, a post-Baccalaureate certificate from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009, and an MFA from Hunter College in 2013. Most recently, his work has been featured in solo presentations at Harper’s, Los Angeles and East Hampton (2022 and 2021); Derek Eller Gallery, New York (2021 and 2019); and John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY (2016 and 2012). A catalog, Greenport Magic, accompanied an exhibition of the same title at Arts + Leisure Gallery, New York, in 2017. Manford has participated in group exhibitions at The Hole, New York (2022); Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (2022); The Pit, Glendale and Palm Springs, CA (2022 and 2021); Harper’s, Los Angeles (2021); 1969 Gallery, New York (2020); and Alexander Berggruen, New York (2020), among other venues. Reviews of his work have appeared in numerous publications including New Yorker, Artnet News, and KCRW. Manford lives and works in Brooklyn where he is a co-founder of the artist collective Underdonk.

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JJ Manford
b. 1983 in Boston, MA 
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2012: Hunter College, MFA in Painting
2008-9: The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio (Painting/Drawing) 2006: Cornell University, College of Art, Architecture and Planning Bachelors in Fine Art, Art History 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024: “Fifth Season”, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024: “Jaune Brilliant”, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2024: “Hayden Rowe Street”, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
2023: “The Golden Pheasant At Flamingo Estate & Other Tales of Wanderlust”, Harper’s, NY           
2023: “In A Western Town”, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022: “Our House”, Harper’s, Los Angeles, CA 
2021: “Moon Salon”, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 
2021: “View from Gowanus”, Harper’s, East Hampton, NY 
2019: “Fish Tank TV (Project Room)”, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 
2018: “NIGHT”, One River, Westport, CT 
2017: “Greenport Magic”, Arts and Leisure, New York, NY 
2017: “Liminal Grove”, One River in Allendale, and Englewood, NJ 
2016:” Wanderers and Wildflowers”, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY 
2013: “Of Other Places”, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY 
2012: “The Brink of Utterance”, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY 
2007: “Dissolving Lucian II/ Points of My Compass”, Gershwin Gallery, New York, NY 
2006: “Lucian is Dissolving”, Willard Straight Art Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Group Exhibitions  

2024: “Tone Poem” The Hole, New York, NY
2023: “Off The Rack”, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2023: “RIPE”, Harper’s, Los Angeles, CA
2023: “Levity”, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY
2023: “Don’t Sweat the Technique”, with Michael Berryhill and Matt Kleberg, Miami, FL
2023: “LIBRARY”, curated by Glenn Goldberg, TV Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2023: “The Power to Dream”, curated by James Bolton, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2022: “In Residence”, Studio Archive Projects, New York, NY
2022: “Brooklyn Bridge”, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2022: “Manscaping”, The Hole, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
2022: “Interior Dialogues”, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022:  “Psychedelic Landscape”, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY
2022: “What A Long Strange Trip”, Analog Diary, Beacon, NY
2022: “Chasing Phantoms”, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
2022: “What Now?”, PM/AM Gallery, London, UK
2022: “Drawing with Scissors”, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022: “Prism”, Y2K, New York, NY
2022: “Lexicon of Love”, Studio Archive Project, Brooklyn, NY
2022: Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, Italy
2021: “A Flower Show”, Gangway NPT, Newport, RI
2021: “Spiritual Art Advisory”, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 
2021: “Melrose”, Harper’s, Los Angeles, CA 
2021: “Oasis”, The Pit, Palm Springs, CA
2021: “Unraveling”, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY 
2021: “Hello From the Living Room”, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY 
2021: “Michael Berryhill & JJ Manford”, One River, Allendale, NJ
2020: Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2020: “Quarters”, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY
2019: “The Mind is Also a Landscape”, Public Land/ Print Club LTD, Sacramento, CA 
2019: “Under the Time of Lampshades”, Transmitter NYC, Brooklyn, NY 
2019: “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, curated by Timothy Bergstrom, Washington Art   
2019: Association, New York, NY
2019: “Mushrooms”, Y2K Group, 7 Franklin Place, New York, NY
2019: “Decade”, curated by Sun You, SFA Projects, New York, NY 
2019: “New York”, Just Like I Pictured It, Platform, Brooklyn, NY
2019: “Making (It) Work”, curated by Karla Wozniak and Georgia Elrod, Hubbell Street Galleries, 
2019: California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018: “In Form: BMCC Art Faculty Exhibition”, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY 
2018: “Big Holiday Show”, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
2018: “7 Samurai”, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2018: GlenLily Grounds 2018, Newburgh, NY
2018: “Idols and Icons”, curated by Muskat/Knoll, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2018: “Summer of Love”, Freight and Volume Gallery, New York, NY 
2018: “Gangs of New York”, curated by Essex Flowers, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL 
2018: “DNA Residency Show”, Provincetown, MA
2018: “Untitled Projects”, curated by Catherine Haggarty & Karen Flatow, Amagansett, NY 
2018: “True North”, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
2018: “Foundation Faculty Exhibition”, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2018: “Ring of Fire”, Far x Wide, for Earth Justice, Brooklyn, NY
2017: “Nostalgisms”, curated by Nick Benfey, Able Baker Contemporary, Porland, ME 
2017:“Indian Summer”, Disturb the Neighbors, New York, NY 
2017: “In Paper We Trust”, curated by Sara Clarken & Brigette Mulholland, Dot Project, London
2017: “The Secret Life of Plants”, curated by Jennifer Coates and Nick Lawrence, Freight and  Volume, New York, NY
2017: “Conference Object”, curated by Sarah Butler, Cairo, NY