Faculty

Profile

J Jan Groeneboer is a conceptual multidisciplinary artist, writer, and educator. In his visual practice, he investigates how representation and abstraction connect to different forms of visibility, legibility, and comprehension. Groeneboer often works in abstraction to address the politics of representation. His work has shown at David Zwirner Gallery (2018), Boston University Galleries (2017), MoMA (2016), Art in General (2016), the Queens Museum (2016), CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art (2016), MoMA PS1 (2015), Contemporary Art Museum Houston (2015), Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts in Winnipeg (2015), Andrew Edlin Gallery (2013), Shoshawna Wayne Gallery (2010), and Exile, Berlin (2010), among others. Essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, Art21.com, Mute Magazine, Artforum.com, Temporary Art Review, and Art Journal, among others. David Getsy’s 2016 essay “Seeing Commitments: Jonah Groeneboer’s Ethics of Discernment” was included in the “Opacities” section of Getsy and Che Gosset’s “A Syllabus on Transgender and Nonbinary Methods for Art and Art History” (Art Journal, Winter 2021). Residencies include Ox-Bow School of Art, the Fire Island Artist Residency, and Recess. He is a grant recipient from Canada Council for the Arts (2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022) and NYSCA (2023), and is a Creative Capital Awardee (2024). As a writer, Groeneboer has participated in numerous panels and symposiums. His essays have been included in publications such as Texte Zur Kunst (2023) and Studies in Gender and Sexuality (2023). His most recent solo show Selected Views was presented at The Kitchen NYC (2024).
 

Degrees Held

Jonah holds an BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) and a MFA in Studio Art from New York University (NYU).

Awards And Honors