Biography
Born in Berlin, Germany 1945, she and lives and works in Brooklyn. Evertz holds a BA in Art History and an MFA in Painting, both from Hunter College, NYC.
Since 1990, Evertz has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions internationally and throughout the United States. Her work is included in many public collections, among them sixteen museum collections, and has been reviewed in numerous prominent publications. In addition to her painting practice, Evertz has curated and co-curated critically acclaimed artist retrospectives and surveys on abstract painting. She is the author of catalog essays on the experience of color and abstract painting. Gabriele Evertz is Professor Emerita of Painting at Hunter College and taught there from 1990-2018.
Evertz, Gabriele. The Gray Question, exhibition catalog, 2015, Minus Space, New York, NY.
Link: http://www.gabrieleevertz.com/Text/Gabriele-Evertz-The%20Gray%20Question.pdf
| Solo Exhibitions (select) | |
| 2020 | Exaltations, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2018 | Eight Flags: Gabriele Evertz, site-specific installation, Radevormwald, Germany |
| 2017 | Gabriele Evertz: Color Relativity, 499 Park Avenue, New York, NY |
| 2015 | The Gray Question, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2012 | Optic Drive, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| The Geometry of Color, Art Sites Gallery, Riverhead, NY | |
| 2011 | Rapture, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY |
| Group exhibitions (select) | |
| 2020 | Painting Beyond Borders, Galerie Floss und Schultz, Cologne, Germany Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2019 | Harmonies in Color, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2018 | Radiant Energy, curated by Mary Birmingham, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ |
| 2017 | Polychromy, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY Extended Process, Saturation Point, London, United Kingdom AAA 75th Anniversary Portfolio, Clear Lake Art Gallery, University of Houston, TX |
| 2016 | Painting Color, Glassell Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2015 | Geometric Obsession. American School 1965—2015, Museo de Art Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2014 | A Global Exchange: Geometric Abstraction Since 1950, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL Color Refined, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Doppler Shift, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ Hard-Edge Abstraction: Paintings and Works on Paper, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY Color as Abstraction, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM American Abstract Artists: AAA’s 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA |