JEPH GURECKA
Brooklyn, New York. USA
jephgurecka@gmail.com
www.jephgurecka.com

1968
born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USA
1996
Master of Fine Arts. Pratt Institute of Art And Design. Brooklyn, New York.
1991
Bachelor of Fine Arts. Clarion State University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA.

FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES:
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2004)
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant (2004)
Artists’ Fellowship Inc., Grant (2003)
Change Inc. Grant (2003)
Futura Projects' artist residency program, Castle Trebesice, Czech Republic (2005)
The Artist In The Marketplace Program. Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY. (1997)



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2016 - 2010
"Flirting with Disaster"  The Royal Society of American Art.  curated by Jason Clay Lewis.  Brooklyn, NY.
Food for Thought Exhibition, the Hewitt Gallery of Art Marymount College.NY.NY.
Curated by Hallie Cohen  and Millie Falcaro 
Consumed: Nourishment and Indulgence
Willard Wankelman Gallery
Bowling Green State University Fine Arts Center
Bowling Green Ohio
Curated by Jacqueline S. Nathan
Palate, Scion Art Space, Curated by ZIO Fulcher, Los Angeles. CA. KUF/MOLD Istanbul, Turkey, Curated by KOOH; site specific sculpture
2009
KUF/MOLD Rotterdam Holland, Curated by
KOOH; site specific outdoor sculpture
2008
Shiny Bright Souvenir, 31Grand Gallery. New York, NY
2007
No New Tale to Tell,31Grand Gallery, Curated by Heather Stephens and Megan Bush, NY NY.
The Field, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Curated by Hen Gil Han, Jamaica, NY.
2006
Love Will Tear Us Apart, National Art Club, curated by Heather Stephens and Megan Bush, NY,NY.
Harlem Art Project, hosted by Philips de Pury & Co. Saatchi and Saatchi, New York.
BAMART Silent Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music. Brooklyn, NY.
Salt, Soil, Ash, 31GRAND Gallery, solo, Brooklyn, NY.
Young American Artists of Today, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Newark, NJ.
2005
American Autumn In Moscow "Young American Artists of Today"
Central House of Artists (Krymsky val, 10) Moscow, Russia. curator; Natalia Kolodzei
Superfat, Brooklyn Fireproof, curated by Joshua Altman, Brooklyn, NY
Bread, Salt, Water, Futura Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
Young Americans, curated by Heather Stephens and Megan Bush, Wake Forest University,NC.
2004
The Armory; New York, Futura Gallery; Czech Republic
Scope Art Fair; New York, 31 Grand Gallery; New York City
Flash Art Fair; Futura Gallery;Czech Republic, Milan,Italy
Backwards Glance, Metropolitan College; New York City.
Castle Trebesice; Czech republic
Vilnius Art Festival; Lithuania
2003
Scope Art Fair; Miami. Florida 31 Grand Gallery; New York
Garden fresh Gallery, Illinois Art Week Chicago,Illinois
Dealers Choice, 31Grand Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Scope Art Fair, 31Grand Gallery,Los Angeles, CA.
2002- 1999
Ecco Vanita, Gallery_the.org, ASCI;Curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa Brooklyn, NY.
White Wave, DUMBO arts festival Brooklyn. NY.
Corporeal, 450 Gallery, New York, NY
Violence Online festival, Czech Republic
Dining Haul, Meat Packing Cooler New York, NY.
Mortal, 31Grand Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Mutations, 31Grand Gallery Brooklyn, NY.
The Show; Studio-Visit.com 31Grand Gallery Brooklyn, NY.
Good Business is The Best Art, The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Bronx, NY.
Performance Space 122. FOOCHOPS ll. (Dean Street F.O.O.) New York, NY
Hanging Instructions, Kingsborough Community College; Cuny. Brooklyn, NY.
Hanging Instructions, Longwood Arts Center, Bronx. NY.
Performance Space 122. I Got lost I. (Dean Street F.O.O.) New York, NY.
Making It Up, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.



1996-1998
Here. Bone, Skin, Cloth. New York, NY.
Performance Space 122. Avant-garde Arama. (Dean Street F.O.O.) New York, NY.
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Inhabited. New York, NY.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts. The Artist In The Marketplace program. Bronx
MTV's Oddville. (Dean Street F.O.O.) New York, NY.
Kenkeleba Gallery. Reflecting Pool. New York, NY.
The Knitting Factory. (The Dean Street F.O.O.) New York, NY.
Exit Art. Sweat. New York, NY.
Exit Art. Ambient Theater. (Dean Street F.O.O.) New York, NY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2014

The Mammoth Book of Skulls

edited  by  Ilya
2010
FOOD and WINE Magazine; Food as Art in L.A.
BY JEN MURPHY, TRAVEL EDITOR
Laist; Hungry For Art: Food-Themed Gallery Show 'Palate' Opens Tonight, Lindsey Williams-Ross, Arts and Events. Los Angeles,CA.
LAWEEKLY; Food Art
Palate to Palette: Food and Art Unite, Tanya Laden
NYMagazine.com; grub street, Los Angeles; Palate Exhibits Edible Skulls, Last Meals, Cloth Cow Cadavers, and Candy Wrappers at Scion Gallery., Hadley Tomicki http://losangeles.grubstreet.com/2010/05/palate_exhibit_offers_giant_ca.html
Examiner.com New York; Artists exhibit delectable inedible food for thought in PALATE: A Scion contemporary art show; Liane Shih
2009
New York Magazine,Cut out the Middleman Erica Oegden May 04
"FOOD" Magazine,photo; Filip Šlapal and text by Klára Kománková January-February. Ed. 23 Czech Republic.
TRENDHUNTER Magazine, Naughty Plucked Poultry, Freaky Frozen Chicken Kama Sutra by Jeph Gurecka April.
2008
WHITEHOT Magazine, New York edition, Joe Heaps Nelson.,Sept.
Lucid Culture Magazine, september
Lost At E Minor, New Art; Gerry Mak, Sept.
TRENDHUNTER Magazine, Statement Bread
'Live Soft Die Old' Artistic Dough Messages By Jeph Gurecka. Sept.
2006
Weekend LE VIF L'Express No,27 July
Atrium Magazine (Slovak Republic edition), November
Art and Antiques(Czech Republic edition), Futura; Sarka Koukalova, September
Clarion State University of Pennsylvania, Gurecka Achieves International Success. Tom Schott.
NYArts Magazine; Colleen Becker; June/July
Esquire Magazine, The New Rogues, May edition.
The Financial Times, Not Just Another Fine Mess, Constance Wyndham. Thur. March 09.
“Theres a Chef In My World”, Emeril Lagasse, Harper Collins.
2005
Prague post; “Fast Tracks” Lizzie Le Quesne, July 6-12 vol.15. no. 27
Czech Business Weekly “Straight Out of Brooklyn” Vincent Farnsworth. Oct. 03, issue 39
Affari Italiani “Segnali” David Migliori
Relish, “Images At A Flash Point” Tom Patterson
Prague television, CT1 news-culture events, Bibiana Benova
Winston-Salem Journal, Images At a Flash Point” Tom Patterson.
2004
Prague television, CT1 news-culture events, Bibiana Benova
TIME Global Advisor; “Fly and Buy”, Nick Eason. May
WFMU Radio, October 2004
ArtNet, Feature Artist.
CNN Traveler, June 2004
1996-2003
BRIDGE Magazine; Jan. 02, Art review; John Keene
NEWSDAY; April 26 “Portrait of A Neighborhood” Ariella Budick
ADDICT magazine; “Mutations”; Issue #15-Winter, “When Worlds Collide”
NY Arts; Simply Grand, Winter.
The New York Times; Nine Voices From Off Broadway Past and Present.
Time Out New York; Masked Man
The Village Voice; Techno Madness. Charles Mcnulty JUNE 1, 1999. VOL.XLIV NO. 21
The Winston-Salem Journal; New York Explorers March 05, Tom Patterson
Wake Forest University; Making It Up. Catalogue
The Village Voice; Bridge Work. Dec.9-15 Stephen Nunns