Born in Boston, MA
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Jesse Farber builds vivid spaces through visual and audio montage. His work has been exhibited throughout the US and Europe, with residencies at Jeckels Gl. Skagen (Denmark), the Islip Museum of Art (New York), Yaddo (New York), and the Atlantic Center for the Arts (Florida). His projects have been featured in WYRD, Aerogramme Center’s Mobile Library, Bait/Switch, Brut, and the White Columns Curated Registry. Through his imprint, Vonconflon, he publishes an ongoing library of zines and cassettes. His sound works have appeared in films, broadcasts, and live events.
| Education | |
| 2004 | MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
| 2002 | Post-Baccalaureate, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
| 1998 | BA in Studio Art, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2025 | Shatter Trap, Anagram Space, Berlin, Germany |
| 2022 | Torsades de Pointes, Frizz23, Berlin |
| 2016 | One Million Mirrors, Cavuspace, Berlin, Germany |
| I Believe My Receiver, Galerie Studio St. St., Berlin, Germany | |
| 2011 | This World Is Not My Home, GallusZentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2024 | Hyphae AR Event with Brian Zegeer, Gallery 114, Portland, OR, USA |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Time, curated by Darren O’Brien, Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany |
| Sugar & Spice, SCOTTY, Berlin, Germany | |
| Hybridity, ANTE Curatorial, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2022 | One Eye Opens Another, with Inna Babaeva and Joy Curtis, Conduit Gallery, Ridgewood, NY |
| SIGNAL, with Lisa Di Donato and Olivia Martin Moore, Site Site Parasite, Berlin | |
| Weird Media, curated by Patrick Lichty, Winona State University, Winona, MN | |
| 2021 | Suturo Berlin, curated by Daniel Wiesenfeld and Bettina Weiss, www.suturo.com |
| 2020 | KUNST IM BAU, curated by Hans-Jürgen Hafner, Gunter Reski, and Marcus Weber, Berlin |
| Thinking of Sound, Hilbertraum, Berlin | |
| Mistral, Site Site Parasite, Marseille, France | |
| 2019 | Rulers, curated by Sue Havens and Jason Lazarus, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL |
| Der Schein der Dinge, SCOTTY, Berlin, Germany | |
| Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY | |
| 2018 | The 7th Sense, Bar Babette, Berlin, Germany |
| Glashaus, AusstellungsHalle 1A, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 2017 | All The Right Moves, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany |
| 2016 | Dada Dada! with CEPH, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Super Sketchy, DCTV, New York, NY | |
| On Site in 16 Cities, Bar Babette, Berlin, Germany, and Create or Die, Sydney, Australia | |
| 2014 | Person, Place, or Thing, 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany |
| Helløween, Idling Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2013 | Haydarpasa’yi Sevmek, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2012 | WAVERS, Curated by EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 | Wir alle lieben Lüpertz, Kornhäuschen, Aschaffenburg, Germany |
| 2009 | Familietreffen, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| The Crack-Up, curated by Sascha Braunig, ATM Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Central & Remote, Daily Operation, Long Island City, NY | |
| From The Garden Of Earthly Delights, Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ | |
| 2008 | Unlikely Perfomance Night, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Hallways 2, 167 Plymouth, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2006 | Hallways, 167 Plymouth, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2005 | Ten Alumni Artists, Palmer Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| I AM 5, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2004 | Floor Play, Brooklyn War Memorial Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| Into the Woods, Morsel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Power T’s, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Six Degrees, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | |
| Tell Me a Story of a World Without Words, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ | |
| 2003 | Nickel and Dimed, Quality Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| Good For You, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 2001 | Where You At?, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY |
| Awards/Residencies | |
| 2023 | Artist Residency, Jeckels Gl. Skagen, Skagen, Denmark |
| 2021 | White Columns Artist Registry, White Columns, New York, NY |
| 2016 | Höherweg Guest Residency, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2009 | In Process Residency, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY |
| 2008 | Louise Bourgeois Residency for a Sculptor, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 2006 | Joan Mitchell Scholarship, Atlantic Center of the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach, FL |
| 2004 | Giza Daniels-Endesha Award for Outstanding Performance, Rutgers University, NJ |
| 2003 | TA/GA Competitiveness Pool Award, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
| 2002 | Teaching Fellowship, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Leon Golub Scholarship, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | |
| Teaching Fellowship, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA | |
| Curating | |
| 2020-now | Site Site Parasite. Exhibition projects exploring unconventional relationships to location and venue. A joint project with Jasmine Justice. Artists have included Cornelia Baltes, Emmanuelle Castellan, Lisa Di Donato, Ursula Döbereiner, Kyle Fitzpatrick, Claudia Kugler, Nadia Lichtig, Jugoslav Mitevski, Olivia Martin Moore, Ulrike Möschel, and Katharina Schmidt. |
| 2012-2014 | NIMBY Lifestyles. Exhibition projects oriented around remoteness and long-distance. A joint project with Jasmine Justice and Sarah Granett. Artists included Sascha Boldt, Rosanna Bruno, and Julie Lequin. |
| Discography | |
| 2025 | RNL, “Pourer and Solution,” Nested, audio cassette. Also produced and designed this international compilation album. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| RNL, “Anxiety Engine,” “Anxiety Inhibitor”, Berlin Now And Never, handmade audio cassette with collage. Berlin, Germany, Staaltape | |
| 2024 | RNL – The Living Things, audio cassette, Stuttgart, Germany: Cosmic Winnetou |
| 2020 | RNL – Original score: Contact, a film by Joe Nanashe |
| 2019 | RNL – Conquering King Kong, audio cassette. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| 2014 | CEPH – HOWWHATWHY, CD, Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany: CEPH |
| 1990s | RNL – Various handmade audio cassettes with collage, private editions |
| Publications | |
| 2026 | Demon Box Color Core. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| 2024 | First Act / First Fact. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| 2020 | Jailbreak. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| Das Törchen (The Gate). Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON | |
| 2019 | LESO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| RESEISMO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON | |
| 2018 | I Believe My Receiver (Bound). Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| I GET SO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON | |
| Infallible Instants. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON | |
| 2016 | I Believe My Receiver (Bound). Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON |
| Bibliography | |
| 2026 | “Unheimlich: Jesse Farber”, pas tout, February 27, 2026, pas-tout.com/art-and-poetry-farber |
| 2025 | Camarretta, Vito, “VV.AA.: Nested”, Chain D.L.K., October 11, 2025, https://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/13132 |
| De Waard, Frans, “Nested” Vital Weekly 1499, https://www.vitalweekly.net/number-1499 | |
| 2024 | “RNL – The Living Things”, Lost in a Sea of Sound, June 6, 2024, lostseasound.blogspot.com |
| De Waard, Frans, “RNL – The Living Things” Vital Weekly 1447, https://www.vitalweekly.net/number-1447 | |
| 2023 | “Beacon,” sound project/interview, Bait/Switch Vol. 4 No. 2, www.baitswit.ch |
| 2022 | Cover and interior artworks, The Mobile Library Vol. 2 Issue 4. New York, NY: Aerogramme Center |
| 2020 | “Multi-Falsing,” sound project/interview, Bait/Switch Vol. 1 No. 2, www.baitswit.ch |
| Masteller, Ryan. “RNL – Conquering King Kong,” Tabs Out, http://www.tabsout.com/?p=23964 | |
| Mecca, Steve, “RNL: Conquering King Kong,” Chain D.L.K., http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=11207 | |
| 2019 | De Waard, Frans, “RNL – Conquering King Kong,” Vital Weekly 1211, https://www.vitalweekly.net/number-1211 |
| 2018 | Simon, Jörg, Ed. Glashaus 2011-2015. Frankfurt, Germany: Kann Verlag |
| “Jesse Farber”, Layers 3. London, UK: Brut Magazine | |
| “Jesse Farber Answers 5 Questions,” ArtSlant, https://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/49162-jesse-farber-answers-5-questions | |
| 2016 | Farber, Jesse, and Rapoport, Maria, One Million Mirrors, exhibition catalog. Berlin, Germany: Cavuspace |
| 2015 | “Gallery: Jesse Farber,” Dime & Honey, http://www.dimeandhoney.com/jesse-farber |
| 2011 | “Jesse Farber’s New Worlds,” Beautiful Decay, http://beautifuldecay.com |
| “Surreal landscapes from US artist Jesse Farber,” Panther Club, http://blog.pantherclub.eu | |
| 2009 | Pisano, Hortense. “In der Finanzkrise ist die Phantasie gefragt” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |
| Smith, Nancy. “The Crack Up.” Art Lovers New York. 13 August http://www.artloversnewyork.com/zine/the-bomb/2009/08/13/the-crack-up | |
| 2008 | Lutz, Jon, and Farber, Jesse. “Jesse Farber.” The Old Gold http://theoldgold.blogspot.com/2008/06/jesse-farber.html |
| 2007 | Mann, Dina. “Inside the Box: Artists Find Inspiration in Dioramas.” Columbia News Service. 11 Dec |
| Broadcasts | |
| 2025 | “Pourer and Solution,” Melody in Mayhem with Dogeye, AshevilleFM, October 17, 2025, https://spinitron.com/WSFM/pl/21391026/Melody-in-Mayhem and December 12, 2025, https://spinitron.com/WSFM/pl/21668282/Melody-in-Mayhem |
| “Pourer and Solution,” The Moderns with Kevin Press, Radio Regent, October 10, 2025, https://themoderns.blog/2025/10/05/the-moderns-ep-387 | |
| “Pourer and Solution,” Tornadoes, Peaches, and Dragons with Tony Coulter, WFMU, September 30, 2025 | |
| “Pourer and Solution,” Earbitten with Radboud Mens, Radio Garden, September 5, 2025 | |
| “Anxiety Engine,” A Duck in a Tree: Rain in the Shadow Forest with :zoviet*france:, Resonance FM, August 12, 2025, https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-uufwe-192ffd8 | |
| “Pourer and Solution,” (x)=MUSIK with Laura Not, LYL Radio, August 7, 2025, lyl.live/episode/x-musik-27 | |
| 2024 | The Living Things (excerpts), Vital Weekly 1447, August 6th, 2024 |
| “Calling,” “Minded,” A Delicate Pebble Looms with Tony Coulter, WFMU, July 16, 2024 | |
| “Minded,” “Cell Line,” Lineworking in Linen with Deirdre Dionysiac, WPRB, June 13, 2024 | |
| “An Address,” A Duck in a Tree: The Sea Returns, The Water Returns with :zoviet*france:, Resonance FM, May 25, 2024 | |
| “Helium,” Void Filler with DJJJS, Dublab, May 12, 2024 | |
| 2020 | “Eyeholes,” A Duck in a Tree: The Whole Spectre of Beauty wth :zoviet*france:, Resonance FM, January 4, 2020. |
| 2019 | Conquering King Kong (excerpts), Toneshift 14, December 10, 2019 |
| Conquering King Kong (excerpts), Vital Weekly 1211, September 21, 2019 | |