Education
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. MFA, 2004
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Post-Baccalaureate, 2002
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. BA in Studio Art, 1998
Exhibitions
Mistral, Site Site Parasite, Marseille, France, March 2020.
Rulers, curated by Sue Havens and Jason Lazarus, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL, Summer 2019.
Der Schein der Dinge, SCOTTY, Berlin, Germany, Feb-March 2019
Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY, Feb-March 2019
The 7th Sense, Bar Babette, Berlin, Germany, August 2018
Glashaus, AusstellungsHalle 1A, Frankfurt, Germany, July 2018
All The Right Moves, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany, Summer 2017
One Million Mirrors, solo, Cavuspace, Berlin, Germany, May-July 2016
Dada Dada! w/ CEPH, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany, May 2016
Super Sketchy, DCTV, New York, NY, April 2016
I Believe My Receiver, solo, Galerie Studio St. St., Berlin, Germany, April 2016
On Site in 16 Cities, Bar Babette, Berlin, Germany, and Create or Die, Sydney, Australia, Winter/Spring 2016
Person, Place, or Thing, 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany, November 2014
Helløween, Idling Gallery, Berlin, Germany, October 2014
Haydarpasa'yi Sevmek, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Turkey. February 2013
WAVERS, Curated by EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, Brooklyn, NY. March-April 2012
This World Is Not My Home, solo, GallusZentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2011
Wir alle lieben Lüpertz, Kornhäuschen, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 2011
Familietreffen, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2009
The Crack-Up, ATM Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
Central & Remote, Daily Operation, Long Island City, NY. 2009
From The Garden Of Earthly Delights, Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ. 2009
Unlikely Perfomance Night, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2008
Hallways 2, 167 Plymouth, Brooklyn, NY. 2008
Hallways, 167 Plymouth, Brooklyn, NY. 2006
Ten Alumni Artists, Palmer Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. 2005
I AM 5, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY. 2005
Floor Play, Brooklyn War Memorial Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2004
Into the Woods, Morsel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2004
Power T’s, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY. 2004
Six Degrees, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. 2004
Tell Me a Story of a World Without Words, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ. 2004
Nickel and Dimed, Quality Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2003
Good For You, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. 2003
Where You At?, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY. 2001
Awards
Höherweg Guest Residency, Düsseldorf, Germany, June 2016
In Process Residency, Islip Museum of Art, Islip NY. 2009
Louise Bourgeois Residency for a Sculptor, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY. 2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation Full Scholarship at Atlantic Center of the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach, FL. 2006
Giza Daniels-Endesha Award for Outstanding Performance, Rutgers University. 2004
TA/GA Competitiveness Pool Award, Rutgers University. 2003
Teaching Fellowship, Rutgers University. 2002 - 2004
Leon Golub Scholarship, Rutgers University. 2002 Teaching Fellowship, Brandeis University. 2002
Curating
Site Site Parasite. Exhibitions and publications that reject conventional relationships to location and venue.
NIMBY Lifestyles. Ongoing series of exhibitions and publications, oriented around remoteness and long-distance as occasions for experimentation. Istanbul, 2012-2014.
Bibliography/Discography
Farber, Jesse. Jailbreak. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON, 2020
Masteller, Ryan. "RNL - Conquering King Kong," Tabs Out, 3 April 2020, http://www.tabsout.com/?p=23964
“A Duck in a Tree: The Whole Spectre of Beauty,” Resonance FM broadcast/podcast by :zoviet*france:, featuring RNL’s Conquering King Kong, January 2020.
Mecca, Steve, "RNL: Conquering King Kong," Chain D.L.K., http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=11207
“Toneshift 14,” podcast featuring RNL’s Conquering King Kong, December 2019.
“Vital Weekly 1211,” podcast featuring RNL’s Conquering King Kong, December 2019.
De Waard, Frans, “RNL - Conquering King Kong,” Vital Weekly 1211, December 2019.
RNL - Conquering King Kong. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON, 2019. Solo sound works.
Farber, Jesse. LESO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON, 2019
Farber, Jesse. RESEISMO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON, 2019
Simon, Jörg, Ed. Glashaus 2011-2015. Frankfurt, Germany: Kann Verlag, 2018.
“Jesse Farber”, Layers 3, Brut Magazine. London, UK, 2018.
Farber, Jesse. I Believe My Receiver (Bound). Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON, 2018
Farber, Jesse. I GET SO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON, 2018
Farber, Jesse. Infallible Instants. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON, 2018
“Jesse Farber Answers 5 Questions,” ArtSlant, 19 February 2018, https://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/49162-jesse-farber-answers-5-questions
Farber, Jesse, and Rapoport, Maria, One Million Mirrors, exhibition catalog, June 2016
CEPH – HOWWHATWHY, full-length cd, experimental/electronic music, Frankfurt/Berlin Germany, 2014. Main member/composer of two-person collaborative.
"Gallery: Jesse Farber," Dime & Honey, October 1 2015, http://www.dimeandhoney.com/jesse-farber/
“Jesse Farber’s New Worlds,” Beautiful Decay, 23 March 2011, http://beautifuldecay.com
“Surreal landscapes from US artist Jesse Farber,” Panther Club, http://blog.pantherclub.eu
Pisano, Hortense. “In der Finanzkrise ist die Phantasie gefragt” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 24 November, 2009
Smith, Nancy. “The Crack Up.” Art Lovers New York. 13 August 2009 http://www.artloversnewyork.com/zine/the-bomb/2009/08/13/the-crack-up/
Lutz, Jon, and Farber, Jesse. “Jesse Farber.” The Old Gold. 11 June 2008 http://theoldgold.blogspot.com/2008/06/jesse-farber.html
Mann, Dina. “Inside the Box: Artists Find Inspiration in Dioramas.” Columbia News Service. 11 Dec. 2007