Stuart Elster

Stuart Elster was born in New York City and lives in Brooklyn. He received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from The University of the Arts and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale University School of Art. Stuart has been represented in New York by Junior Projects Gallery, Lucas Schoormans and Tate Galleries. In New York, he has had one/ two person shows and participated in group exhibitions at Sala Projects Gallery, Junior Projects Gallery, Lucas Schoormans, Tate, Marvelli, Schroeder Romero and Nicole Klagsburn Galleries. Nationally, at Yale University School of Art’s 32 Edgewood Gallery, New Haven CT, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT, Happy Lion Gallery in Los Angeles CA, Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University Art Museum in Chicago, the Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, University of the of the Arts in Philadelphia. Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Idaho. Internationally his work has been shown in Italy, France, Austria India and Germany. A selected Bibliography of Stuart’s work includes, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Artcritical, Hyperallergic  and Tema Celeste magazine. Profiles and interviews with the artist have been published in Heeb magazine and the Kunstforum International.

Stuart Elster is currently teaching at Brooklyn College as an Adjunct Assistant Professor. Stuart was the former Director of the BFA Fine Arts Department and critic in the Summer MFA program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia PA. He has been a visiting artist and guest critic at Yale University New Haven, CT. and Yale University Norfolk summer program, Brooklyn College MFA program, NYU Steinhart MFA Program in Studio Art, School of Visual Arts, NY DePaul University, Chicago, IL School of the Art institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, Rice University Houston TX, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX and the Kunstakademie Munster, Munster Germany.