Born in 1980 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Lives and works in New York.
Education
2006-07
New York Studio School, Master of Fine Arts Program, New York, NY
2005
New York Studio School, Certificate Program, New York, NY
New York Studio School, Summer Scholarship, Orvieto, Italy
2003
Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Halcyon Days, Almine Rech, Shanghai, China
2019
Dad Bod, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
2018
Slapstick, Almine Rech Gallery, London, UK
Jaywalk, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, FR
2017
Solo Show Artissima 2017, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Turin, Italy
Endless Bummer, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
Water Sports, Yours Mine & Ours Gallery New York, NY
2016
Dive, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
2015
Exile on Bogart Street, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Borrowing Tomorrow’s Fun, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2020
Portraits & Some Standing Figures, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, CH
Auguries of Innocence, Fredericks and Freiser, New York, NY
2019
Still Life: An Ongoing Story, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
I love Paint, curated by Kim Dorland, Patel Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Live Size, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Ceremonial Exhibition: Work by New Members and Recipients of Awards,
American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
New “Bad“ Painting, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Harper's Books at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Tell Him What We Said About “Paint it Black“, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene, NH
Paint it Black, 1 Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
2017
Nostalgisms, curated by Nick Benfey, Able Baker Gallery, Portand, ME
Like, curated by Richard Kern, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
Witches And Dudes, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen, Denmark
Domestic Tranquility, 0-0, Los Angeles, CA
SOME(BODY), Adam Baumgold, New York, NY
There is nothing I could say that I haven’t thought before, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2016
Painting in New York, Leigh Morse Fine Arts, New York, NY
Summer Show, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
Todd Bienvenu, Katherine Bradford, Sarah Faux, Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
Frieze New York, curated by Katherine Bernhardt, CANADA, New York, NY
Laughing Out Loud, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Momenta Benefit Auction, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
Go Figure!, Louis B. James, New York, NY
Let’s Walk, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, NY
Painters NYC, MUPO, Oaxaca, Mexico
Introspective, BravinLee, New York, NY
Fort, Ess Eff Eff, Brooklyn, NY
Nation IV, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
All Tomorrow’s Parties, Hathaway David Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2015
Painters NYC, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico
Holiday Salon, Lesley Heller, New York
Post Hoc Ergo Proctor Hoc, Firework Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Let’s Go Away for Awhile, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
Todd Bienvenu and Clintel Steed, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
Summer Invitational, Life on Mars, Brooklyn, NY
Mixtape II, M. David Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Paintings in Trees, People’s Garden, Brooklyn, NY
Thrice Legendary, or Forever Thens, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
The Guston Effect, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston MA
Long Story Short, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Lucky Draw, The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
AiB Bene t 2015, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
Life on Mars Gallery Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
New Work City, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Back to the Future II, Life on Mars, Brooklyn, NY
My Big Fat Painting, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Full House East, Ethan Pettit Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Full House, David Rich, St Paul, MN
Summer Invitational, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Suggestion, that is the dream: Arshile Gorky and a selection of contemporary drawings, Outlet, Brooklyn, NY
Drawn Out, Brooklyn, NY
Legend Anew, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
Underdonk Selects, Underdonk, Queens, NY
No Rules, Brooklyn, NY
Mixtape, No. 4 Studio Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
AiB Bene t 2014, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Bene t, Novella, New York, NY
Sump Pumped Sentiments, curated by Matt Philips, TSA Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Paparazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Nation II At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Todd Bienvenu and Gili Levy with Katherine Bradford, Valentine Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
Painting Impossible, Life on Mars, Brooklyn, NY
Scale, Life on Mars, Brooklyn, NY
Duck, Duck, Rabbit: EJ Hauser, Todd Bienvenu and Kelly McRaven, curated by
Mike Olin and Joy Curtis, Brooklyn, NY
Ethan Pettit Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Triangle Art Bene t, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Art=Mixx, New York
BOS, New York
Team Varet, New York
GO Brooklyn, New York
2011
Northside Brooklyn Arts Festival, New York
2010
Nude With a Goose, New York
Pretty Young Things, New York
2009
Cinema Back Room, Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
Si Ves Algo Di Algo, 345 Eldert, Brooklyn, NY
27 Group Show, Goette Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
New York Studio School Alumni Show, juried by Sean Scully, New York, NY
2008
BOS, Brooklyn, NY
Art Party 3, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Thesis Show, New York Studio School, New York
Battling Insanity With a Paintbrush, Gaelle Bertrand and Todd Bienvenu,
New York Studio School Student Gallery, New York
Girls With Guns, New York Studio School Student Gallery, New York
2003
Todd Bienvenu, Studio B, Little Rock, AR
Selected Biography
2017
DIVE, monograph published by Galerie Sébastien Bertrand and innen, 30 pp. 2017
Hutson Hunter Laura, “A Gifted Painter Fills Canvases With Whatever He Wants, Including Dog Poop“, VICE (July 5, 2017) [ill.] [online]
Two Coast Staff, “On elephant dick: A conversation between Todd Bienvenu and Cynthia Daignault“, Two Coast of Paint (April 18, 2017) [ill.] [online]
Christina Forrer, “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week“, The New York Times (April 13, 2017) [ill.] [online]
Bahn, Jenny. “In the Studio with Todd Bienvenu.” alphasixty (February 8, 2017) [ill.] [online]
2016
Neuendorf, Henri. “10 Emerging Artists to Keep on Your Radar“. Artnet News, (November 21, 2016) [ill.] [online]
Martinique, Elena. “Cuevas Tilleard Welcomes a Group of Diverse Artists Exploring Figurative Art.”WIDEWALLS.ch (March 18, 2016) [ill.] [online]
New American Paintings #122. (February / March)
Burns, Emily. “Q&A with Todd Bienvenu.” Maake Magazine [ill.] [online]
2015
Keeting, Zachary. “Todd Bienvenu at Life on Mars, Nov 2015.”
Gorky’s Granddaughter (November 21, 2015) [ill.] [online]
Ebony, David. “David Ebony’s Top Ten New York Gallery Shows for October.” Artnet news (October 23, 2015) [ill.] [online]
Micchelli, Thomas. “The Other Side of Portraiture.” Hyperallergic (July 11, 2015) [ill.] [online]
Sutton, Benjamin. “Making Sense of Painting That Tells Snippets of Stories.” Hyperallergic (April 15, 2015) [ill.] [online]
Mylott Manning, Laura. “Interview with Painter Todd Bienvenu.” Artefuse (April 29, 2015) [ill.] [online]
Rickert, Rachel. “Todd Bienvenu: Alumni Spotlight Interview.” The New York Studio School Blog (October 14, 2015) [ill.] [online]
“Iron & Wine ad Ben Bridwell.” Philadelphia City Paper (June, 2015) [online]
2014
Vartanian, Hrag. “Your Concise Guide to 2014 Bushwick Open Studios.” Hyperallergic (May 28,2014) [online]
Munro, Cait. “New York Gallery Beat: Summer Drawing Shows.” Artnet (June 28, 2014) [online]
“The Best of Brooklyn: The 100 Best and Worst Things to Happen This Year.” The L Magazine (July 30, 2014) [online]
Edmonds, Brian. “A Conversation with Todd Bienvenu.” Figure/Ground (August 1,2014) [online]
Schwendener, Martha. “Chasing a Dream and an Unalloyed Ethos: A Critic’s Picks in Brooklyn, an Embattled Utopia.” The New York Times (April 3,2014) [ill.]
Sutton, Benjamin. “Yes, More Brooklyn Gallerists You Need to Know.” Artnet (March 5,2014) [online]
Samet, Jennifer. “Beer with a Painter: Todd Bienvenu.” Hyperallergic (September 27, 2014) [ill.] [online]
2013
Kirsch, Corrina. “Week One: Overrated, Underrated Exhibitions.” Art F City (Nov. 5, 2013) [ill.] [online]
Egan, H.P. “Bushwick Open Studios 2013.” Art Observed (June 6, 2013) [ill.][online]
D’Agostino, Paul. “Brooklyn Art in 2013: What to Watch.” The L Magazine (January 2, 2013) [online]
Mair, Moray. “Todd Bienvenu’s Paintings Are of A Dirty Voodoo World.” Mutantspace (September 30,2013) [ill.] [online]
2012
Butler, Sharon. “Brooklyn Museum Go: Bushwick short list.” Two Coats of Paint (Aug.21, 2012) [ill.] [online]
2011
Vartanian, Hrag. “A Hot and Colorful Day on the Northside.” Hyperallergic (June 23, 2011) [ill.] [online]
Sutton, Benjamin. “Northside Photos: India Street Arts Festival and Day Two of Northside Open Studios.” The L Magazine (June 20, 2011) [ill.] [online]