CONTACT ME
Email: Jonathan@jonathangrassi.com
Phone: 917.721.2637
Studio: 326 West 43rd Street – #1FE – New York, NY 10036
BIO
Jonathan Grassi is a New York City based portrait and fashion photographer
EDUCATION
2002 BFA Photography, Parsons School of Design – New York
EXHIBITIONS
2019
“The Other Is You: Brooklyn Queer Portraiture” curated by artist Liz Collins – New York
2014
“Don’t,” Roger Smith Hotel – New York
2013
“Striphanger #1,” Striphanger Studio – Brooklyn, New York
2012
“George Hearts Maria,” Helium Cowboy Artspace, Curated by Lori Zimmer – Hamburg, Germany
“Art Takes Times Square,” Presented by Artists Wanted and Chashama – New York
2011
“Dark Room,” Chashama 217 East 42nd Street, Curated by Lori Zimmer – New York
“Frozen In Time,” Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Curated by John J. McGurk – Demarest, New Jersey
2010
“Pile,” Collective Hardware, Curated by Lori Zimmer – New York
“Cloud Corrosion,” Carnegie Art Center – Curated by Lauren Albrecht – North Tonawanda, NY
2009
“The Ascension of Death,” 124 Ridge Street, Curated by Adam Aleksander – New York
“NYPH 09 We Are All Photographers Now,” Curated by William A. Ewing – New York
“D.U.M.B.O. Show,” The powerhouse Arena, Curated by Patrick McMullan – New York
2008
“ART for ALS,” AVEnts Loft – New York
2005
“Let Go,” Real Art Ways – Hartford, CT
“It’ll cost you…,” Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts. Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody – New York
2004
“Open House: Working in Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, Curated by Charlotta Kotik and
Tumelo Mosaka – Brooklyn, New York
2003
“ASMP IMAGE 03,” Jay Hawkins Gallery, Chosen by Anne Ellegood – New York
“2003 Artists Space Spring Benefit,” Bridgewaters, Curated by Lauri Firstenberg – New York
2002
“Second Glance, “ Apex Art, Curated by Sara Meltzer, New York
“Staged/Unstaged,” Riva Gallery, Curated by Lauri Firstenberg – New York
“Crossroads,” in Association with Patrick McMullan, Print Inc., and God’s Love We Deliver, the
Regent Ballroom – New York
“Moments of Clarity,” Sotheby’s – New York
“National Juried Exhibition,” Phoenix Gallery, Curated by Lisa Phillips – New York
“Parsons Senior Photography Exhibition,” Aronson Galleries – New York
“Self, Art, Space,” Lex Park Studios – New York
“Feast 1,” Parson’s Common Galleries – New York
2001
“Parsons Fifth Benefit Photography Auction,” Aronson Galleries – New York
“Experiments In Photography,” Stark Hose Co., Vermont Arts Exchange – Bennington,
Vermont
1998
“Annual Members Show,” Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center – Buffalo, NY
AWARDS
2003 ASMP-NY IMAGE 03: Judge’s Pick
2001 Surface Magazine Avant Guardian
BIBLIOGRAPHY*
Frank, Adam. “Second Glance.” 222 2002 Apex Art Exhibition Catalogue, July 16-31, 2002
Genocchio, Benjamin. “From Young Artists, Work That Reverberates.” The New York Times
March 13, 2005
Grassi, Jonathan. “Let Go.” The Good Apple, Spring 2004. Pg. 30-33
Gronlund, Melissa. “Second Glance.” Contemporary, October 2002. Pg. 83
Hagen, Charles. “ Letting Go, Standing Still: Notes on Jonathan Grassi’s Photographs.” June, 2005
Kotik, Charlotta and Mosaka, Tumelo. “Open House: Working in Brooklyn.”
Exhibition Catalogue, 2004
Shuman, Rachel. “Double Your Pleasure.” Time Out New York, July 11-18 2002.
Pg. 50
Email: Jonathan@jonathangrassi.com
Phone: 917.721.2637
Studio: 326 West 43rd Street – #1FE – New York, NY 10036
BIO
Jonathan Grassi is a New York City based portrait and fashion photographer
EDUCATION
2002 BFA Photography, Parsons School of Design – New York
EXHIBITIONS
2019
“The Other Is You: Brooklyn Queer Portraiture” curated by artist Liz Collins – New York
2014
“Don’t,” Roger Smith Hotel – New York
2013
“Striphanger #1,” Striphanger Studio – Brooklyn, New York
2012
“George Hearts Maria,” Helium Cowboy Artspace, Curated by Lori Zimmer – Hamburg, Germany
“Art Takes Times Square,” Presented by Artists Wanted and Chashama – New York
2011
“Dark Room,” Chashama 217 East 42nd Street, Curated by Lori Zimmer – New York
“Frozen In Time,” Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Curated by John J. McGurk – Demarest, New Jersey
2010
“Pile,” Collective Hardware, Curated by Lori Zimmer – New York
“Cloud Corrosion,” Carnegie Art Center – Curated by Lauren Albrecht – North Tonawanda, NY
2009
“The Ascension of Death,” 124 Ridge Street, Curated by Adam Aleksander – New York
“NYPH 09 We Are All Photographers Now,” Curated by William A. Ewing – New York
“D.U.M.B.O. Show,” The powerhouse Arena, Curated by Patrick McMullan – New York
2008
“ART for ALS,” AVEnts Loft – New York
2005
“Let Go,” Real Art Ways – Hartford, CT
“It’ll cost you…,” Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts. Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody – New York
2004
“Open House: Working in Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, Curated by Charlotta Kotik and
Tumelo Mosaka – Brooklyn, New York
2003
“ASMP IMAGE 03,” Jay Hawkins Gallery, Chosen by Anne Ellegood – New York
“2003 Artists Space Spring Benefit,” Bridgewaters, Curated by Lauri Firstenberg – New York
2002
“Second Glance, “ Apex Art, Curated by Sara Meltzer, New York
“Staged/Unstaged,” Riva Gallery, Curated by Lauri Firstenberg – New York
“Crossroads,” in Association with Patrick McMullan, Print Inc., and God’s Love We Deliver, the
Regent Ballroom – New York
“Moments of Clarity,” Sotheby’s – New York
“National Juried Exhibition,” Phoenix Gallery, Curated by Lisa Phillips – New York
“Parsons Senior Photography Exhibition,” Aronson Galleries – New York
“Self, Art, Space,” Lex Park Studios – New York
“Feast 1,” Parson’s Common Galleries – New York
2001
“Parsons Fifth Benefit Photography Auction,” Aronson Galleries – New York
“Experiments In Photography,” Stark Hose Co., Vermont Arts Exchange – Bennington,
Vermont
1998
“Annual Members Show,” Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center – Buffalo, NY
AWARDS
2003 ASMP-NY IMAGE 03: Judge’s Pick
2001 Surface Magazine Avant Guardian
BIBLIOGRAPHY*
Frank, Adam. “Second Glance.” 222 2002 Apex Art Exhibition Catalogue, July 16-31, 2002
Genocchio, Benjamin. “From Young Artists, Work That Reverberates.” The New York Times
March 13, 2005
Grassi, Jonathan. “Let Go.” The Good Apple, Spring 2004. Pg. 30-33
Gronlund, Melissa. “Second Glance.” Contemporary, October 2002. Pg. 83
Hagen, Charles. “ Letting Go, Standing Still: Notes on Jonathan Grassi’s Photographs.” June, 2005
Kotik, Charlotta and Mosaka, Tumelo. “Open House: Working in Brooklyn.”
Exhibition Catalogue, 2004
Shuman, Rachel. “Double Your Pleasure.” Time Out New York, July 11-18 2002.
Pg. 50