MICHAEL ASSIFF
b. 1983, St. Petersburg, FL
BFA, RISD 2008
Lives and works in Queens, NY
SOLO SHOWS
2026
Post-Times, NY TransAmerican Flowers (forthcoming)
2024
The Valley, NM Supply Chain Flowers
2021
Ashes/Ashes, NY Volunteer Flowers
KDR, FL Yard Flowers
2017
Valentin, FR Pier 1
Galeria Mascota, MX Ozone Flowers (solo feat. Chelsea Culprit)
Pretty Days, FL Rune Collection (solo project organized by Anna Frost & BFI)
2016
First Continent, MD Remediation Flowers
2015
Martos / Shoot The Lobster, NY Hangry
2014
University of the Arts, PA Aqueduct,
Good Weather, AR FRESH AIRE
2013
Culture Room, NY Bali H’ai
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
Yeh Gallery at St. John’s University, NY Debugging the Earth (organized by Michael Assiff)
Studio Route 29, NY Tomorrow is not better on the other side of the grassThe Gallery, NY WeWork (oralmoral)
2025
Rumpelstiltskin, NY Dropping, dropping (w/ Lothar Baumgarten & Sophie Friedman-Pappas)
TW Fine Art, FL Spirits in the Material World
The Hole, NY Herbivore
95 Gallon, NY Buffet USA,
JAG Projects at A365, NY The Dinner Guest
2024
Gene’s Dispensary, LA Worms and Weeds (w/ Katya Kirilloff)
LVL3, IL Take Me Somewhere Nice (w/ Sidney Mullis & Tatiana Sky)
2023
Jack Barrett, NY Plant a Weed
Charles Moffett, NY Genius Loci
2022
Night Gallery, CA Shrubs
Andrea Festa, IT A place of one’s own
Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne, FR We Are All Lichens
2021
The Valley, Taos, NM Red Root, Green Root
Valentin, Paris, FR Birthday Party
Magenta Plains, NY Friends and Family
2020
Matthew Brown, LA Material Conditions
Fall River MoCA, MA Exhibition #1
/ (slash) SF Harvest the crust from your eyes
Ashes/Ashes, NY edenchrome for all
Arsenal Contemporary, NY This Sacred Vessel
2019
Big Pictures, LA Holding Space,
Sibling, TO Commutiny
2018
Marinaro, NY Fear Faire
Valentin, FR Cross the Breeze
Arsenal Contemporary, NY A kiss under the tail
Rumpelstiltskin, NY Mars 2112
American Medium, NY Indelible Marks
Lock Up International, MX Cerrajeria
2017
High Tide, PA Toxoplasmosis (w/ Rachel Lord & Jonathan Santoro)
Hotel Art Pavilion, NY New England’s Dark Day (w/ Dennis Witkin)
Helena Anrather, NY A scream runs through the house
Motel at NADA NY NADA NY (curated by Michael Assiff)
Chez Mohamed, MX Torre Latino
M+B, LA Annex
2016
Motel, NY Under all this dirt the floor is really very clean
Room East, NY O / U
Valentin, FR Reconstructive Memory (curated by IOP)
Magenta Plains, NY Efficient Frontier
Jack Hanley, NY Future Nature
Sgorbati Projects, NY Open Source Indicators
032c, DE Forest of my dead cells (curated by Korakrit Arunanondchai)
Essex Flowers, NY NVV_2016 (curated by Tarwuk)
2015
monCHÉRI, BE Land Lords (w/ Alessandro Agudio & Bradford Kessler)
Salon 94, NY Tiger Tiger
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, CAN Playlist
American Medium, NY F.E.D.S. (curated by Michael Assiff & Bradford Kessler)
Balice Hertling, FR Tulipomania
Violet’s Cafe, NY Tears on My Spider Roll
2014
U.S. Blues, NY The Fishbone Diagram (w/ Anne Libby & Anne Kunsemiller)
Martos Gallery, LA Scripted Spaces
Moroso Projects, SF Tom Kah Gai
Night Gallery, LA Mental Furniture (curated by Petrella’s Imports)
2012
MoMA PS1, NY New York Art Book Fair (booth designed for artbook/DAP)
PRESS / MENTIONS
2025
Bmore Art, Michael Anthony Farley Fair Trade: The Untitled and NADA Miami Report
2024
Taos News, Ekin Balcıoğlu Interstate Botany
KCRW, Lindsay Preston Zappas “Worms & Weeds” at Gene’s Dispensary
2021
The New York Times, Max Lakin 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
artforum “Michael Assiff, Volunteer Flowers” Must See
2020
artforum, Monica Westin “Harvest the crust from your eyes” Critic’s Picks
artforum “Matthew Brown Los Angeles Material Conditions” Must See
Manhattan Art Review, Sean Tatol “edenchrome for all” Kritic’s Korner
The Herald News, Linda Murphy Fall River’s New Contemporary Art Museum, FR MoCA
2018
artspace, Loney Abrams Start Up 'Crucible' Reimagines Relation\ship Between Artist and Fabricators
2017
artnet news, Dylan Kerr Unsettled by the Dead Animals in Your Paint?
Mousse Michael Assiff “Ozone Flowers” at Galeria Mascota, CDMX
Artspace, Loney Abrams 10 Artists to Discover at NADA New York 2017
The Art Newspaper, Gabriella Angeleti At Volta and Nada fairs, two takes on politics
artnet, Sarah Cascone Editors Picks: 9 Things to See in New York This Week
2016
purple Magazine, Elise Gallant Michael Assiff at First Continent, Baltimore
We find wildness Michael Assiff, Remediation Flowers
Art f city, Michael Farley & Molly Rhinestones We Went to Baltimore Part II
Mousse Magazine “Reconstructive Memory” & Anne de Vries at Valentin, Paris
FLuXO, “CAROGNA” – Group Show
AQNB, Skyler Weiss Material Art Fair 2016 reviewed
Vice, Kate Messinger 6 Must-See Shows During Frieze New York
2015
Contemporary Art Daily Miami: NADA Selected Works
Blouin Artinfo, Scott Indrisek Chris Christie, the Hangriest Presidential Contender
Flash Art, Patrick Steffen Del Vaz Projects and Park View
dis, Magazine Caroline Ballegaard Landlords|monCHÉRI
ATP Diary, Matteo Mottin Landlords - Interview with the curator - monCHÉRI
Canadian Art, Nancy Webb Online but Unavailable at Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran
Sleek, Mark Pieterson Art is a Beach: Bari Gets an Outdoor Exhibition
Hyperallergic, Jillian Steinhauer The 2015 NADA New York Art Fair in 25 Superlatives
Artsy Molly, Gottschalk Emerging Artists Hang with Top Collectors at NADA’s Best Edition Yet
Artspace Andrew M. Goldstein Getting Crafty With the Art Kids: 10 Weird-Material Works at NADA New York
Hyperallergic, Matt Stromberg In Mexico City, an Alternative Art Fair Builds a Community
Miami Rail, Martha Raoli No Neutral Spaces
Inventory Magazine, Nico Jacobson Shoot The Lobster
2014
purple Magazine SCRIPTED SPACES at Martos Gallery, Los Angeles
Carets and Sticks, Auggie Oz Tom Kha Gai at Moroso Projects
DADA Paddy Johnson This Week Live from Grand Rapids
2013
Art F City, Whiney Kimball Can Formalism Be Political?
#FFFFFF walls Jonathan Chapline & Lorraine Nam Michael Assiff’s Bali Ha’i @ Culture Room
SFAQ Online SFAQ Pick: “Bali Ha’i” solo exhibition by Michael Assiff2010
BushwickBK.com, Stephen Truax Parallel Scenes: Clopen Studio at 1100 Broadway
HONORS / AWARDS
2025
New York City Cultural Council Queens Arts Fund
2024
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship (Painting)
Dreamers in Residency Grant
2023
Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art finalist
2008
Florence Leif Award
2007
Providence Art Club Award
2005
Rhode Island School of Design Merit Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
Fluxo Six Course Empire
2015
curbside splendor publishing Trnsfr #6
2014
Temporal Publishing Fiction/Semen Leather III
Petrella’s Imports 14 Free Wallpapers (2560x1440)
PANELS / PEDAGOGY
2025
NYSCA/NYFA Queens Arts Fund Panel Judge
2017
Virginia Commonwealth University Summer Studio Program visiting faculty
Cleopatra’s, NY Gaia Summit (panel moderated by Emma Geller Green)