EXHIBITIONS

2011 - present   Chashama - Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT) Open Studios (annual), Brooklyn, NY. Artist talks on Symbolic Realism arts movement and studio tour. Xifr, Noah - Curator.  
https://chashama.org/event/open-studios-at-brooklyn-army-terminal-2023/

2023     “From Life” at Established Gallery (Est.), Brooklyn, NY. February 24 - March 5, 2023. Leighton, Lorna; Thornton, Johnny - Curators. 

2022     “Seeking Spaces” at Arts in Bushwick - Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY. September – October, 2022. Bushwick Street Art Collective - Curators. 

2022     “Unleashed” at AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY. January - February, 2022. Homberg, Norma; Arcilesi, Francesca - Curators.

2019     Red Hook Summer Pop Up Show at Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY. July 2019. Degener, Alicia - Curator.

2016     “NOMENCoLorATURE II” at Centotto Gallery and Bushwick Open Studios / Exchange Rates: Bushwick International Expo 2016, Brooklyn, NY. September 24 - November 5, 2016. D’Agostino, Paul - Curator.

2016     “NOMENCoLorATURE” at Studio 10 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. August 7-14, 2016. D’Agostino, Paul - Curator.

2013     “Prints Alive” at Governor’s Island Art Fair (GIAF) / 4Heads Arts Fair, Governor’s Island, NY. September 2013. Exhibited archival prints, postcards and artwork from my graphic novel PAIN FULL NESS 1 VOICE BOXED (PAIN1).

2013     “Local Color - CPX” Carrier Pigeon: Illustrated Fiction and Fine Art edition release exhibit at Neukkim Gallery and EMOA Space Gallery, New York, NY. December, 2013. Spitkovsky, Russ; Bieri, Mark - Curators.

2012     GO Brooklyn Art - organized by the Brooklyn Museum and Chashama Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY. Open studio and artist’s talk on the Symbolic Realism Arts movement in dialogue with artist Michelle Hunter. Xifr, Noah - Curator. www.bit.ly/OpenArtB50

2011     Times Square Art Square (TSAS) with Hyperallergic at Times Square Arts, New York, NY. November 2011. Vartanian, Hrag - Curator.  

2010 - 12          MoCCA Fest (Museum of Cartoon and Comic Arts), New York, NY. Independent comic art convention. Exhibited the debut of publications Innocent?, Green Song, PAINFULNESS, and PAIN FULL NESS 1 VOICE BOXED.

2002, 2000       “Growth”, “Next” (solo exhibitions). Fleet Bank Gallery Space, New York, NY. Xifr, Noah - Curator.

2001     “Fall Arts” Le Bar Bat, New York, NY. Xifr, Noah - Curator.  

1996 - present   Group exhibitions in Brooklyn, the Bronx and New York, NY. 

PUBLIC ART 

Murals executed in mixed media including spray paint, acrylic, oil paints, paint markers, charcoal and collaged found objects.

2023     “SW6PT: Lovers 6 (California Condor)”, Welling Court Mural Project, Astoria, Queens, NY. Invited to international street artist community-based murals. Public mural highlights a warm caring love between carrion-eating endangered bird species - California Condor people. Latest mural in my Bird War Tarot series.

2021     “Don’t Go Hungry / Grow Strong: Free Food / Comida Gratis”, Gowanus Community Fridge, Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, Brooklyn, NY. Commissioned to paint the Community Free Food Fridge that served as an essential food security resource after Covid19 lockdown. Mixed media mural painting shows an Egret person going from hungry to well fed on a 3-eyed fish sandwich, both animals having been found in the polluted Gowanus super fund canal site. Background depicts neighborhood landmarks.  

2019     “Eye Am Power / Establish Strength: Magician 1 & High Priestess 2 (Gundlach’s Hawk & Night Parrot), Grandscale Mural Project, Uptown Grand Central 125th Street, Harlem, NY. The sheer power of creativity shoots from the eyes of the magician hawk, and the high priestess parrot actually seizes a rainbow moon. Both bird species depicted while at the brink of extinction have very active and promising conservation efforts underway.

2018     “Become Ur Queen: Empress 3 (Royal Sunangel Hummingbird), Welling Court Mural Project, Astoria, Queens, NY. Public mural encourages and proclaims that you are ready to inhabit your true power. This empowering regal figure is crowned and emerges from a floating pyramid hatching a bloom from an egg. Includes a memorial for my daughter.

2017     “Treasure Ur Treasure: Magician 1 (Red Tailed Hawk)”, Bushwick Street Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY. This hawk pools magic from their own heart manifesting their power.

2017     “Beware: Be War”, Welling Court Mural Project, Astoria, Queens, NY. Invited to international street artist community-based murals. Public mural calls for strength during destructive times, and depicts four past, present and future cataclysms with dinosaurs, humans, future fluidic life and future bird people.

2016     “Bird War - ZomBird vs DieselBird”, Welling Court Mural Project, Astoria, Queens, NY. Public mural for peace depicting a future war amongst weaponized birds.

2016     “I See All”, Artscape, Baltimore, MD. Public pavement mural painted live during music event of a many-eyed peacock encouraging truth and honesty.

2014     “Bird War - Persevere”, Welling Court Mural Project, Astoria, Queens, NY. Public mural symbolizing perseverance featuring a ZomBird Zombie Bird.

2012     “Feed”, 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, LIC, Queens (permanently closed). Public mural called for a creative community to rise up and fully express ourselves.

1998 - present   Various public and private mural commissions in New York and Detroit, MI.

1997     “Like a Phoenix We Rise”, West 106th Street Community Mural, New York, NY. Still viewable. Symbolic of neighborhood revitalization, a Phoenix rises up from the ashes. Designed by the artist, painted with clients recruited from local rehabilitative mental health and substance abuse service programs. Sponsored by twelve Manhattan Valley community group organizations. Unveiled in documentary “Muralist Noah Xifr” on WMNN with new street lighting to discourage drug trafficking.

ARTIST BOOKS / GRAPHIC NOVELS

2013, 2014       “PAIN FULL NESS 1 VOICE BOXED” - successfully funded second print run on Kickstarter with new book jacket design. A psychological thriller about the empowering process of working through PAIN towards self-expression. The story introduces five central symbolic anthropomorphic characters: The Key, Voice Box, Hurt Heart, The Voice, and the Community.    

2013     “Bird War - Day of Luv” published in CPX, Volume 3, Issue 2, Carrier Pigeon: Illustrated Fiction and Fine Art, Guttenberg, NJ. Pages 10-24. Spitkovsky, Russ - Editor.

2012     “PAIN FULL NESS 1 VOICE BOXED” - Self-published first print run of first graphic novel and select prints, postcards, stickers and bookmarks. Brooklyn, NY.

2011     “PAINFULNESS” - Self-published artist’s book. New York, NY.   

2010     “Innocent?” - Self-published artist’s book. Brooklyn, NY.

2009     “Green Song” - Self-published artist’s book. New York, NY.

EDUCATION

2011    BERNARD BARUCH COLLEGE, Zicklin School of Business, New York, NY
Masters of Business Administration, MBA, Marketing Management

2005    FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Education, NY, NY
Masters of Science of Teaching, MST, Childhood Special Education

1995   THE COOPER UNION, School of Art, NY, NY
Bachelors in Fine Art, BFA, Painting and Printmaking
Full four-year tuition scholarship to study fine art and humanities. Focused on building conceptual strength and technical expertise in painting, lithography, and mixed media. Studied painting with Stuart Diamond, drawing with Colin Chase and art history with Dore Ashton.  

COLLECTIONS

2012 - present     chashama portfolio, New York, NY - collection of artworks representing artists-in-residence program.

1995 - present     Private collections in NY; DC; NJ; CT; TX; LA; Madrid, Spain; and Tel Aviv, Israel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / RESIDENCY

2012 - present  Artist-in-Residence, Chashama Studio Program, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY. Selected for subsidized studio space with professional development programming for working artists.

2001 - present   Director / Founder, Marketing Consultant, MOON MARKETING WORKS, Brooklyn, NY. Marketing consulting firm specializing in strategic planning for packaging design, social media marketing, lifestyle marketing, primary research, project management, branding strategy, graphic and web design.

2017     “Sir Bleach-a-lot”, Clorox Bleaching Artist, UMusic Experience, University of Ann Arbor. Consulted and instructed on the bleach design process to over 3000 students, corporate clients and musicians on-site. Inspired all event attendees to express themselves and make their own bleached designs on band t-shirts including galaxy effects, stenciling, and hand brushwork. Collaborated with Clorox R&D persona Dr. Laundry on t-shirt bleach dying process. Recruited by Clorox corporate, Universal Music Group, and Bravado to plan art station experience and supply inventory.

2011     LMCC (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), Creative Capital, ASI (Artists Summer Institute) Governor's Island, New York, NY. Selected for professional development focused on marketing, finance, organizational development, and strategic planning to help further artist’s careers.

2005 - 2009      Special Education Teacher, grades K-5, New York, NY. 

1999 - 2002      Camp Hilliard, Arts and Crafts Counselor and Arts Coordinator, Hudson, NY.

1995 - 2005       Studio Art Teacher to students of all ages, the Bronx, Brooklyn and New York, NY.

PRESS / VIDEOGRAPHY

2016   Gallery Travels blog. “NOMENCoLorATURE II at Centotto.” https://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2016/10/nomencolorature-ii-at-centotto.html

2016   Quinlan, Cathy Nan - Arts Blogger. “NOMENCoLorATURE at Studio10.”  Talking Pictures blog. https://talkingpicturesblog.com/2016/08/09/nomencolorature-at-studio-10/ August 9, 2016.

2016   Russinof, Anne - Arts Blogger. “Gallery Travels blog. NOMENCoLorATURE at Studio10.”
https://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2016/09/nomencolorature-at-studio10.html

2015   Roundy, Bill - Arts Editor. “Editors’ Picks - Where to go. Artsy Army.” The Brooklyn Paper, September 25, 2015. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/pdf/38_39bp.pdf

2012   “C3Stories, Video Feature - Artist Interview, Noah Xifr.” Brooklyn, NY. Payton, Greg - Editor, Videographer. Meet Noah Xifr, Artist and entrepreneur, as interviewed by C3 Stories’ Greg Payton. In this sneak peak into the creative process and professional artists: Noah discusses his art movement that he calls Symbolic Realism. He shares the inspiration behind his latest creation, his first graphic novel, “PainFULLness”, debut at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MOCCA) festival. He shares Top 3 Tips for all Artists. http://www.c3stories.com/c3s-story-on-story/

2012     Eyewitness News NY Channel 7 WABC-TV, Artist interview, Brooklyn, NY. Lisa Colagrassi interviews new artists community members at chashama.org. NYC artists find unusual place to thrive, where Noah discussed co-working professional artist spaces and their impact on the creative process. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8515117

1997-99            “Muralist Noah Xifr”, Friendly, Joe - Director, Station WMNN, New York, NY. Documentary interview following concept development, painting creation process, and unveiling of completed mural “Like a Phoenix We Rise”. Fund-raising accomplished with local neighborhood activist organizations and in-kind space donation.