Logan Grider
b.1980 Salem, OR
Education
2007 MFA, Yale University, Painting
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2003 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2001 The International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Choir, D.D.D.D., New York, NY
2022 Recent Work, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
2014 Untitled, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Recent Paintings, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY
2012 New Work, The List Gallery, Swarthmore College, PA
2008 Clamor, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
Exhibitions
2023 New Acquisitions, The Ballinglen Museum of Art, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2017 Casheesh, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2017 Cupid Angling, John H. Baker Gallery, West Chester University, PA
2016 Fabulous You, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Art on Paper, Pier 36, New York, NY
2016 Geometrix, Curator's Office, Washington D.C.
2016 Selections, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Summerset, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Summerset, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Steven Alexander, Logan Grider, Robert Reed, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY
2013 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Juror, Dona Nelson
2012 Summerset, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Art Southampton, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, Southampton, NY
2011 Fist City, Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Strategic Abstraction, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2010 Inaugural Group Show, Tovin Gallery, Nyack, NY
2010 Night Fishing, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
2010 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Polymict, Okay Mountain Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 NADA Miami, Thierry Goldberg Projects, Miami, FL
2008 Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Benefit, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Strange Folks, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Yale MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale University Green Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2007 First Look II, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
2007 College Art Association MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
2006 The Armory Show, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2006 School Days, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Summer Show, Baumgartner Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Therapy Show, Dr. Leigh Haskell, PhD, Skowhegan, ME
2006 Yale MFA Second Year Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2005 Yale MFA First Year Show, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Honors
2024 Carraig-na-gCat Residency, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Co. Cork, Ireland
2023 Brand Blanshard Faculty Fellowship, Swarthmore College
2019 Becker Faculty Fellowship, Swarthmore College
2015 Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellow, County Mayo, Ireland
2015 Brand Blanshard Fellowship Award, Swarthmore College
2015 Constance Hungerford Faculty Support Fund
2013 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2013 Harry Harris Prize, 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, PA
2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award Nominee
2006 Robert Schoelkopf Fellowship, Yale University
2006 Artist Pension Trust, Artist, New York Branch
2006 Skowhegan Fellowship, Yale University
Reviews and Press
“Logan Grider- Choir, D.D.D.D.,” Must See, Artforum Artguide, December, 2025
Jenkins, Mark, “Not All Right Angles in Geometrix,” The Washington Post, March 4, 2016
Molarsky, Mona, “Logan Grider at David Findlay Jr.,” ARTnews, July 30, 2014
Colvin, Rob, “An Abstract Painter’s Mixed-In Tensions,” Hyperallergic, April 7, 2014
Strasnick, Stephanie, “Steven Alexander, Logan Grider, Robert Reed,” ARTnews, Oct. issue 2013
Weiss, Jenna, “Logan Grider: Recent Work,” Title Magazine, February 16, 2012
Donohoe, Victoria, “Logan Grider: Recent Work,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 3, 2012
Jan, “Elogio a Los Colores Planos,” Freshland, June 16, 2012
Crest, Russ, “Logan Grider,” Beautiful/Decay, September 16, 2011
Kalm, James, “Brooklyn Dispatches,” Brooklyn Rail, June 2011
Rice, Traven, “Art Worth Seeing on the Lower East Side,” The Lo-Down, April 23, 2010
Ruud, Claire, “Polymict at Okay Mountain,” fluentcollab.org, August 2009
Britt, Douglass, “ ‘Polymict’ Way Better than OK,” Houston Chronicle, August 16, 2009
Anania, Katie, “Polymict” at Okay Mountain,” Artforum.com, September 2009
Turvey, Lisa, “Logan Grider at Thierry Goldberg Projects,” Artforum, January 2009
Cotter, Holland, “Art Shoehorned Amid Charm,” New York Times, November 14, 2008
Gibson, Allison, “Logan Grider,” Daily Serving, October 14, 2008
McQuaid, Cate, “Up Against Boundaries, Together and Alone,” The Boston Globe, Jan. 24, 2008
Cook, Greg, “Ill Wind,” The Boston Phoenix, January 14, 2008
Lacreta, Maria, “Strangefolks,” Weekly Dig, January 9, 2008
Crow, Kelly, “The 23 Year Old Masters,” Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2006
Robinson, Walter "School Days at Jack Tilton," Artnet.com, January 12, 2006
Professional appointments
2009-Present Associate Professor of Art, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2008-2009 Critic, Department of Painting and Printmaking, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2007-2008 Assistant Professor of Painting, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Visiting Artist and Lectures
2025 Boston University, Visiting Artist and Lecture
2022 Dickinson College, Visiting Artist and Lecture
2022 Colby College, Visiting Artist and Lecture
2018 Haverford College, Visiting Artist and Lecture
2016 West Chester University, Artist Lecture, West Chester, PA
2011 Excursus: Charline von Heyl, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Tyler School of Art, Critical Dialogues Lecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Hartford Art School, Visiting Artist Critique, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
2010 Hampshire College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Northampton, MA
2009 Hartford Art School, Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
2007 University of Kentucky, Artist Lecture, Lexington, KY
2007 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Artist Lecture, Philadelphia, PA