2025
Artists at Work
Westbeth Gallery with the Whitney Museum of American Art
NY, NY
In No Particular Order
125 Newbury
NY, NY
Come On Over
Gloria’s Project Space
NY, NY
Fragments of Being
Morgan Lehman Gallery
NY, NY
2024
Godzillas
Latchkey Gallery
NY, NY
Organized by Jim Clark
12
Latchkey Gallery
NY, NY
2023
Expanding the Panopticon
Latchkey Gallery
NY, NY
Westside Exposure
Westbeth Gallery with the Whitney Museum of American Art
NY, NY
Being Double
Pace Gallery
NY, NY
2022
The Patriot
O’Flaherty’s
NY, NY
Westside Exposure
Westbeth Gallery with Whitney Museum of American Art
NY, NY
2019
Tres Hermanos Cultural Bar
Mendoza, Argentina
Pan
Centro Cultural
Mendoza, Argentina
2016
Snap to Grid
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
Los Angeles, California
2015
Dirty Words: Love Letters
The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
NY, NY
Curated by Dr. Lisa Banner
Figure in the Sky
Space 776
Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Gabriel Hopson
Somewhere Between
Art Helix
Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Julie McKim
Paradise
Long Island City Arts Open
Queens, NY
Curated by John Baber and Miguel Luciano
RAW
Space 776
Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Dr. Lisa Banner
Art Show Today
Planthouse Gallery
NY, NY
Curated by Brad Ewing
Narratives of Self Exile
Bronx Art Space
Bronx, NY
Curated by Miguel Luciano
It’s a Bored Nation
Kunsthalle Projects
Brooklyn, NY
2014
Hotline
Mettle Works
Singapore
curated by Dennis Tan
The Invitational
Kunsthalle Projects
Brooklyn, NY
Mini, Mini, Mini
Apartment exhibition
Brooklyn, NY
2013
Sideshow Nation
Sideshow Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
2012
Cliché # 34
CoWorker Projects
NY, NY
Curated by Yulia Topchiy
Framerates
in collaboration with Erté DeGarcias
The Brewery
Los Angeles, California
Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser
Studio 202
Brooklyn, NY
Still Life
Wondering around Wandering
Brooklyn, NY
Clusterf*ck
Family Business
NY, NY
Curated by Hennessey Youngmann
Printers Devil
International Print Center New York
NY, NY
Curated by Brad Ewing and Katie Michel
NON-SOLO
Sacramento Center for Contemporary Art
Sacramento, California
Chuck Berry
Aunts Performance Space
Los Angeles, California
Composition number 26; use everything (dirty laundry)
Spare Room Project
San Francisco, California
Something to Bury
Lost Coast Culture Machine
Fort Bragg, California
We are Not a Band
Analog Room
Portland, Oregon
2011
I am the Other
Zora Art Space
Brooklyn, NY
Japan Fundraiser
Galerie 57
NY, NY
Art and Architecture
Gowanus Ballroom
Brooklyn, NY
No Se Cabaret
Flux Factory
Queens, NY
2010
Clichés
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Suzanne Hill Curatorial Projects
Verge Art Fair
Miami, FL
Snap to Grid
Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Pieces of Pratt
Laba Gallery
NY, NY
Bushwick Beta Spaces
Brooklyn, NY
Speaking To A Kitchen Mouse
Steuben Gallery
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Annual Group Exhibition
Montclair University Group Exhibition
Montclair, NJ
2008
Expanding/Refining
Aswoon Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
2007
Platitudes
Sugar Gallery
Portland, Oregon
Minority Report
Gallery 175
Seoul, South Korea
Curated by Mary Song
2006
Holy F*cking S#!t
The Other House
Singapore
Curated by Dennis Tan
Satellite to the Singapore Bienalle
Ok, So, Like, Now what?
1918 Art Space Warehouse
Shanghai, China
The Darkness
Pickled Art Centre
Beijing, China
2005
For Sale
Raw Gallery
Berlin, Germany
Explorations of the Body
Berlin, Germany
Berlin: Our City
Kunsthaus Tacheles
Berlin, Germany
Extensions of the Body
Kunsthaus Tacheles
Berlin, Germany
Aktzeichnen Berlin
Curry and Kunst
Berlin, Germany
2004
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Mudd Club
Berlin, Germany
Figures; Arbeit von Kunsthaus Tacheles
Sando
Berlin, Germany
Warheit
Kunsthaus Tacheles
Berlin, Germany
2003
Explorations of the Body: Life drawings from Kunsthaus Tacheles
Kunsthaus Tacheles
Berlin, Germany
Exiles
Mudd Club
Berlin, Germany
Kunsthaus Tacheles Group Exhibition
Kunsthaus Tacheles
Berlin, Germany
Kunstler Woche
Europa Center
Berlin, Germany
Education
2010
Master of Fine Arts
Pratt Institute; Brooklyn, NY
2001
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Philosophy Minor
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Honors Cum Laude,Deans List, Scholar in Residence, Student Art League
Artist Talks, Awards & Honors
2016
New York University
“Painting and Negativity”
Artists Panel Discussion
2015
Bronx Center for the Arts
Artists Talk
2008
Pratt Institute
Merit Award
2000
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Printmaking Exhibition Award
Reviews and Articles
2023
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/arts/design/oflahertys-gallery-east-village-art-party.html
2010
Rob Caruso, NY Current Season
http://nyccurrentseason.blogspot.com/2010/04/cliches-william-hempel.html