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17 September — 01 November 2026
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MAYA FRODEMAN GALLERY
n ew gard e ns At the center of new gardens are five large
possibility and an unapologetically optimistic
paintings that inspired the exhibition’s title.
spirit,
inviting
While they do not literally depict gardens,
return
to
the
naturally
Goldberg writes, they might offer “a place to
grown. Goldberg considers them his version
wander”—a respite and a reason to look again.
works
of
feel
fresh,
landscape
lush,
and
painting—imagined
viewers
the
to
slow
paintings
down
and
repeatedly.
As
spaces
that exist less on the ground than in the sky,
Glenn Goldberg was born in the Bronx in 1953
shaped by movement, atmosphere, and feeling.
and attended the New York Studio School and Queens
College
during
his
undergraduate
Goldberg’s visual language is built through
education. He later continued his graduate
repetition and transformation. Birds, flowers,
studies at Queens College to receive his MFA.
dots, borders, and other emblematic forms
In 1996 he was named the Heilman Artist and
recur
since has received grants from The Guggenheim
throughout
meaning
his
according
relationship
to
to
one
work, their
another.
shifting
in
placement
and
As
Foundation,
The
Edward
Albee
Foundation,
Goldberg
National Endowment for the Arts, and The
explains, “a lot of what I’m doing has to do
Joan Mitchell Foundation. Goldberg’s work has
with how a simple image can over and over
been shown extensively throughout the US
again be reconstituted in a different context.”
and internationally, and is held in numerous collections, including the Metropolitan Museum
Each painting is unplanned and created without
of Art, the National Academy of Arts and Letters,
preparatory drawings. Goldberg begins with
the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the National Gallery
a ground and builds additively, working from
of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in
back to front and accumulating forms until
Los Angeles, among others. Goldberg has taught
each element finds its place. He often works
at various institutions including The Cooper
on several paintings simultaneously, allowing
Union, NY Studio School, Brandeis University,
them to develop in conversation. Thousands
Queens College, and Parsons School of Design.
of
rhythm
He has also been a panelist and visiting artist
and energy, while borders and architectural
for MFA painting programs at Yale, Columbia,
structures
Boston University, Hunter College, The Kansas
individually
painted
provide
an
dots
create
underlying
order.
City Art Institute, and others. In 2023, Goldberg The
resulting
orchestrated the in
2
time, their
works and
labor, surfaces.
both
carefully
was commissioned to create a public arts project
open-ended,
revealing
at the E. 149th St subway station in the Bronx by
decisions
embedded
the New York MTA Arts and Design Commission.
gardens
embraces
Goldberg lives and works in New York City.
and
new
are
Garden (3) , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 72 x 48 inches
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Garden (6) , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 72 x 48 inches
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Garden (2) , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 72 x 48 inches
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Garden (9) , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 72 x 48 inches
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Garden (4) , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 72 x 48 inches
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An Other Place (108) , 2024 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 40 x 30 inches
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An Other Place (137) , 2025 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 40 x 30 inches
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An Other Place (129) , 2025 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 20 x 16 inches
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An Other Place (131) , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 20 x 16 inches
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An Other Place (130) , 2026 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 20 x 16 inches
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An Other Place (96) , 2024 Acrylic and pencil on canvas 20 x 16 inches
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Glenn Goldberg b. 1953, Bronx, NY Education 1981 1977
MFA Queens College BA Queens College
One-Person Exhibitions Maya Frodeman Gallery, WY Willard Gallery, NY Knoedler Gallery, NY Jason McCoy Gallery, NY Betty Cuningham Gallery, NY The Approach, London Chris Sharp Gallery, LA Public Collections National Gallery of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art MOCA Los Angeles Brooklyn Museum Nelson Atkins Museum Rose Museum of Art Awards Edward Albee Foundation Guggenheim Fellowship Joan Mitchell Foundation National Academy of Design MTA Art and Design
An Other Place (108), (detail), Acrylic and pencil on canvas
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This catalog complements Glenn Goldberg’s exhibition new gardens Maya Frodeman Gallery 17 September - 01 November 2026
Images courtesy of the artist © Glenn Goldberg
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Garden (3), (detail), Acrylic and pencil on canvas
MAYA FRODEMAN GALLERY