CONTACT
zurielw(at)gmail.com
b.1984 Philadelphia, PA
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026 Dawn Chorus, with Dan Perkins (forthcoming), Deanna Evans Projects, NYC
2026 The Body as Weather with Shuling Guo, Main Projects, Richmond, VA
2025 Jello Moon, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
2024 Jitterbug Waltz, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
2023 Reverse Reverb, with Debbi Kenote, Marvin Gardens, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Ding Dawn, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA
2022 Pent-up House, My Pet Ram, NYC
2021 Bug City, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA
2015 Bad Boys II (Dark Mirror Paintings), Group Club Association, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Bad Boys, Group Club Association, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Fresh Take, Turley Gallery curated by Deanna Evans, Hudson, NY
2024 The 100th Show, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA
2024 Vagabond Shoes, Mcbride Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2024 Interwoven, Bob's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Platform Online presented by My Pet Ram, NYC
2023 Primary Colors, Kathryn Markel Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2023 La Banda, Tappeto Volante, NYC
2022 Soft Geometry, New Collectors, NYC
2022 Any Way I See It, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CN
2022 Double Up, My Pet Ram, Santa Barbara, CA
2021 Two person exhibition with Leah Guadagnoli, One River School, Woodbury, NY
2020 FRRC Benefit, CANADA, NYC
2019 An Ephemeral Afternoon, Grifter, Curated by Alicia Gibson, NYC
2019 A Boreal Nap, Art Lot, Curated by Annie Ewaskio, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Eddy's Room @ Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Mummy Junction, Catbox Contemporary, Queens, NY
2018 FFFFFFFiguration, Nevven Gallery, Göteborg, SE
2018 Actually Weird, Underdonk, curated by JJ Manford, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Garudge Sale, CANADA, NYC
2017 Garden Dwellers, Regina Rex, NYC
2017 The Middler Art Fair, Curated by Bannerette, Queens, NY
2017 Cosmic Joke, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Summer Show, Regina Rex, NYC
2016 Super Sketchy, DCTV curated by Alley OOP, NYC
2016 Large Glass, Spring Break Art Show curated by Jennifer Sullivan, NYC
2015 Third Show: Black And Whiteish, Eddy's Room, Brooklyn, NY
2015 If Grandpa Sucks, We'll Leave, Bannerette, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Cointemporary: Curated By Vienna, Christine Koenig Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2014 Show #11, The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Articulated Lair's, Helper Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Welcome to the Personhood, Bermac Arts / Bryan Miller Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013 That Summer Feeling, Sweatshop Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2012 On Country Time, POOLHAUS, curated by Ted Gahl, Litchfield, CT
2012 Kelly's Eye Club, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
2012 East Coast Enematic, 57 Cell
2011 Visual Postmodernities, North Eastern University
2010 RISD MFA Thesis Show, Dunkin' Donuts Convention Center, Providence, RI
2010 Whatever Forever, Black Sheep Projects, Providence RI
2009 A Thin Veneer, Gelman Gallery, Providence RI
2008 Zuriel Waters and Chris Warr, Agitprop, San Diego, CA
2008 Cocked! The Possessed Male: Object of Desire, Luis de Jesus, San Diego, CA
EDUCATION
2010 MFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
2007 BA Interdisciplinary Studies, San Diego State University
PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
2025 More Light Podcast w/ Dan Gratz
2025 WYBC Yale Radio w/ Brainard Carey
2024 Porchswing Orchestra Podcast w/ Barry Stone, no.228 — Double Talk with Zuriel Waters
2024 It's A Process Podcast with Jennifer Sullivan 2
2022 Arte Fuse, Zuriel Waters: Pent-up House at My Pet Ram Review
2021 It's A Process Podcast with Jennifer Sullivan
2018 MAAKE Magazine Issue 5 curated by Yevgeniya Baras
2017 Black Cat Journal Issue #2, Review of Philip Hinge at GCA
2017 Clocktower Radio, 2MF with Sister
CURATORIAL
Photo Credit: Heins Evander