RESUME

Jesse Farber builds vivid spaces through visual and audio montage. His work has been exhibited throughout the US and Europe, with residencies at Jeckels Gl. Skagen (Denmark), the Islip Museum of Art (New York), Yaddo (New York), and the Atlantic Center for the Arts (Florida). His projects have been featured in WYRD, Aerogramme Center’s Mobile Library, Bait/Switch, Brut, and the White Columns Curated Registry. Through his imprint, Vonconflon, he publishes an ongoing library of zines and cassettes. His sound works have appeared in films, broadcasts, and live events.

Born 1975, Boston, MA, US. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION
2004    Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. MFA
1998    Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. BA in Studio Art

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025    Shatter Trap, Anagram, Berlin, Germany
2022    Torsades de Pointes, Frizz23, Berlin, Germany
2016    One Million Mirrors, Cavuspace, Berlin, Germany
            I Believe My Receiver, Galerie Studio St. St., Berlin, Germany
2011    This World Is Not My Home, GallusZentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024    Hyphae AR Event (with Brian Zegeer), Gallery 114, Portland, OR, USA
2023    Once Upon a Time, Hilbertraum, Berlin
            Sugar & Spice, SCOTTY, Berlin
            Hybridity, ANTE Curatorial, Brooklyn, NY
2022    One Eye Opens Another, with Inna Babaeva & Joy Curtis, Conduit, Ridgewood, NY
            Signal, with Lisa Di Donato & Olivia Martin Moore, Site Site Parasite, Berlin
            Weird Media, curated by Patrick Lichty, Winona State University, Winona, MN
2021    Suturo Berlin, curated by Daniel Wiesenfeld and Bettina Weiss, www.suturo.com
2020    KUNST IM BAU, curated by Hans-Jürgen Hafner, Gunter Reski, Marcus Weber, Berlin
            Thinking of Sound, Hilbertraum, Berlin
            Mistral, Site Site Parasite, Marseille, France
2019    Rulers, curated by Sue Havens & Jason Lazarus, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL
            Der Schein der Dinge, SCOTTY, Berlin
            Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY
2018    The 7th Sense, Bar Babette, Berlin
            Glashaus, AusstellungsHalle 1A, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2017     All The Right Moves, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin

SELECTED AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2023    Artist Residency, Jeckels Gl. Skagen, Skagen, Denmark
2021    White Columns Artist Registry, White Columns, New York, NY
2016    Höherweg Guest Residency, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009    In Process Residency, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY
2008    Louise Bourgeois Residency for a Sculptor, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2006    Joan Mitchell Full Scholarship, Atlantic Center of the Arts Residency, New Smyrna, FL

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
2025    RNL, “Pourer and Solution,” Nested, auto cassette. Also producer and designer of this
            international compilation album. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
            RNL, “Anxiety Engine,” “Anxiety Inhibitor,” Berlin Now And Never, handmade
            audio cassette with collage. Berlin, Germany, Staaltape
2024    RNL - The Living Things, audio cassette, Stuttgart, Germany: Cosmic Winnetou
2020    RNL - Original score: Contact, a film by Joe Nanashe
2019    RNL - Conquering King Kong, audio cassette. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
2014    CEPH - HOWWHATWHY, CD, Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany: CEPH
1990s  RNL - Various handmade audio cassettes with collage, private editions.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2026    Demon Box Color Core. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
2024    First Act / First Fact. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
2020    Jailbreak. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
            Das Törchen (The Gate). Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
2019    LESO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
            RESEISMO. Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON
2018    I Believe My Receiver (Bound). Berlin, Germany: VONCONFLON

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025    Camarretta, Vito, “VV.AA.: Nested”, Chain D.L.K., October 11, 2025,
            https://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/13132
            De Waard, Frans, “Nested” Vital Weekly 1499, https://www.vitalweekly.net
           number-1499
2024    “RNL - The Living Things”, Lost in a Sea of Sound, June 6, 2024,
            lostseasound.blogspot.com
2023    “Beacon,” sound project/interview, Bait/Switch Vol. 4 No. 2, www.baitswit.ch
            “Jesse Farber,” WYRD, Spring 2023. Milwaukee, WI: Oblique Press.
2022    Cover and interior artworks, The Mobile Library Vol. 2 Issue 4. New York, NY:
            Aerogramme Center
2020    “Multi-Falsing,” sound project/interview, Bait/Switch Vol. 1 No. 2

SELECTED BROADCASTS
2025    “Pourer and Solution,” The Moderns with Kevin Press, Radio Regent, October 10,
            2025, https://themoderns.blog/2025/10/05/the-moderns-ep-387
            “Pourer and Solution,” Tornadoes, Peaches, and Dragons with Tony Coulter, WFMU,
            September 30, 2025
            “Pourer and Solution,” Earbitten with Radboud Mens, Radio Garden, September 5,
            2025
            “Anxiety Engine,” A Duck in a Tree: Rain in the Shadow Forest with :zoviet*france:,
            Resonance FM, August 12, 2025, https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-uufwe-192ffd8
            “Pourer and Solution,” (x)=MUSIK with Laura Not, LYL Radio, July 8, 2025
2024    “Calling,” “Minded,” A Delicate Pebble Looms with Tony Coulter, WFMU, July 16,
            2024
            “Minded,” “Cell Line,” Lineworking in Linen with Deirdre Dionysiac, WPRB, June 13,
            2024
            “An Address,” A Duck in a Tree: The Sea Returns, The Water Returns
            with :zoviet*france:, Resonance FM, May 25, 2024
            “Helium,” Void Filler with DJJJS, Dublab, May 12, 2024

CURATING
2020-now    Site Site Parasite. Exhibition projects exploring unconventional relationships to
                    location and venue. A joint project with Jasmine Justice. Artists have included
                    Cornelia Baltes, Emmanuelle Castellan, Lisa Di Donato, Ursula Döbereiner,
                    Kyle Fitzpatrick, Claudia Kugler, Nadia Lichtig, Jugoslav Mitevski, Olivia Martin
                    Moore, Ulrike Möschel, and Katharina Schmidt.
2012-2014   NIMBY Lifestyles. Exhibition projects oriented around remoteness and long-
                    distance situations. A joint project with Jasmine Justice and Sarah Granett.