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Harley Ngai Grieco (b. State College, PA) is a lens-based artist working out of Brooklyn, New York. She earned a BFA in photography and sculpture from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2013. She has participated in residencies at The Bard Graduate Center, The Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Trestle Art Space, and The Vermont Studio Center. In 2021, Harley presented her first solo exhibition in New York City at The Bard Graduate Center, participated in “Bronx Calling: The Fifth AIM Biennial” at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and was published through Manifest Press in the 2021 International Photography Annual. Currently, she is a Photography Technician at The Cooper Union School of Art and MFA student at Maine College of Art and Design.

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Education
2026 -- MFA, Maine College of Art and Design
2013 -- BFA, The Cooper Union School of Art

Fellowships & Residencies
2021 -- Artist In Residence, Studioworks Program, Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport, ME
2020-21 -- Artist In Residence, Bard Graduate Center Library, Manhattan, NY
2020 -- Artist In Residence, Tiny Birch A.I.R., Warren VT
2019 -- Artist Residency Program, Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2019 -- Artist In the Marketplace Fellowship (AIM), The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2018 -- Artist Residency - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Solo Exhibitions
2021 -- Imagining the Artifact: Collaging Blue-and-White Chinese Pottery, Bard Graduate Center, Manhattan, NY

Group Exhibitions
2025 -- Mystics of Home, 82 Parris, Portland, ME (Curated by Kat Miller)
2025 -- Cyanotype Currents: Contemporary Abstractions in Cameraless Photography, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA (Curated by Vicente Cayuela)
2025 -- On the Edge of the Infinite, Part VII, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Laura Horne)
2024 -- Twelve/Twelve, Established Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Emily Chiavelli)
2024 -- Notan, Cicada Curatorial (Curated by Leeah Joo)
2024 -- Visions of Nature, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, (Curated by Gabriel De Guzman)
2024 -- Earth, Wind, and Fire, Arts For Peace Gallery, EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
2024 -- Correspondence, Baxter St CCNY, New York, NY
2023 -- Gathering, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, (Curated by Cecile Chong & Sophia Ma)
2023 -- Donald M. Robinson Photography Biennial, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA
2022 -- Parts Impart, Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Harley Ngai Grieco)
2022 -- Infinite Weight/Present Histories, The Vault Gallery, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA. (Juried by Hallie Ringle)
2022 -- Into the Light: A Tapestry of Art and Culture from Local APIDAs, Bellefonte Art Museum, Bellefonte, PA
2021 -- Bronx Calling: The Fifth AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (Curated by Ian Cofre & Eva Mayhabal Davis)
2021 -- On Terrain and Emblem: works by Jazmine Catasus, Melanie Gonzalez, Harley Ngai Grieco, and Nancy Paredes, J&M Studios, Brooklyn NY (Co-curated by the artists)
2021 - Extraordinary Things - Presented by Assembly Required, Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, Brooklyn NY (Curated by Heather Topcik & Alina Girshovich)
2021 -- Not Just Another Anthropocenic Love Story, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Sisi Chen)
2021 -- Under Our Feet As Above Our Heads, En Foco - Apartment Gallery Series, Revival Romanesque Row House Gallery, Bronx, NY (Curated by Oscar J Rivera)
2020 -- Legacy Of Light, Tussle Projects, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Laura Horne)
2020 -- 18th St. Women, All-Women Art Show, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Liz Langer)
2019 -- Trestle 2019 Residency Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Krista Scenna)
2019 -- Rome & Roman Influence, RAMSA Sketch Gallery, New York, NY
2018 -- Flora 2018, The Rankin Arts Photography Center - Columbus State University, Columbus, GA. (Juried by Paula Tognarelli)
2018 -- Sixty Square Inches, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
2017 -- Color: Primary to Tertiary, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Juried by Lilly Wei)

Artist Talks
2021 -- Imagining the Artifact, The Cooper Union School of Art, Manhattan, NY
2021 -- Imagining the Artifact Bard Graduate Center, Manhattan, NY

Press & Publications
2023 -- Dennis Denowski. " 'Gathering' at Tiger Strikes Asteroid and FiveMyles Galleries, Brooklyn (Review)." Artefuse.
2021 -- Jerry Saltz. "Relearn How to Look - Ten Fall Shows to Train your Eye." New York Magazine. Aug 30- Sept 12, 2021. page 102.
2021 -- International Photography Annual 8, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH
2021 -- Imagining the Artifact, Exhibition Catalogue, Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
2020 -- Legacy of Light, Tussle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2020 -- Artist Profile, Tiny Birch A.I.R., Warren, VT
2020 -- Relay, Ian Keliher, New York, NY
2019 -- 10 Selected Studios At GOS 2019, 2019 Self Guided Tours: Arts Gowanus

Awards & Grants
2021 -- New York City Artist Corps Grant, Cycle 3 - NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NY
2020 -- Tri-State Relief Fund: Cycle 2 - New York Foundation For the Arts, New York, NY
2018 -- UrbanGlass Scholarship - UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY (Summer/Fall)
2018 -- Merit Grant - Vermont Studio Center Johnson, VT
2017 -- Windgate Scholarship - The Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2016 -- Nell Meldahl Work-Study Scholarship - Paper & Book Intensive, Saugatuck, MI
2013 -- Sara Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize - The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2012 -- Vincent J. Mielcarek, Jr. Photography Award - The Cooper Union, New York, NY