Jeff Muhs was born in Southampton, New York 1966. His father, an artist and third generation hunting and fishing guide, instilled in Jeff an intimate knowledge of their local natural environment. Thus the barrier beach of Long Island’s south shore would later become a major current running throughout Jeff’s work. In his early years Jeff; also a world champion sculptor, first learned the art of wood sculpting from his father. It is this traditional and exacting art form that developed in Jeff a dedication and penchant for excellence he has carried throughout his life. From 1984 to 1988 Jeff attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and received a BFA
Muhs is known as an innovative painter and sculpture, working in a variety of genres and mediums. Continually inspired by his discovery of truth in pure artistic form, his ’ Slipstream’ paintings reexamine and update abstract painting, and ‘Dynamic Free Casting’ concrete sculptures, redefine the sculptural process, and add his singular vision to the discipline.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 ‘The Uncanny Valley’ Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton. NY 2016 ‘Supernature’ Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Jeff Muhs Painting and Sculpture, Monika Olko Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY 2015 ‘Eight Strikes of a Wildcat’ The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 2014 ‘Slipstream’, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2013 ‘The Origin of Nymphs’ Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
‘The Red Rules of Tooth and Claw’, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY2012 ‘Another History’ McNeill Art Group, Bridgehampton, NY
‘The New Modern’ Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2011 ‘The Color of Desire’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘Outliers’, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, New York 2010 ‘Tales of Wild Orchids’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY 2009 ‘The Splendid Alliance’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘Form and Formlessness’ Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, NY 2008 ‘New Paintings and Sculpture’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘Jeff Muhs’, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
‘Jeff Muhs: New Work’, MMFA, Palm Desert, CA 2007 ‘Jeff Muhs: Painter, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘Pelagic Variations’, 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO
2006 ‘Recent Landscapes, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN 2005 ‘Uncommon Ground’ RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY 2004 ‘Recent Paintings’ Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
‘One Who Has Conquered the Sky, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘New Paintings’, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2003 ‘The Exquisite Thing’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘Rare Earth’, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
‘Select Works’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
2002 ‘Light Architecture’, Lizan Tops Gallery, Easthampton, NY
‘Recent Paintings’, Takohl Design Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 ‘Beyond This Horizon’, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
‘Jeff Muhs, New Works’, Takohl Design Gallery, Chicago, IL ‘Jeff Muhs’, Galerie 224, Laguna Beach, CA
‘Ghost Ships’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘When Waters Fall’, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY
2000 ‘Abstract Landscapes’, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis TN 1999 ‘No Blade of Grass’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
1999 ‘Sculpture’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
1997 ‘Terra Allegoria’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
1995 ‘The Shinnecock Series’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY 1993 ‘Early Retrospective’, Rene Dahl Gallery, East Quogue, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘Takeover’ Artists in Residence, Southampton Arts center, Southampton, NY 2018 ‘Art Market Summer Group’ Roman Fine Art, Easthampton NY
2016 ‘Long Island Biennial’ The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
‘Gold Show’ Brintz Galleries, Palm Beach Fla.
Jeff Muhs 565Montauk Hwy, Southampton NY 11968, 631-287-7690, www.jeffmuhsstudio.com. jmuhs@jeffmuhsstudio.com
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‘Forethought’ Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
‘America on Fire’ White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
‘Unlimited Potential’ Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
‘East End Collected’ Souhtampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
“Shaq Loves People,” curated by Shaquille O’Neal, Flag Foundation, Chicago Expo, Chicago, IL ‘Horizons’ Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
‘Seeking Engagement NSA’, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
‘Rouge’, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
The Inaugural Opening, KM Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
‘Body Politic’, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
Young Masters, Sphinx Fine Art, London, England
Mad About Art and Design, McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space, NY, NY ‘Chromesthesia’, McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space, New York, NY
‘The Garden’ McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space, New York, NY
‘You Are New York’, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
‘Plastic, Rubber + Wood’ McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space, New York, NY The Red Show, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
The Red Show, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
New York Art & Design Fair, McNeill Art Group, New York, NY
‘Nature Remains’, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
‘Triptych’, 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO
Scope Hamptons, McNeill Art Group, Wainscott, NY
‘Eye Candy’ RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘Winter Break’ RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘The Woods’, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Scope London, McNeill Art Group, London, UK
‘Spring Blues’ Art Gotham, New York, NY
‘New Paintings’ Elizabeth Edwards Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
‘Triptych’ RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
Holiday Group Show, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
‘Featured Artist’ Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
‘Beautiful, Male, Objects’, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY
‘Skies & Scapes’, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
‘Select Works’, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
38th Juried Exhibition, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
‘Fear of Flying’, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY
‘Black + White’, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
DNFA Gallery, Pasadena, CA
r-2 Gallery, New York, NY
Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis TN
Dixon Museum, Memphis TN
Lizan Tops Gallery, Easthampton, NY
‘Summer Group Exhibition,’ Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis,TN Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
Galerie 224, Laguna Beach, CA
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
‘Neptune,’ Nabi Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
‘Eclectic Landscapes,’ RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
‘On the Horizon,’ Rene Dahl Gallery, East Quogue, NY
1992 ‘East End Landscapes,’ Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, NY
1992 ‘Summer Solstice,’ Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
1991 ‘The Wings of Expressionism,’ Reverie Gallery, East Quogue, NY
1990 ‘Landscapes,’ Gallery East, East Hampton, NY
1988 ‘School of Visual Arts, Juried Exhibit’ Art Director’s Club, New York, NY
SCULPTURE
1997 Ward World Champion Sculpture Competition, 2nd in World 1996 Ward World Champion Sculpture Competition, 1st in World 1995 Ward World Champion Sculpture Competition, 1st in World 1994 Ward World Champion Sculpture Competition, 3rd in World
COLLECTIONS
Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
Cantor Fitzgerald, New York NY
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas NV
Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA Hunter Museum, Memphis, TN
Federal Savings and Loan Bank, Memphis, TN Hillendale, Greenwich, CT
Ward Museum, Salisbury, MD
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