"Painting is helping people see what is already there." 

-Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut

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This brief retrospective includes Shurdut's most recognizable, "The American Dream meets overindulgence, debt, recessions, divorce, the predominantly two income family, and a better educated,

over- medicated generation of self-entitled idealists." (JHS)

 

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut, American painter, mixed media artist, musician, performer, and producer, grew up in a model postmodern suburban community. A champion of the American landscape, Shurdut paints in deep psychological fields and is most recognized for his portrait of fantasy and fallout in a world of unrealistic expectation.  

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Compared to: Max Ernst, Jean Debuffet, Erland Cullberg, Karel Appel, Willem De Kooning meets Jasper Johns and Norman Rockwell.

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Shurdut smashes through the early influences of Norman Rockwell and his dream, driving thru pristine white picket fences and unmasking another side to reality.​

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Awards, Selected Exhibitions, Installations: 

 

The Whitney Museum of American Art, Biennial, Columbia University, Annual Art Installation Grant Award, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, The University of Pennsylvania, Guest Artist, Ars Nova, The Schine Center, Avery Fisher Hall; juried by:  The International Gallery of Contemporary Art, The National Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute, The University of California at Berkeley.  Funding: The New York State Council for the Arts, The New York State Council for the Arts, The New York State Council for the Arts, City Parks.  

Recipient of The MM&A Foundation Grant. 

 

Artist In Residence:  "BIG EYES", Sweden  

 

Selected Galleries: Galleri Rubens (Sweden, Darlana), Galleri Elenor, V-17, Tonne (Norway, Oslo), Galleri Reykjavik (Iceland), The Gallery Center at Boca Raton (Fla.), The Midoma Studio, Gallery 128, Carlo Alessi (Chelsea, NYC), Galleri Kronan (Sweden).  Selected Articles & Appearances:  The NY Times, NBC's "Live at Five," WLIW, Metro

TV (USA), Luvika Tidning (Sweden), IMPASTO! (USA), and The State of Art (Belgium).  

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