TOMM EL-SAIEH

Born in PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI. Lives and works in Miami

STUDIES

NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, MIAMI

AWARDS

2019

Knight Champions Award, December, Miami

2015

Knight Champions Award, December, Miami

2016

Nominated to the Future Generation prize, Pinchuk Foundation, Ukraine

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Parachute . CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach

2022

Tomm El-Saieh: Imaginary City. the Clark Art Museum, Massachusetts.

2021

TOMA Luhring Augustine, Chelsea, New York.

2020-2021

The Pleasure Pavilion Series, Luhring Augustine, Bushwick, New York.

2019

Tomm El-Saieh, CENTRAL FINE, Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach.

Run, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles

2018-2019

Mongrel, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach

2017-2018

Tomm El-Saieh Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Curated by Alex Gartenfeld and Stephanie Seidel

2016

The House and the Head, Michael Jon and Alan, Miami

The Look, Galleria Macca, Sardinia

2015

Ant’s Tits, CENTRAL FINE, Miami

2008

El Trapo, Haitian Heritage Museum, Miami.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

“Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990’s-Today” MCA Chicago

2022

The Hinge, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, Florida

Fire Figure Fantasy, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

2020

de la Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida.

2019

de La Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida

2018

Songs for Sabotage, New Museum Triennial, 2018. Curated by Alex Gartenfeld and Gary Carrion-Murayari

2016

The Opening of an Envelope, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach

FORTHOR, CENTRAL FINE AT Ida Schmidt, New York

2014

Vacation to Insensitive, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2016

Andre Pierre, Central Fine, Miami Beach, FL

Myrlande Constant, Andre Eugene and Guyodo, Noguchi Breton, NADA Miami Beach, FL

Myrlande Constant, El-Saieh Gallery, Port-au-Prince,Haiti

2015

The Look, Gucci Vuitton, Miami, fl

Sisson Blanchard, El-Saieh Gallery, Haiti

Gerard Fortune, El-Saieh Gallery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Murat Brierre, El-Saieh Gallery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Bourmond Byron, El-Saieh Gallery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Guyodo Above the Ground, El-Saieh Gallery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Relax Baby, Be Cool or The Other Hand, El-Saieh Gallery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Viktor El-Saieh Historical Precedence, Tomm El-Saieh Presents, Miami, FL

Emmet Moore: Time and Place, Tomm El-Saieh Presents, Miami, FL

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Monographs

Gartenfeld,, Alex; Gordon, Leah; Seidel, Stephanie: Tomm El-Saieh. Monograph, Published by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, 2018.

Catalogues

Gartenfeld Alex, Carrion-Murayari Gary: Songs for Sabotage, New Museum Trienial 2018. Published by the New Museum, New York.

Articles

Turner, Elisa: Tomm El-Saieh: ‘Abstract painting is a universal language everyone can connect with’, Art Basel Magazine, December 2019.

Gallagher, Em: ‘Tomm El-Saieh Bridges the Gap between artist and curator’, Cultured, March 2019.

Singh, Diego: ‘Mongrel’ Press release, www.centralfine.com, November, 2019.

Saltz Jerry: The New Museum’s ‘I am more woke than you” Triennial. Vulture. February 20th, 2018.

Schjeldahl, Peter: ‘Aesthethics and Politics at the New Museum’s Triennial’; The New Yorker, February 26, 2018.

The New York Times, “New Museum Triennial Looks Great, but Plays It Safe,” by Holland Cotter (link to print article)

New York magazine, “The New Museum’s ‘I Am More Woke Than You’ Triennial,” by Jerry Saltz

Artnet News, “How the New Museum’s Triennial Sabotages Its Own Revolutionary Mission,” by Ben Davis

Financial Times, “New Museum triennial: a chorus of dissenting voices,” by Ariella Budick

4Columns, “New Museum Triennial,” by Ania Szremski

The Architect’s Newspaper, “The New Museum’s 2018 Triennial tackles entrenched urban power,” by Jonathan Hillburg

Art Agenda, “New Museum Triennial, ‘Songs for Sabotage,’” by Kevin McGarry

Time Out New York, “Five Things to See at New Museum 2018 Triennial” (link to print article)

Artsy, “The Artsy Podcast, No. 70: Behind the Scenes of the New Museum Triennial”

Garage (Vice), “10 New Museum Triennial Artists in 10 Days: Diamond Stingily,” by Joseph R. Wolin

Garage (Vice), “10 New Museum Triennial Artists in 10 Days: Lydia Ourahmane,” by Paddy Johnson

Garage (Vice), “10 New Museum Triennial Artists in 10 Days: Julia Phillips,” by Paul Laster

Garage (Vice), “10 New Museum Triennial Artists in 10 Days: Manuel Solano,” by Paul Laster

Garage (Vice), “10 New Museum Triennial Artists in 10 Days: Tomm El-Saieh,” by Joseph R. Wolin

The Standard, “What to Expect at the New Museum Triennial,” by Rachel Small

Artnet News (China), “Opening Conversation | Song Ta x New Museum Triennial Carrion-Murayari: When the Artist Wants to Become a Curator”

Phillips, “Video: New Museum’s 2018 Triennial”

Artnet News, “From the Secretary Who Stole a Klimt to Obama’s Portrait Drama: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week,” by Caroline Goldstein

Artnet News, “Art Industry News: Rosie O’Donnell Makes Anti-Trump Art—and It’s Selling Like Crazy + More Must-Read Stories”

Dujour, “Political Art for President’s Day Weekend,” by Samuel Anderson

Artlyst, “New York Now: Art Exhibitions Winter 2018 – Ilka Scobie”

Blouin ArtInfo, “Top Art Shows in New York This Week: Martial Raysse to Bill Viola”

City Guide NY, “What to See at NYC Museums This Spring,” by Evan Levy

AI-AP, “The DART Board: 02.20.2018,” by Peggy Roalf

Goyanes, Rob: ‘Tomm El-Saieh brings his rhythmic paintings to the New Museum Triennial, Cultured, February 14th, 2018.

Stoilas Helen, ‘Tomm El-Saieh: Part of the Rhythm Nation, The Art Newspaper, December 6th, 2017.

Herriman, Kat: ‘8 Higlights from Miami Art Week’, The New York Times, December 7, 2017.

Sokol, Brett: When It Comes To Contemporary Art, Miami Wants More, More, More’ The New York Times, November 30th, 2017.

Singh, Diego: ‘Tomm El-Saieh – The Look’, Artribune, May 23rd, 2016, Italy.

Singh, Diego: ‘Tomm El-Saieh. Ants Tits’, Press release, www.centralfine.com, April, 2015