ELAINE REICHEK

 

Born in New York, NY

1964    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1963    Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, NY

Lives and works in New York, NY

 

[* Exhibition publication]

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015    Elaine Reichek: SWATCHES, Zach Feuer, New York, NY

2014    Elaine Reichek: The Eye of the Needle, Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

2013    Elaine Reichek. A Précis 1972 – 1995, Zach Feuer, New York, NY

A Postcolonial Kinderhood Revisited, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

2012    Ariadne's Thread, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY

2011    Ariadne's Thread, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2007    Pattern Recognition, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY

2006    Glossed in Translation, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004    *After Babel, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY

2003    MADAMI’MADAM, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA (virtual exhibition and CD-ROM project)

2002    MADAMI’MADAM, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2000    *At Home & in the World, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. Traveled to Tel Aviv Museum, Israel

1999    *Projects 67: Elaine Reichek, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

 When This You See, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY

1996    *Guests of the Nation, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia,PA; Van Every/Smith
         Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

1995    Form Security Administration, Michael Klein Gallery, New York, NY

1994    *A Postcolonial Kinderhood, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY. Traveled to San Francisco Museum of Jewish
         Art, San Francisco, CA; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH

*Model Homes, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1993    *Home Rule, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. Traveled to Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland

 Sign Language, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

1992    *Tierra del Fuego, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH

            *Native Intelligence, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY. Traveled to Greenville County
         Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; Western Gallery,
         Western Washington State University, Bellingham, WA

1990    Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            The War Room, Carlo Lamagna Gallery, New York, NY

1989    Fatal Passage, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

            Visitations, Carlo Lamagna Gallery, New York, NY

1988    Desert Song, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY

Revenge of the Cocoanuts: A Curiosity Room, 56 Bleecker Street Gallery, New York, NY

1987    Philadelphia College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Transfigurations, Carlo Lamagna Gallery, New York, NY

A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1986    *Investigations 19: Elaine Reichek, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of  Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1985    Houses, Snug Harbor Museum, Staten Island, NY (with Vito Acconci and Ira Joel Haber)

Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1982    Concord Gallery, New York, NY

1981    A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1980    Lois I. Clifford Gallery, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Brownson Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY

            Douglass College Art Gallery, Walters Hall, New Brunswick, N.J

1979    Special Projects: Artist’s Bedroom, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY

Parsons Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY

1978    Parsons Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY

1973    Rina Gallery (Bertha Urdang Gallery), New York, NY

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS                                                      

2014    Art-Histories, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria. Curated by Sabine Breitwieser

Thread Lines, The Drawing Center, New York. Curated by Joanna Kleinberg Romanow

Reliable Tension, or: How to Win a Conversation about Jasper Johns, Yale School of Art, 32 Edgewood Gallery,
         New Haven, CT. Curated by John Pilson

Post-Picasso: Contemporary Artists' Responses to His Art, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Spain. Curated by Michael
         Fitzgerald

2013    Chick Lit: Revised Summer Reading, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY, Curated by Molly Rand and Pilar Vahey

TEXTILES: OPEN LETTER, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany, curated by Rike Frank and Grant
         Watson

Jew York, Zach Feuer Gallery and UNTITLED, New York, NY

Chick Lit: Revised Summer Reading, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY, Curated by Molly Rand and Pilar Vahey

Cinematic Visions: Painting at the Edge of Reality, Victoria Miro, London, UK, curated by James Franco, Isaac
         Julien and Glenn Scott Wright

Vanishing Point, Bitforms Gallery, New York, NY, curated by A. E. Benenson

TEXTURES: The Written Word in Contemporary Art, ACA Galleries, New York, NY

2012    *The Imminence of Poetics, 30th São Paolo Biennial, São Paolo, Brazil, curated by Luis Perez-Oramas

*Whitney Biennial 2012, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Stretching the Limits: Fibers in Contemporary Painting, SCAD Museum of Art, Savanna College of Art and Design,
         Savannah, GA

The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Context Message, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY

13.0.0.0.0, RH Gallery, New York, NY

Points of View: Twenty Years of Artists-in-Residence, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

2011    Body Gesture, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W. M. Hunt Collection, The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

*Cheongju International Craft Bienniale 2011, Cheongju, Korea

2010    *Facsimile, Girl's Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Huiselijkheid ["Domesticity"], Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium

*Americanana, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY, curated by
          Katy Siegel

Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

Material/Immaterial, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

The Collaborative Print: Works from SOLO Impression, National Museum of Women in the
          Arts, Washington, D.C.

A Stitch in Jewish Time, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, New York, NY

A Torrent of Words, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2009    In Stitches, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody

Set to Manual, Girl’s Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

            *That’s What She Said, KWH Art, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

            *Knitted Worlds, Audax Textiel Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands, curated by Suzan Russeler

             Half Dust, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2008     Permanently MAD: Revealing the Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

             Pixellated, Winston Wächter Gallery, New York, NY

             Part II:  A.I.R. Gallery: The History Show, work by A.I.R. artists from 1972 to the present, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn,
          NY, curated by Kat Griefen and Carey Lovelace

            *The Fabric of Myths, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK

             New Prints: Spring 2008, International Print Center New York, NY, selected by Jane Hammond

2007    *Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

Jackson, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, curated by Barry Rosenberg

*New York States of Mind, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, curated by Shaheen Merali; traveled to
          Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

What is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, curated by
          Anne Umland

What F Word?, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Carol Cole Levin

Spectral Evidence, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Steven Lam

*Gender Stitchery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

2006    Hot Off the Press: Prints of 2006 From New York Printshops, The Grolier Club, New York, NY

THE BONG SHOW or This Is Not a Pipe, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY, curated by
          Beverly Semmes

Material Culture: The Fine Art of Textiles, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT

The Workmanship of Risk, The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery and Permanent Collection, St. Lawrence University,
          Canton, NY

*Threads of Memory, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY, curated by
          Margaret Mathews-Berenson

2005    *The American West, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK

Upstarts and Matriarchs: Jewish-American Women Artists and the Transformation of American Art, Mizel Arts
          Center, Denver, CO

Transformation of American Arts, Mizel Arts Center, Denver, CO
          Center, Denver, CO

2004    fitter happier: an exhibition concerning technology, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL

2003    *Influence, Anxiety and Gratitude, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA,
          curated by Bill Arning

*Migrating Motifs: Faye HeavyShield, Elaine Reichek, M.A. thesis exhibition curated by Candice Hopkins, Center
          for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on- Hudson, NY

Mind Over Matter, The Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

2002    Boundless/Silence, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Edward De Luca

Objects of Desire: Art as Design; Design as Art, Barbara Toll Fine Arts and Jan Abrams Fine Arts, New York, NY

Collecting Contemporary Art: A Community Dialogue, Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at
          Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

2001    Painted with Thread: The Art of American Embroidery, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

*House Guests: Contemporary Artists in The Grange, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Alterations, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY

2000    The Likeness of Being: Contemporary Self Portraits by Sixty Women, DC Moore Gallery,New York, NY

*Remnants of Memory, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC

*Déjà-vu: Re-working the Past, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

1999    *Other Narratives, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

*Referencing the Past: Six Contemporary Artists, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

1998    *Loose Threads, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK

*Ethno-Antics, Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Lynne Cooke

1997    *Art on the Edge of Fashion, Arizona State University Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; traveled
          to Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1996    *Too Jewish, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY; Jewish Museum, and tour

*Labor of Love, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

*Embedded Metaphor, Independent Curators International touring exhibition

Making Pictures: Women and Photography, 1975–Now, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY; traveled to
          Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

1995    *Division of Labor: Women’s Work in ContemporaryArt, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; Los Angeles
          County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Kunst Kabinett, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

*Laughter Ten Years After, Cecile and Ezra Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; traveled to
          Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

*Zimmerdenkmäler, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany

1994    *The Reading Room: Consider the Lilies, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

*Localities of Desire: Contemporary Art in an International World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

1993    *American Art Today: Clothing as Metaphor, Independent Curators International touring exhibition

Today, Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, Holland; traveled to Konstindustriemuseet, Helsinki, Finland

Spoleto Festival, Spoleto, Italy, curated by Pieranna Cavalchini

*Ciphers of Identity, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland/Baltimore County, Catonsville,MD

Kurswechsel, Michael Klein, Inc., at Transart Exhibitions, Cologne, Germany

The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY; touring exhibition

1992    *Dark Decor, Independent Curators Incorporated touring exhibition

1991    *Site Seeing: Travel and Tourism in Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown at Federal
          Plaza, New York, NY

Inherent Vice, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY

The Subversive Stitch, Simon Watson, New York, NY

*The Interrupted Life, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Constructing Images: Synapse between Photography and Sculpture, Lieberman & Saul Gallery, New York, NY;
          touring exhibition

Constructions of Meaning, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

1990    Cultural Artifacts, Ehlers Caudill Gallery, Chicago, IL

Exoticism, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

1989    Photocollage/Photomontage: The Changing Picture, 1920–89, Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Explorations, Staller Center Art Gallery, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

1988    Just Like a Woman, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC

*Frontiers in Fiber: The Americans, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, Philippines; touring exhibition

1987    Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

1986    Connections, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, curated by Mary Jane Jacob

1985    New York Art Now: Correspondences, La Forêt Museum, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to Tochigi Prefectural Museum of          Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan; Tazaki Hall Espace Media, Kobe, Japan

1984    *Neue Stofflichkeit, Frauen Museum, Bonn, West Germany

1983    C.A.P.S. Fellowships Recipients Graphics Exhibition, Fashion Institute of Technology Gallery, New York, NY

Day in, Day Out, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA

1982    Women Sculptors’ Drawings, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, NY

1981    Lund Konsthalle, Lund, Sweden

*Home Work: The Domestic Environment Reflected in the Work of Contemporary Women Artists, Creative Artist
          Program Services touring exhibition

1980    *U.S.A. Women Artists, Museo de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, Brazil

1978    Ten Cases on Eighth Avenue, Artists Space with New York City Department of Transportation, New York, NY

Out of the House, Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown at Federal Plaza, New York, NY

New York Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

 

 

AWARDS

2013   Francis J. Greenburger Award

2012   Art Matters Foundation Grant

2011-12   Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship

2005   John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

1993   The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award

1988   New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1983   C.A.P.S. [Creative Artist Public Service Program] Fellowship

 

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Girls' Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

*At Home & in the World.  Brussels: Palais des Beaux Arts, 2000. With essays by: Lynne Cooke,“Elaine Reichek: Memos
          for the Millennium,” and Elaine Reichek, “At Home & in the World.”

When This You See…. New York: George Braziller, 2000. With an essay by David Frankel, “…Remember Me,” and notes
          by Elaine Reichek

 

 

ARTIST’S WRITINGS & SPECIAL PROJECTS

2013    “My Archives and Ariadne's Thread.” OEI Magazine, (Stockholm), #60-61, 55-64.

2012    “The Artists' Artists” (on Isaac Julien: Geopoetics). Artforum, December, p. 119.

2011    “Threading My Labyrinth.” In Michelle Weinberg, ed. Francis Trombly: Paintings., Ft. Lauderdale: Girls' Club,
         pp. 17-19.

             “Unraveling Ariadne's Thread: Works by Elaine Reichek.” Special Projects blog, www.zgpress.com, May 15.

2008    “Spider’s Strategem” [on Louise Bourgeois]. Art in America, September, pp. 118-120.

2007     Solo Impressions, “Collections for Collectors” Spring/Fall edition

             Artist in residence, Collaborative Film Workshop/Installation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

2006    “MADAMI’MADAM.” n. paradoxa: International Feminist Art Journal, vol. 18, p. 43-49.

2003    madamimadam. CD-ROM and virtual exhibition. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
         (http://gardnermuseum.com/2003_exhibitions/madamimadam_ex.asp)

2002    “Stitch and Pixel: 21st Century Voices on Renaissance Tapestries at the Met.” Tate:  International Arts and Culture,
       Issue One, September/October.

1999    “Endurance: A Project by Elaine Reichek.” New York Arts, November.

1995    "Artist’s Page.” Art Journal, Spring, pp. 12–13.

1993    Engel, Laura, and Reichek, Elaine. “Commentary: Mother/Daughter Dresses,” Fiberarts,
          November/December, p. 9.

1992    *Artist’s Statement. New York: Grey Art Gallery, New York University.

 

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                      

2014    Smith, Caitlin. "The Distaff Side: Woven Together," 22 - 24; Joan Simon, "The Women," 110 - 113; Elisabeth Sussman, "Conversation with Melva Bucksbaum," 146; in Joan Simon, ed. The Distaff Side. Sharon, CT:
         The Granary. (Illustration on back cover.)

2014    Steinbert, Ronit. "Sampler Embroidery Past and Present as an Expression of Merging Jewish Identity,"
         Ars Judaica, vol. 10, 49 - 68.

2013    Bucksbaum, Melva, "Elaine Reichek," in The Francis J. Greenburger Awards 2013 (New York: Omi International
         
Arts Center), 49 - 57.

Cembalest, Robin. “Must-See Museum Shows to Make You Think, or Cry,“ Artinfo.com, February 22.

Cembalest, Robin. “Let My People Show: Welcome to 'Jew York,',“ Artinfo.com, June 27.

Fiske, Courtney. “Elaine Reichek.,“ Artforum.com, December 12.

Franke, Rike, and Watson, Grant. TEXTILES: OPEN LETTER: Abstraktionen, Textilien, Kunst.
         
Mönchengladbach: Museum Abteiberg, 46–47, 62

Johnson, Ken. “The Jewishness Is in The Details,“ The New York Times, September 6, C23.

Hemmings, Jessica. "Postcolonial Textiles – Negotiating Dialogue," in Jana Gohrisch and Ellen Grünkemeier, eds.
         Postcolonial Studies Across the Disciplines (Cross/Cultures – Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in
         English
Series). New York: Rodopi, 23–50.

Lagnado, Caroline. “A Family of 'Mayflower Wannabes,',“ The Jewish Week, September 3.

Karen Rosenberg, "Elaine Reichek: 'A Précis 1972 – 1995.'" The New York Times, December 13, 2013, C32.

Schwarting, Jen. “Women's Fiction,“ The Brooklyn Rail, September 4.

Sirlin, Deanna. She's Got What It Takes: American Women Artists in Dialogue, Milan, Italy: Charta, 82–91, 109

2012    Adamson, Glenn, “Marginalia,” 231 - 232; Anna C. Chave, “Feminism, Identity, and Self-Representation: Self-
         
Portraiture Reimagined,“ 77 - 78; Joanna Gardner-Huggett, “Sisters Doin' It for Themselves: Collaborative
         
Practice in the Linda Lee Alter Collection,“ 200; Mey-Yen Moriuchi, “Checklist of the Linda Lee Alter
         
Collection of Art by Women: Biographies of the artists,“ 301; reproductions, 106, 115; in Robert
         
Cozzolino, ed. The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World. Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania
         
Academy of the Fine Arts.

Chayka, Kyle. “Discovering Elaine Reichek's Sharp Conceptual Embroidery at the Whitney Biennial and Nicole
         
Klagsbrun.“ Artinfo.com, March 19.

Chayka, Kyle. "A Biennial Scorecard: Culling the Highlights of the Whitney's Signature Survey." Artinfo.com,
         
February 28.

Ebony, David. “Top 10 from the São Paulo Bienal.“ Art in America blog, September 25.
         
[http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2012-09-25/sao-paolo-biennial-top-10/]

“Elaine Reichek.” The New Yorker, March 19, p. 12.

Guzman, Alissa. "Double-Take, The Whitney Biennial 2012." TimesQuotidien.com, July 8.
         
[http://www.timesquotidian.com/2012/07/08/double-take-the-whitney-biennial-2012/]

Harcourt, Glenn. "Some Notes on the Archive." X-TRA, Volume 14, Number 3, Spring, 14-25.

Nathan, Emily. "Whitney Biennial 2012: RISKY SITUATIONS." Artnet.com, February 29.
         
[http://www.nicoleklagsbrun.com/images/press/ER_Artnet_2012.pdf]

*Pérez-Oramas, Luis, et. al. Thirtieth Bienal São Paulo: The Imminence of Poetics. São Paulo: Fundação Bienal de
         
São Paulo, 144-145.

Rimanelli, David. "A Room of Their Own: Three Views on the Whitney Biennial." Artforum, May, 270, 272-274.

Robertson, Rebecca. "Elaine Reichek, Nicole Klagsbrun." ARTnews, May, 112.

Rosenberg, Karen. "Elaine Reichek: 'Ariadne's Thread.'" The New York Times, February 24, C28.

Sicha, Choire. "The Whitney Biennial Isn't an Art Show." TheAwl.com, April 9.
         
[http://www.theawl.com/2012/04/the-whitney-biennial-isnt-an-art-show]

Vogel, Carol. "Biennial Tweaks Its Boundaries." The New York Times, February 17, C25-26.

Vogel, Carol. "Hands-On Art." The New York Times, March 15, F36.

*Whitney Biennial 2012..New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 19-20, 264-69.

Wilson, Michael. "Review: Elaine Reichek, 'Ariadne's Thread.'" Time Out New York, March 20.

2011    *Chung, Joonmo, ed. Cheongju Internatinoal Craft Biennale 2011, Volume I. Contemporary Craft, NOW & HERE.
         
Cheongju, Korea: Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2011, pp. 416-417, 496.

W. M. Hunt. The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2011,
         
pp. 172-173.

Valentine, Christina. "Unraveling Ariadne's Thread: Works by Elaine Reichek.” Special Projects blog,
         
www.zgpress.com, May 15.

Wagley, Catherine. "Ariadne's Thread.” LA Expanded: Notes from the West Coast blog, www.dailyserving.com,
         
April 8.

2010    Auther, Elissa. String, Felt, Thread: The Hierarchy of Art and Craft in American Art. Minneapolis: University of
          Minnesota Press, pp. 163, 164, 166, 197, n.7.

Cotter, Holland. "'Americanana.'" The New York Times, December 3, C31.

Curley, Mallory. A Cookie Mueller Encyclopedia. Randy Press, 400.

Kruger, Laura. A Stitch in Jewish Time: Provocative Textiles. New York: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
         Religion Museum, 2, 12, 17.

*Lagnado, Caroline. "Interview with Elaine Reichek." Americanana. New York: Hunter College, n.p.

Rosenberg, Karen. "A Raucous Reflection on Identity: Jewish and Feminine." The New York Times, September 10,
          p. C26.

2009    *In Stitches. New York: Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, p. 35.

2008    Auricchio, Laura. “Pricked: Extreme Embroidery.” Art Papers, March-April.

Birnbaum, Paula. “Elaine Reichek: Pixels, Bytes and Stitches.” Art Journal, Summer, pp.19-35.

Dinoto, Andrea. “Pricked: Extreme Embroidery.” American Craft, February-March.

Joseph-Lowery, Frédérique. “Embroidery Goes Contemporary” [“Broderie et art contemporain”]. Art Press 352,
          December, pp. 40-42.

*Kruger, Kathryn Sullivan. “Clues and Cloth: Seeking Ourselves in ‘The Fabric of Myth,’” in The Fabric of Myth.
         Warwickshire, UK: Compton Verney, pp. 23-24, 68-69.

Monem, Nadine Käthe, ed. Contemporary Textiles: the fabric of fine art (London: Black Dog  Publishing),
         pp. 92-95.

2007    Baker, R.C. “Best in Show: Elaine Reichek.” The Village Voice, November 21.

            Camhi, Leslie. “Let’s Get Stitched.” The Village Voice, November 20.

Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Spectral Evidence.” The New York Times, February 23.

Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: What F Word?” The New York Times, March 9.

            Di Marzo, Cindi. “Extreme Embroidery: Art and Craft Meet on the Verge.” Studio International, December.

Kunitz, Daniel. “Step 1: Buy Paint. Step 2: ?.”The New York Sun, July 12.

McCormick, Carlo. “The Bong Show: New York Artists Hit the Pipe.” High Times, April.

*McFadden, David Revere. Pricked: Extreme Embroidery. New York: Museum of Arts & Design, p. 17.

Nikolopolous, Stephanie. “The Bong Show.” Gothamist.com.

“Pricked: Extreme Embroidery.” The New Yorker, December 3.

Roalf, Peggy. “Not Your Grandma’s Embroidery.” DART Design Arts Daily, November 13.

Rosenberg, Karen. “Needling More Than the Feminist Consciousness.” The New York Times, December 28.

Saltz, Jerry. “Back From the Brink: MoMA relives painting’s postwar near-death experience.” New York Magazine,
          September 17.

Smith, Roberta. “Elaine Reichek: Pattern Recognition.” The New York Times, November 23.

Thurman, Judith. “The Artistic Life: Stitches in Time.” The New Yorker, October 29, pp. 37-38.

2006    Brooks, Amra. “Must See Art: Elaine Reichek, Glossed in Translation.” LA Weekly,December 6.

Bloom, Lisa E. Jewish Identities in American Feminist Art: Ghosts of Ethnicity. New York: Routledge, p. 114-117.

Bruno, Giuliana. Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film. New York: Verson, p. 291.

Fehr, Kindra. “Living in a Material World: A Tapestry of Fiber Art.” 15 Bytes
         [http://www.artistsofutah.org/15bytes/06july/page1.html], July, p. 5.

Gagon, Dave. “Culture, Looking Back on Display at Art Center.” Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake Cit, UT),
          August 6.

Griggs, Brandon. “Exhibit Hangs Convention by a Thread.” The Salt Lake Tribune, June 24.

Landi, Ann. “Reviews: Threads of Memory.” ARTNews, May.

Kuczynski, Alex. “Forget the Book, I’d Rather Do Needlepoint.” The New York Times, May 11.

*Mathews-Berenson, Margaret. “Threads of Memory.” New York: Dorsky Gallery.

“The Bong Show.” The Village Voice, December 21.

2005    Berger, Maurice, and Rosenbaum, Joan. Masterworks of The Jewish Museum. New Haven and London: Yale
                      University Press, pp. 30, 240, 241, 242.

*Durham, Jimmie; Fisher, Jean; and Hill, Richard William. The American West. Warwickshire, UK: Compton
          Verney, p. 99.

Harris, Susan. “Elaine Reichek at Nicole Klagsbrun.” Art In America, January.

Hemmings, Jessica. “do the write thing.” Embroidery, May/June, p. 16.

Schneider, Arnd and Wright, Christopher (eds.). Contemporary Art and Anthropology. Oxford, UK:
          Berg Publishers, p. 45.

2004    Auther, Elissa. “The Decorative Abstraction, and the Hierarchy of Art and Craft in the Art
                      Criticism of Clement Greenberg.” Oxford Art Journal
, March 27.

Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Elaine Reichek.” The New York Times, June 11.

Frankel, David. “Stitchellated Pics.” Aperture 175, Summer, pp. 34-39.

Hoffman, Michael E. “Outside the Ordinary: A Tribute in Pictures.” Aperture, p. 56.

            Jana, Reena. “Reviews: Elaine Reichek: Nicole Klagsbrun.” ARTnews, October, p. 190.

            Richards, Judith Olch (ed.). Inside the Studio: Two Decades of Talks with Artists in NewYork. New York:
                       Independent Curators International, pp. 186-189.

            Schwendener, Martha. “Reviews: Elaine Reichek, Nicole Klagsbrun.” Artforum, November, p. 226.

Van Duyn, Edna (ed.). If Walls Had Ears: International Art 1984-2004. Stichting de Appel Foundation: Amsterdam.

2003    Lesperance, Ellen. “Knitting As Fine Art.” Vogue Knitting, Fall 2003.

2002    Hann, Joelle. “Elaine Reichek + Joelle Hann.” Artkrush.com, October 1, 2002.

            Myers, Holly. “Stitches of life and philosophy.” Los Angeles Times, November 29, p. E30.

2001    *Bradley, Jessica and MacKay, Gillian (eds.). House Guests: The Grange 1817 to Today. Toronto: Art Gallery
          of Ontario.

            Milroy, Sarah. “At Home on the Grange.” The Boston Globe, September 15.

2000    *Batchelder, Anne. Remnants of Memory. Asheville, NC: Asheville Art Museum.

*Bloemink, Barbara. Déjà-vu: Re-working the Past. Katonah Museum of Art, NY.

Michèle, Nicole. "The Now Idea: Embroidery." Parkett, Fall, p. 202-205.

Withers, Rachel. “Preview.” Artforum, May, p. 68.

1999    Arning, Bill. “Elaine Reichek’s Rewoven Histories.” Art in America, March, pp. 90–95.

Bourbon, Matthew. “Elaine Reichek: Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery.” New York Arts Magazine, February.

Camhi, Leslie. “Stitchcraft.” Village Voice, February 23, p. 134.

Cotter, Holland. “New Samplers That Give Old Pieties the Needle.” The New York Times, March 5, p. E48.

*Friis-Hansen, Dana. Other Narratives, Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum.

Handler, Beth. “New Exhibitions.” MoMA Magazine, February, p. 38.

*Handler, Beth. “Projects 67: Elaine Reichek.” New York: The Museum of Modern Art.

Pollack, Barbara. “New York Reviews: Elaine Reichek.” Art News, May, p. 165.

Schwendener, Martha. “Projects 67: Elaine Reichek.” Time Out New York, 18–25 March, p. 63.

Sundell, Margaret. “Elaine Reichek: Museum of Modern Art/Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery.” Artforum, Summer, p. 155.

1998    *Cooke, Lynne. Arkipelag: Ethno-Antics. Stockholm, Sweden: Nordiska Museet.

Cork, Richard. “Saying It with Thread.” The Times (London), September 1, p. 14.

*Corrin, Lisa. Loose Threads. London: Serpentine Gallery.

Ghelerter, Donna, and Schaffner, Ingrid. “Cross Sampling: Elaine Reichek’s Needlework.” Pink 2, no. 7, Spring.

Isaak, Jo Anna. “Who’s ‘We,’ White Man?” in MATERIAL matters, Ingrid Bachmann and Ruth Scheuing, eds.
Toronto: YYZ Books, pp. 137-147.(Reprinted from Parkett
, no. 34, Fall 1992.)

1997    *De Salvo, Donna, and Annetta Massie. Apocalyptic Wallpaper. Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts.

*Lineberry, Heather. Art on the Edge of Fashion. Tempe: Arizona State University Art Museum, pp. 12, 36-39.

McKenna, Kristine. “‘Too Jewish?’ Hardly.” Los Angeles Times, February 2, pp. 5, 83.

St. Sauveur, Michelle de. “Embedded Metaphor.” New Art Examiner, March, p. 43.

1996    Brouda, Nancy, and Garrad, Mary D. The Power of Feminist Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams.

            *Felshin, Nina. Embedded Metaphor. New York: Independent Curators International, pp. 17, 19, 64-65.

            *Isaak, Jo Anna, and O’Connell, Dan. Guests of the Nation, Philadelphia: Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of
           the Arts.

Isaak, Jo Anna. “Art History and Its (Dis)Contents” in Feminism & Contemporary Art: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s laughter (London and New York: Routldge), pp. 68-76.

Kimmelman, Michael. “Too Jewish? Jewish Artists Ponder.” New York Times, March 8, p. C29.

*Kleeblatt, Norman, et al. Too Jewish, New York: The Jewish Museum.

Ockman, Carol. “Too Jewish? Jewish Museum.” Artforum, September.

Rolo, Jane, and Hunt, Ian, eds.  Book Works: A Partial History and Sourcebook (London: Bookworks), pp. 63-65.

Schneider, Arnd. “Uneasy Relationships: Contemporary Artists and Anthropology.” Journal of Material Culture,
            July.

*Tucker, Marcia. Labor of Love. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art.

1995    “Elaine Reichek.” The New Yorker, 22 May, p. 19.

            *Isaak, Jo Anna; Silverthorne, Jeanne; and Tucker, Marcia. Laughter Ten Years After. Geneva, NY: Hobart andbr>           William Smith Colleges Press.

*Massie, Annetta. Postcolonial Kinderhood. Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts.

“People and Ideas: All the Nude That’s Fit to Print: Elaine Reichek and the New York Times.” Aperture 138,
          Winter, p. 68.

*Von Uslar, Rafael, and Irmtrud Wojak. Zimmerdenkmäler. Essen, Germany: Klartext.

*Yee, Lydia. Division of Labor: Women’s Work in Contemporary Art. Bronx, NY: The Bronx Museum of the Arts,
          pp. 28-29.

1994    Aukeman, Anastasia. “Elaine Reichek, The Jewish Museum.” Art News, Summer, pp. 179–80.

*Bhabha, Homi K. Model Homes, Amsterdam: Stichting De Appel.

Cotter, Holland. “Review/Art.” New York Times, 24 June, p. C14.

Glueck, Grace. “Consumerama’s Seductive Styling: Postcolonial Kinderhood.” New York Observer, 21 March.

Levin, Kim. “Choices.” Village Voice, 16 August, p. 65.

Mahoney, Robert. “Elaine Reichek: Assimilation in America.” Fiberarts, Sept./Oct., pp. 57, 61.

Morgan, Anne Barclay. “Elaine Reichek: Sign Language.” Art Papers, July/August, pp. 46–47.

Schwabsky, Barry. “Elaine Reichek: Jewish Museum.” Artforum, October, p. 104.

Slesin, Suzanne. “Perils of a Nice Jewish Girl in a Colonial Bedroom.” The New York Times, February 17,
          pp. C1, C6.

*Whittemore, Emily. Postcolonial Kinderhood. New York: The Jewish Museum.

1993    Bell, Desmond. “Elaine Reichek: Irish Museum of Modern Art.” Circa, Fall, pp. 58-59.

*Berger, Maurice. Ciphers of Identity. Catonsville: Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland.

“Elaine Reichek.” New York Magazine, February.

Friedman, Ann. “Elaine Reichek.” New Art Examiner, May, p. 51.

Lichtenstein, Therese. “An Interview with Elaine Reichek.” Journal of Contemporary Art, Winter, pp. 92–107.

Mensing, Margo. “Elaine Reichek: Native Intelligence.” Art Papers, March, pp. 55–56.

Nadotti, Maria. “Le immagini di Lapis” and “Le maglie del testo. Incontro con Elaine Reichek.” Lapis: Percorsi della
          fiflessione femminile
, #20, December, pp. 2, 37-39. (With 39 reproductions throughout the issue and on the
          cover.)

*Silverthorne, Jeanne. Home Rule. Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art.

*Viso, Olga. Sign Language. West Palm Beach, FL: Norton Gallery of Art.

1992    “Art.” The New Yorker, April 13, p. 12.

Avgikos, Jan. “Elaine Reichek, Grey Art Gallery.” Artforum, September, p. 96.

*Cirincione, Janine, and Potter, Tina. Dark Deco, New York: Independent Curators, Incorporated, pp. 17, 41-43.

*Durham, Jimmy, and Thomas McEvilley. Elaine Reichek: Native Intelligence. New York: Grey Art Gallery, New
         York University.

Hagen, Charles. “How American Indians Are Seen by the Nation.” The New York Times, May 8, p. C24.

Hess, Elizabeth. “Difficult Pleasures.” Village Voice, April 21, p. 93.

Isaak, Jo Anna. “Who’s ‘We,’ White Man?” Parkett, no. 34 (Fall), pp. 142–51.

Olalquiaga, Celeste. Megalopolis: Contemporary Cultural Sensibilities. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,
         pp. 70-71.

Princenthal, Nancy. “Elaine Reichek’s ‘Native Intelligence.” Print Collectors’ Newsletter, July/August, pp. 94–95.

“Elaine Reichek.” Tema Celeste, Fall, p. 71.

“Red Delicious.” Aperture, Fall, p. 51.

*Tannenbaum, Barbara. Elaine Reichek: Tierra del Fuego. Akron, OH: Akron Art Museum.

1991    *Lee, Pamela. Site Seeing: Travel and Tourism in Contemporary Art. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art,
          Downtown at Federal Plaza.

*Levy, Jan Heller (ed.). The Interrupted Life, New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art.

*Schaffner, Ingrid. Constructing Images: Synapse between Photography and Sculpture. New York:
          Lieberman & Saul Gallery.

Smith, Roberta. “The Subversive Stitch.” The New York Times, July 12, p. C23.

1990    Hapgood, Susan. “Elaine Reichek.” Art in America, June, pp. 176–77.

Haus, Mary. “Elaine Reichek.” Art News, September.

Morgan, Susan. “Colonialism.” Aperture 119, Spring, cover, pp. 26–31.

1989    “Art.” The New Yorker, April 17.

Adams, Brooks. “Elaine Reichek.” Art in America, July, p. 132.

Levin, Kim. “Elaine Reichek.” Village Voice, April 25.

Miller, Charles V. “Domestic Science.” Artforum, March, cover, pp. 117–20.

*Nahas, Dominique. Elaine Reichek, Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art.

1988    Levin, Kim. “Elaine Reichek.” Village Voice, June 14, p. 52.

1987    Handy, Ellen. “Elaine Reichek.” Arts Magazine, May.

Indiana, Gary. “Short Memory: Elaine Reichek’s Aboriginal Images.” VillageVoice, February 17, p. 95.

Levin, Kim. “Elaine Reichek.” Village Voice, February 17.

Princenthal, Nancy. “Elaine Reichek at Carlo Lamagna and A.I.R.” Art in America, July, p.129.

1986    Bohn, Donald Chant. “Investigations 1986.” New Art Examiner, October.

*Liebmann, Lisa. Investigations 19: Elaine Reichek. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of
          Pennsylvania.

1985    Chambers, Karen S. “Exhibitions—New York: Elaine Reichek.” Craft International, April/May/June, p. 37.

*Medvedow, Jill. Nancy Spero and Elaine Reichek. Seattle: Seattle Center on Contemporary Art.

Phillips, Patricia C. “Elaine Reichek.” Artforum, May, p. 105.

1984    *Hansen, Britta, and Helbing-Mucke, Marion. Neue Stofflichkeit. Bonn, West Germany: Frauen Museum.

1983    Levin, Kim. “Elaine Reichek.” Flash Art, January/February, p. 65.

Moufarrege, Nicolas. “X Equals Zero, as in Tic-Tac-Toe.” Arts Magazine, February, pp.116–21.

Wooster, Ann Sargent. “Elaine Reichek at Concord.” Art in America, March, pp. 161–62.

1982    Levin, Kim. “Elaine Reichek.” Village Voice, November 2.

1981    Fleming, Lee. “Structure/Narrative/Decoration.” New Art Examiner, January.

Levin, Kim, and Ann Sargent Wooster. “Elaine Reichek.” Village Voice, February 4.

Rice, Shelley. “Elaine Reichek, A.I.R. Gallery.” Artforum, April, pp. 71–72.

Robins, Corinne. “Verbal Image/Written Object: Connection as Meaning in the Work of Elaine Reichek.”
         Arts Magazine,
February, pp. 95–97.

1980    *Apgar, Evelyn. Elaine Reichek. New Brunswick, NJ: Douglass College Art Gallery.

*Thompson, Mary Lee. Elaine Reichek. Purchase, NY: Brownson Art Gallery, Manhattanville College.

1979     Dallier, Aline. “La Couture et la broderie dans l’art contemporain.” Bulletin des Arts Plastiques, October.

1978     Marter, Joan. “Elaine Reichek.” Arts Magazine, January, p. 7.