Independent 2026 Gregg Bordowitz and David Hartt
May 14 - 17, 2026
Pier 36, New York
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Gregg Bordowitz, With J.W. In Mind, 2021, monotype, 30 x 22 inches, 34 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches, framed, printed and published by 10 Grand Press, New York.
David Hartt, The Histories (after Church), Version with xenoformed atmosphere/ Rayleigh scattering spectrum shift, 2023, tapestry mounted to linen, wood stretcher, 90 x 60 inches, edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP.
Press Release
Gregg Bordowitz and David Hartt are both artists with rich practices that encompass conceptual and object-based activities, as well as historical and theoretical writing. Over the last half-decade, Bordowitz has shifted emphasis somewhat to focus on printmaking, sculpture, and installation, with acclaimed recent exhibitions at The Brick (Los Angeles, 2025), Camden Art Centre (London, 2024), and Bonner Kunstverein (Bonn, 2024). In each of these institutional settings, Bordowitz presented examples of the monotypes and wall-hanging cloud sculptures that CvsD will present at Independent. In counterpoint with these works on paper and relief sculptures, Hartt will hang a large scale tapestry titled "The Histories (after Church)," drawn from a three-part series originally exhibited in sequence across multiple venues including Beth Sholom Synagogue (Philadelphia, 2019), Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago, 2020) and Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, 2021), and Philadelphia Museum of Art (2021). Exhibiting together for the first time, these two artists are major figures in transdisciplinary art, rigorous thinkers with visionary mindsets, as will be evident in the aesthetic and intellectual continuities between their distinct works, which are resplendent and multidimensional.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, Gregg Bordowitz (b. 1964) studied at the School of Visual Arts, the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, and New York University. He founded the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Low Residency MFA program in 2013, which he directed until 2023. He was recently awarded the Philip Guston Rome Prize for 2026–2027.
David Hartt (b. 1967) is a Canadian-born artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, where is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. He received a BFA from the University of Ottawa and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In September 2026, his solo exhibition, [title], will open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.