b. 1995, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
- 2017
BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Solo and two-person exhibitions
- 2023
Jacket and Shadow and Jacket and Shadow and Jacket and Shadow, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
A tear, sliver, and eyelet, Emalin, London, UK
- 2020
Stadium, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN, offsite project
♫ A star like any other —, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2019
♪ A star like any other —, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN (catalogue)
- 2018
Flash blindness, Svetlana, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2023
Zurich Biennial, Kunsthall Zurich, CH
Recent Acquisitions and Eternal Loves - Part I, Nicoletta Fiorucci Collection, Monaco, MC - 2022
Bells, Gallery Buchholz, Köln, DE
Real Corporeal, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY - 2021
Chewing Fat, curated by Nancy Lupo, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hand to your ear, Part 1 (presence/surplus), curated by Gabriella Nugent, Emalin, London, UK
The Language in Common, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT - 2020
Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY (catalogue)
- 2019
For My Lovers Only, cfcp, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing A Blank, 64 Charing Cross Road, London, UK - 2018
Approaches, Svetlana, New York, NY
- 2017
CLUB, The Cooper Union, New York, NY (with Maja Griffin)
Selected Performances
- 2022
Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Michael in Black book launch at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles, CA (as Slauson Malone 1) - 2020
Blur, 98 Orchard Street, New York, NY (as Slauson Malone)
- 2019
Holiday After Party, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA (as Slauson Malone)
Injury Reserve US Tour (as Slauson Malone)
Selected Recordings
- 2020
Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak), Slauson Malone
- 2019
A Quiet Farwell 2016–2018, Slauson Malone
- 2018
Red Burns, Standing On The Corner
Selected Bibliography
- 2023
Dexter, Henry. “Young Artists 2023: Jasper Marsalis is an Artist and Musician Who Trusts Neither Eye Nor Ear,” Cultured Mag, December 2023
Onyewuenyi, Ikechúkwú. "Critics Pick: Jasper Marsalis at Kristina Kite Gallery," Artforum, October 2023.
Araya, Estelle. “Pick of the Week: Jasper Marsalis at Kristina Kite Gallery,” Artillery Magazine, October 2023.
Marsalis, Jasper. “Drawing is Ultimate Trust,” Los Angeles Times: Images, March 2023. - 2022
Holiday, Harmony. “Michael Backstage,” Black Music and Black Muses, October 2022.
Miller, Nicole, and Lauren Mackler, eds., PF11: Michael in Black by Nicole Miller, Public Fiction and CARA NYC. - 2020
Mackler, Lauren, Jasper Marsalis, Artforum, May/June 2020.
Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, published by ARTBOOK | D.A.P.
Ihaza, J, ‘Smile at the Past When I See It,’ Secret Magazine, January 31. - 2019
Crater Speak, published by Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN.
Hoppe, Katherine, “An Interview with Jasper Marsalis, aka Slauson Malone,” Passion of the Weiss, September 11, 2019.
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
- 2020
NTS Work in Progress, London, UK
- 2017
Laura Miller Margolius Prize
- 2016
Sylvia Appelman Painting Award
- 2015
Bill Morrison Cooper Fund Scholar
Jacqueline B. Augustson Cooper Fund Scholar