Gregory de la Haba (born 1979) is an American interdisciplinary artist, writer, curator and cultural producer. His work explores themes of addiction, contemporary notions of masculinity and duende.

Biography

De la Haba was born in Astoria, Queens. He received a BLA from Harvard University in 1993 where he graduated cum laude. In 1998 de la Haba married Teresa Maher, heiress to the legendary pub McSorley's Old Ale House. De la Haba was commissioned to paint Maher's portrait by her father Matty Maher to commemorate her being the first female bartender in the bar's 165 year history. De la Haba continues McSorely's long tradition of attracting notable artists and writers like John Lennon,

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, Robert Henri, John Sloan and

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by hosting literary events with contemporary writers like

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winning poet Franz Wright, Micah Ling, Douglas Light, Kevin O'Hara, Rob Sedgwick, Jack Brown, TJ English, John Reed, Jeffrey Wright, Joseph O'Connor, and Richard Stratton, among others.

Career

De la Haba's work has been exhibited at galleries and art fairs world-wide, including META Gallery, Monaco, France; East End Collected4, Southampton Arts Center; Design Week Milan; Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY;

Mykonos Biennale The Mykonos Bienniale is held every odd year at the start of the summer on the Greek island of Mykonos, originally created by Lydia Venieri. For one week at the end of June or the beginning of July, the island of Mykonos, hosts an extensive ra ...

2014; Salzach Biennial, Salzburg Arts Festival; Queens International 4, Queens Museum; Kunsthaus Tacheles, Contemporary Istanbul; SCOPE Art Show; Art Basel, Miami and Art Southampton. In 2009 De la Haba was the Artist-in-Residence at Jack the Pelican Presents. In 2004 de la Haba exhibited his ''McSorley's Sketchbook Series'' at New York University's Glucksman Ireland House, with an accompanying exhibition catalogue essay written by

-winning author Frank McCourt. De la Haba is represented by Geuer & Geuer Art GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany. A philosophical explication of de la Haba's work can be seen in cultural theorist Bryan Reynolds's book ''The Transversality of Gregory de la Haba: The Future of Art and Myth Are upon Us''.

Projects

Since 2008, de la Haba has produced art-related ventures through his creative platform Bodega de la Haba. Curatorial projects include, ''Danny Minnick: Liquefied Troubles'', 2018, Geuer & Geuer Art GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany; ''Frieze Frame: Important Paintings by American Artist Judy Rifka, A 40 Year Retrospective: Paintings from 1974-2016'', 2016, Amstel Gallery at The Yard; ''Leon Löwentruat: Träumereien'', 2016, Avant Garde LES in New York, NY; ''John Havens Thornton: 50 Years of Painting: 1964-2014'', 2016, Amstel Gallery, New York, NY; ''Who Shot Natalie White?'', 2016, Featuring Peter Beard,

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, Michael Dweck, Max Snow,

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, Anna Bloda, Spencer Tunick, and Natalie White, ROX Gallery, New York, NY; ''Magnificent Obsession: The Early Paintings of Abstract Expressionist Joann Gedney (1948-1963)'', 2014, ROX Gallery, New York, NY; ''Pacific/Current'', 2014, Featuring Andy Moses, Michael Torquato de Nicola, Martin Durazo,

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, and

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; (e)merge Art Fair, Washington, DC; ''What Rules: Featuring Kathy Grayson, Laura O’Reilly, Gregory de la Haba, & Lee Wells'', 2014, Cutlog, New York, NY; and '' Colette Lumiere, Justine’s Reverse Pop Series, 1978-1983'', 2013, The Yard, New York, NY. As a patron of the arts, de la Haba sponsored ''The Beatles Complete On Ukele Awards'' with

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, 2011 at Bowery Hotel, New York, NY, and in 2009 he established the Carlos Collazo Scholarship at Artes Plasticas in San Juan, PR, in honor of the artist who died of AIDS in 1989.

Film and Theater

Theater productions include, ''Hazel: Made In Belfast'', 2014 by Terrence Browne, which premiered at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...

; ''Fishing for Paradise'', 2014, by Michael Gorman, painting and sculpture by Gregory de la Haba, La MaMa; ''How And Why I Robbed My First Cheese Store'', 2011, by Michael Gorman with Installation by Gregory de la Haba, La MaMa. Film productions include ''Water Time: Surf Travel Diary of a Madman'', 2014 by

Allan Weisbecker Allan C. Weisbecker is a novelist, screenwriter, memoirist and surfer. He is the author of the "cheerfully immoral novel" '' Cosmic Banditos'', the memoir ''In Search of Captain Zero'' and ''Can't You Get Along With Anyone? A Writer's Memoir and ...

Writing

De la Haba’s writings and artworks have been featured in '' The New York Times'', ''Southampton Review'', ''Rizzoli’s Irish America'', ''NY Arts Magazine'', ''

Whitehot Magazine Noah Becker (born 1970) is an American and Canadian artist, writer, publisher of ''Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art'', and jazz saxophonist who lives and works in New York City. He is a contributing writer for ''Art in America'' Magazine, '' ...

'' and ''Quiet Lunch''. From 2014 to 2018 the artist co-owned and published ''Whitehot Magazine'' and ''Quiet Lunch''. Currently, de la Haba is the international editor for the art and culture magazine, ''Portray''. In the summer of 2020, his memoir, ''Curriculum Vitae: A Journey from Montauk, Elsewhere and Back'', will be published by C&R Press. As a publisher, De la Haba has worked with several contemporary art writers, including

Anthony Haden-Guest Anthony Haden-Guest (born 2 February 1937) is a British-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York City and London. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines and has had several books publi ...

, Shana Nys Dembrot, Paul Laster and Kara Rooney.

External links

Official website

Gregory de la Haba
on IMDb

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:de la Haba, Gregory American male painters Harvard Extension School alumni 1979 births 20th-century American painters Living people 20th-century American male artists