Jillian Mayer
York Film Festival.
Mayer’s work is in several permanent public sculpture collections such as the Port of Miami, Miami , FL (2021) and Uiseong’s Permanent Collection, Korea, (2024) Mayer has exhibited, screened films, and performed at venues including MoMA PS1, The Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Prospect New Orleans, and Art Basel.
Currently, Mayer has solo sculptural projects at the Baker Museum, Naples, Fl (2025) and the Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL (2025) with upcoming exhibitions including MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (2026) and David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL (2026).
Mayer is the founder and director of CITY STATE, an artist-run space in Miami, Florida.
Selected Exhibitions
C.V.
Education
2017 Climate Change Lab – Sundance Institute Lab, Captiva, FL
2015 New Frontier Transmedia Fellowship – Sundance Institute Lab, Park City, Utah
2007 BFA – Florida International University, Miami, FL
Select Exhibitions
2026 “Use Me, I’m Fragile” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2026 “DUDD LITE” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2026 “Jillian Mayer” – Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2025 Pergola Spolia” – Baker Museum of Art, Naples, FL
2025 SLUMPIES – Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL
2023 “Jillian Mayer: I Am Your Grandma” – Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
2022 “COMPOUND” – Lamba Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
2022 “Current Year” – David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2022 “New Sincerity 2.0” – Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL
2021 “TIME SHARE” – The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2021 “Jillian Mayer: Slumpies” – Golden Beach Sunny Isles, FL
2019 “TIME SHARE” – Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2019 “TIME SHARE” – UB Galleries, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2018 “Slumpies: Jillian Mayer” – Kunsthalle Aarhus, Aarhus, DK
2018 “Still Life Scans: Jillian Mayer” – Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
2018 “Jillian Mayer: Slumpies” – Royal Theatre Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
2018 “Survivalist Art” – ThereThere, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Post Posture” – Postmasters Gallery, NY, NY
2018 “Winter Slumpies” – Tufts University, Boston, MA
2017 “Impressions, Speak in Code” – Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2016 “Slumpies” – Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
2016 “Social Structures” – Art in Buildings, New York, NY
2016 “SHOWROOM, LAXART” – Los Angeles, CA
2016 “DAY OFF” – David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2014 “Scenic Jogging: Jillian Mayer” – TractionArts, Los Angeles, CA
2014 “Salt 09:Jillian Mayer” – Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake, UT
2013 “Landscape” – Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, FL (Performance)
2013 “Precipice/PostModem” – Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2012 “Erasey Page” – Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
2011 “Love Trips” – World Class Boxing, Miami, FL
2011 “Family Matters” – David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL