Jeff Gompertz

Jeff Gompertz is an American contemporary visual artist who currently lives and works in Bangkok Thailand.

Early life and education:
Gompertz grew up in the Washington Heights-Inwood section of Manhattan; an enclave of German Jewish immigrants whom, as his family, had fled Nazi Germany before, during or after the war. He studied music and art equally prior to University. He received his (B.F.A) from Cooper Union (1979) where he studied alongside classmates Donald Baechler and Curtis Anderson, and had several influential professors including Louise Bourgeois, Hans Haake and Christopher Wilmarth. Gompertz met many of his contemporaries at downtown nightclubs such as Tier 3 and the Mudd Club. After University he worked in an art studio building on East 2nd st. and continued to live and work in the lower East Village before moving to the Williamsburg neighborhood of Bklyn in 1990.

Work:
The East Village art scene in the early 1980s had a major impact on the work of Gompertz, where a hyper-urban mix of graffiti, hip hop, and contemporary art was taking place. Galleries such as Pat Hearn and Patty Astors Fun Gallery were opening alongside dive bars and night clubs. These influences can be seen reflected in the use of spray paint and t...

Cooper Union BFA

Selected Exhibitions:

1985 - Blum Helman gallery,
group exhibition
NYC, USA

1986 - Blum Helman gallery,
solo exhibition
NYC, USA

1987 - Akira Ikeda gallery,
solo exhibition
Nagoya, Japan

2000, Neuberger Museum of Art,
group exhibition
Purchase NY, USA

Private Collections:
Dr. Marc Strauss
Vrej Baghoomian
Akira Ikeda
Annie Plumb
Martin Z. Margulies

Museum Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483910

Larry Aldrich
The Aldrich Contemporary art Museum
https://thealdrich.org/

https://www.hudsonvalleymoca.org/shop/inner-eye-catalogue
(Dr. Marc Strauss)

"Inner Eye: Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection"
2000-01-30 until 2000-04-16
Neuberger Museum of Art
https://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2000/01/31/26500.html

Gompertz has exhibited in Galleries and Museums in the United States and Asia; including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, The Aldrich Contemporary art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, the Neuberger Museum of Art, New York.