JJ Manford (b. 1983, Boston, MA) received a BFA from Cornell University in 2006, a post-baccalaureate certificate from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009, and an MFA from Hunter College in 2013. Most recently, his work has been the subject of solo presentations at V1 Gallery, Copenhagen (2024); Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid (2024); Derek Eller Gallery, New York (2024, 2021, and 2019); Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (2023); Harper’s, Los Angeles and East Hampton (2023, 2022 and 2021); and John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY (2016 and 2012). Manford has participated in group exhibitions at König Galerie, Munich (2025); V1 Gallery, Copenhagen (2025); F2T Gallery, Milan (2024); Harper’s, Los Angeles (2023 and 2021); KDR305, Miami (2023); The Hole, New York and Los Angeles (2022); Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (2022); and The Pit, Glendale and Palm Springs, CA (2022 and 2021), among other venues. A catalog, Greenport Magic, accompanied an exhibition of the same title at Arts + Leisure Gallery, New York, in 2017; in 2024, Harper’s and Derek Eller Gallery co-published a survey of Manford’s paintings. Reviews of his work have appeared in numerous publications, including Artforum, New Yorker, and KCRW Art Insider. Manford lives and works in Brooklyn.
