Noah Breuer

MFA

Headshot of Noah Breuer with green trees print.

Noah Breuer

MFA

Noah Breuer

MFA

Research Field

Print Media

Education

  • MFA, Visual Art, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • Graduate Research Certificate in traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking and papermaking from Kyoto Seika University
  • BFA, Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

Bio

Noah Breuer received his BFA in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design, his MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University and a Graduate Research Certificate in traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking and papermaking from Kyoto Seika University.

His creative work examines themes of family, identity, labor, and diaspora. Exploring the fusion of traditional printmaking techniques and 21st-century tools and technology is fundamental to his art practice. His current research investigates early 20th century domestic textile design in Europe and the legacy of Jewish-owned textile printing companies in Czech Bohemia and their role within that economic and cultural landscape.

Breuer has had recent solo exhibitions at the Moravian Beauty Foundation, (Břeclav, Czech Repupblic 2024), the National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library, (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2023), Urban Glass (Brooklyn, New York 2023), and Atelier Circulaire, (Montreal, Canada, 2022.) His artwork is in the permanent collections of the New York Public Library, the Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England.

His artist books have been published by Small Editions (Brooklyn), Spudnik Press (Chicago) and the San Francisco Center for the Book. And he has been awarded residencies and fellowships by Dieu Donné (NY), Bullseye Projects (CA), San Francisco Center for the Book (CA), California Society of Printmakers, Kala Art Institute, (CA), Hotel Pupik (Scheifling, Austria), Grin City, (IA), Vermont Studio Center, (VT), and Ox-Bow School of Art, (MI).

REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS

  • 2024 Rey, Alberto. Reshaping perceptions & understanding the past, Buffalo Spree, January 1, 2024 
  • 2023 Marsh, Rachel. Cuttings, Exhibition Review of Reclamation, Printmaking Today, Volume 32, Issue 128, Winter 2023 
  • 2023 Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: A rock-and-roll odyssey through sex, race and religion.” The Washington Post, 24 December 2021. 
  • 2021 Maenpaa, Matt. Firehouse Art Center premiers Means of Production, The Longmont Reader, July 9, 2021 
  • 2021 Nguyen, Brittany. Uncovering the Heritage Silhouette, Columbia University School of the Arts Website Publication, March 18, 2021 
  • 2019 Rakin-Zrihen, Rachel. Vallejo artist residency explores ironic Holocaust connection, Vallejo Times-Herald, July 9, 2019 
  • 2016 Hanley, Sarah Kirk. New Editions 2015, Art in Print, Volume 5, Number 6, March - April 2016 
  • 2009 Genocchio, Benjamin. By Invitation Only, The New York Times, August 21, 2009 
  • 2009 Cotter, Holland. “The Practice of Joy Before Death.” “It just wouldn’t be a party without you” The New York Times, April 17, 2009

Instalation photographs from "Noah Breuer: Návrat (Return)" at the Moravian Beauty Foundation, Břeclav, Czech Repupblic, 2024.

Courses

Instructional Support