Works
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Aliza NisenbaumShin-Myong, Someday in Spring, Dress Rehearsal, 2022 -
Aliza NisenbaumMarissa, Pedacito de Sol, 2023
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Aliza NisenbaumTeam Time Storytelling, Alder Hey Children's Hospital Emergency Department, Covid Pandemic, 2020
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Aliza NisenbaumCarmen's Profile, 2022
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Aliza NisenbaumHitomi, 2022
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Aliza NisenbaumSheree, 2021
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Aliza NisenbaumLondon Underground: Brixton Station and Victoria Line Staff, 2019
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Aliza NisenbaumNaveena, Student Nurse and Succulents, 2020
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Aliza NisenbaumAnton Kern Gallery Staff, 2019
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Aliza NisenbaumMorning Security Briefing at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Basement Door Open onto the Guard Lounge Pet Wall, 2017
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Aliza NisenbaumAtanacio, Study & Cactus, LA Walk, 2020
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Aliza NisenbaumNeena dreams of DJing, 2021
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Aliza NisenbaumJenna, Friday Night in Brooklyn, 2019
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Aliza NisenbaumReina del Chachachá, Julie and Jeff, 2019
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Aliza NisenbaumPatricia and I Boogie on Broadway, 2019
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Aliza NisenbaumKayhan Reading the New York Times (Resistance Begins at Home), 2017
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Aliza NisenbaumLatin Runners Club, 2016
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Aliza NisenbaumStephanie and Christina, 2014
Exhibitions
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Aliza Nisenbaum: New Paintings and Drawings
May 4 - June 28, 2024Anton Kern Gallery presents four recent small-scale paintings and four watercolors by Aliza Nisenbaum, all of which depict familiar subjects in intimate moments of repose. This selection of work deviates...Read more -
Aliza Nisenbaum: The Three Divas of Traviata at Gallery Met, curated by Dodie Kazanjian
The Metropolitan Opera, New York September 15, 2023 - August 26, 2024Now on display at the Metropolitan Opera House are four new paintings by Aliza Nisenbaum for Gallery Met, curated by Dodie Kazanjian. Over the course of a year, in anticipation...Read more -
Flora
Aliza Nisenbaum September 9 - October 24, 2020Anton Kern Gallery is pleased to present Aliza Nisenbaum: Flora, an exhibition of new works on paper on the gallery’s third floor. Nisenbaum is best known for her portrait paintings,...Read more -
Coreografías
Aliza Nisenbaum September 13 - November 2, 2019New York, July 12, 2019—For her New York gallery debut at Anton Kern Gallery, Mexican-born and New York-based activist and painter Aliza Nisenbaum will present Coreografías , a new body...Read more
Publications
News
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Aliza Nisenbaum: Día de los Muertos at Des Moines Art Center
September 27, 2025“Last fall, the Art Center invited Nisenbaum to meet with pivotal members of the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) committee, learn about...Read more -
Aliza Nisenbaum at the Obama Presidential Center
September 11, 2025'A sweeping mural, Reading Circles/ Weaving Dreams/ Seeding Futures, depicts moments of civic life within a public library, offering a living portrait of community in...Read more -
Tate Loans Aliza Nisenbaum Painting to Children's Hospital, Liverpool
July 6, 2023Aliza Nisenbaum's 2020 painting Team Time Storytelling , Alder Hey Children's Hospital Emergency Department COVID Pandemic has been loaned to Alder Hey Children's Hospital by...Read more
Press
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9 Must-See Summer Shows in Upstate New York
Paul Laster, Galerie Magazine, July 22, 2025 -
Breaking the Fourth Wall: On Aliza Nisenbaum’s Paintings at the Met Opera
Erin Yerby, The Brooklyn Rail, November 19, 2024 -
The Force of Community Bends Space in Aliza Nisenbaum’s Portraits
Hirsch, Faye , Hyperallergic, October 15, 2024 -
Aliza Nisenbaum by Heidi Howard
Heidi Howard, BOMB Magazine, August 28, 2023 -
Portraits of Encounter
Steinhauer, Jillian, JewishCurrents, August 16, 2023 -
Public art display in Liverpool hospital marks 75th anniversary of UK's National Health Service
Harris, Gareth , The Art Newspaper, July 4, 2023 -
Aliza Nisenbaum: Queens Lindo y Querido
Jennifer Field, The Brooklyn Rail, July 1, 2023 -
Goings On About Town: Aliza Nisenbaum
Krasinski, Jennifer, The New Yorker, June 26, 2023 -
30 Art Shows to See in New York This Summer
Nayyar, Rhea, Hyperallergic, June 14, 2023 -
Go to the New La Guardia for the Art
Pearl, Max, Curbed, June 14, 2023 -
'Past Lives' The Revivalists Perform, 'The Story of Art Without Men' Aliza Nisenbaum's Paintings of Corona, Queens
All Of It, June 1, 2023 -
Paintings that pay attention
Budick, Ariel, Financial Times, May 30, 2023 -
At These American Museums, You Can Travel the World
Messman, Lauren, The New York Times, April 27, 2023 -
‘Ask Me What I’m Painting’: The Changing Role of the Artist in Residence
John Hanc, The New York Times, April 26, 2023 -
Spring Art Preview
Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, March 13, 2023 -
7 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2023
Jerry Saltz, Vulture, January 6, 2023 -
Ready When You Are, Terminal C Is Now an Art Destination
Sheets, Hilarie M., The New York Times, June 1, 2022 -
La Guardia’s New Delta Terminal to be Defined by New York Artists
Hilarie M. Sheets, The New York Times, February 22, 2022 -
Aliza Nisenbaum: Portraits That Subvert Traditions – Tate Liverpool
Alice Lenkiewicz, Artlyst, December 17, 2020 -
Interview: Aliza Nisenbaum
Juliet Rix, Studio International, August 10, 2020 -
Twilight Talks: Aliza Nisenbaum
Kate Steciw, Twilight Talks, October 25, 2019 -
Conversations with Musicians & Artists: Aliza Nisenbaum
Brian Alfred, Sound and Vision, October 24, 2019 -
Goings On About Town: Aliza Nisenbaum
Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, September 6, 2019 -
Aliza Nisenbaum with Yasi Alipour
Yasi Alipour, The Brooklyn Rail, September 4, 2019 -
Interview - Aliza Nisenbaum: ‘I was torn between wanting to be a social worker or a painter’
Allie Biswas, Studio International, May 1, 2019 -
Aliza Nisenbaum: Can Painting Be a Form of Social Practice?
Amy Sherlock, Frieze, April 17, 2019 -
Aliza Nisenbaum on Why Her Intimate Portraits of Immigrants Aren’t about Empathy
Scott Indrisek, Artsy, April 13, 2018 -
Aliza Nisenbaum Talks About Her Work (Vimeo)
Artforum, November 1, 2017 -
Openings: Aliza Nisenbaum
Emily Libert, Artforum, October 1, 2017