EDUCATION
GRAPHIC DESIGN AT THE ACADEMY OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
PAINTER’S REFUGE: A WAY OF LIFE, HARVEY B. GANTT CENTER FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTS+CULTURE, CHARLOTTE, NC
2021
WITH THE END IN MIND, MAXIMILLIAN WILLIAM, LONDON
2020
REGINALD SYLVESTER II: NEW PAINTINGS, JAMES FUENTES, NEW YORK, NY
2019
NEMESIS | MAXIMILLIAN WILLIAM, LONDON
2017
PREMONITION | LEVER HOUSE ART COLLECTION | CURATED
BY ROYA SACHS | NEW YORK, NY
THE RISE AND FALL OF A PEOPLE | FONDAZIONE STELLINE | CURATED BY MICHELE ROBBECHI | MILAN, ITALY
2016
REACHING FOR HEAVEN | PACE PRINTS | NEW YORK, NY
2015
IN SEARCH OF A WONDERFUL PLACE | PRESENTED BY MAXIMILLIAN WILLIAM | NEW YORK, NY
A GENERATION SO BRIGHT | PRESENTED BY MAXIMILLIAN WILLIAM, GINZA, TOKYO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
I CARE BECAUSE YOU DO CURATED BY MATT BLACK, THE MASS, TOKYO, JAPAN MODAL PAINTING CURATED BY OSCAR WOLLHEIM, MAXIMILLIAN WILLIAM, LONDON
2019
CHAIRS BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONG | R & COMPANY | CURATED BY RAQUEL CAYRE | NEW YORK, NY
2018
PUNCH | JEFFREY DEITCH | CURATED BY NINA CHANEL ABNEY | NEW YORK, NY
2017
SURFACE ISSUES | LEILA HELLER GALLERY | DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
ACKLAND ART MUSEUM, NC
FONDAZIONE STELLINE, MILAN, ITALY
ICA MIAMI, FL
LUGANO ARTE E CULTURA, LUGANO, SWITZERLAND
WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, WOLVERHAMPTON, UK

PUBLICATIONS
Prime: Art's Next Generation, with a text by Chris Fite-Wassilak, London: Phaidon, 2022
With the End in Mind, with a text by Allie Biswas, London and New York: InOtherWords, Maximillian William and Natchez, 2021
NEMESIS, with a text by Michele Robecchi, London: Maximillian William, 2019
The Eve Of, with a text by Michele Robecchi, London: Maximillian William, 2017
In Search of a Wonderful Place, London: Maximilian William, 2015

ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND TALKS
2021
Flo Wales Bonner, ‘A Collaboration Among Friends’, New York Times, October
Michele Robecchi, Arena Homme +, October
‘Reginald Sylvester II and Allie Biswas in conversation,’ Maximillian William, August
Ifeanyi Awachie, ‘With the End in Mind by Reginald Sylvester II at Maximillian William, London,’ Lucy Writers Platform, August
Amarie Gipson, ‘Reginald Sylvester II,’ Plaster No. 4, July ‘In the studio with… Reginald Sylvester II,’ Apollo, June Veronica Simpson, ‘Modal Painting Reviewed,’ Studio International, April
‘Reginald Sylvester II, Ben Bowling and Oscar Wollheim in conversation,’ Maximillian William, March
2020
‘Reginald Sylvester II and Legacy Russell in conversation,’ Maximillian William, July ‘Artist Reginald Sylvester II Reflects on the Evolving Meaning of Space,’ Goode, July
2019
Eric Mack, ‘The Seriousness of The Soul: Reginald Sylvester II,’ Office Magazine, October
Gabrielle Leung, ‘Reginald Sylvester II Displays Chair Inspired By His Mom at NYC’s R & Company,’ Hypebeast, September
2018
Roberta Smith, ‘Four Knockout Group Shows to See Now,’ The New York Times, October
Antwaun Sargent, ‘See Why Artist Reginald Sylvester II Is Garnering Critical Raves,’ Galerie, September
Anya Firestone, ‘Figuring Art Out: Reginald Sylvester II,’ Highsnobiety Magazine Issue 16, May
Maria Brito, ‘To See A Premonition: Reginald Sylvester II At Lever House,’ The Huffington Post, March
2017
Matthew Whitehouse, ‘Reginald Sylvester II Makes Mega Poignant Art Inspired By Dreams And Scripture,’ i-D Magazine, November
Gyasi Williams Kirtley, ‘A Deciphering Of Reginald Sylvester II,’ VSCO Sebastian Jean,
‘Reginald Sylvester II’s Unconscious Place,’ Office Magazine, October
Michael Wilson, ‘Reginald Sylvester II Paints With Purpose In A New Show At Lever House,’ Garage, October
Alex Pettyfer, ‘Progression Of An Artist: Reginald Sylvester II’ V MAN, September
Giovanna Pisacane, ‘Reginald Sylvester II,’ THIS IS ME NOT BEING INTO YOU, March
‘Fighting Temptations’, La Lettura ed. 282 ‘From New York to Milan,’ Cultured Mag, March
Elena Bordignon, ‘Reginald Sylvester II — The Rise and Fall of a People,’ ATP Diary, March
2016
‘From The Bay to Brooklyn: The Artist Making Waves in Basel,’ Amuse Anna Furman, ‘Orgiastic New Work from an Emerging Talent in NYC,’ Artsy, March
2015
Eric Chakeen, ‘Brooklyn Painter Sylvester Makes Art Out of 90’s Cartoons,’ i-D Magazine, May
Thomas Welch, ‘A Look Inside Sylvester’s ‘In Search of a Wonderful Place’ Exhibit in New York City,’ Highsnobiety, April