TESS
GRUENBERG
Tess Gruenberg (b.1994, NYC) is a writer and creative strategist whose lyrical, philosophical approach to storytelling has appeared in Flaunt, Dazed, Beauty Papers, and OFFAL.
From 2018 to 2021, she served as assistant editor at Good Trouble, where she authored and edited over thirty features, conducting intimate interviews across culture, politics, and the arts. Her writing weaves together personal narrative with broader cultural critique, creating pieces that are both deeply researched and poetically rendered. She has since collaborated with artists including Paul Graves, Simons Finnerty, and Barry Yusufu on exhibition texts.
She lives on Patmos, where she runs éla! farm + kitchen—an experimental hospitality project focused on local agriculture, rare wine, and performance.
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FLORENCE AND HER CHAINS (PAUL GRAVES)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LOVE (BARRY YUSUFU)
DUETS (SIMONS FINNERTY)
BARRY YUSUFU
ELENA DAMIANI
LUCIA HIERRO
FUTURE OF...
ON THE MUSHROOM CHAPEL
MY SUMMER WITH ANARCHISTS
AVRAM FINKELSTEIN
JEX BLACKMORE
PENNY SLINGER
LIZANIA CRUZ
FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LOVE (BARRY YUSUFU)
DUETS (SIMONS FINNERTY)
BARRY YUSUFU
ELENA DAMIANI
LUCIA HIERRO
FUTURE OF...
ON THE MUSHROOM CHAPEL
MY SUMMER WITH ANARCHISTS
AVRAM FINKELSTEIN
JEX BLACKMORE
PENNY SLINGER
LIZANIA CRUZ
FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE
Tess Gruenberg (b.1994, NYC) is a writer and creative strategist whose lyrical, philosophical approach to storytelling has appeared in Flaunt, Dazed, Beauty Papers, and OFFAL.
From 2018 to 2021, she served as assistant editor at Good Trouble, where she authored and edited over thirty features, conducting intimate interviews across culture, politics, and the arts. Her writing weaves together personal narrative with broader cultural critique, creating pieces that are both deeply researched and poetically rendered. She has since collaborated with artists including Paul Graves, Simons Finnerty, and Barry Yusufu on exhibition texts.
She lives on Patmos, where she runs éla! farm + kitchen—an experimental hospitality project focused on local agriculture, rare wine, and performance.
From 2018 to 2021, she served as assistant editor at Good Trouble, where she authored and edited over thirty features, conducting intimate interviews across culture, politics, and the arts. Her writing weaves together personal narrative with broader cultural critique, creating pieces that are both deeply researched and poetically rendered. She has since collaborated with artists including Paul Graves, Simons Finnerty, and Barry Yusufu on exhibition texts.
She lives on Patmos, where she runs éla! farm + kitchen—an experimental hospitality project focused on local agriculture, rare wine, and performance.
CURATORIAL
PROFILES
ESSAYS
Q & A
PHOTOGRAHY
PROFILES
ESSAYS
Q & A
PHOTOGRAHY
CHAIN OF LOVE (PAUL GRAVES)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LOVE (BARRY YUSUFU)
DUETS (SIMONS FINNERTY)
BARRY YUSUFU
ELENA DAMIANI
LUCIA HIERRO
FUTURE OF...
ON THE MUSHROOM CHAPEL
MY SUMMER WITH ANARCHISTS
A BOY’S BEST FRIEND
AVRAM FINKELSTEIN
JEX BLACKMORE
PENNY SLINGER
LIZANIA CRUZ
FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LOVE (BARRY YUSUFU)
DUETS (SIMONS FINNERTY)
BARRY YUSUFU
ELENA DAMIANI
LUCIA HIERRO
FUTURE OF...
ON THE MUSHROOM CHAPEL
MY SUMMER WITH ANARCHISTS
A BOY’S BEST FRIEND
AVRAM FINKELSTEIN
JEX BLACKMORE
PENNY SLINGER
LIZANIA CRUZ
FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE
©TESS GRUENBERG 2023
© TESS GRUENBERG 2023