Sunny Side Up
Christopher Kuhn
October 24th - November 22nd, 2014
Opening October 23rd, 6:00 — 10:00 PM
Press Release
Christopher Kuhn
October 24th - November 22nd, 2014
Opening October 23rd, 6:00 — 10:00 PM
Press Release
CHRISTOPHER C. KUHN
Education
2008 M.F.A. Candidate, University of Tennessee Knoxville
2007 Post-Bac Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
1999 B.A. Art History, American University of Paris; France
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2014 Material Witness, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sunny Side Up, Field Contemporary, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Arranged: Richard Galling and Christopher Kuhn, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Tintin in the Congo, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2006 The Strip Redressed, The Gallery at the Belcourt, Nashville, TN
2003 Decent Works, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2014 MAS Attack 6, Torrance Art Musuem, Torrance, CA
Public Offerings, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Millennial Abstractions, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
Paradox Maintenance Technicians, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (catalogue)
Doing Pennants, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Painting on Edge II, den contemporary, West Hollywood, CA
The New Cool School, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA
Painting on Edge, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like, George Lawson Gallery, Culver City,
2011 La Cosa Nostra, Rheeway Gallerie, Los Angeles, CA
Speculative Materialism II, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
Flag Stop Art Fair, Torrance, CA
2010 Venice Art Walk & Auctions, Venice Beach, CA
2007 First Year Grad Show, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University; Jurors: Chie Fueki,
Sheila Gallagher, and Bruce Brown
Drawing Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Holiday Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
2006 9 off 8th at 6, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN
Post Bac Group Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Selected Bibliography
Mair, Moray, “Christopher Kuhn's Paintings are a Revolt Against Digital Image Making” mutantspace.com, November 27, 2013
Fitzpatrick, Kyle, "Christopher Kuhn's Technologically Analog Paintings" laimyours.com, November 18, 2013
Gardocki, Matthew and Moore, Catlin, “Emergent Presence: Eight LA Artists You Should Know” Fabrik, Issue 22
Lutz, Leora, “'Millennial Abstractions” at the office of The Marin Community Foundation”, sfaqonline.com, May, 2013
Ollman, Leah, Los Angeles Times, "'Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like" at George Lawson" March 1, 2012
Butler, Sharon, "Painters I Like: Apgar, Awad, Ghuloum, Kuhn, McCaddon, Melchi, and Rubio", twocoatsofpaint.com, March 1, 2012
Behnke, Paul, “Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like @ George Lawson Gallery”, structureandimagery.blogspot.com, February 28, 2012
Wilcox, Valerie, Flag Stop Catalog, 2011, p. 106
Sesto, Carl, me/we, SMFA Press, Boston, MA, 2007, p. 42
Marks, Jonathan, The Tennessean, “Art in Numbers”, September 22, 2006
Maddox, David, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, Sept. 21, 2006, p. 31
Maddox, David, “Sunset Strip paintings at Belcourt”, perambulating.blogspot.com, July 11, 2006
Means, Armon, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, June 29, 2006, p. 31
Residencies
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Awards
2007 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Education
2008 M.F.A. Candidate, University of Tennessee Knoxville
2007 Post-Bac Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
1999 B.A. Art History, American University of Paris; France
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2014 Material Witness, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sunny Side Up, Field Contemporary, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Arranged: Richard Galling and Christopher Kuhn, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Tintin in the Congo, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2006 The Strip Redressed, The Gallery at the Belcourt, Nashville, TN
2003 Decent Works, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2014 MAS Attack 6, Torrance Art Musuem, Torrance, CA
Public Offerings, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Millennial Abstractions, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
Paradox Maintenance Technicians, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (catalogue)
Doing Pennants, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Painting on Edge II, den contemporary, West Hollywood, CA
The New Cool School, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA
Painting on Edge, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like, George Lawson Gallery, Culver City,
2011 La Cosa Nostra, Rheeway Gallerie, Los Angeles, CA
Speculative Materialism II, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
Flag Stop Art Fair, Torrance, CA
2010 Venice Art Walk & Auctions, Venice Beach, CA
2007 First Year Grad Show, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University; Jurors: Chie Fueki,
Sheila Gallagher, and Bruce Brown
Drawing Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Holiday Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
2006 9 off 8th at 6, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN
Post Bac Group Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Selected Bibliography
Mair, Moray, “Christopher Kuhn's Paintings are a Revolt Against Digital Image Making” mutantspace.com, November 27, 2013
Fitzpatrick, Kyle, "Christopher Kuhn's Technologically Analog Paintings" laimyours.com, November 18, 2013
Gardocki, Matthew and Moore, Catlin, “Emergent Presence: Eight LA Artists You Should Know” Fabrik, Issue 22
Lutz, Leora, “'Millennial Abstractions” at the office of The Marin Community Foundation”, sfaqonline.com, May, 2013
Ollman, Leah, Los Angeles Times, "'Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like" at George Lawson" March 1, 2012
Butler, Sharon, "Painters I Like: Apgar, Awad, Ghuloum, Kuhn, McCaddon, Melchi, and Rubio", twocoatsofpaint.com, March 1, 2012
Behnke, Paul, “Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like @ George Lawson Gallery”, structureandimagery.blogspot.com, February 28, 2012
Wilcox, Valerie, Flag Stop Catalog, 2011, p. 106
Sesto, Carl, me/we, SMFA Press, Boston, MA, 2007, p. 42
Marks, Jonathan, The Tennessean, “Art in Numbers”, September 22, 2006
Maddox, David, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, Sept. 21, 2006, p. 31
Maddox, David, “Sunset Strip paintings at Belcourt”, perambulating.blogspot.com, July 11, 2006
Means, Armon, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, June 29, 2006, p. 31
Residencies
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Awards
2007 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Tennessee Knoxville