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Born in Burlington , VT, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
1991
M.F.A Painting and Drawing
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1988
B.A. Studio Art / B.A. English
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Solo and Two-Person Shows
2017
Black And Blue
(with digital and recorded sound composition "One Need Not Be A Chamber To Be Haunted") Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
2014
Art Dubai 2014
Marisa Newman Projects, Dubai, U.A.E. (two-person show with Basim Magdy)
Say Yes
Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2012
If It’s So Then Let Me Know
Newman-Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
2011
A Ringing In The Ears
Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2009
In Little Place A Million
Newman-Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Here and There
PS122, New York, NY (two-person show)
Indeterminate Places
Saratoga County Arts Council, Saratoga, NY
(Two-person show)son show)
2000
Pek
Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
Group Shows
2024
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA with Karen Imperial Fine Art (San Francisco, CA)
2023
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA with Karen Imperial Fine Art (San Francisco, CA)
2022
Future Fair, New York City, NY, with Marisa Newman Projects
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA with Karen Imperial Fine Art (San Francisco, CA)
2020
Art On Paper, New York City, NY, with Karen Imperial Fine Art (San Francisco, CA)
Art In Isolation, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Future Fair New York, with Marisa Newman projects, digital marketplace event, New York, NY
6 Feet, www.timespecific.com, virtual online show
2019
Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL, with Karen Imperial Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Paper Chase, Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
2015
Painting, More Or Less,
Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Encounter,
Gallery Momo, Tokyo, Japan
Open (C)all,
BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Un-Natural Constellations
Newman-Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
Show #6
The Parlour Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Mystics: A blessed rage for order
BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Scope Art Fair
Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Brooklyn Art Work
2012 Gala, BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Painting With Pictures
Casita Maria, Bronx, NY, Curated by David Gibson, Savannah Spirit, and Asya Geisberg
Last Call
PS 122, New York, NY
2009
New Abstraction
Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
An Alpan Gathering
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
2008
The Sugar Show
Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
22nd International Juried Show
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, Juror Carter Foster
2007
A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck
Punch + Soil, Seattle, WA, curated by Eric Fredericksen
VOXXOXO
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by Sheryl Conkelton and Kirby Gookin
Reenactments
Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Night Of 1000 Drawings
Artists Space, New York, NY
2006
Drawing Room
Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
2005
December 2005
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
Brooklyn Artists
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
Upon Reflection
Nomad, Manchester, UK
2004
Drawing Conclusions
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Curated by Keith Miller
Compulsion
Nomad, Manchester, UK
2003
Recent Acquisitions: 20th Century Prints, Drawings and Paintings
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
2002
Copy Cat
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Curated by Simon Taylor
2001
Fastforward Miami
Contemporary Art Fair with Suite 106 Gallery, New York City, NY
Under the Influence
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Curated by Catherine Valenza
Silver Lining/Black Cloud
P.S. 122 Gallery, New York City, NY, Hallway Project Installation
2000
Williamsburg and Greenpoint Artists, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Asylum
The Lure, New York, NY, Multi-media art event
Benefit Exhibition
P.S. 122, New York City, NY
1999
Familiar Strangers (Part 1)
Galapagos Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Familiar Strangers (Part 2)
Galapagos Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1998
"Bienal de Grabado" Latino Americano y del Caribe
El Museo de Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan, PR, (Collaborative work with Javier Cintron)
1997
Flip Yer Wig
The Zoo, Los Angeles, CA "Flip Yer Wig"
1996
Personal Best
Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995
Salon, Lions-Wier Plus Ginsberg
Chicago, IL "Salon"
1994
Night of 1,000 Drawings
Artists Space, New York City, NY
Curatorial
2019
Knapsack
Two-person show featuring Stacy Fisher and Carl E. Hazlewood, Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
Collections
The Capitol Group Company, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
United States Consulate, Dubai, UAE
Various public and private collections in United States and Europe
Bibliography
2022
Hopper, John, “Chris Fennell” Inspirational issue #59, March 2022
Future Fair Tastemaker Selections: Afrodet Zuri, Artsy,net, March 3, 2022
2019
Hopper, John, “Interview: Chris Fennell” Inspirational issue #32, December 2019
2015
Hopper, John, “Chris Fennell”, Inspirational issue #7, November 2015
Sokol, Brent, “Miami’s Artworld Sets Sights On Little Haiti Neighborhood”,
New York Times, November 24, 2015 (front page photo of work)
2014
Sokol, Brett, “Art Alfresco”
Ocean Drive magazine, April 2014
2012
“If It’s So Then Let Me Know”
Gallery catalog of show
www.kclogblog.blogspot.com, “Chris Fennell @ Newman-Popiashvili,”
Dec. 19, 2012
2011
Elkins, James. Art Critiques: A Guide.
Washington, D.C.: New Academia publishing, LLC, 2011
2010
Art In America, March 2010
Mueller, Stephen. “In Little Place A Million”
At Newman-Popiashvili Gallery
2009
Batet, Janet. “New Abstraction at Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art Gallery”
Miami Contemporary and Latin Arts Examiner online
Hirsch, Jenny. “Drawing Room” at Newman Popiashvili;
NY Arts Magazine, May-June 2007
2007
“Reenactments”
Exhibition catalogue, Current Gallery, Baltimore
Artist/Curatorial Talks
2020
“Studio Visit & Workshop with Artist Chris Fennell”
Performative Artist Talk via Zoom for The Future Fair New York with Marisa Newman Projects
“Night Studio”
Vimeo Artist Talk via Zoom with Marisa Newman and Levan Mindiashvili
www.marisanewman.com/night-studio
2019
Knapsack
Two-person show featuring Stacy Fisher and Carl E. Hazlewood, artist/curator talk on site at
Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
2017
“Black And Blue”
Listening Event /Artist Talk
Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
“Black And Blue”
Children's lecture
Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
2015
“Painting: More Or Less”
Transmitter gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
“Say Yes”
NYC-to-Miami via Skype
Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
“Say Yes”
Moderated by Adrienne Von Lates, at Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2012
“Mystics: The Artists Speak”
BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Children’s Art Talk, BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Saratoga County Arts Council
Saratoga, NY
Grants
2001
Artists Space:
Independent Project Grant Program
On the Web
www.chrisfennellart.com
PS 1 Studio Visit:
http://momaps1.org/studio-visit/artist/chris-fennell