Krysten Cunningham bio
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KRYSTEN CUNNINGHAM
Black 6-EYE, 2007
acrylic yarn, wooden dowels, spray paint, zip-ties
57 x 65 x 58 1/2 cm / 22 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 23 inches
pedestal:
Approx: 96.5 x 35.5 x 35.5 cm  / 38 (h) x 14 x 14 inches

Bio

1973 Born New Haven, Connecticut, USA

EDUCATION

2003
MFA University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles

2000
BFA University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Krysten Cunningham, Sies +Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf

2006
Krysten Cunningham: The Field, Ritter/Zamet, London

2005
Untitled Play, about Gravity, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Offsite) Los Angeles

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Sculpture Trail,
Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
Beyond Measure: conversations across art and science, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

2007
Minimalism and Applied I, DaimlerChrysler Collection, Berlin
Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
Redistribution of the Sensible, Magnus Müller, Berlin
Big Secret Cache, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles
KAIROS! Kantor/Feuer, Los Angeles

2006
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Miami (Ritter/Zamet)
Material Space: John Chamberlain, Krysten Cunningham, Fred Sandback, Alan Secret
(curated by Tom Solomon), Rental Gallery, Los Angeles
Zoo Art Fair 2006 (Ritter/Zamet, London)
UBS Collection, London
VOLTAshow 02 (Ritter/Zamet, London)

2005
THING: New Sculpture from Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

2004
Magic Show Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles
Rock, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
Exhibition for New Space, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles
Upstream: Idea Drawings, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles

2003
UCLA MFA Thesis Exhibition #5, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles
What Do You See at Night, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica
The Sundown Salon, curated by Pipilotti Rist, Fritz Haeg, Asdis Gunnarsdottir
and Skylar Haskard, Los Angeles

2001
Emerging New Mexico Artists, Van De Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe
Stasis: Conditions of Being Still , Plan B Evolving Arts, Santa Fe

1999
New Mexico Women Artists Lewallen Contemporary, curated by Lucy Lippard, Ma Lin
Wilson & Susan Fisher Sterling, Santa Fe

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
Miles, Christopher. The Idolaters' Revenge Flash Art, May/June 2005 pp.105 (review)
Firstenberg, Lauri, Thing, Frieze, Summer 2005, Issue 92, pp. 163 (review)
Chang, Aimee, THING: New Sculpture from Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum (cat.)
Harvey, Doug, Good Thing, Emerging LA Sculptors at the Hammer, The LA Weekly, February 3 (review)
Knight, Christopher The Next Big 'Thing' in LA, Los Angeles Times, February 9 (review)

2003
Cunningham, Krysten. LA Letter A Companion Guide to Rooftop Films (essay)
Speyer, Ariana, Fritz Haeg, Index Magazine September (interview)

2001
Berkovitch, Ellen, New Sign, New Time The New Mexican May (review)
Radcliffe, Laura, Behind the Glass Curtain The Window Project (photo essay)

2000
Mead, Christopher, Stasis in Space. Plan B Evolving Arts (catalog)
Carver, John, Stasis is the Basis, The Santa Fe Reporter August, 24 (review)

1999
Wilson, Ma Lin, Women Artists in the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico Council for Women in the Arts


AWARDS

2003

Hoyt Scholarship, UCLA

2002

California Art Council Award, UCLA
Edward J. Alice Mae Smith Scholarship, UCLA
D’Arcy Hayman Award, UCLA

2001

McCune Charitable Foundation of New Mexico Grant, NM

1999

New Mexico Council for Women in the Arts Award, NM
Clyde & Elizabeth T. Hill Foundation Scholarship, UNM

1997

Change Inc. Individual artist grant, NYC