OVERVIEW | CV | PRESS | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Born 1974 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Lives and works in Oakland, California
EDUCATION
2013 MFA, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2003 BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Space Between Years, Pt. II, Oakland, CA
2022 Strawberry, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2020 Respite, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA
2020 Elapse, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 Without the Sun I Fall Silent, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2018 12 Symbols, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Our Love Will Still Be There, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 12 Symbols, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
Art Cologne + NADA Collaborations, Halsey Mckay Gallery & V1 Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2015 The Time It Takes To Take The Time, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Media Based Time, Et al., San Francisco, CA
Year, The Elaine deKooning House, East Hampton, NY
2014 The Sun and The Air, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
A Different Kind of Tension, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada
2013 New Minimalism, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada
2012 Wake Up and Fight, Halsey McKay Gallery, Impulse, New York, NY
Balance, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Patterns and Light, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2010 Eye Against I, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2009 NADA Miami, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, Miami Beach, FL
2008 The Faith Void Split, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2007 The Beginning, The Middle, The End, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 The Continued Exploitation of Pink and Brown, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
The Playing Field, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Dark Times, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Where We Meet, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 All This Wild Buzzing, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
When the Sky Changes Tone, I’ll Be Absolutely Tender, curated by R.H. Lossin, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Fielding Line and Space, curated by Heather Marx and Steven Sergiovanni, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
2022 When Light Becomes Form: Processing Photography, 2022, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Franciso, CA
2021 Ten Years, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2019 Inner Ear Vision: Sound as Medium, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Vanishing Act, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2018 Night, Shortly, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
10,000 Degrees Fahrenheit, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Night Shade, presented by Halsey McKay Gallery and Curagenda at Blender Workspace, New York, NY
Way Bay II, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
The Case Against Reality, Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Ernesto Burgos & Chris Duncan, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Process, curated by Matthew Gardocki, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Las Vegas Nevada, NV
2016 Material Matters: Water Pigment and Light, Van Every/Smith Gallery, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
November’s Bone, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Heliotropes, curated by Matthew Nichols, Geary Contemporary, New York, NY
I Look For Clues in Your Dreams, curated by Heather Marx, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Collected, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
2015 Hear This, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA
Pattern::::Chaos, Cinders, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Openings, curated by Jessica Silverman, Fused Space, San Francisco, CA
Ghost Current, curated by Ryan Wallace, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
After Space, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
The Possible, curated by Lawrence Rinder and David Wilson, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Ain’tings, curated by Ryan Steadman, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Paint Off, Paint On, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Unseen, Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Fancisco, CA
Beatnic Meteor, DiRosa Preserve, Napa, CA
Group Show, Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Thomas Welton Gallery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2012 Millennium Magazines, MoMA, New York, NY
THE SUN (sound gathering), Liminal Space, Oakland, CA
Horizon, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Aura & Angst, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Color Theory, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA.
Transmission lines (2 person show with Ryan Wallace), Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 RTC Collaborations, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Abstraction Now, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley,CA
Sound and Shape, collaborative sound installation, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Beneath The Picture, Curated by Kent Baer, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA
Island Press-3 Decades of Printmaking, curated by Karen K. Butler, Kemper Art Museum, St. louis, MO
2010 THE SUN (performance), Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA
The Power of Selection, Pt. 3, Curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Western Exhibitions, Chicago,IL
Default State Network, curated by Ryan Wallace, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Paper!Awesome!, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Out Of Order, curated by Gail Dawson, San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, CA
THE SUN CEREMONY, curated by David Wilson, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, Ca
Residency Project I, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2009 HOT AND COLD-THE END IS HERE, final hot and cold release exhibition, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
MOVE(curated by Rich Jacobs)15th Anniversary Show, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Infinity, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Scion Space, Los Angeles, CA
2008 KICK OUT THE JAMS-Hot and Cold 2 zine release exhibition, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Apocabliss,(curated by Maya Hayuk) Alice, Brussels, Belgium
Surf Zombies, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Hope Springs Eternal, 96 Guillespe, London, UK
Americana, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
2007 Hope and Despair, Cell Project Space, London, UK (curated by Bob Matthews)
Distinctive Messengers, 489 Broome Street, New York, NY (curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala, Scenic)
U MUST NOT KNOW BOUT ME-Hot and cold 3 zine release, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
All Is Well That Begins Well and Has No End, NYU Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY(curated by Jan Van Woensel, Ernesto Burgos, and Jonah Groeneboer)
The Unknown Quantity, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Infinity in Finite Things, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
ZusammenKunst, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
Men and Materials, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
I Used to Believe, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL (curated by Melissa Diaz)
West Coast Windows, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (curated by Oliver Halsman Rosenburg)
Variegated Radiant Dream Plot, (w/ David Dupuis, Jovi Schnell), Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Shelter From the Storm, Allston Skirt, Boston, MA
Young Mountain, The Sharon Arts Center Gallery, Peterborough, NH
Op-Ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Tsunami Relief Auction, White Box, New York, NY
2004 Gondola Mayo Funnel, Mimi Barr, San Francisco, CA
Life and Death, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Around And Every Day, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
Collectors Edition, Triple Base, San Francisco, CA
Books!Awesome!, Mimi Barr, San Francisco, CA
Portrait Show, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
Heartswork, traveling exhibition, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Keepsake, juice design, San Francisco, CA
2002 Spring to Autumn Period, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Forbes, Alexander, The 8 Best Booths at Art Cologne, Artsy Editorial, April 15, 2016
Lutz, Leora, Review: Chris Duncan Media Based Time at Et al., SFAQ, 5.8,2015
Hamer, Katy, Chris Duncan at the Elaine de Kooning House, Eyes Towards the Dove, 4.22,2015
Landes, Jennifer, deKooning House, Subject and Object, East Hampton Star, 3, 31, 2015
Menendez, Franklin. ARTFORUM, January 2011
Kesler, Christine. Chris Duncan: Eye Against I, Art Practical, September 2010
Tilghman, Parker. Vertigo, Art Slant, September 11th, 2010
Andrews, Brian. Chris Duncan, Shotgun Review, October 4th, 2009
Bad at Sports-podcast interview, episode 228- NADA 2009
Curcio, Seth. Daily Serving, August 30th, 2009
NY Arts: Vol. 13. Chris Duncan, 2008
The NADA Emerging Artist Page: Chris Duncan, The L Magazine, January 31, 2007, p. 62
Smith, Roberta, Chris Duncan: The Continued Exploration of Pink and Brown, New York Times, December 15, 2006
Chun, Kimberly, Goldies 2006 Visual Art: Chris Duncan, San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 8-14, 2006
Rawlings, Ashley, Interview with Chris Duncan, tokyoartbeat.com, November 4, 2006
Review The Japan Times, October 19, 2006
Lyman, Ian, The Temple of Light and Sound, Ping Mag, October 4, 2006
Whiteside, Amber, Variegated Radiant Dream Plot, ARTWEEK, April 2006, p.14
Helfand, Glen, Variegated Radiant Dream Plot, Art on Paper, March-April 2006, p. 80-81
Cash, Stephanie, Report From San Francisco II: New and Now, Art In America, January 2006, p. 62
Spalding, David, Review, Artweek, April 2001
PUBLICATIONS
Grey, Land and Sea, 2015
12 Symbols LP, Land and Sea, 2015
ACAB, Land and Sea, 2014
New American Paintings, issue 79. Pg. 48-51
K48 issue 7, image, 2008
K48 issue 6, image, 2006
Planet Magazine, back page(image), Spring 2007
XLR8R Magazine, interview, April 2008
Arrow Magazine, Chris Duncan, Issue 3, Fall 2006, Pg. 42-43, 55-61, Back Cover
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, (image) Issue 20, Fall 2006, Pg. 60
The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, exhibition catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Griffin McPartland and Chris Duncan, 2005
Lyric poetry journal, (image) issue 7, 2005
The Drama, (image) issue 4, 2004
May the Circle Be Unbroken, Heartswork exhibition catalog, 2004
Arkitip, (image) Issue 21, 2004
Herbivore Magazine, issues 2 and 3, Crown, Jeremy,2003/2004
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012– Sun and Moon, a series of four gatherings and performances at Berkeley Art Museum.
2010–!!!THE SUN!!! improvisational, audience participatory sound project. Events occurred: Kala institute, Berkeley Art museum, Southern exposure.
2010-present-Land and Sea fine art publishing and editions.
2010–SEEING,reading about “seeing” included Lawrence Rinder, Ryan Wallace, Whitney Chadwick, Miranda Mellis amongst others, in conjunction with EYE AGAINST EYE exhibition, Baer Ridgway, San Francisco, CA
2010-BELIEVING, film screening of OCTOBER COUNTRY(Donal Mosher), in conjunction with EYE AGAINST EYE exhibition, Baer Ridgway, San Francisco, CA
2008 3, the work of Ernesto Burgos, Kyle Ranson and Derrick Snodgrass, Gregory Lind Gallery, SF,CA
2004 Heartswork, traveling art exhibition, January-March
2002 Keepsake, 50-person group show
2001 Sketch, with juice design, September
Hot and Cold, zine project with Griffin McPartland. Within each issue between 15-20 artists are invited to participate in hand-built limited edition zine. Project started at 10 and counted down to 0. Group shows curated to accompany release of each issue.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2015 Headlands Center for the Arts, CA
2014 Elaine deKooning House, East Hampton, NY
2012 ACRE, Steuben, WS
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2010 Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
2008 Island Press, St. Louis IL
2006 Goldie Award for Visual Art
COLLECTIONS
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Museum of Modern Art, NY
SF MoMA, San Francisco, CA
The JP Morgan Chase Collection
Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA
The Progressive Art Collection, OH
Jaffe Book Arts Collection, Boca Raton, FL
PANEL DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 2009
“Artists Books”, Southern Exposure, SF,CA. 2011
“Art of Zines 2004′′, San Jose Museum of Modern Art, 9/11/2004