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Artist Statement:
CHRIS TWOMEY statement
www.christwomey.com
christwomey@earthlink.net
My body of work, inspired by
themes of origins and
identity, involves painting,
drawing, film, installation,
digital media and sound. Using
my own life and experience as
a female in society as
springboard for meditations on
the human condition and our
interconnectivity, the work
explores scientific,
psychological, or conceptual
ideas that impact our
understanding of identity
FRACKED VENUS 2011 DVD
FRACKED VENUS examines how
society reveres the priceless
exterior of our healthy world,
as exemplified by the youthful
perfection of the VENUS de
MILO sculpture and yet allows
a frightening practice which
releases toxins, pollutants,
and unseen dangers that
destroy our cells and infects
our interior world with
cancer, immunological illness,
and mutations. A DVD
accompanied by the sound of
Fracking for Natural Gas
drilling, animates the
progress of a PET scan, which
drills through the torso of
human VENUS whose interior has
been tainted and stained. A
print of VENUS de MILO
accompanies.
ASTRAL FLUFF: Carnal Bodies in
Celestial Orbit, 2010
MULTIPLE DVDS (not included in
2004-2010 compile)
The repetitive actions that
make up our days become the
grid or structure that
supports the foundation and
assumptions of our ...
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Artist Reviews:
Art in America
March 2007
Chris Twomey at Tribes by
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"The Scientist" NEWS
Mitochondrial Madonnas
A painter reinvents the
Madonna and child genre using
imagery from genetics
By Arthur Warwick
[Published 27th October 2006
03:19 PM GMT]
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It's been a long time since
the artist Chris ...
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Collections:
MONA Museum of New Art,
Detroit, MI
RHIZOME, New York, NY
Many private collections...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Chris Twomey:
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 - Westbeth Gallery, (non-profit) NYC– “CHRIS TWOMEY & Core Constellation,”
2010 - CREON Gallery (project space), NYC – “ASTRAL FLUFF: Carnal Bodies in Celestial Orbit”
2006 - Tribes Gallery (non-profit), NYC “MADONNA SERIES”
2004 - Tribes Gallery (non-profit), NYC “OMNI SERIES, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age”
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 - New York Center for Photography and Moving Image, NYC “Pandemonium”
2011 - SideShow Gallery,Williamsburg,NY “It’s All Good(Apocalypse Now)”
2010 - Exit Art, NYC “Fracking, Art and Activism against the Drill” organized by Lauren Rosati, Peggy Cyphers, Ruth Hardinger, and Alice Zinnes.
2010 - HP Garcia Gallery, NYC, “Women of the 21st Century” curated by Lisa Paul Streitfeld.
2010 - ArtSource International Gallery, NYC “Art for Water”
2010 - Seton Hall University, NJ, “Dialectical Landscapes” curated by Alyssa Fanning
2009 - Creon Gallery, NYC, “Exposed” curated by Norm Hinsey
2009 - Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, NYC, “Paper in the Wind” curated by David Gibson
2009 - Bridge ArtFair, NYC “BROADTHINKING”
2009 - SideShow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY “It’s a Beautiful Life”
2009 - Broadway Gallery, NYC,” BROADTHINKING:Unnatural Acts and Other Illicit Thoughts about Nature” Curated/organized by Chris Twomey
2008 - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL “ICONS”
2008 - Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC “Walk-ins Welcome,” curated by Robert Curcio
2008 - Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC “Objects of Desire II”
2008 - Art Now Fair, NYC, “BROADTHINKING: Entropic Renovators”
2008 - POOL ART FAIR, “Meet Me Here” Chelsea Hotel, NYC
2008 - Georgetown College, KY “ Metamorphisis of Identity”
2008 - ABC No Rio, NYC “Ides of March: BROADTHINKING: Cosmological Map”
2008 - Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY “PEACE”
2007 - James Cohan Gallery, NYC “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE”
2007 - POOL ART FAIR – Art Attack, Chelsea Hotel, NYC
2007 - E32/Lotus LoungeNYC (virtual) Silent Space Gallery, Kingston NY “BROADTHINKING Inaugural”
2007 - CUE Foundation, NYC NEW 07, Benefit for Nurture Art
2007 - FrontRoom Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC “SUMMER SAMPLER”
2007 - Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC “WAR IS OVER AGAIN”
2006 - New York Hall of Science, NYC “DIGI ’06, organized by Art & Science Collaborations Inc.,
2006 - CMSU Art Center Gallery, MO “AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT”
2006 - ArtGotham, NYC “SQUARE FOOT SHOW”
2006 - Westbeth Gallery, NYC “MIXED MEDIA SHOWCASE”
2005 - Viridian Gallery, NYC “CITY LIGHTS”
2005 - Gallery Onetwentyeight, NYC “A FRIEND IN NEED,”
2005 - Robert Miller Gallery, NYC “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE,”
2005 - HOWL Festival, Federation of East Village Artists, NYC “ART IN ODD PLACE”
2005 - “POOL ART FAIR - Jump into Art,” Solita Soho Hotel, NYC
2004 - Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT “LOOKING IN/LOOKING OUT”
2004 - Viridian Gallery, New York, NYC “YW, WHY WAR?”
2004 - POOL ART ADDICT, Underground Art Fair, NYC “MUSEUM OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY”
2003 - International Print Center New York, NYC “NEW PRINTS 2003/AUTUMN”
2003 - Galerie Lelong, NYC “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE”
2003 - Artists Space, NYC “NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS,”
2003 - HOWL Festival, Federation of East Village Artists, NYC “ART IN THE PARK”
2003 - Tribes Gallery, NYC “CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL,”
2003 - Westbeth Gallery, NYC“DIGITAL BRIDGES”
2002 - CityWithoutWalls Gallery, Newark, NJ “GENOME.”
2002 - Museum of Modern Art, NYC “LIFE OF THE CITY” photographic exhibition
2002 - Exit Art, NYC “REACTIONS”
2001 - Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY “BREAKING THE RULES,” curated by Eugenia Tsai,
2001 - Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, MI “SUMMER IN THE CITY”
2001 - MMC Gallery, New York, NYC “PIXEL,” curated by Millie Burns,
2001 - Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM “NEW YORK ARTISTS CIRCLE”
2000 - Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD “SNAPSHOT”
2000 - Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, “NEW DIRECTIONS ‘2K,” curated by Lisa Messenger
2000 - Exhibit A Gallery, NYC “OH BABY” NYC
2000 - CityWithoutWalls Gallery, Newark, NJ “25TH ANNUAL NEW MEMBERS SHOW”
2000 - Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ “ALUMNI REDUX I,” curated by Sydney Jenkins
1999 - Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC “PASSION FOR ART”
1999 - Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY “NEW DIRECTIONS ‘99,” curated by Fiona Raghab
1999 - Gallery Taranto, NYC “IMPURE PHOTOGRAPHY”
AWARDS AND GRANTS
THIRD STREET ASSOCIATION “NATIVE NEW YORK” First prize, NY, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCY, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, Los Angeles, CA
MEDIA BUREAU, The Kitchen Center, NY, NY
EXPERIMENTAL TV CENTER, Oswego, NY, Artist in Residence
CAPS, CREATIVE ARTISTS PROJECT SERVICE, NY, NY
INTERNATIONAL FILM REHABILITATION AWARD, NY, NY
FORD FOUNDATION, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2004 - RHIZOME.ORG, Internet ArtBase affiliated with The New Museum, NY
2004 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, “Exit Art Reactions Collection,” Washington, DC
2001 - MONA, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI - permanent collection
1999 - 2010 – Private Collections throughout USA
SELECTED REVIEWS
Marissa Olney “Across Time and Media, The Art of Chris Twomey” www.resolve40.com February 2011
John Haber, “In the Sound” John Haber in New York City BLOG, March 2010
http://www.haberarts.com/voices.htm
Lisa Paul Streitfeld, “ Birth of a Movement” Critical Trilogy BLOG, August, 2010
https://kundalinisdaughter.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/heaven-earth/
Art in Odd Places: Interview with Chris Twomey, April 2010
http://artinoddplaces.blogspot.com/2010/04/art-in-odd-places-caught-up-with-chris.html
Jacquelyn Lewis, “Relaxing at Pool, Bustling at Bridge” Artinfo.com , March 2008
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27236/relaxing-a-pool-bustling-at-bridge/
Susan L. Yung, “Broadthinking:Unnatural Acts and Other Illicit Thoughts About Nature” NYArts Magazine 2009 http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=524860&Itemid=718
Paul Sharp, "Broadbrush," UlsterPublishing, August, 2007 NOT ON WEB
Carey Lovelace, “Chris Twomey at Tribes” Art in America, March 2007
http://www.neoimages.com/artwork.aspx?nid=2018284
Joel Simpson, “Madonna Series, multi-media installation by Chris Twomey,” Art and Science Collaborations Inc, December 2006
http://www.asci.org/artikel856.html
E. K. Clark, “Chris Twomey “Madonna Series,” NYArts Magazine November/December 2006
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5353:chris-twomey-amadonna-seriesa-e-k-clark&catid=94:november-december-2006&Itemid=707
Linda DiGusta, “From Cradle to Cosmos, The subject is Science, the object is Art” www.resolve40.com November 2006
Arthur Warwick, “Mitochondrial Madonna’s” The Scientist, October 2006
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/25404/
Lily Faust, “Chris Twomey, Tribes Gallery,” M-The New York Art World, September 2004
http://www.thenewyorkartworld.com/pastIssue/SepEditorial2004.htmlFlash, “Contemplating our Navel: Omni Series, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age” NYArts Magazine, September 2004
Bill Canacci, “New York,” Home News Tribune, June 30, 2004 NOT ON INTERNET
Jeanne Moos, “Navel Gazing,” CNN-Cooper Anderson 360, Broadcast June 21,22, 2004
http://www.neoimages.com/artwork.aspx?nid=2018791
PANEL DISCUSSIONS and ARTISTS TALKS and EXTRAS
Chris Twomey interview for “Reframing Photography” a book by Rebecka Modrak 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXMlbHjs1Kg Book website http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/reframingphotography/
2010 - SOHO 20 Gallery, "What's Old is New Again; the Legacy of the Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s" Panelists included Harriet Lyons, with panel of younger generation of artists influenced by feminism - Chris Twomey, Donna Dodson, Orly Cogan, Damali Abrams, Moderated by Diane Churchill
2007- “I AM LEGEND” feature film displayed Twomey’s artwork.
2007 - WKNY 1490 am on Sunday Aug.4th 3:30-4:30 pm. FYI AM2007 & 2008 - “FEATURED ARTIST” Hastings Center Report
2007 - “FEATURED ARTIST:CHRIS TWOMEY” Seven Rays Institute online journal
2006 - ATOA, NYC “Post Post Modern, a visual conversation” Panelists included, Lea Rekow/Gigantic Art Space, Joe Beck/Roebling Hall Galleries, Ben Goldman/CityWithOutWalls, Francis Hwang/ NetArtist, writer, formerly with Rhizome.org. Chris Twomey moderated
2004 - ATOA, NYC “Art and Genetics in a Digital Age” Panelists included Suzanne Anker, Steve Miller, Kevin Clarke, and Columbia University geneticist Dr. Max Gottesman. Chris Twomey moderated.
2002-2005 - for Barlow Limited, NY, NY cultural and educational tours. Artist open studio and talks
2001 - Marymount Manhattan College, NYC “Pixel” artist talk
You TUBE Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/twomeychris
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts, NY, NY (post grad studies)
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, MFA, New Forms (Ford Grant)
Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, BA with Honors, Fine Arts
Reed College, Portland, OR
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