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CHRIS FENNELL Biography Selected Works
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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 / TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2011 A Ringing In The Ears, Carol Jazzar Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 In Little Place A Million , Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
Here and There , PS122, New York, NY (two-person show)
2006 Indeterminate Places , Saratoga County Arts Council, Saratoga, NY (two-person show)
2000 Galapagos Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Mystics:a blessed rage for order, BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Painting With Pictures, Casita Maria, Bronx, NY curated by David Gibson, Savannah Spirit, and Asya Geisberg
2010 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 1,000 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
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
1996 Personal Best , Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995 Salon , Lions-Wier Plus Ginsberg, Chicago, IL
1994 Night of 1,000 Drawings , Artists Space, New York City, NY

COLLECTIONS

  The Capitol Group Company, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011 Elkins, James. Art Critiques: A Guide. Washington, D.C.: New Academia publishing, LLC, 2011
2010 www.leavesofglass.blogspot.com, "Conjuring Passion: Chris Fennell" January 7, 2010
2010 Mueller, Stephen. "In Little Place A Million", at Newman-Popiashvili Gallery Art In America, March 2010
2009 www.kclogblog.blogspot.com, "Chelsea: Fennell, Sprechter, Hart" Dec. 11, 2009
2009 Batet, Janet. "New Abstraction at Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art Gallery", Miami Contemporary and Latin Arts Examiner online
2007 Hirsch, Jenny. "Drawing Room" at Newman Popiashvili; NY Arts Magazine, May-June
2007 "Reenactments" exhibition catalogue, Current Gallery, Baltimore

ARTIST TALKS

2012 BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Saratoga County Arts Council, Saratoga, NY

GRANTS

2001 Artists Space: Independent Project Grant Program
  ON THE WEB: The Drawing Center Viewing Program
   
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