Ky Anderson



Bio / CV


Ky Anderson

  • Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

  • 1995 BFA Kansas City Art Institute

Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

  • 2023

    • Shadow Tracking, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  • 2022

    • Time has Width, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

  • 2021

    • Groundswell, with Vicki Sher, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

  • 2020

    • Star School, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

  • 2019

    • Careful Foresters, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
    • Parkway Plans, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

  • 2018

    • The Lighthouse, Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN
    • Crested, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN (forthcoming)

  • 2017

    • Small Stories, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY

  • 2016

    • The Cave, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
    • Rotation, Nha Minh, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2015

    • Hover, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
    • Ky Anderson, Look&Listen, Saint Chamas, France

  • 2013

    • Cloud Weight, Frosch&Portmann, New York, NY

  • 2012

    • Ky Anderson, Cabin Gallery, London, UK

  • 2010

    • New Work, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

  • Pre 2010

    • Works on Paper, Holiday, Brooklyn, NY
    • Red Chair Gallery, Kansas City, MO
    • Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2022

    • Outside In-Textures and Abstractions, Bam Art Advisory, Larchmont, NY
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    • Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
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    • Shifting Instinct, The Ekru Project, Kansas City, MO

  • 2021

    • Solo by Rooms, BAM Art Advisory, Larchmont, NY
    • Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
    • Art in the Yard, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY
    • Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
    • Coast to Coast, Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN
    • no rhyme or reason II, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  • 2020

    • The Anniversary Show: 35 Years of Art, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
    • Art Toronto, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, CA
    • Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
    • PAPER GIANTS, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

  • 2019

    • Late Summer Showcase, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
 Xanadu, Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN.
    • Among Friends, Clemente Soto Velez Center, NY
    • Green: The Impossible Color, The Painting Center, New York, NY
    • Trio, Gold/scopophilia, Montclair, NJ
    • Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
    • The Idiosyncratic Pencil Resharpened, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC

  • 2018

    • Walking is a Way of Knowing, curated by Janelle Turner, Brooklyn, NY
    • IN/SIGHT, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
    • Paper Giants L.A., Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station Santa Monica, CA.
    • Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
    • Art on Paper, Sugarlift, New York, NY
    • The Idiosyncratic Pencil, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
    • Nothing But Good Live II, PARK, Tilburg, The Netherlands

  • 2017

    • Utopias Constructed III, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    • Elemental Abstractions, Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
    • Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
    • Got it for Cheep, one night shows in various locations all over the world
    • Spring Fling, Bryant St Gallery, Palo Alto, CA. (two person show)
    • The Other Side, Atlas, 11 Spring St, Newburgh, NY.
    • At Home, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
    • PAPER GIANTS 3, Galleries at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

  • 2016

    • Celebrating 40 years, Highlights From the Collection, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
    • Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), touring show, various locations all over the world. Curated by Jeffery Cortland Jones.
    • The Black & White Project, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Yifat Gat.
    • PAPER GIANTS 2, with Vicki Sher and Meg Lipke, The Volland Store, Alma, KS
    • Pulse NY, two person booth with Vicki Sher, Uprise Art

  • 2015

    • FORMAT RAISIN, Galerie Martagon, Malaucène, France
    • Humble Iterations, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
    • Art on Paper Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, Miami, FL
    • Sluice Art Fair, London, UK
    • Peer Review, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London, London, UK
    • Little Hands, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
    • Family Ties - Brooklyn | Dallas, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
    • Art on Paper Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
    • Roger Smith Hotel, NY, NY
    • South of No North East of No West, Lowe Mill, Huntsville, AL
    • New Work City, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2014

    • Opening Group Show, Nha Minh, Brooklyn, NY
    • PAPER GIANTS, with Vicki Sher and Meg Lipke, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
    • Family Style, Formerly Pocket Utopia, NY, NY
    • Full House (west), Saint Paul, MN
    • ART ON SKATEBOARDS, De Buck Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2013

    • What I like About You-curated by Julie Torres, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
    • The Big Show 8, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
    • Thanks for the Warning, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

  • 2012

    • A Dialogue in Abstraction, Curating Contemporary, Online Gallery
    • Cannonball-curated by Vicki Sher, Frosch&Portmann, New York, NY
    • What's the Point?, Jen Bekman, New York, NY
    • Dream Continuum, Circuit12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
    • 'five', Gallerie 1/52, La Seyne sur Mer, France

  • 2011

    • Affordable Art Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY

  • 2010

    • 2010 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
    • No Plans for Today, Funtimes Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    • Group Show, Tinlark Gallery, Los Angles, CA
    • 100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA & Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    • Paper!Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
    • Frest StART, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

  • 2009

    • Swipple & Gold, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • ABCyz Benefit Exhibition, Silver Shed, New York, NY
    • Beyond Bounds, Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
    • Censor Approved, The Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
    • Works on Paper, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL

  • 2008

    • You Know What's Real, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
    • X Marks the Art, Jen Bekman, New York, NY
    • Landscape Portrait Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • For Art's Sake, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
    • Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

  • Pre 2007

    • Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
    • Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
    • Group Art Show Part II, Echo Curio, LA, CA
    • Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
    • Two For The See-saw, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
    • Paper!Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • Ky Anderson, Rachell Sumpter & Megan Whitmarsh, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
    • Targets and Trophies, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
    • Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
    • Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
    • Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
    • Anima/Botanica, Branch Gallery, NY, NY

RESIDENCIES

  • 2018

    • Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY

  • 2017

    • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

  • 2015

    • Look&Listen, Saint Chamas, France

CURATORIAL

  • 2015

    • Artist-Run, Miami Beach, FL
    • Embossed, Gallery Molly Krom, NYC
    • Embossed, Look&Listen, Saint Chamas, France

INTERVIEWS

  • Sound & Vision, conversation with Brian Alfred
  • Conor O'Driscoll, Running Towards, interview with Ky Anderson, Discourse
  • Jessica Meany, Artist Interview with Ky Anderson, Got a Girl Crush
  • Ahtcast, Artist Interview: Ky Anderson
  • Valerie Brennan, Interview with Ky Anderson, Studio Critical

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2022

    • KCUR radio interview by Julie Denesha

  • 2020

    • Eraser Vol 2, artist interviews curated by Brian Edmonds
    • Dana Self, “Ky Anderson: Star School,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, KC Studio

  • 2019

    • Meg Lipke, Careful Foresters, catalog essay for solo show at Kathryn Markel Fine Art

  • 2017

    • Barbara Gallo Farrell, Creative process is a constant drive for artist Ky Anderson, Poughkeepsie Journal
    • NEXT-Ky Anderson, Farmboy Fine Arts Blog
    • Edith Newhall, Women in the Abstract, Philadelphia Inquirer

  • 2016

    • A Conversation Between Artists At PULSE New York Art Fair, Art Report
    • The Art of Ky Anderson, Design Milk

  • 2015

    • Sharon Louden, Artist-run @ Satellite in Miami, Two Coats of Paint
    • Style Carrot, ARTmonday: Ky Anderson’s Contemporary Artwork

  • 2014

    • Peyton, Cydney, A Common Task, Catalogue Essay: Paper Giants
    • Young, Geoffrey, Catalogue Essay: Paper Giants

  • 2013

    • Booooooom, Ky Anderson
    • The Artsy Forager – Lesley Frenz, A Careful Balance: Ky Anderson
    • Stephen B. MacInnis, Have you met…Ky Anderson?, Painter’s Progress
    • Brown Paper Bag, Ky Anderson

  • 2011

    • Juxtapoz Magazine, Paintings by Ky Anderson
    • Booooooom, Ky Anderson

  • 2010

    • Elisabeth Kirch, Paintings set the right tone, Kansas City Star, print
    • Chris Packham, Ky Anderson's deceptively simple paintings at the Dolphin, The Pitch, print
    • Steve Brisendine, Spare and Intricate, Silent and Eloquent: Ky Anderson, eReview, print