KEVIN FORD ( b. Stamford, Connecticut)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (forthcoming) Painted Over Paint Painted Wood, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2023 Here, 12.26 Gallery, Dallas TX
2022 Duh, Hesse Flatow CRUSH Project Space, New York, NY
2022 Contemplating the Commonplace, (online with Dieu Donné, New York, NY)
2021 Drip, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2021 Same Same, 12.26 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 For Sure, Semiose Galerie, Paris, France
2020 Soft Ghosts, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Birds, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2018 Version Version, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2018 Nouns, Lukacs Gallery at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
2016 A Piece is Loose, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007 Among Ashheaps & Millionaires, MARCH, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 (forthcoming) Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
2023 (forthcoming) Up Close and Personal, Haricot Gallery, London, England
(forthcoming) High Stakes, Paris, France
The MEADOW, Chatham, NY
Perennials: 10 years of Essex Flower’s, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
Summer Salon, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
The Flower Show, Carriage Barn, New Canaan, CT
QUEERwerks, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Narrations, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Medium Rare, Subtitled, Brooklyn, NY
Alternative Realities, The Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT
2022 The Snuggle Show, Kipnz, Walton, NY
72nd Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY
Summer Salon, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Pet Peeves, 5-50 Gallery, LIC, NY
Positive/Negative, Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2021 71st Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Remember to Keep Looking, IRL, Brooklyn, NY
No Body Like This Body, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
PAINT 2021, curated by Michelle Loh, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Pathological Landscape, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
The Language of Flowers, curated by Phillip March Jones, Reyes Finn, Detroit, MI
2020 2020 Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
Piecing Together the Order of Things, Auc Art, London, England, UK
Animal Crossing, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Bird, Nest, Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Summer Salon, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Dolly, Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
Three Legged Race, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2019 69th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
AXxoN N., Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2018 68th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Guild Artists Pop Up Show, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2016 COPS, TOPS, Memphis, TN
New Work/New Visions, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2013 Lehman College Faculty Exhibition, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2012 New Members Show, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Group Show, Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
Collective Vision, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2011 Wide Open II, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Projects ’10, Carriage House Gallery, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Treetops ’10, Treetops Studio, Stamford, CT
2009 Insomnia, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY
2008 Lehman College Faculty Exhibition, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Waiting for the Moon to Rise, Allen Gallery, New York, NY
Drawn, Hanged and Quartered, Peter Fingesten Gallery, New York, NY
Permutations, NYIT Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Fearless Vampire Killers, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
I Need My Space, Phillips DePury & Company, New York, NY
Trickle Down 05, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
2004 Small Worlds, ducts.org
1999 The Last Painting Thesis Show of the Twentieth Century, New Haven, CT
1998 Norfolk Art, Norfolk School of Art Gallery, Norfolk, CT
New Talent, Glass Mountain Gallery, Bantam, CT
EDUCATION
1999 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1997 BFA, Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Arnott, Christopher. “’QUEERwerks’ at Silvermine Galleries a vibrant and wildly diverse Pride Month exhibit.” Hartford Courant, June 11, 2023.
Gemima, Clare. “Medium Rare at Subtitled NYC: Interview with Artists.” Whitehot Magazine, May 28, 2023.
Seeger, Zach. “Savoring medium-rare paintings at Subtitled NYC.” Two Coats of Paint, May 1, 2023
Del Busto, Carolina. “Primary’s Show is All About Springtime and Childlike Wonder.” Miami New Times, April 19, 2023
2022 “Metafiguration at Tops Gallery.” Art Viewer, September 14, 2022.
Miga, Irini. “Metafiguration at Tops Gallery.” Daily Lazy, August 29, 2022.
Lakin, Max. “Divine Excess on Avenue C.” The New York Times, July 20, 2022
Phan, Mary Ann, “Pietá Mondrian and Drip at Tops Gallery.” Burnaway, July 19, 2021
Hooper, Ryan Patrick, “Smell the Flowers at Reyes Finn.” Hour Detroit, March 2021
2020 Seeger, Zach. “Essex Flowers: Waiting to be Activated.” Two Coats of Paint, Jan. 25,
2019 Tatum, Charlie. “Critics’ Picks, Kevin Ford, Version Version at Tops Gallery. ARTFORUM, January 2019.
Harris, Gareth. “New Art Dealers Alliance—how galleries and artists can work together.” Financial Times, November 28, 2019.
2018 Jobe, Brian, Exhibitions, “Kevin Ford: Version Version.” Locate Arts, December 2018.
2016 Maish, Katie, “Kevin Ford: A Piece is Loose.” Visual Memphis, February 2016.
Behnke, Paul, “Cops at Tops.” Structure and Imagery, January 2016.
Koeppel, Fredric. “Visual Arts: Artist Kevin Ford elevates common objects in Tops Gallery show.” The Commercial Appeal Memphis, March 29
Koeppel, Fredric. “Art Review: Tops Gallery group show features unique, eccentric looks at ‘Cops’.” The Commercial Appeal Memphis, January 5
2015 Schmidt, Jason. “Artists II.” Steidl, 2015.
2011 Zimmer, Kristan. “A Matter of Art.” Serendipity Magazine, April/May 2011.
2010 Rapoport, Maria. Scholastic Art Magazine, March, 2010.
2009 Horner, James. “Staying up with ‘Insomnia’ at Pace University.” Manhattan Fine Arts Examiner, Nov. 17, 2009.
2008 Bollen, Christopher. “Gun Show.” V Magazine, February, 2008.
2005 Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Fearless Vampire Killers.” New York Times,
April 8, 2005.
Awodey, Marc. “Art Review: True Lies?” Seven Days, January 19-26, 2005.
1998 Norfolk Art, Norfolk School of Art Gallery, exhibition catalogue, 1998
RESIDENCIES
2023 Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2022 Chateau d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France
1999 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
GRANTS/AWARDS/PRIZES/ASSOCIATIONS
2023 Core Residency Fellowship, Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2020 The Denis Diderot [A-I-R] Grant, Champagne-Ardenne, France
2010 Project Grant, Carriage House Gallery, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
1999 Paul Harper Residency Fellowship for excellence in painting, Yale University
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 Co-curator, Metafiguration, group exhibition, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2021 Participant, Who Do You Love?, CMCA, Rockland, ME
2020-present Founder/Director, Fish Island Gallery, Darien, CT
2020 Creator, Essex Flowers Window Box, New York, NY
2020 Co-curator, Might Delete Later, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (forthcoming) Painted Over Paint Painted Wood, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2023 Here, 12.26 Gallery, Dallas TX
2022 Duh, Hesse Flatow CRUSH Project Space, New York, NY
2022 Contemplating the Commonplace, (online with Dieu Donné, New York, NY)
2021 Drip, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2021 Same Same, 12.26 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 For Sure, Semiose Galerie, Paris, France
2020 Soft Ghosts, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Birds, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2018 Version Version, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2018 Nouns, Lukacs Gallery at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
2016 A Piece is Loose, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007 Among Ashheaps & Millionaires, MARCH, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 (forthcoming) Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
2023 (forthcoming) Up Close and Personal, Haricot Gallery, London, England
(forthcoming) High Stakes, Paris, France
The MEADOW, Chatham, NY
Perennials: 10 years of Essex Flower’s, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
Summer Salon, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
The Flower Show, Carriage Barn, New Canaan, CT
QUEERwerks, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Narrations, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Medium Rare, Subtitled, Brooklyn, NY
Alternative Realities, The Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT
2022 The Snuggle Show, Kipnz, Walton, NY
72nd Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY
Summer Salon, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Pet Peeves, 5-50 Gallery, LIC, NY
Positive/Negative, Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2021 71st Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Remember to Keep Looking, IRL, Brooklyn, NY
No Body Like This Body, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
PAINT 2021, curated by Michelle Loh, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Pathological Landscape, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
The Language of Flowers, curated by Phillip March Jones, Reyes Finn, Detroit, MI
2020 2020 Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
Piecing Together the Order of Things, Auc Art, London, England, UK
Animal Crossing, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Bird, Nest, Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Summer Salon, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Dolly, Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
Three Legged Race, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2019 69th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
AXxoN N., Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2018 68th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Guild Artists Pop Up Show, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2016 COPS, TOPS, Memphis, TN
New Work/New Visions, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2013 Lehman College Faculty Exhibition, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2012 New Members Show, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Group Show, Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
Collective Vision, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2011 Wide Open II, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Projects ’10, Carriage House Gallery, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Treetops ’10, Treetops Studio, Stamford, CT
2009 Insomnia, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY
2008 Lehman College Faculty Exhibition, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Waiting for the Moon to Rise, Allen Gallery, New York, NY
Drawn, Hanged and Quartered, Peter Fingesten Gallery, New York, NY
Permutations, NYIT Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Fearless Vampire Killers, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
I Need My Space, Phillips DePury & Company, New York, NY
Trickle Down 05, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
2004 Small Worlds, ducts.org
1999 The Last Painting Thesis Show of the Twentieth Century, New Haven, CT
1998 Norfolk Art, Norfolk School of Art Gallery, Norfolk, CT
New Talent, Glass Mountain Gallery, Bantam, CT
EDUCATION
1999 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1997 BFA, Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Arnott, Christopher. “’QUEERwerks’ at Silvermine Galleries a vibrant and wildly diverse Pride Month exhibit.” Hartford Courant, June 11, 2023.
Gemima, Clare. “Medium Rare at Subtitled NYC: Interview with Artists.” Whitehot Magazine, May 28, 2023.
Seeger, Zach. “Savoring medium-rare paintings at Subtitled NYC.” Two Coats of Paint, May 1, 2023
Del Busto, Carolina. “Primary’s Show is All About Springtime and Childlike Wonder.” Miami New Times, April 19, 2023
2022 “Metafiguration at Tops Gallery.” Art Viewer, September 14, 2022.
Miga, Irini. “Metafiguration at Tops Gallery.” Daily Lazy, August 29, 2022.
Lakin, Max. “Divine Excess on Avenue C.” The New York Times, July 20, 2022
Phan, Mary Ann, “Pietá Mondrian and Drip at Tops Gallery.” Burnaway, July 19, 2021
Hooper, Ryan Patrick, “Smell the Flowers at Reyes Finn.” Hour Detroit, March 2021
2020 Seeger, Zach. “Essex Flowers: Waiting to be Activated.” Two Coats of Paint, Jan. 25,
2019 Tatum, Charlie. “Critics’ Picks, Kevin Ford, Version Version at Tops Gallery. ARTFORUM, January 2019.
Harris, Gareth. “New Art Dealers Alliance—how galleries and artists can work together.” Financial Times, November 28, 2019.
2018 Jobe, Brian, Exhibitions, “Kevin Ford: Version Version.” Locate Arts, December 2018.
2016 Maish, Katie, “Kevin Ford: A Piece is Loose.” Visual Memphis, February 2016.
Behnke, Paul, “Cops at Tops.” Structure and Imagery, January 2016.
Koeppel, Fredric. “Visual Arts: Artist Kevin Ford elevates common objects in Tops Gallery show.” The Commercial Appeal Memphis, March 29
Koeppel, Fredric. “Art Review: Tops Gallery group show features unique, eccentric looks at ‘Cops’.” The Commercial Appeal Memphis, January 5
2015 Schmidt, Jason. “Artists II.” Steidl, 2015.
2011 Zimmer, Kristan. “A Matter of Art.” Serendipity Magazine, April/May 2011.
2010 Rapoport, Maria. Scholastic Art Magazine, March, 2010.
2009 Horner, James. “Staying up with ‘Insomnia’ at Pace University.” Manhattan Fine Arts Examiner, Nov. 17, 2009.
2008 Bollen, Christopher. “Gun Show.” V Magazine, February, 2008.
2005 Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Fearless Vampire Killers.” New York Times,
April 8, 2005.
Awodey, Marc. “Art Review: True Lies?” Seven Days, January 19-26, 2005.
1998 Norfolk Art, Norfolk School of Art Gallery, exhibition catalogue, 1998
RESIDENCIES
2023 Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2022 Chateau d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France
1999 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
GRANTS/AWARDS/PRIZES/ASSOCIATIONS
2023 Core Residency Fellowship, Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2020 The Denis Diderot [A-I-R] Grant, Champagne-Ardenne, France
2010 Project Grant, Carriage House Gallery, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
1999 Paul Harper Residency Fellowship for excellence in painting, Yale University
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 Co-curator, Metafiguration, group exhibition, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2021 Participant, Who Do You Love?, CMCA, Rockland, ME
2020-present Founder/Director, Fish Island Gallery, Darien, CT
2020 Creator, Essex Flowers Window Box, New York, NY
2020 Co-curator, Might Delete Later, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
