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