Born 1974 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Lives and works in Oakland, California

EDUCATION

  • 2003
  • BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts
  • 2013
  • MFA Candidate, Stanford University

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2011
  • Patterns & Light. Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
  • 2010
  • Eye Against I. Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
  • NADA Art Fair Solo Booth. Miami Beach, FL
  • 2008
  • The Faith Void Split. Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York,NY
  • 2007
  • The Beginning. The Middle. The End. Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006
  • The Continued Exploitation of Pink and Brown, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
  • The Playing Field, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Dark Times, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 2005
  • Where We Meet, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2011
  • Abstract Now and Then, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
  • Island Press: Three Decades of Print Making, Kemper Art Museum, St Louis, MO
  • Beneath The Picture, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA
  • 2010
  • The Power of Selection, Pt. 3, Curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Western Exhibitions, Chicago,IL
  • Default State Network, curated by Ryan Wallace, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  • Paper!Awesome!, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
  • 2009
  • Infinity, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Scion Space, Los Angeles, CA
  • HOT AND COLD-THE END IS HERE, final hot and cold release exhibition, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
  • MOVE(curated by Rich Jacobs)15th Anniversary Show, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2008
  • KICK OUT THE JAMS-Hot and Cold 2 zine release exhibition, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
  • Apocabliss,(curated by Maya Hayuk) Alice. Brussels, Belgium
  • Surf Zombies, Cell Project Space, London, UK
  • Hope Springs Eternal, 96 Guillespe, London, UK
  • Americana, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • 2007
  • Hope and Despair, Cell Project Space, London, UK (curated by Bob Matthews)
  • Distinctive Messengers, 489 Broome Street, New York, NY(curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala, Scenic)
  • U MUST NOT KNOW BOUT ME-Hot and cold 3 zine release, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • All is well that begins well and has no end, NYU Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY(curated by Jan Van
  • Woensel, Ernesto Burgos, and Jonah Groeneboer)
  • The Unknown Quantity, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006
  • Infinity in Finite Things, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
  • ZusammenKunst, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Men and Materials, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
  • I used to believe, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL (curated by Melissa Diaz)
  • West Coast Windows, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (curated by Oliver Halsman Rosenburg)
  • Variegated Radiant Dream Plot, (w/ David Dupuis, Jovi Schnell),Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2005
  • Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Shelter From the Storm, Allston Skirt, Boston, MA
  • Young Mountain, The Sharon Arts Center Gallery, Peterborough, NH
  • Op-Ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
  • Tsunami Relief Auction, White Box, New York, NY
  • 2004
  • Gondola Mayo Funnel, Mimi Barr, San Francisco, CA
  • Life and Death, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Around And Every Day, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
  • Collectors Edition, Triple Base, San Francisco, CA
  • Books!Awesome!, Mimi Barr, San Francisco, CA
  • Portrait Show, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
  • Heartswork, traveling exhibition, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL, Space 1026,Philadelphia, PA
  • 2003
  • Keepsake, juice design, San Francisco, CA
  • 2002
  • Spring to Autumn Period, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2008
  • NY Arts: Vol. 13. Chris Duncan
  • 2007
  • The NADA Emerging Artist Page: Chris Duncan, The L Magazine, January 31, 2007, p. 62
  • 2006
  • Smith, Roberta. “Chris Duncan: The Continued Exploration of Pink and Brown, New York Times, December 15
  • Chun, Kimberly. “Goldies 2006 Visual Art: Chris Duncan, San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 8-14
  • Rawlings, Ashley. “Interview with Chris Duncan,” tokyoartbeat.com, November 4
  • Review. The Japan Times, October 19
  • Lyman, Ian. “The Temple of Light and Sound,” Ping Mag, October 4
  • Whiteside, Amber. “Variegated Radiant Dream Plot,” ARTWEEK, April, p.14
  • Helfand, Glen. “Variegated Radiant Dream Plot,” Art on Paper, March-April, p. 80-81
  • Cash, Stephanie. “Report From San Francisco II: New and Now,” Art In America, January, p. 62
  • 2001
  • Spalding, David. Review, Artweek, April

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2010
  • Artforum, October
  • 2008
  • NYARTS Magazine
  • K48 issue 7, image
  • XLR8R Magazine, interview, April
  • 2007
  • The L Magazine. 1/31/07
  • New American Paintings, issue 79. Pg. 48-51
  • Planet Magazine, back page(image), Spring 2007
  • 2006
  • Arrow Magazine, “Chris Duncan,” Issue 3, Fall, Pg. 42-43, 55-61, Back Cover
  • McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, (image) Issue 20, Fall, Pg. 60
  • K48 issue 6, image
  • 2005
  • The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, exhibition catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Griffin McPartland and Chris Duncan
  • Lyric poetry journal, (image) issue 7
  • 2004
  • The Drama, (image) issue 4
  • May the Circle Be Unbroken, Heartswork exhibition catalog4
  • Arkitip, (image) Issue 21
  • 2003/2004
  • Crown, Jeremy. Herbivore Magazine, issues 2 and 3

 

AWARDS

  • 2006
  • Goldie Award for Visual Art

 

 

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

  • 2004
  • “Art of Zines 2004″, San Jose Museum of Modern Art, 9/11/2004

 

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

  • 2008
  • 3, the work of Ernesto Burgos, Kyle Ranson and Derrick Snodgrass, Gregory Lind Gallery, SF,CA
  • 2004
  • Heartswork, traveling art exhibition, January-March
  • 2002
  • Keepsake, 50-person group show
  • 2001
  • Sketch, with juice design, September
  • Hot and Cold, zine project with Griffin McPartland. Within each issue between 15-20 artists are invited to participate in hand-built limited edition zine. Project started at 10 and is counting down to 1, when it will end. Group shows curated to accompany release of each issue.

 

RESIDENCIES

  • 2010
  • Kala Institure, Berkeley, CA
  • 2008
  • Island Press, St. Louis Il. October.

 

COLLECTIONS

  • Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
  • Jaffe Book Arts Collection, Boca Raton, FL
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (Library Archives - Hot and Cold complete publications)
  • The JP Morgan Chase Collection
  • Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA
  • The Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH
  • Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA