Chris Duncan
As an artist Chris Duncan employs repetition and accumulation as a basis for experiments in visual and sound based media. An overriding theme in current works is the use of natural forces, such as the sun and the moon, as conceptual and compositional prompts for both sonic and visual efforts. Outside of his studio practice he organizes events and runs a small artist book press and record label called LAND AND SEA with his wife. Duncan holds a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts and a MFA from Stanford University.
Born 1974 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Lives and works in Oakland, California
EDUCATION
2013
MFA, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2003
BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2022
Strawberry, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, USA
2020
Respite, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, USA
Elapse, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2018
12 Symbols, Human Resources, Los Angeles, US
2017
Our Love Will Still Be There, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, US
2016
12 Symbols, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, US
Art Cologne + NADA Collaborations, Halsey Mckay Gallery & V1 Gallery, Cologne, Germany
These are not fall colors, Headlands Center for the Arts, Project Residency/Exhibition, Marin, US
2015
The Time It Takes To Take The Time, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Media Based Time, Et al., San Francisco, US
Year, The Elaine de Kooning House, East Hampton, US
2014
The Sun and The Air, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, US
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2013
NEW MINIMALISM, Cooper-Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012
Balance, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, US
2011
Patterns and Light, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2022
V1 XX- Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Inner Ear Vision: Sound as Medium, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, US
Altered States, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, US
Rainbows From Atoms, Halsey Mckay, New York, US
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Night, Shortly, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, US
Way Bay II, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
10,000 Fahrenheit, SFAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Case Against Reality, Marinaro Gallery, New York, US
2017
Ernesto Burgos & Chris Duncan, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, US
Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Process, curated by Matthew Gardocki, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Las Vegas Nevada, US
2016
I Look For Clues in Your Dreams, curated by Heather Marx, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, US
Collected, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, US
2015
Hear This, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, US
2014
Openings, curated by Jessica Silverman, Fused Space, San Francisco, US
Ghost Current, curated by Ryan Wallace, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
After Space, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
The Possible, Curated by Lawrence Rinder and David Wilson, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, US
2013
Paint Off, Paint On, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, US
Beatnic Meteor, DiRosa Preserve, Napa, US
2012
Millennium Magazines, MoMA, New York, US
Visible Horizons, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, US
Color Theory, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, US
Transmission lines (2 person show with Ryan Wallace), Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011
Abstraction Now, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, US
Island Press-3 Decades of Printmaking, curated by Karen K. Butler, Kemper Art Museum, St. louis, US
RTC Collaborations, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, US
Default State Network, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, US
Out Of Order, San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, US
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Forbes, Alexander, The 8 Best Booths at Art Cologne, Artsy Editorial, April 15, 2016
Lutz, Leora, Review: Chris Duncan Media Based Time at Et al., SFAQ, 5.8,2015
Hamer, Katy, Chris Duncan at the Elaine de Kooning House, Eyes Towards the Dove, 4.22, 2015
Landes, Jennifer, deKooning House, Subject and Object, East Hampton Star, 3, 31, 2015
Menendez, Franklin. ARTFORUM, January 2011
Kesler, Christine. Chris Duncan: Eye Against I, Art Practical, September 2010
Tilghman, Parker. Vertigo, Art Slant, September 11th, 2010
Andrews, Brian. Chris Duncan, Shotgun Review, October 4th, 2009
Bad at Sports-podcast interview, episode 228- NADA 2009
Curcio, Seth. Daily Serving, August 30th, 2009
NY Arts: Vol. 13. Chris Duncan, 2008
The NADA Emerging Artist Page: Chris Duncan, The L Magazine, January 31, 2007, p. 62
Smith, Roberta, Chris Duncan: The Continued Exploration of Pink and Brown, New York Times, December 15, 2006
Chun, Kimberly, Goldies 2006 Visual Art: Chris Duncan, San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 8-14, 2006
Rawlings, Ashley, Interview with Chris Duncan, tokyoartbeat.com, November 4, 2006
Review The Japan Times, October 19, 2006
Lyman, Ian, The Temple of Light and Sound, Ping Mag, October 4, 2006
Whiteside, Amber, Variegated Radiant Dream Plot, ARTWEEK, April 2006, p.14
Helfand, Glen, Variegated Radiant Dream Plot, Art on Paper, March-April 2006, p. 80-81
Cash, Stephanie, Report From San Francisco II: New and Now, Art In America, January 2006, p. 62
Spalding, David, Review, Artweek, April 2001
PUBLICATIONS
Grey, Land and Sea, 2015
12 Symbols LP, Land and Sea, 2015
ACAB, Land and Sea, 2014
New American Paintings, issue 79. Pg. 48-51
K48 issue 7, image, 2008
K48 issue 6, image, 2006
Planet Magazine, back page(image), Spring 2007
XLR8R Magazine, interview, April 2008
Arrow Magazine, Chris Duncan, Issue 3, Fall 2006, Pg. 42-43, 55-61, Back Cover
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, (image) Issue 20, Fall 2006, Pg. 60
The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, exhibition catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Griffin McPartland and Chris Duncan, 2005
Lyric poetry journal, (image) issue 7, 2005
The Drama, (image) issue 4, 2004
May the Circle Be Unbroken, Heartswork exhibition catalog, 2004
Arkitip, (image) Issue 21, 2004
Herbivore Magazine, issues 2 and 3, Crown, Jeremy,2003/2004
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012
Sun and Moon, a series of four gatherings and performances at Berkeley Art Museum.
THE SUN – 12 hour sound gathering/solstice celebration, Liminal Projects, Oakland, CA
2010
!!!THE SUN!!! improvisational, audience participatory sound project. Events occurred: Kala institute, Berkeley Art museum, Southern Exposure.
SEEING, reading about “seeing” included Lawrence Rinder, Ryan Wallace, Whitney Chadwick, Miranda Mellis amongst others, in conjunction with EYE AGAINST I exhibition, Baer Ridgway, San Francisco, CA
BELIEVING, film screening of OCTOBER COUNTRY (Donal Mosher), in conjunction with EYE AGAINST I exhibition, Baer Ridgway, San Francisco, CA
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 counted down to 0. Group shows curated to accompany release of each issue.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2015 Headlands Center for the Arts, CA
2012 ACRE, Steuben, WS
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2010 Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
2008 Island Press, St. Louis IL
2006 Goldie Award for Visual Art
COLLECTIONS
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Museum of Modern Art, NY
SF MoMA, San Francisco, CA
The JP Morgan Chase Collection
Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA
The Progressive Art Collection, OH
Jaffe Book Arts Collection, Boca Raton, FL
PANEL DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 2009
“Artists Books”, Southern Exposure, SF, CA. 2011
“Art of Zines 2004′′, San Jose Museum of Modern Art, 9/11/2004
