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Kerry Downey
kerrycdowney(at)gmail.com
EDUCATION
2017 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2009 Master of Fine Arts, Hunter College, New York, NY
2008 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2001 Yale School of Art, Norfolk, CT
SOLO AND TWO PERSON SHOWS
2020
We collect together in a net, solo show at Rhode Island School of Design, Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
2019
We collect together in a net, solo show at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, New York, NY
A Tree Falls, solo show at GERTRUDE Gallery, curated by Chris
Domenick and Em Rooney, Great
Barrington, MA
Catch and Release with Angela Dufresne, Danspace Project, New York, NY
2017
Nothing but net, solo exhibition at CAVE, Detroit, MI
SCRIPT^^forms, two-person with E.E. Ikeler, 20|20 Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Read My Lips, two-person exhibition with Loren Britton, curated by Ashton
Cooper, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY
SELECTED SHOWS
2021
Omniscient, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, curated by Avram Finkelstein, New
York, NY
Place is the Space, Always Fresh, curated by Amanda Parmer, New York, NY
Push Over, Push Back, CCS Bard /Hessel Museum, Annandale, NY
Contact the Shadow, Seochon Guesthouse, curated by Minkyung Choi
Seoul, Korea
2020
Creative Beginnings, Professional End, curated by Julia Gardener, Villa Vassilieff, Paris, France
Not Close Enough, curated by Moritz Krauth, ÆdT, Düsseldorf, Germany
2019
Comedies of the Status Quo, curated by Christian Camacho-Light, Kate Werble
Gallery, New York, NY
Smeared States, Showroom MAMA, curated by Lila Athanasiadou
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tell Us Plainly What You Mean, Aquarius Studios, curated by Becky Brown and Tatiana Istomina, Ridgewood, NY
2018
How to see in the dark, Cuchifritos Gallery, curated by Christian Camacho-Light,
Moving Body, Moving Study, BAM, curated by Holly Shen and Rachel Valinsky,
Brooklyn, NY
Private Practice, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Terribly Vulnerable and Terribly Hard, Cooper Cole, curated by Ashton Cooper,
Toronto, CA
Health Show II, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Queer Tropics, curated by Charlie Tatum, Transformer, Washington D.C.
Partial Views, Hercules Studio Program, New York, NY
2017
Queer Tropics, curated by Charlie Tatum, Pelican Bomb, New Orleans, LA
Standard Forms, curated by Christian Camacho-Light, Ramapo College's Berrie
Art Center, NJ
what are we but lying single surface, curated by Molly Mac and Natalie Ann
Martínez, The Alice, Seattle, WA
Beauty and Room, curated by Miriam Laura Leonardi and Balthazar Lovay,
happening in various homes in Sion in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland
2ª Bienal Internacional de Arte, curated by José Silva, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Sinister Feminism, A.I.R. Gallery, curated by Piper Marshall; Brooklyn, NY
2016
ROT: Compost vs Surgery, Seattle Art Museum, curated by Molly Mac and S. Surface; Seattle, WA
Age Lines, Casco, curated by Staci bu Shea, Utrecht, Netherlands
Paris Internationale, Taylor Macklin, Paris, France
Blood, Sweat, and Tears, curated by Isabelle and Sophie Lynch, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON
VERBLIST, E. Tay gallery, curated by Mark Epstein, New York, NY
NO ATLAS, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space SHIFT residency exhibition, New York, NY
Queens International, curated by Lindsey Berfond and Hitomi Iwasaki, Queens
Museum; Flushing, NY
A new job to unwork at, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, curated by Andrew Kachel and Clara López Menéndez, Los Angeles, CA
In Search of Conjunctions, The Alice Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015
Extra Teats, curated by Rebecca Goyette, Satellite, Miami, FL
Underdonk at ESX LA, curated by Ashley Garrett; ESX LA (Eastside International
Gallery), Los Angeles, CA
Name It By Trying to Name It, curated by Nova Benway and Lisa Sigal; The
Drawing Center, New York, NY
OS4 (in conjunction with Open Sessions), The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2014
Hospital, curated by Matthias Borello; Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Sex Without Bodies, Temporary Agency, Brooklyn, NY
Couplings, curated by Piper Marshall; Taylor Macklin, Zurich, Switzerland
We Owe Each Other Everything, curated by Andrew Kachel; Center for Curatorial
Studies at Bard College, Annandale, NY
Sunken Living Room, curated by Terri Smith; Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
2013
Ajar, REVERSE Gallery, curated by Natasha Llorens; Brooklyn, NY
CISCO, SYSCO, SISQO, LaFonda, curated by Tom Simon, Alina Tenser, and
Kristof Wickman; The Rockaways, Queens, NY
Artist Picks: Kerry Downey, solo screening of seven works, organized by
Clara López, Raumerweiterungshalle, Berlin, Germany
Videorover: Season 6, NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
A Terrestrial Cutting and Assemblage, UAL Gallery, London; Curated by Eliza Swann
2012
A Study of Interruptions, Ramapo College's Berrie Art Center, NJ; curated by Natasha Llorens
O, with Amy Beecher, Garden/Party/Arts, Brooklyn NY; curated by Erin Ikeler
and Ariel Roman
Coworker Projects, Screening at Entwine, New York
The Loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner, Flux Factory, Long Island City,
Queens; Curated by Sam Perry
Soft Opening, Heliopolis, Greenpoint, NY
Emotional Blackmail, Curated by Markús Þór Andrésson and Cḥen Tamir,
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario
Deconstructing the Habit, curated by Angela Washko, Spattered Columns, NY
How Many People Does It Take to Make a Place, Open Engagement, performance
workshop with Elizabeth Hamby, Portland, OR
2011
Shifting Communities, collaboration with Action Club, Hatuey Ramos Fermin and
Elizabeth Hamby, curated by Chad Stayrook; Bronx River Art Center, NY
Do Me video screening, Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn NY
Greatest Love of All in conjunction with Congress of the Collectives/Flux Factory, Angela Beallor and Niknaz Tavakolian; Long Island City, NY
Emotional Blackmail, Curated by Markús Þór Andrésson and Cḥen Tamir,
Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG), Alberta, Canada
Why Participate? with Action Club, curated by Angela Washko, Flux Factory, Long Island City, Queens
LUMEN, site specific installation with Claudia Pena Salinas and Jo Q. Nelson,
Merchant Marine Memorial Plaza, Staten Island
DOUBLE SESSION, with Action Club, curated by Natasha Marie Llorens, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Art & Lies, curated by Risa Shoup, Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
UNPUNISHED, curated by Nayland Blake, Sue Scott Gallery, New York
2010
The Physical Center, St Cecilia’s Parish, Brooklyn, NY
You Can Have It All, with Jeremy Willis, Spattered Columns, NY
Great Fallings, Fabricolor building, ArtWalk, Paterson, NJ
All Together Now with Action Club collective, Build It Green, Queens, NY
Ecstatic, St Cecilia’s Parish, Brooklyn, NY (in conjunction Action Club)
Seven Easy Steps; video screening, Horton Gallery, NY
The Man I Wish I Was, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
One After Another, The National Gallery of Saskatchewan, Canora, Saskatchewan
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Downey, Kerry, Journal of Museum Education, “Reaching Out, Reaching In: Museum Educators and Radical Transformation,” December
2019
We collect together in a net, edited by Rachel Valinksy, published by Wendy’s Subway; includes 14 full color reproductions of Downey’s works on paper, essays by Jaime Shearn Coan, Jeanne Vaccaro, Ryan Wong, and Layla Zami; designed by Erik Freer; Edition of 500
Downey, Kerry, Art Journal Open, “Creating Good-Enough Containers: Reflections on Queerness in Community-Based Museum Education,” January
2016
Downey, Kerry and Krakow, Ellie, Lookie Lookie, “Backstage with Kerry Downey and Ellie Krakow,” December
RESIDENCIES
2019 Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
2018 Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY
2015-2016 SHIFT at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York City
2014-2015 Open Sessions, The Drawing Center, New York City
2014 Real Time and Space residency; Oakland, CA
2007 Residency with Hungarian Cultural Center and Flux Factory for Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2002 Residency at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2015
The Vault: A body is a song to be sung, Curator, group show of video works at SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2014
Failing to Levitate, Co-curator (with Natasha Marie Llorens), group show at
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York
2011
Do Me, Curator, video screenings at Spectacle Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
Here & There and Do Me, Curator, video screenings at Invisible Dog, Brooklyn
2006
Grizzly Proof, Co-curator (with Jean Barberis and Chen Tamir), Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2005
NOVEL, Co-curator (with Morgan Meis), Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2004
What the Book? Curator, Bard College, Annandale, NY
VISITING ARTIST / TALKS
2021
Fire Island Artist Residency, Visiting Artist, public lecture and studio visits, Fire
Island, NY
Center for the Humanities Fellows, Visiting artist workshop, New York, NY
2020
Parsons/ The New School, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, public lecture and studio
visits, New York, NY
Visiting Lecturer: Art on the Ground Lecture Series, and visiting artist to
“Queering Art History,” FIT, New York, NY
2019
Visiting lecture and artist, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona
Visiting artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Visiting artist, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting artist, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Visiting artist, Dorksy Gallery and SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2018
Visiting artist, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Visiting artist Studio Visit, Fellows from Emerging Artists program in the
United Arab Emirates, New York, NY
2017
Artist talk, Always Already Desiring Machines Workshop, organized by Amanda, Parmer, Wendy’s Subway Reading Room at BAM, Brooklyn, NY
Panelist, PrintFest, New York, NY
2016
Participant, The New Museum’s R&D Sessions on Legacy, New York, NY
2014
Panelist, Intentional Communities, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2013
Panelist, Arts & Labor Alternatives Fair, Eyebeam, New York, NY
Artist Talk with Natasha Llorens; Unscripted: A Symposium on the Study of Performance, Columbia University, New York, NY
Visiting artist; Sarah Lawrence College Printmaking Classes, Bronxville, NY
Visiting artist; BFA Seniors class, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
Panelist, Fucking Up: Learning from Mistakes in Art and Education, Eyebeam, New York, NY
2012
Visiting artist, Printmaking class, SUNY Purchase, Harrison, NY
Artist Talk with Natasha Llorens, A Study of Interruptions, Ramapo College Berrie Art Center, Ramapo, NJ
2011
Visiting artist, The New School for Public Engagement, Art of the 60’s and 70’s, New York, NY
Visiting artist, Senior Seminar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Panel moderator; Focus and Motivation, Hunter College, New York, NY
2010
Panelist, The Self-Destructing Art Show, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Visiting artist, Senior Seminar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
PRESS
2018
Jenkins, Mark, The Washington Post, “Queer Tropics,” April
Colucci, Emily, Filthy Dreams, “Stranded in the Jungle: Exoticism and Resistant
Illegibility in ‘Queer Tropics,’” January
2017
Henry, Joseph, The Brooklyn Rail, “Queering Queer Abstraction,” October
2016
Gavin, Francesca, Artsy, “12 Emerging Artists to Watch at Paris Internationale,”
November
Chiragdin, Neil, Queens Chronicle, “Exhibition embodies abstraction in human
forms,” November
Yerebekan, Osman Can, Filthy Dreams, “Potentials of Queer Abstraction,” November
2014
Trolio, Kory, The Range, “We Owe Each Other Everything,” April
2013
Adams, Abraham, Artforum, “Ajar,” October
2012
The Record, “Examining Human Emotions,” May
2010
Queens Chronicle, “Destroy!,” for Self Destructing Art Show, November
HONORS & GRANTS
2018 Recipient of Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Art Career Opportunity Grant
2017 Nomination for Pushcart Prize in Poetry
2016 Recipient of Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant
Nomination for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant
2015 Recipient of Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Emerging Artist Grant
2012 Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellow
2010 First place award for video, Forward Thinking Museum
2009 Nominated for Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Program for Sculpture
2007 Graf Travel Grant for Berlin, Hunter College MFA
2002 Award of Distinction/Trustee Leader Scholars Program Bard College
Brewster Terry III Memorial Scholarship for commitment to the liberal arts
community, Bard College
2001 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University School of Art
Suzanne Clements Zimmer Prize for Fine Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019-present Rhode Island School of Design, Assistant Professor and Critic, Painting
Department, Providence, Rhode Island
Sophomore Painting, Senior Degree Project, Grad Crit II, Painterly Prints, Experiments in Drawing, Independent Studies
2019-present Art Education at City College, New York, NY, Adjunct Professor
2007-2019 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Teaching Artist, Community and Access Partnerships and Programs; Adult and Academic Programs, Education Department
2015-2016 Parsons School of Art and Design / The New School, New York, NY
Core 6: Art and Entrepreneurship
2009-2016 Hunter College, Art Department, New York, NY
Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Visual Experience, Drawing 221, Advanced Drawing, Unconventional Drawing