Kyle Thurman

b. 1986
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

kylethurman@gmail.com

Current:

●   Hadi Fallapisheh
and Kyle Thurman
Sophie Tappeiner
Vienna


●   A Possible Horizon
de la Cruz Collection
Miami


Recent:

●   Heard Through Bone
CENTRAL FINE
Miami Beach

●   Platform: New York
David Zwirner (online)
in collaboration w/ David Lewis

●   Error erred
David Lewis
New York

●   2019 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York

Contact

●   David Lewis
New York, United States
info@davidlewisgallery.com

●   CENTRAL FINE
Miami Beach, United States
central@centralfine.com

●   Sophie Tappeiner
Vienna, Austria
info@sophietappeiner.com

Education

MFA, Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States

2016

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
(guest student klasse Christopher Williams and klasse Peter Doig)

2011
—2012

BA (Film Studies and Visual Arts)
Columbia University, New York, United States

2009

Collections

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States

Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, United States

de la Cruz Collection, Miami, United States

Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Oberlin, United States

Exhibitions

—  Hadi Fallapisheh and Kyle Thurman
Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna

2020

—  Text by Fabian Schöneich

2020

—  A Possible Horizon
de la Cruz Collection, Miami

2020

—  Constellation
David Lewis (online)

2020

—  Platform: New York
David Zwirner (online)
in collaboration w/ David Lewis

2020

●   Heard Through Bone
CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, United States

2020

●   Error erred
David Lewis, New York, United States

2020

—  2019 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States

2019

—  Stay Gold
The Meeting, New York, United States

2019

—  Burn It Clean
1301PE, Los Angeles, United States
organized by Blake Rayne

2018

●   Tremoring Cup
Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, Austria

2018

—  The Spit In Their Hands by Tenzing Barshee

2018

●   Like crazy nature
Central Fine, Miami, United States

2018

—  Text by Diego Singh

2018

—  Kitnick & Thurman
Front International: Digital Infinity, Cleveland Triennial, United States

2018

Hadi Fallahpisheh, Dani Leder, Kyle Thurman
Off Vendome, New York, United States

2017

—  Kitnick & Thurman
Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, United States

2016

●   A Lonely Butcher
Off Vendome, New York, United States

2016

—  A Change of Heart
Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
organized by Chris Sharp

2016

—  Finding Ling-Ling’s Head
Cookie Butcher, Antwerp, Belgium

2016

●   Towards A Technical Being
Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium

2015

●   to drink with teeth
Carl Kostyal, London, England

2015

●   Heat Theater
Off Vendome, Dusseldorf, Germany

2015

—  The Gentle Way (Judo)
Clifton Benevento, New York, United States
organized by Zak Kitnick

2015

Seven Artists in Two Rooms
OFFSITE, New York, United States
organized by James Shalom

2015

—  Three Cups Fragrance
Bodega, New York, United States

2014

—  On Kindness: Jacob Kassay & Kyle Thurman
MOCA Tucson, Tuscon, United States

2014

Trust (Vita Vel Regula)
Fluxia Gallery, Milan, Italy
organized by Michele D’Aurizio

2014

Day-For-Night / Nuit Americaine
Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium

2014

Mineral Spirit
Laurel Gitlen, New York, United States

2014

Idiosynchromism
Dickinson Gallery, New York, United States
organized by Alex Glauber

2014

—  That Singing Voice
Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
organized by Matt Moravec

2014

—  Stay in Love
Lisa Cooley & Laurel Gitlen, New York, United States
organized by Chris Sharp

2014

●   Banana Tourist
Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium

2013

—  Extra from KT BT OB

2013

Rock Art & the X-Ray Style
Brighton Beach, United States
organized by Ryan Foerster

2013

●   Kyle Thurman
Room East, New York, United States

2013

Space Whole Karaoke
Middlemarch, Brussels, Belgium

2013

Kyle Thurman, Israel Lund, John Baptiste Bernadet, Josh Smith
TORRI, Paris, France

2013

Dead Zone
Nudashank, Baltimore, United States

2013

●   (305) 696-0800
Shoot the Lobster, Miami, United States

2012

Red
Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium

2012

Henry Codax, Virginia Overton, Kyle Thurman
Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium

2012

Group Show
West Street Gallery, New York, United States

2012

Braman, Buren, Falls, Heilmann, Louis, Thurman
Eleven Rivington, New York, United States

2012

Lackawanna (Sebastian Black and Kyle Thurman)
C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium

2012

Royal Rumble at Waffle House
C L E A R I N G and The Journal, Miami, United States

2011

Time and Material
M and B Art, Los Angeles, United States
organized by Matt Moravec

2011

Harvest Moon
Brighton Beach, United States
organized by Ryan Foerster

2011

Ryan Foerster and Kyle Thurman
West Street Gallery, New York, United States

2011

Press Release
Martos Gallery, New York, United States

2010

Apartment Show
Printed Matter, New York, United States

2009

Young Artists
The Mercantile Fiction Library, New York, United States

2009

Press

—  The 2019 Whitney Biennial in Six Works, Wilder Davies, Time Magazine, May 2019

2019

—  CONDO New York, Art Observed, 26 July 2017

2017

—  Aaron Bogart, Kyle Thurman Off Vendome, Flash Art, 311 November - December 2016

2016

—  Zak Kitnick, Arms or Legs or Butts or Guts, ARTNEWS, 30 September 2016

2016

—  Clayton Press, A Lonely Butcher, Arteviste, October 2016

2016

—  Roberta Smith, 15 Group Shows Not to Miss, The New York Times, 29 January 2015

2015

—  Abraham Adams, Three Cups Fragrance, Artforum (Critics' Picks), 16 December 2014

2014

—  Karen Rosenberg, Stay In Love, The New York Times, 17 January 2014

2014

—  Will Heinrich, Stay in Love, Observer, 15 January 2014

2014

—  Claude Lorent, Avec des fleurs pigmentées, La Libre Belgique, 17 January 2014

2014

Bibliography

Vitamin D3: Today's Best In Contemporary Drawing. Phaidon, 2021.

2021

Whitney Biennial 2019. New Haven: Whitney Museum of American Art and Yale University Press, 2019.

2019

Grabner, Michelle, ed. Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2018.

2018

Grabner, Michelle, ed. Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art (Artist Conversations). Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2018.

2018

Finding Ling-Lings’ Head. Antwerp: Cookie Butcher, 2016.

2016

Teaching & Related Experience

Adjunct Professor - Advanced Drawing, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States

Spring
2021

Adjunct Professor - Graduate Drawing Projects, Tyler School of Art and Architecture (MFA), Temple University, Philadelphia, United States

Fall
2020

Program Assistant - Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard MFA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, United States

Summer
2016

Visiting Artist - Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States

Spring
2016

Visiting Artist - School of Visual Arts, New York, United States

Fall
2015

Writing & Exhibition Organization

Lucas Samaras in: She Models For Her, organized by Phoebe D'Heurle & Maryam Hoseini

The Longest Bridge, Off Vendome, New York

Index

Thunder Gray
#5b5d5a

27

Egg Nog
#e8d0b8

19

Pecan
#ccad98

53

Smoke Gray
#707176

74

Bone
#f4ebe4

51

Storm Gray
#98918b

70

Gulf blue
#4e83af

30

Tech Green
#349e46

46

Ultramarine
#355665

05

Orange
#ed7222

24

Evergreen
#084830

18

Gray Tint
#c7c7c5

57

Bluemist
#66ccf4

41

Cocoa
#946440

80

Focus Gray
#b1b1b1

60

Slate Gray
#afb4b7

26

Rustic
#a0495a

81

Ocean Blue
#66ccf4

36

Canary
#fbdd47

38

Olive Green
#848259

34

Deep yellow
#feb913

71

Almond
#e4b685

79

Ruby
#af4e71

67

Stone Gray
#a4a4a6

09

TV Gray
#b6afa5

61

Flamingo
#d94a5e

92

Crimson
#982d4b

06

Tulip
#f05f9a

37

Dove Gray
#85817e

84

Fashion Gray
#929294

56

Sky Blue
#85b0b6

02

Regal Blue
#4d93c6

65

Mint Green
#9fd287

40

Blue Jean
#486a8f

64

Suede Gray
#d3cac1

15

Blue Jay
#1f9bd7

31

Lemonade
#e6d458

93

Baby blue
#58c4c4

47

Teal
#0d7872

68

Super White
#ffffff

01

Charcoal
#636c6b

54

Sand
#fecd40

04

Soft Gray
#e3e2dd

90

Holly
#0b9655

35

Light Gray
#e6e3d2

32

Coral
#f8b2bc

03

Chestnut
#773c2a

16

Tangelo
#e44c25

82

Studio Blue
#4066b1

58

Black
#000

20

True Blue
#1eb5d4

75

Gray Sky
#a2a2a2

14

Pure White
#ffffff

66

Mocha
#c19570

76

Marmalade
#faa41b

43

Turquoise
#3590c9

83

Ivory
#f8e5c5

63

Orchid
#9390c7

29

Purple
#60569f

62

White
#fcfaee

50

Beige
#e0b998

25

Plum
#b84b9c

91

Studio Gray
#c8bfb6

12

Primary Red
#cb242e

08

Egg Shell
#e8d0b8

22

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