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DAVID KENNEDY CUTLER
b. 1979
Sandgate, Vermont
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1997 – 2001
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Shadow Métier, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2020
Keep Shop, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2019
Muscle Memory, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Off Season, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2017
1:1, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Force Quit, ARS / Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, Curated by Kristen Chappa, Art in General, Tallinn, Estonia
2012
Come Back New, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2009
No More Right Now Forever, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2006
David Kennedy Cutler, Nice & Fit, Berlin, Germany
2004
David Kennedy Cutler, Nice & Fit, Berlin, Germany
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 (forthcoming)
&&&2 (with Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Ethan Greenbaum), Ditch Projects, Eugene, OR
&&&2 (with Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Ethan Greenbaum),Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
2023
HEDGE, Monsieur Zohore & David Kennedy Cutler, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
2019
Paper Cuts: Duplex (with Sara Greenberger Rafferty), LA Art Book Fair, Geffen Contemporary, LA, CA
2017
Under Water (with Michael DeLucia and David Scanavino), Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2016
David Kennedy Cutler & Dan Hougland, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Beyond The Surface: Image As Object, David Kennedy Cutler, Ethan Greenbaum & Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA, Curated by Dan Leers
Paper Cuts 2: Sara Greenberger Rafferty & David Kennedy Cutler, LA Art Book Fair, Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.
2014
David Kennedy Cutler, Michael Delucia, David Scanavino, Derek Eller, NY, NY.
Ryan Wallace & David Kennedy Cutler, CooperCole, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Thousand Year Old Child (w/ Glen Baldridge and Ian Cooper), Planthouse, NY, NY.
2012
David Kennedy Cutler & Elise Ferguson, Halsey McKay, Easthampton, NY
2008
Three Rooms (with Shana Lutker & Sara Greenberger Rafferty), D’amelio Terras, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Orwell’s Garden, High Desert, Brooklyn, NY
Perpetual Screw, International Objects, Brooklyn, NY
Friends of Neighbors, Neighbors Chinatown, NY NY
My Condolences, M+B, Los Angeles, curated by Monsieur Zohore
2022
Fire, Alison Bradley Projects, NY, NY
Metafiguration, Tops, Memphis, TN
Images For Sounds, Villa Lontana, Rome, IT
2021
Friends & Family, Magenta Plains, NY, NY
Spirits in The Material World, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Tasting Menu, Barns Art Center, Hopewell Junction, NY
Pathological Landscape, Marquee Projects, Bell Harbor, NY
Tenth Anniversary Show, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
TurnOz, NADA House, Governor’s Island, NY Curated by Jeffrey Tranchell
2020
MASK, Klaus von Nichtsaggend, NY, NY (with solo performance during exhibit)
2019
Layer Mask, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Vanishing Act, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Big Ringer, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Books / Bodies Haas Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven Connecticut
Home Edition, Essex Flowers, NY NY & NADA New York
2017
Innovative Approaches, Honored Traditions, Wellin Museum at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, Curated by Katherine Alcauskas (catalogue)
(self), Curated by Stephanie Snyder and Samiya Bashir, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
Published by The Artist 2017, International Print Center, NY, NY
2016
Low, Curated by Michael DeLucia and Ethan Greenbaum, Lyles & King, NY, NY
Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper, Dieu Donne 2000 – Present, Wellin Museum at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
(Traveled to Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, and The Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY)
2014
David Kennedy Cutler, Ethan Greenbaum, Mariah Robertson & Letha Wilson, Halsey McKay Gallery, Easthampton, NY
Eric’s Trip, curated by Cynthia Daignault and Mark Loiacono, Lisa Cooley, NY, NY
2013
Work, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Organized by Sara Greenberger Rafferty
Decenter: An Exhibition on the Centenary of the 1913 Armory Show, curated by Andrianna Campbell & Daniel Palmer, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY; Luther Brady Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Static & Scrim, CooperCole, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2012
Art on Paper 2012, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Universtiy of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 2011
2011
Workspace Residency, Dieu Donne, NY, NY
Perfectly Damaged, curated by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller, New York
Against The Way Things Go, curated by Andrea Hill, Gasser & Grunnert, New York
Times Square Show 2011, Times Square Alliance, New York
2010
Painting & Sculpture, Lehmann Maupin, New York
Awards For Artists, Printed Matter, New York
Art And Social Justice, curated by AA Bronson, Union Theological Seminary, New York
Portugal Arte 10, curated by Johannes VanDerBeek, Lisbon, Portugal
Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Cityscape, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2009
395 NADA ART, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Johannes Van Der Beek
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Hydra School Project 10 Year Anniversary, Hydra, Greece
On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York
Wait and Reverberate, Kate Werble Gallery, New York
2008
Zero Zone, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York
One Picture Gallery, Nice & Fit, Berlin, Germany
2007
Remap KM, Athens, Greece
Summer Cinema, Nice & Fit, Berlin, Germany
The Promised Land, Morgan Lehman, New York
Blood Meridian, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2006
postER: Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece
The First Andros International Invitational, Andros, Greece
Scarecrow, Postmasters, New York
2005
Off My Biscuit, Destroy Your District!, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
The February Show, Nice & Fit, Berlin, Germany
2004
Guts: David Kennedy Cutler & Graham Anderson, Gallery 121, Boston, MA
The RISD Biennial, curated by Shamim Momin, Clarire Oliver, New York
2003
Phlanges, curated by David Adamo, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
The Sad Summer Show, Rivington Arms, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Editor, “Reviews: Hedge”, Musée, Aug 29, 2023
Fontaine, Pearl, “Halsey McKay Presents”, whitewall.art, Aug 21, 2023
Carey, Brainard, “David Kennedy Cutler”, WYBC Yale Radio, Museum of Non-Visible Art, August 17. 2023 (Broadcast Audio Interview)
Carrigan, Margaret, “8 Must-See Hamptons Shows During Second Half of Summer”, Culturedmag.com, Aug 8, 2023.
Fazzare, Elizabeth, “Inside the Growing Trend of Plants in Contemporary Art”, artsy.com, June 30, 2023.
Whiddington, Richard, “The Dust, the Paint, the Glue: Artists at NADA NY Embrace Household Materials and Domestic Scenes While Digital Art Recedes” artnet.com, May 19, 2023
2021
Falco Raez, Constanza, “David Kennedy Cutler”, Flaunt Magazine, Issue 175, Summer 2021.
Landes, Jennifer, “Everything Comes Up Something”, East Hampton Star, April 22, 2021
2019
Gibson, Jeff, “Reviews”, Artforum, October 2019.
Heinrich, Will, “New York Galleries: What To See Right Now”, The New York Times, July 31, 2019.
Halle, Howard, “The top five New York art shows this week”, Time Out, August 5, 2019.
2018
Lyle, Erica Dawn, “Critic’s Picks”, Artforum.com, February 6, 2018.
Landes, Jennifer, “David Kennedy Cutler’s Quadrophenia on Newtown Lane”, East Hampton Star, February 13, 2018.
Zahl, Jamie, “Artist David Kennedy Cutler Becomes Living Sculpture This Winter In East Hampton”, The East Hampton Press / Southhampton Press, 27east.com, Jan 16, 2018.
Hinkle, Annette, “Performance Installation Explores Goals of Human Survival, with Clones, and The Hamptons in ‘Off Season’, hamptonsarthub.com, February 12, 2018.
2017
Carney, Sean Joseph Patrick, "Tragicomic Multiplicity: David Kennedy Cutler's 1:1 at Derek Eller Gallery", humorandtheabject.com, June 21, 2017
Tschida, Anne, “Who Says Miami’s Art Scene Closes For The Summer?”, Miami Herald, May 5, 2017
Vasquez, Neil, “Under Water”, Art Ltd Mag, May 12, 2017
2016
Civle, Agnese, “Exhibition in The Spotlight: David Kennedy Cutler’s Force Quit”, arterritory.com, October 30, 2016
Steadman, Ryan, “Do Artists Make The Best Curators?” observer.com, March 11, 2016.
Downey, Walker, “Exhibition Spotlight: LOW at Lyles & King”, artbinder.com, Feb 26, 2016.
Donlon, Bridget, “Pure Pulp”, exhibition catalog published by Wellin Museum / DelMonoico / Prestel Books.
2015
Vartanian, Hrag, “Rethinking What An Art Book Fair Can Be”, Hyperallergic, January 30, 2015.
2014
Indrisek, Scott, “On Our Rader: David Kennedy Cutler”, Modern Painters, October, 2014.
Heinrich, Will, “Eric’s Trip at Lisa Cooley”, galleristny.com, July 30, 2014.
Indrisek, Scott, “David Kennedy Cutler Wrestles With Images”, artinfo.com, July 22, 2014.
Ambler, Charles, “Meta Warhol: A Coversation with the Curators of Eric’s Trip at Lisa Cooley Gallery”, artsy.net, July 2014.
Gegenheimer, Kati, “Eric’s Trip at Lisa Cooley”, staringatthewall.com, July 18, 2014.
Sanchez, Gabriel H., “Critic’s Picks”, Artforum.com, April 23, 2014.
Emmons, Amze, “Thousand Year Old Child”, printeresting.org, May 3, 2014.
2013
Jenkins, Mark, “Galleries”, The Washington Post, December 8, 2013.
Kennedy Cutler, David; Greenbaum, Ethan; Greenberger Rafferty, Sara, &&&, artist’s book, Paper Cuts, Brooklyn, NY.
Campbell, Andrianna & Palmer, Daniel, Decenter: NY / DC, exhibition catalogue, Luther Brady Gallery, GWU.
Smith, Roberta, “Work”, New York Times, July 18, 2013.
2012
Steadman, Ryan, “David Kennedy Cutler, Elise Ferguson”, Modern Painters, December 2012.
Goleas, Janet, “Interview with David Kennedy Cutler”, blinnk.blogspot.com, Jan 31, 2012.
Finkelstein, Avram, “Come Back New: David Kennedy Cutler”, Criticalmob.com, Jan 13, 2012.
2011
Kennedy Cutler, David, “The Blossoms of Greenpoint”, Artists & Activists #13, Printed Matter, 2011.
Kennedy Cutler, David, “Against Geology”, Artist’s Book / funded by Printed Matter, 2011.
2010
Cashdan, Marina, “The Promised Land?”, Huffington Post, Aug 3, 2010.
Levy, Nicole, “NYC Oil Spill Inspires Artist at Socrates’ Show”, Queens Chronicle, July 10, 2010.
Sky Stiler, Ruby, “Interview with David Kennedy Cutler, rereveal.com, Feb 2010.
2009
Rush, Michael, “David Kennedy Cutler at Derek Eller”, Art in America, Jan 2010.
Galleries: Chelsea, “David Kennedy Cutler”, The New Yorker, Oct 5, 2009.
Walleston, Aimee, “Book Drive”, Interview Magazine Art Blog, July 15, 2009.
Smith, Roberta, “A Gallery Goes Out In A Burst of Energy”, Arts & Leisure, New York Times, Feb 9, 2009.
Barley, Shanta, “Washing Your Hands For / Of Climate Change, bbc.com, Climate Change: The Blog of Bloom, April 7, 2009.
Reykin, Andrew C., “Artists Explore Antarctica’s Long Goodbye”, nytimes.com, Dot Earth Blog, March 21, 2009.
Tran, Audrey K., “Melting Art Objects: David Kennedy Cutler’s Antarctica”, artfulgreendot.wordpress.com, March 20, 2009
2008
Morgenthau, Josh, “Fresh Kills”, The Brooklyn Rail, May 2008.
Armetta, Amoreen, “Out of the Box: North Drive Press”, Art on Paper, Sep / Oct 2008.
2007
Kennedy Cutler, David, “Black Mirror”, North Drive Press’ Little Brown Artbox, Bloomingdales Special Edition, edited by Matt Keegan and Sara Greenberger Rafferty.
Schwendener, Martha, “Promised Land”, Arts & Leisure, New York Times, July 20, 2007.
Baker, R.C., “Best In Show”, Village Voice, July 18 – 24, 2007.
Sharp, Chris, “Nice & Fit”, Flash Art, March / April 2007.
2006
Bradley, Kimberly, “The Fountain of Youth”, artnet.com, January Magazine.
Haun, Anne, “Wir Machen Berlin”, artnet.de, teil 3.
Kennedy Cutler, David, “The Towers of No Harm”, Lovely Daze no 3.
Kennedy Cutler, David, “When In The Course of Human Events, Artist Book.
Koroxendis, Alexandra, “Epicurean School Inspires Art”, The Herald Tribune / Kathimerini, July 7, 2006.
Pournara, M., “Situations of Emergency in Hydra”, The Herald Tribune / Kathimerini, July 6, 2006.
Papadopoulous, Helena, “First Andros International, athensbiennial.org, summer issue 2006.
Johnson, Ken, “Listings”, Arts & Leisure, New York Times, June 30, 2006.
Kennedy Cutler, David, “Antarctica”, North Drive Press #3, edited by Matt Keegan and Sara Greenberger Rafferty, June 2006.
2004
Art Highlights, “David Kennedy Cutler at Nice & Fit”, Exberliner, October 2004.
Kennedy Cutler, David, “The Desert of Envy”, Strippedbare 03, July – August 2004.
2003
Birk, Aaron, “Phlanges”, NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 8, No 4., April, 2003.
Kennedy Cutler, David, “The Mini Museum”, Repellent #2, March 2003.
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Glass Show, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2022
Greener Grass, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2023
Lois Lane (with Ivy Shapiro), Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2013
Paper Cuts, NY Art Book Fair 2013, PS1, Queens, NY
2008
Fresh Kills, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2005
The Summer Show Proposal Show, Capsule, New York
AWARDS AND HONORS
2017
Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York
BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York
2012
Artist-in-Residence, Workspace, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council 2012-2013
SIP Fellowship, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
2010
Workspace Residency, Dieu Donne, New York
Awards For Artists, Printed Matter, New York
2008
Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Wellin Musuem of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Artist’s Books
-Yale University, Haas Family Library Special Collections, New Haven, CT
-Whitney Museum of American Art Library, New York, NY
-Reed College Arts Library, Portland, OR
-Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
-Francis V. Gorman Rare Art Book Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries
-The Art Gallery of York University Artists’ Books Collection, Toronto, Canada
-The Bradford Room, Hampshire College Johnson Library, Amherst, MA