KY ANDERSON Hover

KY ANDERSON Hover

On the Cover: Twisted, 2015 Acrylic and oil on canvas 72 x 78 in

KY ANDERSON HOVER Â

May 28 - June 27, 2015

Detail Image: Exhaust, 2015 Oil on canvas 23 x 23 in

Standing In Front, 2015 Oil on canvas 60 x 58 in

Found Paper #8, 2015 Acrylic and ink on found paper 20 x 28 in

Found Paper #2, 2015 Acrylic and ink on found paper 20 x 28 in

Found Paper #4, 2015 Acrylic and ink on found paper 20 x 28 in

Found Paper #26, 2015 Acrylic and ink on found paper 20 x 28 in

Kathryn Markel Fine Arts is pleased to present Hover, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings and works on paper by Ky Anderson.

Including new examples of her signature works on paper, this exhibition also features Ky Anderson’s paintings on canvas. These paintings contain her notable abstract imagery and layers of bold, linear forms. Channeling the primitive origins of drawing with a serene palette and simple, bold shapes, she constructs compositions that are not quite symmetric, but beautifully balanced.

Her images are often built from the foundation of a large dome or pointed form, recalling a wilderness or landscape. She builds forms with forces that act on each other, balancing each other, revealing the underlying structure in an imagined nature.

Ky Anderson’s paintings inhabit their own unique space, while drawing from numerous sources, both traditional and contemporary. Straddling the line between abstract and representational, Anderson’s work contains elements of refined craft while also embracing an intuitive technique and a certain amount of crudeness. The imagery leads to a subconscious terrain, where elemental forces offer insight to the struggles and joys of an earthly existence.

Ky Anderson has lived and worked in New York City for 20 years. She was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, where she graduated from The Kansas City Art Institute in 1995. Anderson continues to have strong ties to the Kansas City community and frequently exhibits there. Anderson’s work is also exhibited widely across the country including New York, San Francisco, and Chicago.

Arms, 2015 Oil on canvas 40 x 44 in

Hovering #1, 2015 Oil on canvas 38 x 34 in

Exhaust, 2015 Oil on canvas 23 x 23 in

Twisted, 2015 Acrylic and oil on canvas 72 x 78 in

Head, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 38 in

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Hover, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY Ky Anderson, Look&Listen, Saint Chamas, France 2013 Cloud Weight, Frosch & Portmann, New York, NY 2012 Ky Anderson, Art Cabin, London, UK 2010 New Work, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2006 Works on Paper, Holiday, Brooklyn, NY

1999 Red Chair Gallery, Kansas City, MO Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 LiNle Hands, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ Family Ties -­‐ Brooklyn | Dallas, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

Momenta Art Spring Benefit, Brooklyn, NY Art on Paper Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY Roger Smith Hotel, NY, NY South of No North East of No West, Lowe Mill, Huntsville, AL New Work City, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Opening Group Show, Nha Minh, Brooklyn, NY PAPER GIANTS, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ Family Style, Formerly Pocket Utopia, NY, NY Full House (west), Saint Paul, MN ART ON SKATEBOARDS, De Buck Gallery, New York, NY 2013 What I like About You, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY The Big Show 8, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY Thanks for the Warning, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2012 A Dialogue in AbstracEon, Cura_ng Contemporary, Online Gallery Cannonball, Frosh & Portmann, New York, NY What’s the Point? Jen Bekman, New York, NY DREAM CONTINUUM, Circuit12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX five, Gallerie 1/52, La Seyne sur Mer, France 2011 Affordable Art Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY Affordable Art Fair Max Fish, New York, NY 2010 No Plans for Today, Fun_mes, Brooklyn, NY

Tinlark Gallery, Los Angles, CA 100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

Paper!Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Exhibi_ons, San Francisco, CA Frest StART, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (con6nued) 2009 Swipple and Gold, Evergold Gallery, San Francisco, CA Art Small Enough to Swallow, Williamsburg Mini Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Swipple, Max Fish, New York, NY Swipple ABCyz Benefit Exhibi_on, Silver Shed, New York, NY Beyond Bounds, Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS Censor Approved, The Dolphin, Kansas City, MO Works on Paper, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL 2008 X Marks the Art, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY Swipple, Max Fish, New York, NY Landscape Portrait PaZern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA For Art's Sake, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO A So\ Place to Land, The Outsider's Studio, Livingston Manor, NY Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2007 Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS The Swipple Has Landed!, Max Fish, New York, NY 2007 Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO Ill Fi]ng (27 Sizes), Swipple group show, RC Art Gallery, Ann Harbor, MI 2006 Group Art Show Part II, Echo Curio, LA, CA Group Show, Dolphin Gallery,

Kansas City, MO 2005 Two For The See-­‐saw, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC

2005 Paper!Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004 Targets and Trophies, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR Ky Anderson, Rachell Sumpter, & Megan Whitmarsh, Branch Gallery, Carrboro Homecoming, The Bank, Kansas City, MO Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC 2003 Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO Anima/Botanica, Branch Gallery, New York, N 2001 Not Now, Ryman Gallery, Long Island City, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPAHY Brisendine, Steve. “Spare and Intricate, Silent and Eloquent: Ky Anderson,” eReview. 2010.

Kirch, Elisabeth. “Pain_ngs set the right tone,” Kansas City Star. 2010.

Packham, Chris. “Ky Anderson’s decep_vely simple pain_ngs at the Dolphin,” The Pitch. 2010.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS H&R Block, Overland Park, KS Kansas City MA Private collec_ons around the world Mo Rochester Museum of Fine Art, Rochester, NY Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS

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