Kyle Dunn, 2020
Photo by Jack Pierson
In his luminous and physiologically complex scenes, Kyle Dunn (b. 1990) explores power dynamics of gay relationships not often represented in visual culture. Intertwining autobiographical and fictional narratives within ambiguous and spatially deceptive environments drenched in eroticism and cinematic drama, Dunn uses humor and titillation to reflect upon how we reject or subconsciously reenact the expectations of masculinity, even privately amongst ourselves. Dunn lives and works in Queens, NY and received his BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. His work has been included in exhibitions at P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Marlborough Gallery, London, UK; GRIMM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland; among others. His work is in the collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; the Sunpride Foundation, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and X Museum, Beijing, China. His work was recently on view at the ICA, Miami, FL in Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection. Dunn’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, Night Pictures, will open in April 2023.
KYLE DUNN
b. 1990, Livonia, MI
Lives and works in Queens, NY
EDUCATION
2012
B.F.A. Interdisciplinary Sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2011
Option SCIE at La Haute Ecole d'art et de désign de Genève (HEAD), Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Night Pictures, P·P·O·W, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2021
The Fool, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland
2020
Into Open Air, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2018
Always, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
Night In, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
2017
Leaves Don't Thank the Sun, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami's Collection, ICA Miami, Miami, FL
Love is the Devil: Studies after Francis Bacon, Marlborough Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021
Equal Affections, GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tidal Motion, P·P·O·W and Joe Sheftel, Provincetown, MA
Body Double, Galerie Maria Bernheim, London, United Kingdom
2019
Do You Love Me?, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
Cruise Kidman Kubrick, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland
Body Parts, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
A Scratch in Time, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
RE_ARRANGE, Juxtapoz Projects at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Skins, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hickey, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
Thick on the Ground, two person show with Christian Rogers at NATIONALE, Portland, OR
Interrupting Lines, Pt. 2: Gallery, Oakland, CA
Strange Looks, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO
Fugue, Honey Ramka, Brooklyn, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
ICA Miami, Miami, FL
Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong
X Museum, Beijing, China
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, AND GRANTS
2014
Elizabeth Greenshields Full Grant Recipient, Montreal, Canada
2013
Artist in Residence at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, hosted by The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Woodstock, NY
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
Artforum, PROJECT: KYLE VU-DUNN, November 2018
New Art Examiner
Artmaze Mag, Summer Edition 8, curated by Sara Maria Salamone and Tyler Lafreniere, Founders and Head Curators of Mrs. Gallery, NYC
Strange Plants III, by Zio Baritaux
2017
Strange Fire, November 9th, 2017
The New Yorker, Kyle Vu-Dunn, November 3rd, 2017
Work In Progress Publication, March 2017 issue
Young Space, March 2017
Kyle Dunn
Match II, 2022
acrylic and flashe on wood panel
20 x 16 ins.
50.8 x 40.6 cm
Kyle Dunn
Homecoming, 2021
acrylic on wooden panel
60 x 48 ins.
152.4 x 121.9 cm
Kyle Dunn
Insomniac, 2021
acrylic on wooden panel
48 x 36 x 2 1/4 ins.
121.9 x 91.4 x 5.7 cm
Kyle Dunn
Street Lights, 2020
acrylic on wooden panel
40 x 30 ins.
101.6 x 76.2 cm
Kyle Dunn
Like something flying, 2020
acrylic on epoxy resin and foam panel
48.5 x 56 x 2.5 ins.
123.2 x 142.2 x 6.4 cm
Kyle Dunn
Headlights, 2020
acrylic on epoxy resin and foam panel
47 x 42 x 2.5 ins.
119.4 x 106.7 x 6.4 cm
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