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Artist Information:
Chris Twomey
New York, NY
United States
Member Since: Jun 2001
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Artist Media:
Computer Art (3)
Mixed Media (9)
Other (1)
Painting Acrylic (3)
Photography Other (1)
Printmaking Giclee (14)
Printmaking Serigraph (9)
Artist Statement:
The post-human future is here.
What kind of post-humans will
we be? Our origins, our
self-identity, and the
ramifications of genetic
discoveries are my themes.
Please see "The Scientist"
http://www.the-scientist.com/ne
ws/display/25404/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – TRIBES
GALLERY 285 East 3rd Street,
NYC

...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
currently looking for
representation...

Further Information
Artist Reviews:
Art in America
March 2007


Chris Twomey at Tribes

Chris Twomey's "Madonna"
series, consisting of works
from 2006, is based on her
photographs of fellow moms
holding young children.
(Twomey herself is a mother of
three.) In some cases, the
photos were in-jet printed at
large scale and ...

Further Information
Collections:
MONA Museum of New Art,
Detroit, MI
RHIZOME, New York, NY
Many private collections...

Further Information
Commissions:
Coming Soon!

Exhibitions for Chris Twomey:



SOLO EXHIBITON:
2006 - "MADONNA SERIES" TRIBES GALLERY, NY, NY
2004 - "OMNI SERIES, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age,
TRIBES GALLERY, NY, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 - "DIGI 06, SCIArt" organized by Art and Science Collaborations, Inc. NY Hall of Science, NY, NY
2006 - "AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT, CMSU Art Center, MO
2006 - "SQUARE FOOT SHOW" Art Gotham, NY NY
2006 – “MIXED MEDIA SHOWCASE,” Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY
2005 – “CITY LIGHTS.” Viridian Gallery, NY, NY
2005 – “A FRIEND IN NEED,” Gallery Onetwentyeight, NY, NY
2005 - “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE,” Robert Miller Gallery, NY, NY
2005 – “ART IN ODD PLACES,” HOWL Festival, FEVA, NY, NY
2005 – “POOL ART FAIR - Jump into Art,” Solita Soho Hotel, NYC
2004 - "LOOKING IN LOOKING OUT" Paul Mellon Arts Center, CT
2004 - "YW (Why War? Why Dubya?)" Viridian Gallery, NYC
2004 - "MUSEUM OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY" Pool Art Addict, NYC
2003 - "NEW PRINTS 2003," International Print Center NY, NY
2003 - “NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS,” Artists Space, NY, NY
2003 - "DIGITAL BRIDGES," Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY
2002 - “A GATHERING OF TRIBES TENTH ANNIVERSARY,
Tribes Gallery,NY,NY
2002 - “GENOME,.” CityWithoutWalls Gallery, Newark, NJ
2002 - “LIFE OF THE CITY,” photographic exhibition, MOMA, NY, NY
2001 - “BREAKING THE RULES,” curated by Eugenia Tsai,
Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
2001 - “SUMMER IN THE CITY,” Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, MI
2001 - “PIXEL,” curated by Millie Burns, MMC Gallery, NY, NY
2001 - “NEW YORK ARTISTS CIRCLE,” Mill Atlier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 - “SNAPSHOT,” Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
2000 - “NEW DIRECTIONS ‘2K,” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, curated by Lisa Messenger,MOMA, NY, NY
2000 - “OH BABY,” Exhibit A Gallery, NY, NY
2000 - “25TH ANNUAL NEW MEMBERS SHOW,” CityWithoutWalls Gallery, Newark, NJ
2000 - “ALUMNI REDUX I,” Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, curated by Sydney Jenkins
2000 - “BABY RITES,” a passage into autonomy,” East End Ensemble space, Brooklyn, NY
1999 - “PASSION FOR ART,” Richard Anderson Gallery, NY, NY
1999 - “NEW DIRECTIONS ‘99,” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, curated by Fiona Raghab,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY,NY
1999 - “IMPURE PHOTOGRAPHY,” Gallery Taranto, NY, NY
1999 - “MOTHERLODE,” Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
1998 - “CONVERSATION: Present and Future,” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS AND GRANTS
THIRD STREET ASSOCIATION 1st Prize, NY, NY
ARTISTS RESIDENCY: SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE, Santa Fe, NM
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, Los Angeles, CA
MEDIA BUREAU. The Kitchen Center, NY, NY
ARTISTS RESIDENCY: EXPERIMENTAL TV CENTER, Oswego, NY
CAPS, Creative Artists Project Service, NY, NY
FORD FOUNDATION, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED REVIEWS

E.K. Clarke, Chris Twomey “Madonna Series,” NYArts Magazine November 2006

Arthur Warwick, “Mitchondrial Madonnas” The Scientist Magazine October 2006

Joel Simpson, Chris Twomey “ Madonna Series” ASCI.org November 2006

Linda DeGusta, “From Cradle to Cosmos, the subject is science the object is science” Resolve40.org November 2006

Lily Faust, “Chris Twomey, Tribes Gallery,” M-The New York Art World, September 2004

Flash, “Contemplating our Navel: Omni Series, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age” NYArts Magazine, September 2004

Flash, “Contemplating our Navel: Omni Series, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age” ASCI.org September 2004

Bill Canacci, “New York,” Home News Tribune, June 30, 2004

Jeanne Moos, “Navel Gazing,” CNN-Cooper Anderson 360, Aired June 21,22, 2004


SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2004- RHIZOME.ORG, nternet ArtBase affiliated w/The New Museum NYC
2004 - IFL, NYC - corporate collection
2001- MONA, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI - permanent collection


EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, MFA, New Forms (Ford Grant)
Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, BA with Honors, Fine Arts
Reed College, Portland, OR



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