CHRISTOPHER C. KUHN

Born in Chicago, IL
Lives in Knoxville, TN

Education

M.F.A. Candidate, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2007-
Post-Bac Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2006-2007
Advance Painting Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Summer 2005
B.A. Art History, American University of Paris; France, 1996-1999
Macalester College; St. Paul, MN, 1995-1996

Solo Exhibitions

2006 – The Strip Redressed, The Gallery at the Belcourt, Nashville, TN
2005 – Make Love and War, Sponto Gallery, Venice Beach, CA
2004 – Sexual Content, Sponto Gallery, Venice Beach, CA
2003 – Decent Works, The Market Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2007 – Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University; Jurors:        Chie Fueki, Sheila Gallagher, and Bruce Brown
       Post-Bac Group Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
       The Extropianists, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
       Student Annual Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
       Drawing Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
       The Holiday Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
2006 – Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
       9 off 8th at 6, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN
       604800 Seconds, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
2005 – Alumni/Faculty Exhibit, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, TN
       Kick Ass Art Show #2, Kick Ass Pictures Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2004 – The Maxx Art Festival, Hangar 1018, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Bibliography

2006 – Marks, Jonathan, The Tennessean, “Art in Numbers”, September 22, 2006
       Maddox, David, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, September 21,        2006, p. 31
       Maddox, David, “Sunset Strip paintings at Belcourt”,                        perambulating.blogspot.com, July 11, 2006
       Means, Armon, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, June 29, p. 31
2005 – Arkitip, “90078 | Christopher Kuhn”, Issue 0026, p. 106
       Tokion, “king of zine”, Issue No. 49, p. 05

Residencies

2007 – Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT   

Awards

2007 – Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Slide Registries

Irving Sandler Artists Files, Artists Space, NYC

Professional Experience

The Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 2000-2004

Selected Publications

Classical & Near Eastern Art in the Barakat Collection, Vol. No. 36, 2004
Egyptian Art in the Barakat Collection, Vol. No. 35, 2003
Chinese Sculptures of the Tang Dynasty, Vol. No. 33, 2002

 

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