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Kevin Reay
kuriousorange@gmail.com
Education:
1992-1996 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
BA (Hons) in Fine Art (School of Painting), minor in Historical and Critical Studies.
1995 Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Foreign exchange programme. Areas of study: site-specific installation, painting and drawing.
1990-1992 Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Carlisle, England, U.K.
BA in Graphic Design and Advertising. Passed with distinction.
Selected Exhibitions:
2008
*Upcoming* - XIT Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca - Solo exhibition (April).
2007
Drawn and Quartered, Like The Spice, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - Curated group exhibition of small scale work on paper (August).
New '07, NURTUREart, the CUE Art Foundation, Chelsea, NYC. Benefit - Group exhibition (June).
2006
Renegades: 25 Years of Performance Art at Exit Art, Exit Art, Chelsea, NYC. Presented as part of Trickster Theater – Group exhibition (December).
Night of a Thousand Drawings, Artists Space, SoHo, NYC. Benefit - Group exhibition (November).
Para.ska.vede.ka.tria.pho.bia, Like The Spice Artspace, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Installation - A curated group exhibition about phobias (October).
Draw, Fuse Gallery, East Village, NYC. A group exhibition curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey (October).
Ignite Annual, ArtWorks Gallery, Trenton, NJ. A multimedia group exhibition co-curated by Mark Stafford and Matt Lucash (September).
Water Project, Exit Art, Chelsea, NYC. Performance (June).
2004
Ope, Arcadia University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Installation for a group exhibition curated by Richard Torchia as part of "The Big Nothing", a Philadelphia-wide survey of the void in art (June).
Last Night a Mixtape Saved My Life, Padlock Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Sound piece and installation for a group exhibition curated by DJ Julia Factorial (June).
2003
In:Filtration, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA. Multimedia installation, group exhibition exploring the temporary in today’s art curated by John Murphy (August).
Angel of Death, Community Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Site-specific installation and performance - Solo exhibition (June).
Army of One, Community Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Site-specific multimedia installation - Solo exhibition (May).
2002
Don’t Come Running to Me, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA. Multimedia installation - Solo exhibition (November).
In:View, Minima, Philadelphia, PA. Site-specific installation as part of group exhibition curated by Rachel Zimmerman for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival (August).
2001
Phoney Baloney, pogo, Philadelphia, PA. Site-specific installation - Solo exhibition (August).
Press:
"Express Mailer" by Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, May 7, 2003.
"Army of One" by James Rosenthal, Inliquid.com (Philadelphia, PA), June, 2003.
"Highwired", an arts programme that featured footage from the installation "Angel of Death" and an interview for a television programme broadcast in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
"Beyond the Walls" by Joan K. Smith, Philadelphia City Paper, December 20, 2001.
Art-Related Activities:
2006 Curated "Wrote for Luck", a group exhibition of works on paper at Kouros Gallery, Upper East Side, NYC.
2005 Published "Bloody Great Apes", an online review of the exhibition "The Church of Hazel Motes Without Hazel Motes" at Pageant Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2003 Lectured on Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle as part of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art's lecture series "Art at Lunch" and published "The Good Apprentice", a critique of Barney's Cremaster 3 in the PAFA Graduate Journal.
2002 Co-curated "New Hormones" with James Rosenthal. A curatorial project that consisted of five simultaneous solo installations by recently graduated artists in five domestic locations in Philadelphia, PA.
Panel member of "Artists Outside the Box", a public symposium designed to discuss the role of the artist as independent curator in Philadelphia, PA.
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