Kristy Gordon

Home: New York, New York
Title: Seeing Myself Through the Fog of Misperception
Media: Oil on linen / huile sur lin
Dimensions: 35 x 35 cm
Website: kristygordon.com

“My paintings explore transition and embody movement, change and transformation. Through a combination of blurred and sharp edges, my oil paintings blend resolution with dissolution, ambiguity with clarity.” ~Kristy Gordon 2013

EDUCATION:
2013 MFA, New York Academy of Art
2011 BFA, Ontario College of Art and Design
2001 Diploma, Television Animation, Algonquin College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2012 Rise, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2009 Recent Paintings, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2008 Recent Paintings, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2005 Recent Paintings, Koyman Galleries, Ottawa, ON
2004 Etherlands, Exclusive Art Forms, Lancaster, ON

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2013 6×9 Limited Size, Unlimited Talent, 
Portrait Society of America, Atlanta, GA; Single Fare, RH Gallery, NYC
2012 Laowai – Foreigner, Kraine Gallery, NYC; International Artist Residency Exchange Exhibition, Can Art Center, Beijing, China; Mutual Interests, Shanghai 99 Art Center, Shanghai, China
2011 Salon International 2011, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX; Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 In Bocca al Lupo, OCAD, Florence, Italy
2009 Sempre Volta, OCAD, Florence, Italy; Salon International
2009 Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2008 National Art Premier, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2007 Capturing the Human Spirit Exhibition, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON; Canada’s National Portrait Competition, Kingston, ON

BIBILOGRAPHY:
2013 “Annual New York Academy of Art TriBeCa Ball Brings Out the Stars & Shines a Light on M.F.A. Student Work,” Fine Art Connoisseur, April 20 2013
2012   “Seen & Heard: Garage Fire,” Tribeca Citizen, February 22, 2012
“Classic and Contemporary: Artist Kristy Gordon conjures a bewitching mix,” by Peter Simpson, Ottawa Citizen, The Big Beat, April 23, p. D1, D2
2011 “28th Annual Art Competition,” The Artist’s Magazine, December 2011, vol. 39 – no. 4
2009 Star Portraits, PTV Productions Inc., Bravo!, Episode 6: Enrico Colantoni, Season 1; Emerging Artist: 21 Under 31.” Southwest Art, September 2009, vol. 39 – no. 4

AWARDS:
2012 Award of Excellence, Portrait Society of America, International Portrait Competition
2011 Third Prize, The Artist Magazine, 28th Annual Art Competition
2009 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award