Chris Dorland

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Chris Dorland
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Artist, Director-at-Large at Magenta Plains
SpouseErin Knutson
Website chris-dorland.com

Chris Dorland (born 1978, Montreal) is a Canadian/American contemporary artist based in New York City. His paintings and digital screen-based works collapse hyper-representation and hyper-abstraction [1] by manipulating together digital files and software and paint. [2] His work is included in numerous public and private collections, including the Bronx Museum, the Whitney Museum of Art and the Neuberger Museum of Art.

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Early life and education

Dorland was born in Montreal, Quebec. He received his BFA from State University of New York at Purchase.

Artwork

Dorland is known for his interest in the merging of computer culture with the art of painting. His large scale, glitchy [3] paintings and digital works reflect the cross sections of art history, artificial intelligence, Internet culture, video games, [4] and machine vision. [5] His neon-hued dystopian [6] abstractions layer and compress digital detritus into glitch datascapes. [7] [8] To do this, Dorland uses a combination of scanning and printing [9] along with the use of drones to develop layered, chaotic paintings that reference hyperreality, digital electronics and capitalism [10] in an aesthetic reminiscent of tech noir. In the April 2021 issue of Frieze Magazine writer Natasha Stagg’s essay Painting the End of The World [11] discusses Dorland’s work in relation to the Cyberpunk genre and the cinematic influence of films such as Johnny Mnemonic, RoboCop and Blade Runner, as well as the video game Cyberpunk 2077.

Grants and awards

Dorland is recipient of a number of awards, including the Rema Hort Mann Grant, [12] the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, [13] and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program. He is an alumnus of the Art & Law residency program. [14]

Exhibitions

Dorland's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as FRONT International: The Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, [15] [16] the Queens Museum of Art, the Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes in Santiago, [17] White Flag Projects in St-Louis, and The Suburban in Oak Park, Illinois. He has exhibited at many galleries including Lyles & King, [18] Martos LA, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Sikkema Jenkins, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Valentina Bonomo Gallery, [19] [20] and Super Dakota, [21] in Brussels.

Reviews

Dorland has been featured and his art reviewed in several publications, such as The New York Times, [22] frieze magazine, [11] Art Review, [23] Whitewall Magazine, [24] POSTmatter, [25] Frische, [26] and The WILD Magazine. [27]

Curation

Dorland is co-director at the Magenta Plains Gallery at Canal Street and Bowery in Manhattan. He has curated a number of art exhibitions; most notably Skin Jobs at Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Los Angeles and DATA TRASH at I-20 Gallery in New York City. [28]

Commissions

Dorland has been commissioned to create public art projects by Art Production Fund [29] and the New Museum, [30] [31] and Juilliard School of Music. [32]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Chris Dorland on transforming glitches into artworks". Foundation, Lindsay Howard April 26, 2021
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  5. ↑ "The Willful Glitch: Chris Dorland and Technological Singularity". 15 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Wise, David Mark (2008). "Chris Dorland/Rhona Hoffman". New City.
  7. ↑ Qiu, Serena (2012). "Chris Dorland Frightening Utopias". The Wild. Archived from the original on 2013-09-26.
  8. ↑ Gavin, Francesca (November 2012). "Off-Modernists". Dazed.
  9. ↑ Silveria, Paige (Spring–Summer 2018). "Conversation with Chris Dorland" (PDF). Hearts. No. 4.
  10. ↑ "This Artist's Work is Like Entering an Episode of 'Black Mirror'" Paper Mag, Julia Gray January 12, 2018
  11. 1 2 Stagg, Natasha (20 April 2021). "Painting the End of the World | Frieze". Frieze (218).
  12. ↑ Foundation Grant, Rema Hort Mann (2005). "Grant Recipients". RHM Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06.
  13. ↑ Foundation, PFK. "Image Collection".
  14. ↑ "The Art & Law Program". The Law Office of Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento.
  15. ↑ "Chris Dorland". FRONT International. Archived from the original on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  16. ↑ "FRONT 2022". Frontart.org. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  17. ↑ "Artista estadounidense crítica el capitalismo exponiendo sus obras en malls". El Mostrador. 8 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "Chris Dorland - Civilian". Lyles & King.
  19. ↑ "AMERICAN DREAM- Valentina Bonomo, Roma". Flash Art Online. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
  20. ↑ "Dream Team". Il Giornale dell'Arte.
  21. ↑ "Super Dakota » Chris Dorland Happiness Machines".
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  26. ↑ "Chris Dorland – Culture! Technology! Celebrity! Capitalism! Progress!". Frische.
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