Christopher Mir

Christopher Mir is represented by Galeria Senda (Barcelona, Spain), and TM Projects (Geneva, Switzerland)

BIOGRAPHY:

Born 1970, Baltimore, Maryland

Lives and works in Hamden, Connecticut

EDUCATION:

1995-1997 Boston University School for the Arts, Boston, MA

MFA Painting/Printmaking

studied with John Moore, John Walker, and Alfred Leslie

1988-1992 Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

BA Painting and Anthropology

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

Solo:

2013

Parallel Play, TM Projects, Geneva, Switzerland

Static Is Singing, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY

2011

Perfect From Now On, TM Project, Geneva, Switzerland

2010

Remembering the Future, Windsor Art Center, Windsor, CT

Vanishing Point, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

2009

Endgame, RARE Gallery, New York, NY

The Dream of You is Real, Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain

2008

Love Lives Forever, Schuster Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Director’s Choice: New Paintings by Christopher Mir, Silvermine, New Canaan, CT

2007

Dreams, Memories, Reflections Matrix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, CT

2006

Second Sight, Rare Gallery, New York, NY

2004

Hello Daylight, Rare Gallery, New York, NY

2003

New Work, Simon Watson’s loft, New York, NY

Group:

2013

501-9 curated by Jonathan Beer and Lily Koto Olive, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center in New York, New York

2012

Devin Dobrowolski & Christopher Mir, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME

2010

A Separate Peace, McNeill Art Group Project Space, Tribeca, NY

2009

Full Circle: Ten Years of Radius, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Dear Traveler (2004), Yale University Art Gallery

(un)Spoken, Artspace New Haven, New Haven, CT

2008

Uneasy Prospects, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT

2006

Hypervision, curated by Denise Markonish, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT

2005

For the Birds, curated by Denise Markonish, Artspace, New Haven, CT

2004

Works on Paper (Gallery Artists), RARE gallery, New York, NY

2003

Collector’s Cabinet, curated by Simon Watson, Marc Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles

Collective Conscious, curated by Simon Watson, Mavi, New York, NY

The Burnt Orange Heresy, curated by David Hunt, Space 101, Williamsburg, NY

Labor Day, curated by David Hunt, RARE, New York, NY

Proper Villains, curated by David Hunt, Art Space, New Haven, CT

2002

The Accelerated Grimace, curated by David Hunt, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Emerging Artists Exhibition, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT


Portfolio:

paintings

Vegas Nerve “Vegas Nerve”

48x40 inches acrylic on canvas over panel 2014

Shell Worship “Shell Worship”

48x40 inches acrylic on canvas over panel 2014

Star House “Star House”

48x32 inches acrylic on canvas over panel 2014