Installation oils on paper, Bordeaux, France, 2023

Kristine Moran (b.1974) is a mid-career visual artist best known for having a painting practice that employs an abstract approach to convey autobiographical experiences. With a career spanning two decades, Moran has continually evolved her artistic approach, working across series within larger thematic concerns, creating a distinctive body of work that has ranged from figurative-based lyrical abstraction; to hard-edged geometric abstraction featuring the Madcap Swimmer as its central protagonist. Her recent work calls upon a vocabulary of gestures the artist has developed over time to explore ideas surrounding the public garden as a place that reflects historical utopian desires and aspirations.  The artist has consistently explored the possibilities of certain formal elements—such as gesture and, above all, colour—combining references to art history, utopian history, and the personal, to create work that is characterized by an interplay between the formally composed and considered, and the spontaneous and instinctive. 

Born in Montreal, Kristine Moran earned a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2004 and went on to earn an MFA from Hunter College, NYC in 2008. Her work is included in the collections of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, the Glenbow Museum, the University of Toronto and the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. She has exhibited at Monica DeCardenas Gallery, Milan; Western Exhibitions, Chicago; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York City; The Hole NYC; the Daniel Faria Gallery in Toronto; and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. Her work has been featured in Phaidon’s painting anthology, Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting and has been reviewed in Artforum, FlashArt, MOMUS, Hyperallergic and Artslant.com, as well as in print in NYArts Magazine, Canadian Art Magazine, Bordercrossings, Art Papers, Elle Magazine, and Harper’s.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2008 MFA, Hunter College, Department of Art, New York City

2004 BFA, Ontario College of Art and Design

SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022

The Theater of All Possibilities, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

Freestyle, The Hole NYC with Russell Tyler

2021

Swimming At The Edge Of Utopia, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound

2020

Utopias Come in Waves, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

Solo presentation, Armory Show, New York City, Daniel Faria Gallery

2018

Confusion Hill, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

2016

The Boss, The Queen, The Secretary and The Henchman, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

2014

Affairs and Ceremonies, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

2013

The Mystic and the Cycad, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NYC

2012        

Between Life and Death, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

2011        

Protean Slip, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NYC

2009

Hidden in the Shore Maze, Clark & Faria, Toronto

Laugh Until My Teeth Fall Out, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NYC

2005        

The Dissolution Plan, Angell Gallery, Toronto

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Title IX, The Hole Gallery, New York City

ear to the ceiling, eye to the sky, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

2021

A faint tracing on the surface, Daniel Faria Gallery, online presentation with artists Kristine Moran, Derek Liddington, and Andrew Dadson

Art Brussels, The Hole NYC, online presentation

2020

CUBED, The Hole NYC

Small Works, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

Creating In Covid, curated by Rachel Kay, RSK Artworks

2018

The Armory Show, NYC, with Daniel Faria Gallery

Expo Chicago, with Daniel Faria Gallery

Art Toronto, with Daniel Faria Gallery

2017

Nasty, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

2016

Cuevas Tilleard, NYC, Scale A Wall, curated by TownHall Meeting

Mercer College Gallery, NJ, Magic, curated by Tiffany Calvert

Mulherin New York, Practice Makes Practice, NYC

Left Field Gallery, CA, How High? curated by Ryan Travis Christian

GP Presents, NYC, curated by Anna Ortt

2015

Befana’s Secret Booty, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NYC

Nathalie Karg Gallery, NYC

Minotaur Projects, Los Angeles, curated by Ryan Travis Christian

2014

Contemporaries, Ernest Newman Contemporary, Brooklyn

The Painting Center, NYC

Sargent’s Daughters Gallery, NYC

GUEST STAR, Mulherin Pollard Gallery, NYC

2013

Terra Incognita, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY

Painting Perspectives, Centre d’Artistes AXENEO7, Quebec. Curated by Jennifer Lefort

2012

60 Painters,  Humber College, Toronto, curated by Scott Sawtell     

2011      

Saint Helen, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

INBETWEEN, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, curated by Mireille Eagan, Toronto

Given a Miniscule Ledge, curated by Liz Parks, Norwood Club, NYC

Rogue Element, RH+ Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2010

Power of Selection, Part 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

August Group Show, Guererro Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Holger Kalberg and Kristine Moran, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver

The Tiller Effect, NY Studio Gallery, NYC

2009

Party at Chris’ House, Janet Kurnatowski, NYC, curated by Phong Bui

Clark & Faria Presents, Clark & Faria, Toronto, Canada

Home, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT

Play, Monica De Cardenas Gallery, Milan

New York Group Show, Laetitia Delorme Gallery, Paris, France

2008

Always Kiss Me Goodnight, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

Innocence Regained, Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC

The Big Gift: Calgary Celebrates Canadian Art, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada

Summer Solo Project, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

Prescience, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

Summer Group Show, Curated by David Hunt, Buia Gallery, NYC

Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College Time Square Gallery, NYC

The Possibility of Framing Infinity, The Dalton Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2007      

Perfect Competition, Addison Ripley Fine Arts, Washington D.C. 

2006      

Top 10, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Hybridity/Ambivalence, with Gerhard Richter, Richard Artschwager andSteve DiBenedetto, Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Pratt Hunter Collaborative Show, Pratt Steuben South Gallery, NYC

Urban Landscapes Real and Imagined, Thacher Proffitt, NYC

Retro 10, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2005 RBC New Painting, traveling exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Canadian

Art, Toronto; Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver; Sussex Gallery, Ottawa

Showcase ‘05, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Art Student Exhibition, ISE Cultural Foundation, NYC

Woof, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto

2004

Futurama, curated by David Liss, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto

Drive, Skew Gallery, Calgary

Just Enough to Tickle, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto

Go West, Tatar Gallery, Toronto

Fond of My Countach, Le-Gallery, Toronto

2003

Architectural Dialects, OCAD Gallery, Toronto

SELECTED REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

Enright, Robert. A Visual Song of the Open Road, Bordercrossings Magazine, 2018. Volume 37 Number 3 Issue No. 147, p27

Goodden, Sky.  The Politics of Color in Kristine Moran, MOMUS, 2016

Termine, Simon. Kristine Moran; Affairs and Ceremonies, ArToronto.ca, January 2015

Sutton, Benjamin. BLOUIN ARTINFO 25/10/13

50 Most Influential 2012: Eight up-and-coming Toronto hot shots ready to take the reigns of power, Toronto Life, December 3, 2012

Amiri, Niusha. Portfolio: Kristine Moran, Toronto Standard, November 28, 2012

Ganis, William. Kristine Moran, Art Forum, November 14, 2012

Addleman, Kate. Oh Those Colours!, ARTslant Toronto, November 7, 2012

Gladman, Randy. A guest blogger explores the art collector’s psyche, The Financial Times of London, January 12, 2012

Enright, Robert. Kristine Moran Vitamin P2: New Prospectives in Painting, Phaidon Press, p. 216-217

Govani, Shinan. Westward migration, National Post, October 15, 2011

Amiri, Niusha. Portfolio: Kristine Moran, Toronto Standard, October 8, 2011

Hurst, Howard. Kristine Moran: Artist to Watch, Art Economist, Volume 1, issue 5

Zevitas, Steven. Body, Landscape, Space: Top Ten Painting Shows in the U.S., Huffington Post, March 9, 2011

Addleman, Katie. Makeover Madness: Kristine Moran unleashes her bold and brilliant primal side, Elle CANADA, May 2010

Cuff, Lindsay. Chance Evolutions: Interview, NYArts Magazine, Summer 2010

Dault, Gary Michael. Kristine Moran at Clark & Faria Gallery, Globe and Mail, January 2, 2010

Ryan, Carol-Ann M. Kristine Moran: The Marsh, The Maze, Canadian Art, January 7, 2010

Keith, Kelsey. Artist Kristine Moran Pushes her Brides to the Limit, flavorwire.com, July 2009

Vilas, Amber. Kristine Moran in New York, artinfo.com, July 2009

Kristine Moran: Laugh Until My Teeth Fall Out, L Magazine June 2009

Tagliafierro, Marco. "Play," Flash Art [Milano, It.] April 2009

Schad, Ed. A Look at Kristine Moran at Kinkead Contemporary, Artslant, August 2008

No other conceivable option, Harper’s Magazine, August 2008, p. 29

Tousley, Nancy. Gallery Seen, Calgary Herald, July 13, 2008

Kristine Moran: Where Cities Break and Paint Survives, Canadian Art, June 2008

McClintock, Diane. The Possibility of Framing Infinity, Art Papers, May/June 2008

Sneed, Gillian. NY Art Fair Diaries, NyArtsMagazine.com, March 27, 2008

Jager, David. Group Hug at Angell, Now Magazine, December 7, 2006

Jordan, Betty Ann. Toronto Life, Vol. 40, No. 1, January 2005, p. 109

Gladman, Randy. Canadian Art Magazine, Fall 2005, p.142

Dault, Gary Micheal. The Globe and Mail, May 7, 2005

Gladman, Randy. Critics’ Picks, artforum.com, Thursday, May 5, 2005

Nunes, Jacqueline. The Eyeopener, February 15, 2005

Goldman, Jessica. Sketch Magazine, Fall 2004

Enright, Robert. Border Crossings, Issue no. 91, p. 14-15

Naclia, Janet. Calgary Herald, September 2004

Dault, Gary Michael. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, June 5, 2004 p. R16

Milroy, Sarah. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, June 5, 2004, p. M8

Goddard, Peter. Kristine Moran Solo Show Flies, Toronto Star, June 3, 2004, p. K7

Osborne, Catherine. Trip Wire, National Post, Saturday, May 22, 2004, p. TO9

Sayej, Nadja. View, Bite Magazine, 2004, p. 33

Green, Tyler. ArtsJournal: Modern Art Notes, March 22, 2004

AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

2022

Interlude Artist Residency, Hudson, New York

2015

Artist Residency, Detroit Michigan

2009

LMCC Workspace Artist-in-Residence, NYC

2008

Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Artist in Residence, NYC

Virginia Adams Award

Lotos Club Foundation Award

2005

Honorable Mention, Central Canada Regional Winner, RBC New Painting Competition

2004

Nominated for Best Solo Show in a Private Gallery, Untitled Art Awards Toronto

Governor General’s Academic Medal

Ontario College of Art and Design Medal

401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize

Drawing and Painting Medalist Scholarship

M. W.O. Forsyth Scholarship

Gallery 76 Award

Nora E. Vaughn Award

M. Joan Chalmers Scholarship

2003

Av Isaac Tuition Scholarship Award

1999

Central Ontario Arts Association Millennium Project

PUBLISHED WRITING

2020

Gambit #1, Kristine Moran, A Like Vision, The Group Of Seven & Tom Thomson, McMichael Art Gallery, 2020, P289-290

COLLECTIONS

Albright-Knox Gallery Art Museum, Buffalo

Glenbow Museum, Calgary

University of Toronto, Doris McCarthy Art Gallery, Toronto

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound