In his animation-based practice, Chris Doyle takes E.M. Forster’s epigraph, “Only Connect” and reconsiders it for a digital age. Often highlighting the precarious moment we face in caring for the natural world, his narratives are constructed on themes of interconnectivity and the tension between the individual and the group in a culture fiercely devoted to progress.
He has exhibited widely at venues in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, P.S.1 Museum of Contemporary Art, MassMoCA, The San Jose Museum of Art, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Tang Teaching Museum, The Wellin Museum of Art, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Sculpture Center, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and as part of the New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center and the Melbourne International Arts Festival.
His temporary and permanent urban projects include commissions for the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia, the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as for Melbourne, Australia, and Edmonton, Canada; within the U.S., he has received commissions from Culver City, California; Kansas City, Missouri; Tampa, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; Austin, Texas; Times Square in New York City; and, most recently, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Wave Hill in The Bronx, New York.
He is the recipient of a 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and the 2014 Borusan Contemporary Art Collection Prize. His work has also been supported by grants from the Creative Capital Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYSCA, and the MAP Fund.
He received his Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from Boston College and his Masters in Architecture from Harvard University.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC PROJECTS
2023
Ramifications, Digital Animation on LED Screen, Permanent Installation, Zero Irving,
Studio Rotation I, Fundacion Op.Cit, Mexico City, Mexico
2022
Shorebirds, Performance Installation, Collaboration with composer Jeremy Turner, Performed by Simone Porter, Lotusland, Montecito, CA
The Fabricators, Solo Exhibition, Center for Main Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2021
The Fluid (seven channel version), Permanent Installation, The Ameswell Hotel, Mountain View, CA
2020
Parables of Correction, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Newly Fallen, Presented by Cynthia Winings Gallery on the John Murphy Trail, Blue Hill, ME
2018
Unexpected Narratives, Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL
Swell, Curated by Sutton Beres Culler for Bellwether, Bellevue, Washington
Games of Skill and Chance, permanent installation, Maryland Live, Arundel Mills, MD
2017
Hollow and Swell, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Fluid, Fulton Street Station, MTA Arts for Transit, New York, NY
In the Labyrinth, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Presto!, Presented by Converge 45, Portland, OR
Dreams of Infinite Luster, 21C Museum Hotel, Durham, NC
2016
Recent Animation and Work on Paper, Texas Contemporary, Catharine Clark Gallery, Houston, TX
Apocalypse Management, RL Window, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, NY
Union, Collaboration with The Louisville Ballet and The Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Louisville, KY
2015
Nymphea. Mural, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Animations from The Lightening. Outdoor projection at the Miami Project, Miami, FL
The Lightening, 50th Anniversary Project for Wave Hill, Riverdale, NY, (cat)
Landscape Fictions, Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY (cat)
2014
Chris Doyle: Video Work, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
The Fluid, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bright Canyon, Midnight Moment, Times Square, New York, NY
2013
View from the Train, Permanent public project, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Unfolded, Permanent Installation, 21C Museum Hotel, Bentonville, AR
2012
Social Structure II, U.S. Embassy, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Idyllwild, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, September 2012
2011
Rondo, Louisville, Kentucky. Presented by Artwithoutwalls
Waste_Generation, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA February 2011
The Underglow, US Ambassador's Residence, Stockholm Sweden, February 2011
Red Rovers, Collaboration With Headlong Dance Theater, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Waste_Generation, Andrew Edlin Gallery, NY, NY October 2010
Apocalypse Management, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA October 2010
Shower Shade, Permanent Public Project, Police & Fire Training Academy, Austin, Texas
Apocalypse Management, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass. October 2010
2009
Apocalypse Management: Vistas And Details, Taubman Museum Of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
Culver City Currency, Permanent public project, Westfield, Culver City, Ca
Ecstatic City Tampa, Multi-media project + permanent component, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida
2008
Ecstatic City Melbourne, Multi-Media Project, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2007
Still And Still Moving, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Moons, Permanent Outdoor Video Installation, Sprint Arena, Kansas City, MO
50,000 Beds, Presented simultaneously at The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Artspace, New Haven, CT; and Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2006
Vault, Permanent Installation, Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City, MO
Recent Video Works, List Visual Art Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
2005
FLIGHT POWER LOVE TOWER, Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY
2004
Dream Of Arcadia, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY
We Will Again Be Optimists, Five Channel Video Projection, 48 Wall Street, New York, NY
Loops: Chris Doyle & Jackie Gendel, Voelcker Und Freunde Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
Search Engine, Trahern Gallery + Façade Projection, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
2003
Do You Like Plain Pleasures?, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Endless Love, Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
2002
In Private, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Untitled House Project, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2000
Leap, video projection on 2 Columbus Circle + subway car cards, New York, NY
Some Natural History, Installation, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
What I See When I Look At You, facade video projection, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
1999
When I Grow Up I Want To Be Famous, video installation, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
1998
Dog Run, outdoor installation at Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
1996
Commutable, installation, Williamsburg Bridge, Public Art Fund, NY
1991
Reliquary, installation, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Creative Time
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2023
Labor and Materials, 21C
2019
IN FREDERIC CHURCH’S OMBRA: Architecture in Conversation with Nature, Augmented Reality project in collaboration with Sage Coombe Architects, Olana Historic Site, Hudson, NY
Stitching and Weaving in the Digital Age, Currents 826, Santa Fe, NM
2018
The Animated Image, The Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
Waste_Generation, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
2017
SuperNatural, 21C Museum Hotel, Durham, NC
2016
Digital Nature, Los Angeles Arboretum, Los Angeles, CA
World Made By Hand, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Wave/Particle, Ronald Feldman Gallery,New York, NY
Miami Project, Video and Drawings at Catharine Clark Gallery, Miami, FL
Anthems for the Mother Earth Goddess, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Hybridity, 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY
2014
City Limits, City Life, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Waste_Generation, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach, Film section, Miami, FL.
Waste_Generation, Catharine Clark Gallery, Moving Image Fair, Istanbul, Turkey.
Apocalypse Now, Museum Palatinate Gallery Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Beyond Earth Art, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Waste_Generation, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Hybridity, 21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati, OH
2013
Environmental Impact, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
Hybridity, 21C Museum Hotel, Bentonville, AR
2012
Affinity Atlas, Wellin Museum, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. October, 2012. Ian Berry, curator
Tending Toward the Untamed: Artists Respond To The Wild Garden, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, NY, NY
Portraiture Post Facebook, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Collectors of Skies, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, September, 2012. Valerie Rouseau, curator
2011
The Bank And Trust Show, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY
Wicked Little Critter, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2010
Resurectine, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Observant, ISE Foundation, NY, NY
Desire, Blanton Museum Of Art, University Of Texas, Austin
Dancing On The Ceiling, EMPAC, RPI, Troy, NY
You’re Such A Good Sport, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Mo
2009
These Days: Elegies for Modern Times, MassMoca, North Adams, Mass
Labyrinth of Memory, Gallery BWA, Katowice, Poland
2008
Relevé, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Disentangle, Andreas Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Amass, Boots Contemporary Art Space, St Louis, Mo
Backyard, Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, In
Nexus, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2006
I Heart The Burbs, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Twice Drawn, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005
Scanners:New York Video Festival, Lincoln Center, NY
Wittgenstein in New York, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
NextNextArt, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Face Off, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Open House, Working In Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Closed Universes, Galerija Kontura, Zagreb, Croatia
Art as Autobiography, Rare Gallery, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Voelcker und Freunde Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
Grotto II, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2003
How Deep Is Your Love, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
American Dream, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002
Grotto, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Heart of Gold, P.S. 1 Museum of Contemporary Art, Queens, NY
Eyestalk, Smack Mellon, March 9, 2002, Brooklyn,NY
Interval, Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
2001
Crossing the Line, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Another Day on Planet Earth, DeChiara/Stewart, New York, NY
1999
Flock, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
1998
Transfiguration, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
Hybrovideo, Exit Art, New York, NY
PARK4DTV, Amsterdam, Holland
1993
Sleepless Nights, MoMa PS I, Long Island City, NY
1991
Embodying Faith, New Museum, New York, NY
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2014 The Borusan Contemporary Art Collection Prize
2014 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
2010 MAP Fund, Collaboration with Headlong Dance Theater
2005 Fellow, McDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH (also 2001, 1998, 1996, 1991)
2003 Percent for Art Commission, Glen Oaks Public Schools, Queens, NY
2002 New York State Council for the Arts Grant, Film and Video
2001 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Multidisciplinary Work
2000 Creative Capital Foundation Grant, Visual Art
1998 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Architecture
1997 Wheelwright Fellowship, Harvard Graduate School of Design
1996 Public Art Fund, In the Public Realm, Open Competition
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
San Jose Museum of Art
21C Museum Hotel
Brooklyn Museum
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Norton Museum of Art
The Bass Museum of Art
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
The University of Michigan Museum of Art
The Princeton University Art Museum
The Marguilies Collection
The Norton Family Collection
The West Collection
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
EDUCATION
1985 Master of Architecture, Degree with Distinction HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Design
1981 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, Magna cum laude BOSTON COLLEGE, School of Arts and Sciences