Chris Doyle is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York.  In addition to recent solo exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles, his work has been shown at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Taubman Museum of Art, MassMoCA, P.S.1 Museum of Contemporary Art, The Tang Museum, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Sculpture Center, and as part of the New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center and the Melbourne International Arts Festival. 50,000 Beds, a large-scale, collaborative video installation involving 45 artists was presented simultaneously by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, ArtSpace, New Haven, and Real Art Ways, Hartford. His work has been supported by grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, NYSCA, the Creative Capital Foundation and the MAP Fund.

His temporary and permanent urban projects include LEAP, presented by Creative Time, Commutable, commissioned by The Public Art Fund, as well as recent commissions for Stockholm, Sweden, Culver City, California, Tampa, Florida, Kansas City, Missouri, Louisville, Kentucky, Austin, Texas, and Edmonton, Alberta.

He received his Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from Boston College and his Masters in Architecture from Harvard University.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC PROJECTS

 
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

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
Bridgewater State College, Briidgewater, 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
2001

5.5, "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
 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS

 
2012
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
2011
Red Rovers, collaboration with Headlong Dance Theater, Philadelphia, Pa

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, "Viva I (Franks)" Video Installation, Smack Mellon, March 9, 2002, Brooklyn,NY
Interval, "Natural History II" Video Installation, Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
2001

Crossing the Line, "Motorhome," Outdoor Multimedia Performance, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Crossing the Line, "Gorgeous One Family Detached," Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Interval, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
Another Day on Planet Earth, DeChiara/Stewart, New York, NY
1999

Flock, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
1998
Transfiguration, "Lift," Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
Hybrovideo, "Lessons" Exit Art, New York, NY,/PARK4DTV, Amsterdam, Holland

 
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
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
1997 Wheelwright Fellowship, Travel Grant from the Harvard Graduate School of Design
1996 Public Art Fund, In the Public Realm, Open Competition
 
 
 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
Levin, Kim, Talking Trash, ARTnews, June 2011
Mennekes, Friedheim, Memory Labyrinth- Faces of Evil, 1939-2009, Katowice, Poland, Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superioris, 2011
Houlihan, Timothy, Memory Labyrinth- Faces of Evil, 1939-2009, Katowice, Poland, Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superioris, 2011
Knight, Christopher, Chris Doyle at Sam Lee Gallery, LATimes, March 17, 2011
ArtweekLa, Chris Doyle: Waste_Generation, ArtweekLa, February 21,2011
Schreuder, Catrien, Pixels and Places, Video Art in Public Space, Rotterdam, Nai Publishers, 2010

Janairo, Michael, Dancing on the Ceiling, Albany Times Union, March 25, 2010
Goepfert, Bob, Heavy Conceps Abound in ‘Dancing on the Ceiling” at EMPAC, Troy Record, March 25, 2010
Mitchell, John, At MoCA, Yesterday’s Coming Back Tomorrow, North Adams Transcript, April 10, 2009
Mitchell, John, The Bright Side of the End of the World, North Adams Transcript, April 3, 2009
Bonenti, Charles, Lamentations For Our Times, Berkshire Eagle, April 3, 2009
Voeller Megan, "Lights Fantastic" Creative Loafing, January 7th, 2009
Bennett, Lennie, "Light Shines On Tampa" St. Petersberg Times, January 6, 2009
Maine, Stephen," Live-Work Options", Art in America, October, 2008
Freeman-Green, Suzy," Freeze Frame As Big Men Fly", The Age, A2, October 4, 2008
Dwyer, Michael," Sensory Stimulation", The Age, Entertainment Guide, October 3, 2008
Doyle, Chris "Creative Capital" APT Insight, Winter, 2008
Thorson, Alice "Sprint Centers 'The Moons" Will Be Unveiled Wednesday" The Kansas City Star, October 9, 2007
O'Shaughnessy, Tracey, "Three Connecticut Museums + 45 Hotel Rooms + 1 Master Artist = 50,000 Beds" Republican American, August 26, 2007
Brune, Adrian "Behind Closed Doors" Hartford Courant, July 22, 2007 Gengo, Lorraine "In Bed Together" New Haven Advocate, July 18, 2007
Doherty, Donna "Bedtime" New Haven Register, July 14, 2007
Yablonsky, Linda "Hotel Rooms Become Overnight Stars" The New York Times, July 18, 2007
Taylor, Kate "Art (and Marketing" In The Age of YouTube" The New York Sun, June 13, 2007
LaMotta, Lisa "It Sure Beats the NEA" Fast Company, April 2007
Antrim, Taylor "Spellbound" Vogue,October, 2006
Thorson, Alice "Shield Us From Wrongheaded Politicians" The Kansas City Star, October 8, 2006
Horsley, Lynn "Taking the Leap into the Art World" The Kansas City Star, September 29, 2006
Horsely, Lynn "If You Can Bounce, You Could Be Flying" The Kansas City Star, September 23, 2006
Barton, Eric "Angry Artist" The Pitch, September 21, 2006
Boothe, Stephanie "County Staff Becomes Art" The Examiner, September 14, 2006
Thorson, Alice "‘Fresco’ Celebrates Everyday People" The Kansas City Star, September 3, 2006
Editors "His Videos Take Flight" The Boston Globe, April 3, 2006
Helling, Dave, "On The Screen: It's a Bird! Or is it Bob?" Kansas City Star, February 18, 2006
Horsley, Lynn, “Let The Art Debate Start,” Kansas City Star, February 9, 2006
Editors, “Art In The Public Eye,” Kansas City Star, February 10, 2006
Johnson, Ken “Flight Power Love Tower,” New York Times, November 4, 2005
Editors, “Flight Power Love Tower,” The New Yorker, November 7, 2005
Winkleman, Edward "Artist of the Week (10/24/05)" www.edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com, October 23, 2005
Moore, Cindy "Subverting the Saccharine: Contemporary Watercolor," ducts.org, Summer 2005
Yablonsky, Linda, "What's So Funny About Contemporary Art,"Artnews, September, 2004
Freedman, Susan K. et al., Eds. PLOP: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund, London/New York, 2004
Meixner, Christiane, "Frische Malerei aus Manhattan" Morgenpost, May 18, 2004
Maddox, David, "Critics Pick: Chris Doyle" Nashville Scene, March 11, 2004
Sholis, Brian, "Chris Doyle: Do You Like Plain Pleasures?," Flash Art, November/December 2003
Sorokina, Elena. "Williamsburg–das New Yorker Galerienwunder," Junge Kunst, Nr.56, Fall 2003. pp.22-27 (illus.)
Shaw, Lytle, "Chris Doyle: In Private," Time Out New York, March 7, 2002
Smith, Roberta, "Funky Digs With Lots of Space...," New York Times, September 28, 2001
Takahashi, Corey, "Art Finds Its Center", Newsday, September 28, 2001
Dover, Caitlin, "Technology Has Entered Fully Into The Realm Of Public Art...," Print, July/August, 2001
Hakanson, Colby, "Joy, Video Invasion," Detroit News, September 6, 2000
Wilson, Megan, "Pierogi: Flatfiles," San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 16, 2000
Goldbaum, Karen, "A Conversation with Chris Doyle," Insight, September/October, 2000
Green, Roger, "Small Screens, Big Ideas," The Ann Arbor News, September 2, 2000
Pfaff, Kimberly, "Creative Forces," Space, September/October, 2000
Stevens, Kimberly, "A Lot of New Yorkers With Their Heads in the Clouds," New York Times, April 30, 2000
Cohen, Billie, "Leap of Faith," Time Out New York, April 20, 2000
Steinke, Darcey, "Leap," www.ArtNewYork.com, March, 2000
Editors, "High Hopes," Artnews, March, 2000
Adwan Rania, "Ever Wonder...," Dazed and Confused, March, 2000
Budick,Ariella, "Splendors In The Grass," Newsday, August 22, 1999
Johnson, Ken, "A Fertile Garden Of Sculptures," The New York Times, August 13, 1999
Editors, "The Artist's Gild," New York Magazine, September 30,1996
Weber, Bruce, "Flight of Fancy," The New York Times, September 11, 1996
 
 
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