Chris Dorland

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 large scale, acid hued, abstract paintings of distressed and dystopian architecture, He includes images of "pop ephemera" and discarded modern material in his collage paintings. Dorland uses techniques of painting and collage to develop series of interconnected yet distinct works that, seen together, portray the contemporary experience of globalization, technology and Capitalism. In this way, his work juxtaposes the hyper-representation and hyper-abstraction evident in consumer Capitalism.

Grants and awards

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

Exhibitions

Dorland’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as the Queens Museum of Art, New York and Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, White Flag Projects, St-Louis, MO, and The Suburban, Oak Park, IL. He has exhibited at galleries including Martos LA, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Sikkema Jenkins, Marianne Boesky Gallery, RandallScottProjects Valentina Bonomo Gallery, FIVE ELEVEN and Super Dakota, Brussels. His work is included in numerous public and private collections, including the Bronx Museum, the Whitney Museum of Art and Neuberger Berman. He has been featured in several publications such as Whitewall Magazine, POSTmatter, Frische, and The WILD Magazine.

Curation and commissions

He has curated exhibitions; notably Skin Jobs at Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Los Angeles and DATA TRASH at I-20 Gallery in New York. HE is Director-at-Large at Magenta Plains. Dorland has also been commissioned to create public projects by Art Production Fund and the New Museum, and Juilliard School of Music