Chris Dorland


Chris Dorland is a Canadian/American visual artist based in New York City. His work combines hyper-representation and hyper-abstraction by manipulating digital printed imagery.

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, glitchy digital Alumacore works that address Artificial intelligence and machine vision as well as acid hued, abstract paintings of distressed and dystopian architecture. He includes images of "pop ephemera" and other discarded modern material in his paintings and videos. Dorland uses outdated scanners and printers to develop layered and chaotic images that portray the contemporary experience of globalization, technology and Capitalism.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 number 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 FRONT International: The Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art , 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 Lyles & King, Martos LA, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Sikkema Jenkins, Marianne Boesky Gallery, RandallScottProjects Valentina Bonomo Gallery, 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 Museum of Art.
He has been featured in several publications such as The New York Times , 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 . Dorland has also been commissioned to create public projects by Art Production Fund and the New Museum, and Juilliard School of Music