SHAWN KURUNERU
Education
2006
BFA, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2021
PING-PONG, Bozidar Brazda/GALLERY, Woodstock, USA
2020
EMANATA, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
2019
Koki, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Burn Man, Printed Matter, New York, USA
2017
Shawn Kuruneru, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, USA
Compact Chaos, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Waverider, Four A.M., New York, USA
2015
ROTATOR, COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada
X-Ray Spex, Green River Projects, Hillsdale, New York, USA
Shawn Kuruneru, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Miart, Ribordy Contemporary, Milan, Italy
2014
Landscapes, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
Northern Song, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
The Object is Freedom, Blackston, New York, USA
A White Hand Slowly Turning Green, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
Cantorage, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Select Group Exhibitions
2019
Inaugural Show, Ribordy Thetaz, Geneva, Switzerland
2018
Condo New York, Rachel Uffner Gallery hosting Cooper Cole and Night Gallery, New York, USA
The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish, New York, USA
2017
Come As You Are, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, Canada
2016
NADA Miami Beach, with David Petersen Gallery, Miami, USA
Future Developments #5, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
Shangri-Lost, Roberta Pelan, Toronto, Canada
Nice Weather, curated by David Salle, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, USA
Face to Face, curated by Eugenio Viola, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, Italy
2015
2159 Miles, Museo Britanico Americano, Mexico City, USA
2014
Two and a Half Men (or Colin Engle), COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada
Green River Projects, Hillsdale, USA
A sky grown pale from too much sun, organized by Hannah Buonaguro, Brighton Beach, USA
CK One Daily, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Another, Once Again, Many Times More, Martos Gallery, East Marion, USA
Edge of Continuation, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, USA
The mysterious device was moving, Long House Projects, New York, USA
Shorthand, curated by Russell Tyler and Trudy Benson, DCKT Contemporary, New York, USA
2013
…But the Clouds…, Room East, New York, USA
Grid Systems, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Rock art and the X-Ray Style, curated by Ryan Foerster, Brighton Beach, USA
2012
Gift Show, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
You’ll dance to anything, Ecole des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Simultaneity, Blackston Gallery, New York, USA
2011
160 km, Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, USA
Special Guests, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Drawing Gifts, Phillips De Pury & Company, New York, USA
Summer meltdown, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
Sight Unseen, Mark Wolfe Contemporary San Francisco, USA
Call it a good marriage, curated by Grier Edmundson, Battat Contemporary, Montreal, Canada
Shangri-La Seven, 107 Shaw, Toronto, Canada
2010
Abstract and Traces, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
Dissonance, curated by Alexis Ann Mackenzie, POVevolving Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Day Job, catalogue curated by Nina Katchadorian, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
After We Met, curated by Claudia Eve Beauchesne, Temporary Storage, Brooklyn, USA
2009
Whitney’s Biennial curated by Davida Nemeroff, C.R.E.A.M. Projects, Greenpoint, USA
Group Show, Asian Song Society, New York, USA
Personal Abstraction, HKJB, Brooklyn, USA
One Size Fits All, Printed Matter, New York, USA
2008
Images of Romantic Distress and Consolation, Division Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gifts by artists, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Eat Wet Records with Bozidar Brazda, 205 29th St, Manhattan, USA
2007
Shangri-Lost, with Jesse Harris and Jimmy Limit, Le Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006
Never-Weres, with Sofi Brazzeal, VA Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2005
Alcoholocaust, with Luke Painter, Galerie Accidentelle, Montreal, Canada
Select Publications
2018
Burn Man, Comic Arts Brooklyn, November
How I discovered this thing called music, New York Times, October 25
Burn Man by Shawn Kuruneru, Killabeez.com, August 29
Collaborative Condo Takes Over New York Galleries in July, Art and Object, July 21
A Once-Obsolete Design Object Emerges from the Ashes, Architectural Digest, June 21
2017
Prodigal Son, The Walrus Magazine, December 1
Enter The Dragon, Vice Magazine, August
Come As You Are, Vie Des Arts, July 31
2016
9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week, ARTNews, February 22
12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before February 26, Observer Art, February 23
A Brooklyn Man, Art Critical, March 2
Nice Weather curated by David Salle at Skarstedt Gallery, Art Observed, March 30
David Salle Talks About His Super-Sized Curated Show, Observer Culture, April 13
David Salle Tests the Weather at Skarstedt Gallery, BLOUIN ART INFO, April 14
6 Dealers Under 40 to Watch, Artnet News, August 2
2015
Shawn Kuruneru, Moussemagazine.com, August 1
Shawn Kuruneru, 2-Times.com, July 23
2014
Two and a Half Men (or Colin Engle), Moussemagazine.com, December 20
Class Reunion at Cooper Cole, Now Magazine, Toronto, December 3 by David Jager
Edge of Continuation at Pablo’s Birthday, NYC, Paris-LA.com, July by Rachel Morrison
Ink and Water, Southwest Journal, July 3, Vol 25 No. 14 by Dylan Thomas
ART REVIEW: “Another, Once Again, Many More Times” on the North Fork, hamptonsarthub.com, August 9 by Janet Goleas
2013
Robert Enright, The Fetishing Touch: Shawn Kuruneru, Border Crossings, Winnipeg, Ontario, August
Book review: Women by Shawn Kuruneru, weirdcanada.com, Vancouver, British Columbia, March by David Steinberg
Critics’ Pick: …But The Clouds… , Artforum.com, New York, NY, February by Jason Farago
2012
The Object is Freedom, NY Arts Magazine, New York, NY, December by Matthew Hassell
Deciding when a pet has suffered enough, New York Times, New York, NY, September 22
Scott Ritter’s Other War, New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, February 26
Interview Columbia: Journal of Literature and Art, New York, NY February 28 by Ella Delany
2011
Northern Exposure, Interview Magazine, New York, NY, October 8 by Ashley Simpson
Artist’s Bands, Artnet.com, New York, NY, August by Bozidar Brazda
Day Job, The New York Times, New York, NY, January 20 by Ken Johnson
2010
Best In Show, The Village Voice, New York, NY, by Robert Shuster, December Vol. LV No. 51
No Joy, Sexbeat Records, Copenhagen, Denmark, November
Spot drawing, The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, April
Interview Laura, Sweden, by Johanna Issue 4
2009
Cover and feature DOMUS, Milan, Italy, December
Six Heurs Vingt, Enroute Air Canada Magazine, Montreal, Quebec, March
Interview Hearty Magazine, Manhattan, New York, by Hana May, May, No.2
2008
Etc. Girls, Neue Probleme, Berlin, Germany, by Elizabeth Moch, August No. 3
Shawn Kuruneru, Color Magazine, Vancouver, British Columbia, by Nick Brown, July No. 6.3
Zines, The Journal, New York, NY, No.XXI
2007
Shawn Kuruneru – Mega Zines, Border Crossings, Winnipeg, Ontario by Robert Enright, December, No.104
Azabache, The Believer, San Francisco, California, edited by Andrew Leland, May No. 47
The Strange World of Canadian Artist Shawn Kuruneru, Tokion, New York, NY by Maxwell Williams, March No.57
Critics’ Pick: Shangri-Lost, Artforum.com, by Jennifer Allen, February
2006
zine review, Broken Pencil, Toronto, Ontario, by Sarah Evans No. 35
Teenagers Mind, Walrus Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
Skunks, Ascent Magazine, Montreal, Quebec
Grants
2013
Ontario Exhibition Assistance Grant
2012
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Nominee, New York
2006
BFA, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2021
PING-PONG, Bozidar Brazda/GALLERY, Woodstock, USA
2020
EMANATA, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
2019
Koki, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Burn Man, Printed Matter, New York, USA
2017
Shawn Kuruneru, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, USA
Compact Chaos, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Waverider, Four A.M., New York, USA
2015
ROTATOR, COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada
X-Ray Spex, Green River Projects, Hillsdale, New York, USA
Shawn Kuruneru, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Miart, Ribordy Contemporary, Milan, Italy
2014
Landscapes, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
Northern Song, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
The Object is Freedom, Blackston, New York, USA
A White Hand Slowly Turning Green, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
Cantorage, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Select Group Exhibitions
2019
Inaugural Show, Ribordy Thetaz, Geneva, Switzerland
2018
Condo New York, Rachel Uffner Gallery hosting Cooper Cole and Night Gallery, New York, USA
The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish, New York, USA
2017
Come As You Are, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, Canada
2016
NADA Miami Beach, with David Petersen Gallery, Miami, USA
Future Developments #5, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
Shangri-Lost, Roberta Pelan, Toronto, Canada
Nice Weather, curated by David Salle, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, USA
Face to Face, curated by Eugenio Viola, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, Italy
2015
2159 Miles, Museo Britanico Americano, Mexico City, USA
2014
Two and a Half Men (or Colin Engle), COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada
Green River Projects, Hillsdale, USA
A sky grown pale from too much sun, organized by Hannah Buonaguro, Brighton Beach, USA
CK One Daily, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Another, Once Again, Many Times More, Martos Gallery, East Marion, USA
Edge of Continuation, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, USA
The mysterious device was moving, Long House Projects, New York, USA
Shorthand, curated by Russell Tyler and Trudy Benson, DCKT Contemporary, New York, USA
2013
…But the Clouds…, Room East, New York, USA
Grid Systems, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Rock art and the X-Ray Style, curated by Ryan Foerster, Brighton Beach, USA
2012
Gift Show, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
You’ll dance to anything, Ecole des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Simultaneity, Blackston Gallery, New York, USA
2011
160 km, Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, USA
Special Guests, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Drawing Gifts, Phillips De Pury & Company, New York, USA
Summer meltdown, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
Sight Unseen, Mark Wolfe Contemporary San Francisco, USA
Call it a good marriage, curated by Grier Edmundson, Battat Contemporary, Montreal, Canada
Shangri-La Seven, 107 Shaw, Toronto, Canada
2010
Abstract and Traces, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
Dissonance, curated by Alexis Ann Mackenzie, POVevolving Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Day Job, catalogue curated by Nina Katchadorian, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
After We Met, curated by Claudia Eve Beauchesne, Temporary Storage, Brooklyn, USA
2009
Whitney’s Biennial curated by Davida Nemeroff, C.R.E.A.M. Projects, Greenpoint, USA
Group Show, Asian Song Society, New York, USA
Personal Abstraction, HKJB, Brooklyn, USA
One Size Fits All, Printed Matter, New York, USA
2008
Images of Romantic Distress and Consolation, Division Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gifts by artists, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Eat Wet Records with Bozidar Brazda, 205 29th St, Manhattan, USA
2007
Shangri-Lost, with Jesse Harris and Jimmy Limit, Le Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006
Never-Weres, with Sofi Brazzeal, VA Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2005
Alcoholocaust, with Luke Painter, Galerie Accidentelle, Montreal, Canada
Select Publications
2018
Burn Man, Comic Arts Brooklyn, November
How I discovered this thing called music, New York Times, October 25
Burn Man by Shawn Kuruneru, Killabeez.com, August 29
Collaborative Condo Takes Over New York Galleries in July, Art and Object, July 21
A Once-Obsolete Design Object Emerges from the Ashes, Architectural Digest, June 21
2017
Prodigal Son, The Walrus Magazine, December 1
Enter The Dragon, Vice Magazine, August
Come As You Are, Vie Des Arts, July 31
2016
9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week, ARTNews, February 22
12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before February 26, Observer Art, February 23
A Brooklyn Man, Art Critical, March 2
Nice Weather curated by David Salle at Skarstedt Gallery, Art Observed, March 30
David Salle Talks About His Super-Sized Curated Show, Observer Culture, April 13
David Salle Tests the Weather at Skarstedt Gallery, BLOUIN ART INFO, April 14
6 Dealers Under 40 to Watch, Artnet News, August 2
2015
Shawn Kuruneru, Moussemagazine.com, August 1
Shawn Kuruneru, 2-Times.com, July 23
2014
Two and a Half Men (or Colin Engle), Moussemagazine.com, December 20
Class Reunion at Cooper Cole, Now Magazine, Toronto, December 3 by David Jager
Edge of Continuation at Pablo’s Birthday, NYC, Paris-LA.com, July by Rachel Morrison
Ink and Water, Southwest Journal, July 3, Vol 25 No. 14 by Dylan Thomas
ART REVIEW: “Another, Once Again, Many More Times” on the North Fork, hamptonsarthub.com, August 9 by Janet Goleas
2013
Robert Enright, The Fetishing Touch: Shawn Kuruneru, Border Crossings, Winnipeg, Ontario, August
Book review: Women by Shawn Kuruneru, weirdcanada.com, Vancouver, British Columbia, March by David Steinberg
Critics’ Pick: …But The Clouds… , Artforum.com, New York, NY, February by Jason Farago
2012
The Object is Freedom, NY Arts Magazine, New York, NY, December by Matthew Hassell
Deciding when a pet has suffered enough, New York Times, New York, NY, September 22
Scott Ritter’s Other War, New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, February 26
Interview Columbia: Journal of Literature and Art, New York, NY February 28 by Ella Delany
2011
Northern Exposure, Interview Magazine, New York, NY, October 8 by Ashley Simpson
Artist’s Bands, Artnet.com, New York, NY, August by Bozidar Brazda
Day Job, The New York Times, New York, NY, January 20 by Ken Johnson
2010
Best In Show, The Village Voice, New York, NY, by Robert Shuster, December Vol. LV No. 51
No Joy, Sexbeat Records, Copenhagen, Denmark, November
Spot drawing, The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, April
Interview Laura, Sweden, by Johanna Issue 4
2009
Cover and feature DOMUS, Milan, Italy, December
Six Heurs Vingt, Enroute Air Canada Magazine, Montreal, Quebec, March
Interview Hearty Magazine, Manhattan, New York, by Hana May, May, No.2
2008
Etc. Girls, Neue Probleme, Berlin, Germany, by Elizabeth Moch, August No. 3
Shawn Kuruneru, Color Magazine, Vancouver, British Columbia, by Nick Brown, July No. 6.3
Zines, The Journal, New York, NY, No.XXI
2007
Shawn Kuruneru – Mega Zines, Border Crossings, Winnipeg, Ontario by Robert Enright, December, No.104
Azabache, The Believer, San Francisco, California, edited by Andrew Leland, May No. 47
The Strange World of Canadian Artist Shawn Kuruneru, Tokion, New York, NY by Maxwell Williams, March No.57
Critics’ Pick: Shangri-Lost, Artforum.com, by Jennifer Allen, February
2006
zine review, Broken Pencil, Toronto, Ontario, by Sarah Evans No. 35
Teenagers Mind, Walrus Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
Skunks, Ascent Magazine, Montreal, Quebec
Grants
2013
Ontario Exhibition Assistance Grant
2012
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Nominee, New York
The National Gallery of Canada Library Collection, Ottawa, Canada
Metropolitan Museum of Art Library Collection, New York, USA
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