home of the traveler

home of the traveler

Sep 22 – Oct 22, 2023

Gana Art

Narrative Alters

Narrative Alters

Jun 22 – Jul 12, 2023

Gana Art

the purple rose ashram of the new age

the purple rose ashram of the new age

Nov 12, 2022 – Jan 28, 2023

Belief in a Disenchanted World

Belief in a Disenchanted World

Oct 8 – Dec 10, 2022

Mother Gallery

From Confucius to Christ

From Confucius to Christ

May 10 – Jul 14, 2022

Yeh Art Gallery

Art Basel Miami Beach 2021

Art Basel Miami Beach 2021

Dec 24, 2021

Miami Beach Convention Center

NADA MIAMI 2019

NADA MIAMI 2019

Dec 58, 2019

Ice Palace Studios

bury enchantment

bury enchantment

Nov 710, 2019

PATRON Projects I New York 213 Bowery

NADA NY 2018

NADA NY 2018

Mar 811, 2018

Skylight Clarkson Square

Summer

Summer

Jul 15 – Aug 12, 2017

summon artifact

summon artifact

May 13 – Jul 8, 2017

Theory of Forms

Theory of Forms

Sep 18 – Dec 20, 2015

EXPO CHICAGO 2015

EXPO CHICAGO 2015

Sep 1720, 2015

Navy Pier

The Unconventional Painter (Kadar Brock)

The Unconventional Painter (Kadar Brock)

Cultured Magazine
Jun 26, 2015
HABITAT: KADAR BROCK

HABITAT: KADAR BROCK

ARTNEWS
Jul 10, 2015
Dungeons, Dragons and Art (Kadar Brock)

Dungeons, Dragons and Art (Kadar Brock)

Interview Magazine
Sep 12, 2013
Kadar Brock Studio Visit: Hunted Projects

Kadar Brock Studio Visit: Hunted Projects

HUNTED PROJECTS | In Dialogue New York
Sep 4, 2013
Miami Rail Interview (Kadar Brock)

Miami Rail Interview (Kadar Brock)

The Miami Rail
Sep 2, 2015
Berlin Studio Visit: Kadar Brock

Berlin Studio Visit: Kadar Brock

Berlin Art Link
Jan 24, 2014
Les séries de Kadar Brock

Les séries de Kadar Brock

Mu-inthecity
Nov 26, 2015
Art Incubator

Art Incubator

CULTURED Magazine
Sep 22, 2015
Kadar Brock Interview

Kadar Brock Interview

Hunted Projects
Sep 1, 2013
Kadar Brock: <i>summon artifact</i>

Kadar Brock: summon artifact

Delicious Line
Jun 13, 2017
Kadar Brock on Sunday - S

Kadar Brock on Sunday - S

Sunday - S Gallery
Jul 12, 2016
Brooklyn Painters

Brooklyn Painters

DUEL Magazine
Apr 1, 2019
Episode 143: Kadar Brock

Episode 143: Kadar Brock

SOUND & VISION
Jan 24, 2019
Kadar Brock

Kadar Brock

Praxis Interview Magazine
Jul 24, 2019

New York based artist, Kadar Brock’s artistic practice is a collection of records of performative acts of erasure and self reflective edits, consciously undoing that of which is just as consciously done through a system of laborious processes. Through a repeated system of painting, sanding, priming and scraping, Brock’s paintings are a result of a compilation of multiple compositions stacked on top of each other then merged through the act of eradication. What results through the process is an abstraction which subtly gestures at the information beneath. A series of ruptures and tears on the surfaces of the canvas, resulting from the physical strain the work goes through, co exists with the various exposed layers of paint. This survey of artifacts, tracing of Brock’s decisions towards the making or erasing of a mark, are an ongoing dance of informational accretion. The resulting data is one which informs and reveals through absence. An absence which allows for a space that embraces failure as part of a creative process and serves as platform for the consideration of that which withers away or is retracted in balance with the act of erasure itself. 

CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1980, New York, NY.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

EDUCATION
2002
BFA, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
home of traveler, Gana Art, Seoul, South Korea

2022
the purple rose ashram of the new age, PATRON, Chicago, IL

2019
bury enchantment, PATRON Projects | New York, New York, NY

2017
summon artifact, PATRON Gallery, Chicago IL

2016
gifts ungiven, Vigo Gallery, London, UK

2015
Cast With Flashback Cast With Flashback, Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium
Unburial Rites, Vigo Gallery, London, UK

2014
scry 2, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL

2013
dredge, The Hole, New York, NY

2012
disenchant magic item, Vigo Gallery, London, UK
Evil Dead 2, (two person show with Matt Jones,) Horton Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2010
Unclaimed Space, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
Conjuring and Dispelling, Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan

2006
Painting can you take me to heaven, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Human After All, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY (two person exhibition with Matt Jones)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Narrative Alters, Gana Art, Seoul, South Korea

2022
Belief in a Disenchanted World, Mother Gallery, New York, NY
From Confucius to Christ, Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY

2020
SITE: Art and Architecture in the Digital Space, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
In Pursuit of a Meaningful Mark, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

2018
9999, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Wall Space, NY(G), Brooklyn, NY

2017
12 x 12, 2016, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Though You’ve Hit a Bump, 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016
Cause The Grass Don’t Grow and The Sky Ain’t Blue, Praz Delavallade, Paris, France

2015
Theory of Forms, PATRON, Chicago, IL
Space and Matter, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
New Vibrations, Brand New Gallery, Milano, IT
Surface Tension, Flag Foundation, New York, NY
Summertime, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey

2014
Brand New Second Hand, Vigo Gallery, London, UK
3A Project: Abstraction-Absorption-Attribution, Bodson Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Warp and Weft, The Hole, New York, NY

2013
Paint Off, Paint On, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
XSTRACTION, The Hole, New York, NY
The Example, Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, NY
Painted Perfect, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

2012
Hue + Cry, curated by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Sotheby’s S/2, New York, NY
Ululation, Vigo Gallery, London, UK
News from Chicago and New York, organized by Henning Strassburger, Fiebach Minninger, Cologne, Germany
Portrait of a Generation, [cat.] The Hole, New York, NY
Changing States of Matter, [cat.] Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Kadar Brock, Jason Gringler, Jim Lee, The Proposition, New York, NY

2011
“…”, The Hole, New York, NY
Point. Line. Plane., Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
An Instance of Vibration, curated by Peter Makebish, Anonymous, New York, NY
Norfolk, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
Out of Practice, curated by Nudashank, Art Blog Art Blog Summer Space, New York, NY
Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
Pieced Together, HKJB, Brooklyn, NY
The Sultans Played Creole, curated by James Cope, Champion, Austin, TX

2010
Perseids, Curated by Sorine Anderson & Kari Adelaide, Custer Observatory, Southold, NY
Night Fishing, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
Substance Abuse, curated by Colin Huerter, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, NY
In Dialogue, [cat.] curated by Peter Makebish, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY
Informal Relations, curated by Scot Grow, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
in.flec.tion., [cat.] Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Quick While Still, [cat.] curated by Colin Huerter, Heist Pop-Up, New York, NY
Nothing Is Wrong If It Feels Good, curated by David Ostrowski, Mike Potter Projects, Cologne, Germany
New Mirrors, curated by Herb Tam, Exit Art, New York, NY

2009
Too Big To Fail, sponsored by NADA and LaMontagne Gallery, 395 Flatbush Extension, Brooklyn, NY
Quick While Still, Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan
The Cursed Chateau, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Candygrammar, curated by Michael Wilson, 999 Metropolitan, Brooklyn, NY

2008
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl, Curated by Anat Ebgi, Terence Koh, and Jenny Schlenzka, Asia Song Society, New York, NY

2007
Stuff: international contemporary art from the collection of Burt Aaron, Detroit MOCA, Detroit, MI

2006
MASH, Design District, Miami, FL
Breezer, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
New York Style, Angel Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Junge Abstrakte, Temporary, Düsseldorf, Germany

2005
NBC, curated by Matt Jones, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
In The Ring, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
Human After All (two person exhibition with Matt Jones), BUIA Gallery, New York, NY

2004
The Frisbee Art Fair, Miami, FL
Crystalis, The Peekskill Project, Peekskill, NY
One for GrandMa, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY
NINETEENEIGHTY: Art Show, RARE, New York, NY
Deceptively Naïve, W/O Walls, ~ScopeNY, New York, NY

2003
We Do What We Like and We Like What We Do, Atlantic Conference, Brooklyn, NY
The Beginning is the End, Atlantic Conference, Brooklyn, NY

2002
Native, The House, Miami, FL

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2022
“A Brief Guide to the Wide, Wild World of Art Schools and Residencies,” T - The New York Times Style Magazine, July
Freya Herring,”Dream Palace,” Vogue Living Australia, April

2021
”In Majorca With Kadar Brock,” Platform Art, December
”The Antithesis of the ‘White, Modern Box,’The New York Times, February

2019
“Brooklyn Painters,” DUEL Magazine Issue #3, March
Brian Alfred, “Kadar Brock,” Sound & Vision Podcast, January

2018
Elizabeth Marguiles, “Elizabeth Margulies Selects Her Top Five Emerging Artists of 2018,” Galerie Magazine, December

2016
“Kadar Brock at Vigo Gallery,” London, Artnews, October
Michael Shaw, “Ep #142: Kadar Brock, Brooklyn-based painter, doing it full-time,” The Conversation, June

2015
Fernando Mastrangelo, “Kadar Brock: The Unconventional Painter,” Cultured Magazine, August
Katherine McMahon, “Habitat: Kadar Brock,” Artnews, July
Francesca Gavin, “The Most Exciting Group Shows to See This Summer,” Dazed Digital, Summer
Laura de Gunzburg, “The Season in Art,” Cultured Magazine, April
Kat Herriman, “Paint, Scrub, and Repeat,” W Magazine, January

2014
Molly Gottschalk, “The Top 10 Artists Under 35 in 2014,” Artsy, January
Lisa Schiff, “The Top Nine Trending Artists Under 40 in Miami,” Artsy, January
Mariana Cashdan, “Up and Coming: Dungeons & Dragons Guides the Abstract Painting of One of New York’s Hottest Artists,” Artsy, December
Alex Bacon, “Kadar Brock,” The Miami Rail, February

2013
Francesca Gavin. “First Shot,” Dazed and Confused, September
Allyson Shiffman. “Dungeons, Dragons, and Art,” Interview Magazine Online, September

2012
Matt Jones. “In Conversation: Matt Jones Interviews Kadar Brock,” NYarts Magazine, July
Francesca Gavin. “Abstract Art Revolution,” Dazed and Confused, January
Kari Adelaide. “”…” @ The Hole,” White Hot Magazine, February

2011
“…”, The L Magazine, December
Danny Gold. “In Miami, the Art World Takes a Shine to Bowery Gallerist Kathy Grayson,” The Local East Village Blog, NYTimes, December
Charlie Finch. “Drink Your Lola Cola,” Artnet, December
Sharon Butler. “Exchanging Studio Visits with Kadar Brock,” Two Coats of Paint, August
Sharon Butler. “The New Casualists,” The Brooklyn Rail, June

2010
Andrew M Goldstein. “In New York: Gallery Openings This Week,” ArtInfo, November
Michael Tomeo. “All Signs Point to Yes: An Interview with Kadar Brock,” Daily Serving, June
Sharon Butler. “New Mirrors: Painting in a Transparent World,” The Brooklyn Rail, February

2009
David Goodman. “Compositions Based on Chance,” BOMBlog, October
Qi Peng. “Assassination: Kadar Brock,” Examiner, March
Ana Finel Honigman. “New Work,” FUTURECLAW, February

2008
“Young Bloods,” CITY Magazine, November
John Russel. “Hot Box,” Useless Magazine #8, October
Chris Bors. “Weekend Picks: Kadar Brock in New York.” ArtInfo, May
Dan Adler. “Art in Review: You Only Live Once,” Artforum, May
Ana Finel Honigman. “Bright Now,” Style.Com Style File Blog, May
Jon Davies. “Reviews; Kadar Brock:You Only Live Once,” Artkrush, Issue 80, March
RC Baker. “Spring Preview: Spring Picks,” The Village Voice, March

2007
Christopher Russe. “Reviews: The Dominant Planets Of,” Artillery, Summer
“The Wisemen,” Japanese GQ, Nov-Dec

2006
D. Dominic Lombardi. “Man Bites Consciousness,” NY ARTS, September/October
D. Dominic Lombardi. “Painting Can You Take Me To Heaven?,” DART, Fall
Roberta Smith. “Last Chance,” The New York Times, May
Roberta Smith. “Art in Review,” The New York Times, May

2005
Roberta Smith. “Making An Entrance At Any Age,” The New York Times, New York, NY, May
Charlie Finch. “The Decline and Fall of Painting,” Artnet, New York, NY, April

2004
Paul Laster. “NINETEENEIGHTY,” Flavorpill, July

2002
Michael Hamersly. “Everyday Things Take on New Twists,” The Miami Herald. June


AWARDS / LECTURES / RESIDENCIES
2021
CCA Andratx, Center for Contemporary Art, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

2020
Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy

2019
Artist Residency, The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY
Artist Residency, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy

2005
Guest Lecturer/Visiting Artist, Parsons MFA Program, New York, NY
Guest Lecturer/Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts MFA Program, New York, NY