Christopher Mir
Born 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Lives and works in Hamden, Connecticut, USA
Bio
1997
Graduated from Boston University School for the Arts, Boston, MA, USA
(studied with John Moore, John Walker, and Alfred Leslie)
1992
Graduated from Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, BA Painting and Anthropology, USA
Solo exhibitions
2013
Parallel Play, TMproject Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Static Is Singing, Benrimon Contemporary Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Perfect From Now On, TMproject Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
Remembering the Future, Windsor Art Center, Windsor, CT
Vanishing Point, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2009
Endgame, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
The Dream of You is Real, Senda Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Love Lives Forever, Schuster Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Director's Choice: New Paintings by Christopher Mir, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2007
Dreams, Memories, Reflections, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
2006
Second Sight, Rare Gallery, NY, NY
2004
Hello Daylight, Rare Gallery, NY, NY
Group exhibitions
2013
501-9, curated by Jonathan Beer et Lily Koto Olive, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center à New York, NY
2012
Christopher Mir, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
2010
A Separate Peace, McNeill Art Group Project Space, Tribeca, NY
DeCordova Biennial, Lincoln, MA
2009
Full Circle: Ten Years of Radius, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Dear Traveler (2004), Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
(un)Spoken, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2008
Uneasy Prospects, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
Speak to Me, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2006
Hypervision, curated by Denise Markonish, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT
2005
For the Birds, curated by Denise Markonish, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2004
Works on Paper (Gallery Artists), RARE gallery, New York, NY
2003
Collector's Cabinet, curated by Simon Watson, Marc Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Collective Conscious, curated by Simon Watson, Mavi, NY, NY
The Burnt Orange Heresy, curated by David Hunt, Space 101, Williamsburg, NY
Labor Day, curated by David Hunt, RARE Gallery, NY, NY
Proper Villains, curated by David Hunt, Art Space, New Haven, CT
2002
The Accelerated Grimace, curated by David Hunt, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, NY, NY
2001
Emerging Artists Exhibition, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Press
Christopher Mir et le Pop art au XXIème siècle, by Carole Haensler Huguet, published in jsbg.me, March, 2013
Read the article as PDF
Christopher Mir, by Marek Bartelik, published in Artforum, November, 2009