Artists


Capital Punishment
Mixed media on canvas
2009
50 x 36 in.
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Born 1971, Pittsburgh, PA

Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

1991-1993 Associates Degree in Illustration & Design, Art Institute of Atlanta

1989-1990 Fine Art & Design studies, Art Institute of Pittsburgh

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

"New Works" at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (Oct.)

2008

“•You Are Here” at ALICE Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (Sept.-Oct.)

“Holy Sh*t” at Lazarides Gallery, Newcastle, England (July-Aug.)

2007

“Sure, Why Not” at BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Oct.-Nov.)

2006

“New Works” at The Public Trust, Dallas, TX (June-July)

“Enviromentalistic II” at the Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (April-May)

“Enviromethodology” at Stolenspace, London, England (March-April)

2005

“Enviromentalistic I” at Boon Galler, Massachusetts (Dec.-Jan.)

2003

“New Works” at Basil Hayward Gallery, Portland, OR (Sept.-Oct.)

“80% Post-Consumer Grade” at BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (April-June)

2001

“Message From The Soul” at Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France (April-May)

2000

“New Works” at 381G Gallery, San Francisco, CA (March-April)

1999

“New Works” at ARO.SPACE Gallery, Seattle, WA (Aug.-Sept.)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009

“August Group Show” at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY

“Sea No Evil” to benefit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Los Angeles, CA

“Whammy! The Art Show” at VASF
Gallery, San Francisco, CA (July)

2008

“15yr Anniversary Show” at New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“FAME” at Studiocrombie, Grottaglie, Italy (Aug.)

“Postcards From the Edge” at Metro Pictures, New York, NY (June-July)

2007

“BMG Second Artists’ Annual” at BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Jan.-Feb.)

2006

“Electric Wasteland” at Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA (Nov.-Feb.)

“BMG Artists Annual” at BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Jan.-Feb.)

2005

“Hard Times” Tsunami Benefit Auction at Halcyon Shop, Brooklyn, NY (Feb.-March)

2004

“Ill Communication II” at Urbis Museum, Manchester, England (July-Oct.)

“Beautiful Losers” at Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, CA (July-Oct.)

2003

“Decipher 2.0” at NY Arts Gallery, New York, NY (Aug.)

“Modart 03” at Alte Chemie, Munich, Germany (Feb.)

2002

“Sk8 On The Wall” at the Nagoya Parco Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Dec.-Jan.)

“Dave Kinsey and Andy Howell” at Compound Gallery, Portland, OR (Nov.-Dec.)

“Streetwise 1” at Apart Gallery, London, England (July-Aug.)

“The Four Horseman” at Revolutiones Gallery, Denver, CO (April-May)

2001

“Exhibition 002” Arkitip at Alife, New York, NY (June-July)

1999

“Dave Kinsey and Shepard Fairey” at La Panaderia Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (Nov.-Dec.)

1998

“Survival” at Army Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA (May-June)

1997

“BLK/MRKT Group Show” at IP Gallery, San Diego, CA (May-June)

1994

“Urbanistiks Collective” at Underground Gallery, Atlanta, GA (June-July)

ART FAIRS

2008

NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, IL (Kinsey DesForges, Los Angeles) (May)

2007

Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France (Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium) (Oct.)

Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium (Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium) (April)

2006

Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium (Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium) (April)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chronicle Live, Newcastle, England, June 2008

Blk/Mrkt. “Sure, Why Not: Exhibition catalogue.” Los Angeles: BLK/MRKT Editions, 2008

Matthew Newton. “Dave Kinsey.”Juxtapoz Magazine 85, San Francisco, February 2008

Bl!sss Magazine 1.08, Newport Beach, 2008

“Art Pick.” Los Angeles: LA Weekly, November 15, 2007

Blk/Mrkt. “BLK/MRKT TWO.” London: Die Gestalten Verlag , 2007

Author. “Title of Article.” Vancouver: Color Magazine 5, 2007

Wiedemann, Julius. “Logo Design.” Los Angeles: Taschen, 2007

Empty Mag, Sydney, Australia, Issue 09

Art Forum XLV, No. 5, New York, January, 2006

Blk/Mrkt. “BLK/MRKT ONE.” London: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2006

“Pimping The Arts.” Quick, Dallas, TX, June 2006

SND. “L.A. Art: Then and Now” ArtKrush.com, New York, NY, June, 2006

The Times, Arts section, London, England April 20, 2006

“Ten To Eye”, Lifescapes magazine, Los Angeles, CA, March 2006

The Washington Post, Washington DC, December 26, 2005

Ehmann, Sven & Robert Klanten. Hidden Track: How Visual Culture is Going Places, London: Die Gestalten Verlag, November, 2005.

DPI magazine, Hong Kong, China, Volume 77, 2005

Territory magazine, Singapore, Malaysia, Issue 04, 2005

Klein, Debra. “ADVISORY: TRAVEL NOTES; Hotel Rooms Where the Art Is the Walls, Not on Them “The New York Times, Travel section, New York, NY, July 10th 2005

Search magazine, Lisbon, Portugal, Summer 2005

Juxtapoz 52, San Francisco, CA, March 2005

Cap & Design 8, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004

iNVOX 2, Moscow, Russia, 2004

Streetwear Today, Berlin, Germany, Spring 2004

Defrag, Milan, Italy, Spring 2004.

Art Prostitute 3, Dallas, TX, 2003

Black Book 29, New York, NY, 2003

Hundertmark, Christian.The Art of Rebellion, Munich: Ginko Press Inc., December 2003

Straight No Chaser 27, London, England, 2003

Word 15, Zurich, Switzerland, Fall 2003

Warp Volume 6 Issue 84, Tokyo, Japan, 2003

Trace 36, New York, NY, 2002

The Mercury, Portland, OR, Issue vol. 3, No. 20, 2002

Transmission 2, Singapore, Malaysia, published by Phunk Studio, 2002

Nylon, New York, NY, April Issue, 2002

Style and the Family Tunes 38, Berlin, Germany, 2001

Anthem 004, Long Beach, CA, Fall 2001

Schizophrenic: Lodown book 2, Berlin, Germany, published by Thomas Marecki, 2001

SKY-H, Hong Kong, China, published by PCC Skyhorse Ltd, 2001

Blower, London, England, published by Booth-Clibborn Editions Ltd, 2001

Beautiful Decay, Baltimore, MD, Premier Issue, 2001

Blast, Paris, France, April Issue 15, 2001

Arkitip, Los Angeles, CA, Issue 5, 2000

Slap, San Francisco, CA, January Issue, 2000

Sugar, Paris, France, May Issue, 1999

Matiz, Mexico City, Mexico, February Issue 18, 1999

Lodown, Berlin, Germany, Issue 10, 1997

Transworld Skateboarding, San Diego, CA, May Issue, 1995

The University Reporter, Atlanta, GA, October Issue 2:3, 1993

LECTURES

2007

Semi-Permanent, Sydney, Australia, Design conference lecture (March)

2005

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, Lecture and studio visit (Dec.)

Art Center, Pasadena, CA, Lecture and studio visit (Sept.)

UCLA Design class, Los Angeles, CA , Lecture and studio visit (June)

2004

AIGA, Los Angeles, CA, Lecture and Studio visit (Oct.)

2003

Alte Chemie, Munich, Germany, Lecture & artist workshop (Feb.)

2001

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Ligature design conference (March)

1994

Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, Graduating class portfolio critique