BIOGRAPHY

Born: Bronx, New York, 1970
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Education: University of California, Irvine (M.F.A., 1997);
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1997);
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (B.F.A., 1993)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
“Kori Newkirk: 1997–2007,” Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Traveled.

2006
The Project, New York.
MC, Los Angeles.

2005
MCA San Diego, California.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Locust Projects, Miami.

2004
Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio.

2003
The Fabric Museum and Workshop, Philadelphia.
“To See It All,” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle.

2002
James Van Damme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2001
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy.

2000
The Project, New York.

1999
“Legacy,” Deep River, Los Angeles.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
“Black Light/White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art,” Contemporary Arts Museum
Houston. Catalogue.

2006
“Alien Nation,” Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Traveled.
“Black Alphabet: conTEXTS of Contemporary African American Art,” Zacheta National Gallery of Art,
Warsaw, Poland.
“Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

2005
“Uncertain States of America,” Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway. Traveled.
“Landscape Confection,” Wexner Center of the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

2004
“2004 California Biennial,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.

2003
“Only Skin Deep,” International Center of Photography, New York.
“A Century of Collecting: African-American Art,” Gallery at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

2002
“Majestic Sprawl,” Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena.

2001
“One Planet Under a Groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art,” Bronx Museum, New York.
“Freestyle,” Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Traveled. Catalogue.

Selected Bibliography

2007
Finkel, Jori. “A Reluctant Fraternity, Thinking Post- Black,” The New York Times (June 10).

2006
Searle, Adrian. “Rebels Without a Cause,” The Guardian (September 12).
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Kori Newkirk,” The New York Times (March 17).

2005
Danto, Arthur C. “‘Uncertain States of America,” Artforum (December).
Meyers, Terry R. “Kori Newkirk Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,” Modern Painters (April).

2004
Knight, Christopher. “A Chronicle of Race, Rage,Ritual,” Los Angeles Times (February 17).
Miles, Christopher. “Kori Newkirk,” Artforum (January).

2003
Murray, Derek Conrad. “Kori Newkirk at The Project,” Art in America (November).

2002
Thorson, Alice. “Drawing a Bead on Art,” Kansas City Star (May 26).

2001
Saltz, Jerry. “Post-Black,” Village Voice (May 16).

2000
Hainley, Bruce. “Kori Newkirk at Rosamund Felsen,”Artforum (February).