Dave Kinsey (American, born )

Timeline

1971
Born Pittsburgh, PA
1989–1990
Fine Art & Design studies, Art Institute of Pittsburgh
1991–1993
Associates Degree in Illustration & Design, Art Institute of Atlanta
Not one for the nine to five grind, Kinsey started the creative design studio BLK/MRKT after moving to the west coast following his education at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Art Institute of Atlanta. Its success has allowed him to pursue his path as an accomplished designer and fine artist. His work captures the universal essence of the human condition mainly through an energetic portrayal of urban characters. Working spontaneously, and utilizing a range of mediums, he constructs multi-layered, textured environments easily likened to the complexities of contemporary urban life. His portraits depict beings who are both triumphant in their defiant stance to their surroundings, and tragic, as they transmit a visual display of raw emotion and jangled nerves. The style and substance of his body of work originates in street art, and in keeping with his goal “to expose as many people to art as possible and to honor the power art has when it’s created and accepted”, Kinsey founded the BLK/MRKT Gallery, allowing him to provide a crossroads for a new movement of young and electrifying iconoclasts. In addition to these pursuits his fine art has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide, among these a recent exhibition at the URBIS Museum in Manchester and Art Brussels in Belgium. He has also been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Black Book and BLK/MRKT One and Two, and invited to speak at numerous institutions such as The Art Center College of Design, UCLA, Montserrat College of Art and most recently, the Semi-Permanent conference in Sydney, Australia.
Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Exhibitions

2012
New Works, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2011
Summer Group Show, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2010
We Dream In Colors, Yellow Pants Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2010
Art From The New World, Bristol Museum, Bristol, UK
2010
Asahi Silver+Black, Ambush Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010
New Works, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2009
New Works at Kinsey/DesForges Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2009
Scope, Joshua Liner Gallery Miami, FL
2009
Summer Group Show, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY
2009
Whammy!!, vasf Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
You Are Here, Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2008
Holy Sh*t, Lazarides Gallery, Newcastle, UK (solo)
2008
15th Anniversary Show, New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Clowns, Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA
2008
FAME, Studiocrombie, Grottaglie, Italy
2008
Postcards From the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
2008
NEXT Art Fair, Chicago – Kinsey/DesForges, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Red Dot Fair, Miami Beach – BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Paris - Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Art Brussels – Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Sure Why Not, BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2007
BMG Artists' Annual, BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Art Prostitute Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
2006
Environmentalistic II, Alice BXL, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2006
Stolenspace, London, England “Enviromethodology” (solo)
2006
Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA “Electric Wasteland”
2006
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Fecal Face Dot Com Annual”
2006
Receiver Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Kings and Queens”, Keep-A-Breast Charity Exhibition
2006
Art Chicago – Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2006
Art Brussels – Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2006
BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “BMG Artists’ Annual”
2005
The Lab101 Gallery, Culver City, CA “Keep-A-Breast” Charity & Auction
2005
Halcyon Shop, Brooklyn, NY “Hard Times” Tsunami benefit Exhibition
2005
Boon Gallery, City, MA, “Enviromentalistic I” (solo)
2004
Urbis Museum, Manchester, England “Ill Communication II”
2004
Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, CA “Beautiful Losers”
2003
NY Arts Gallery, New York, NY “Decipher 2.0”
2003
Alte Chemie, Munich, Germany “Modart03”
2003
Travis Parker, La Jolla, CA (solo)
2003
Basil Hayward Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
2003
BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “80% Post-Consumer Grade” (solo)
2002
Nagayo Parco Museum, Tokyo, Japan “Sk8 On The Wall”
2002
Apart Gallery, London, England “Streetwise 1”
2002
Compound Gallery, Portland, OR “Dave Kinsey and Andy Howell”
2002
Revolutiones Gallery, Denver, CO “The Four Horseman”
2001
Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France,“Message From The Soul” (solo)
2001
Alife, New York, NY “Arkitip - Exhibition 002”
2000
381G Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1999
ARO.SPACE Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
1999
La Panaderia Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico “Dave Kinsey and Shepard Fairey”
1998
Army Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Survival”
1997
IP Gallery, San Diego, CA “BLK/MRKT Group Show”
1994
Urbanistiks, Underground Gallery, Atlanta, USA
English (US)

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