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| Chris Twomey, Nyc | |
Chris Twomey has exhibited in shows throughout the US, and received recognition from the Ford Foundation, Creative Artists Project Service, Santa Fe Art Institute, and American Film Institute. "Madonna Series" inspired positive reviews including one by Carey Lovelace for "Art In America." “Omni Series, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age,” a first solo show, was exhibited in 2004 at TRIBES Gallery, a non profit space in NYC was featured on CNN. Chris Twomey's particular melding of technology with hand gesture has resulted in inclusion in many private collections. |
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Madonna Series: Haplogroup B
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| The 8 – 10 paintings, prints, and DVD of the MADONNA SERIES, 2005 – 2006, are modeled after the classical religious paintings of the Renaissance. Using photographs of a diverse group of contemporary mothers/children, these depictions borrow the iconography of a belief system, and re-contextualize this belief system in light of recent genomic discoveries.
In the background of each painting is a phylogenetic map showing the child’s (imagined) haplogroup origins as traced by the mothers Mitochondria DNA mutations.
Haplogroups formed as our species evolved and traveled throughout the earth in groups; our particular tribe developing their own identifying mutations over time.
In each painting, I have notated the mutations which put the particular Madonna and child in their haplogroup, giving them an identity in context to the whole of humanity.
Seeing ourselves through the numbers that trace history through our DNA conjures up profound meditations about our shared origins, as well as offers a new paradigm for the idea of mortality and self. |
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Madonna Series:Haplogroup L2
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Madonna Series: B
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| The MADONNA SERIES is based on the iconography of the Renaissance, using my photographs of contemporary working mothers and children to spawn the various segments of the series.
The 8 prints in the suite are entitled, “Haplogroup A, B, to X” and refer to the ancestral origins of each woman/child as seen through her mtDNA. Each haplogroup developed over time as our particular tribe traveled through the earth, all of us branching off and sharing our origins in DNA.
The ephemeral nature of our physical time on earth is captured in these prints; while the genetic tracings to our past suggest a kind of immortality through the continuity of our DNA.
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Madonna Series: L2
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Triumph of the XX: XX & XYk DETAIL
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| “Triumph of the XX” evokes the power of the XX chromosome (female) in its ability to heal a flaw or mutation in the DNA by recombining and backing up since there are two X’s. A red haired woman is the metaphor for this concept, as she recombines the genes of the world, healing division. Aluminum foil, a simple substrate found in the kitchen and commonly used by women for domestic labor, is elevated, along with this concept, to an articulation of the divine.
The photographs for this series were shot in the studio, manipulated, retouched, and printed by the artist.
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Triumph of the XX: XX & XYc DETAIL
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Triumph of the XX: XX & XY a,c,m,k,v
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| Triumph of the XX” evokes the power of the XX chromosome (female) in its ability to heal a flaw or mutation in the DNA by recombining and backing up since there are two X’s. A red haired woman is the metaphor for this concept, as she recombines the genes of the world, healing division. Aluminum foil, a simple substrate found in the kitchen and commonly used by women for domestic labor, is elevated, along with this concept, to an articulation of the divine. The photographs for this series were shot in the studio, manipulated, retouched, and printed by the artist. |
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| Education and biography | |
| CHRIS TWOMEY 735 East 9th Street, 2F New York, New York 10009 (212) 505-0486 christwomey@earthlink.net www.christwomey.com SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 - "MADONNA SERIES" Tribes Gallery, New York, NY 2004 – “OMNI SERIES, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age,”Tribes Gallery, New York, NY GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 - "BROADTHINKING Inaugural," Silent Space, Kingston NY & E32 NYC 2007 - "SUMMER SAMPLER" Frontroom Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2007 - "WAR IS OVER," Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006 - "Digi 06" organized by ASCI, NY Hall of Science 2006 – “ MIXED MEDIA SHOWCASE,” Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY 2005 – “CITY LIGHTS.” Viridian Gallery, NY, NY 2005 – “A FRIEND IN NEED,” Gallery Onetwentyeight, NY, NY 2005 - “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE,” Robert Miller Gallery, NY, NY 2005 – “ART IN ODD PLACES,” HOWL Festival, Federation of East Village Artists, NY, NY 2005 – “POOL ART FAIR - Jump into Art,” Solita Soho Hotel, NYC 2004 - “LOOKING IN/LOOKING OUT,” Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT 2004 – “YW, WHY WAR?” Viridian Gallery, New York, NY 2004 - “MUSEUM OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY,” Pool Art Addict, NY Underground Art Fair, NY, NY 2003 - “NEW PRINTS 2003/AUTUMN,” International Print Center New York, NY, NY 2003 - “NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS,” Artists Space, NY, NY 2003 - “ART IN THE PARK” HOWL Festival, Federation of East Village Artists, NY, NY 2003 - “CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL,” Tribes Gallery, NY, NY 2003 - “DIGITAL BRIDGES,” Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY 2002 - “A GATHERING OF TRIBES TENTH ANNIVERSARY, Tribes Gallery, NY, NY 2002 - “GENOME,.” CityWithoutWalls Gallery, Newark, NJ 2002 - “LIFE OF THE CITY,” photographic exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY 2002 - “REACTIONS,” Exit Art, NY, NY 2001 - “BREAKING THE RULES,” curated by Eugenia Tsai, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY 2001 - “SUMMER IN THE CITY,” Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, MI 2001 - “PIXEL,” curated by Millie Burns, MMC Gallery, New York, NY 2001 - “NEW YORK ARTISTS CIRCLE,” Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2000 - “SNAPSHOT,” Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD 2000 - “NEW DIRECTIONS ‘2K,” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, curated by Lisa Messenger 2000 - “OH BABY,” Exhibit A Gallery, NY, NY 2000 - “25TH ANNUAL NEW MEMBERS SHOW,” CityWithoutWalls Gallery, Newark, NJ 2000 - “ALUMNI REDUX I,” Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, curated by Sydney Jenkins 1999 - “PASSION FOR ART,” Richard Anderson Gallery, NY, NY 1999 - “NEW DIRECTIONS ‘99,” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, curated by Fiona Raghab 1999 - “IMPURE PHOTOGRAPHY,” Gallery Taranto, NY, NY AWARDS AND GRANTS 2006 - NATIVE NY,Third Street Association, NYC 2003 - ARTIST RESIDENCY, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM 1991 - AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, Los Angeles, CA SELECTED COLLECTIONS 2004 – RHIZOME.ORG, Internet ArtBase affiliated with The New Museum, NY 2004 – LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, “Exit Art Reactions Collection,” Washington, DC 2001- MONA, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI - permanent collection SELECTED REVIEWS LPaul Sharp, "Broadbrush, exhibits in Ctskill, Kingston and Beacon this month spotlight women artist" UlsterPublishing, August, 2007 Carey Lovelace, "Chris Twomey at Tribes," Art in America, March 2007 Joel Simpson, "Madonna Series," ASCI December 2006 E.K. Clarke, "Madonna Series" NY Arts Magazine December 2006 Aurthur Warwick, "Mitochondrial Madonnas" The Scientist October 2006 Lily Faust, “Chris Twomey, Tribes Gallery,” M-The New York Art World, September 2004 Flash, “Contemplating our Navel: Omni Series, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age” NYArts Magazine, September 2004 Flash, “Contemplating our Navel: Omni Series, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age” ASCI.org September 2004 Bill Canacci, “New York,” Home News Tribune, June 30, 2004 Jeanne Moos, “Navel Gazing,” CNN-Cooper Anderson 360, Broadcast June 21,22, 2004 PANEL DISCUSSIONS and ARTISTS TALKS LECTURES AND ARTISTS TALKS 2007 BROADTHINKING Inaugural Virtual at E32, (moderator/artist) Included Gulsen Calik, Peggy Cyphers, Tina Potter, Pam Longobardi, Kathleen Vance and Ellen Levy. NYC 2006 - ATOA, NY NY "Post Post Modern, a visual conversation" panelists included, Joel Beck, co-director of Roebling Hall Galleries, Lea Rekow, director of Gigantic ArtSpace Gallery, Ben Goldman, director of CityWithoutWalls Gallery, Francis Hwang,former director of Rhizome.org. Organized by Tamara Wyndham and Chris Twomey. Chris Twomey moderated. 2004 – ATOA, NY, NY “Art and Genetics in a Digital Age” Panelists included Suzanne Anker, Steve Miller, Kevin Clarke, and Columbia University geneticist Dr. Max Gottesman. Chris Twomey moderated. 2002-2005 – for Barlow Limited, NY, NY cultural and educational tours. Artist open studio and talks 2001 – Marymount Manhattan College, NY, NY “Pixel” artist talk EDUCATION School of Visual Arts, NY, NY Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, MFA, New Forms (Ford Grant) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, BA with Honors, Fine Arts Reed College, Portland, OR |
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| March 2008 POOL ART FAIR Chelsea Hotel, NYC March 2008 ART NOW FAIR Mar. 2008 Georgetown College, KY |
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