DIRTY LAUNDRY Duran Mashaal Gallery Montréal, Québec
Our relationship with cloth is visceral and primal -- we are swaddled in it at birth and aside from a caregiver’s embrace, fabric is our first experience with touch and comfort. Who of us, in times of turmoil, has not pulled the covers over our head, or wrapped ourselves in a loved one’s shirt, sweater, or scarf? To be covered is to be comforted, protected, and hidden. To wit, cloak is both a garment and an action to shield from sight. We use cloth to conceal, but also to express, selectively, based on how we see ourselves and how we want others to see us. Of course, we don’t express all facets of our identity, some things we hold near out of habit, nature, or fear of ridicule. We all have dirty laundry, literally and figuratively. Dirty laundry, the phrase, is defined as personal, or private affairs that one does not want made public as they would cause distress and embarrassment. Dirty Laundry, the series, employs contemporary fabrics painted over traditional American portraiture to explore questions surrounding what, how much, and how well we share and hide. In these hand-painted recreations of historic works, fabrics are staged on a model in the studio, lit from the same direction and with the same temperature as the light source in the original painting, then drawn into the final composition. Bold, bright, and colorful fabrics cover all, or significant portions of the portrait. Viewers get few clues about the sitters, save an exposed hand, piece of jewelry, or beloved pet, all superficial details chosen to be revealed. Only in a painting’s title do we learn the subject’s identity, anything more that might be known about these people remains hidden beneath piles of cloth and clothing so ubiquitous it could be our own. The towering fabric head dress on Bashi-Bazouk and heap of shirts on Mary Greene appear poised for imminent toppling, while others, like those enveloping Mrs. Freeman Flower and Portrait of a Lady look well-secured. This leaves us wondering what is hidden and what might be revealed should the fabrics fall, but also probes on how our perception of these subjects might change once uncovered and which subjects we’d prefer to be. Dirty Laundry gives us the opportunity to question the security of our own concealments. What are we concealing from ourselves and others? What would it mean for the parts we conceal to be exposed? How would others react to our dirty laundry?
Cover: Various Fabrics: Bashi-Bazouk (after Gerome) 2021 oil + acrylic on canvas 44 x 30 inches
Various Fabrics: Bashi-Bazouk (after Gerome), detail
Yellow and Blue: Portrait of A Lady (after Hudson), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 42 x 34 inches
Portrait of A Gentleman (Gold), 2021, oil + acrylic on canvas, 28 x 22 inches
Various Fabrics: Margareta Rees (after van der Werff), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 56 x 44 inches
Various Fabrics: Margareta Rees (after van der Werff), detail
Red and Black: Mrs. Freeman Flower (after Highmore), 2021, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 36 inches
Portrait of A Gentleman (Pink), 2021, oil + acrylic on canvas, 28 x 24 inches
The Artist’s Wardrobe: Mary Greene (after Copley), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 56 x 44 inches
The Artist’s Wardrobe: Mary Greene (after Copley), detail
Blue Amazon Fabric Study, 2021, oil on canvas, 14 x 10 inches
Pattern No. 4: Winslow Warren (after Copley), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 26 inches
Various Fabrics: John Park with Dog (after Stuart), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
Portrait of A Lady (Blue), 2021, oil + acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
Red and Black: Theodore Atkinson Jr. (after Copley), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 54 inches
Pattern No. 3: Portrait of A Youth In An Embroidered Vest (after Lemoine), 2022, oil + acrylic on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
White Amazon Fabric Study, 2022, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
Previous: American Portrait I: Elizabeth Murray (after Copley), 2022, oil + acrylic on canvas, 72 x 54 inches Current: American Portrait I: Elizabeth Murray (after Copley), detail
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SHAWN HUCKINS American, b. 1984 www.shawnhuckins.com
SOLO 2022
I Am Dead, Deceased, and Buried, Paul Roosen Contemporary, Hamburg, Germany (October 2022) Dirty Laundry, Duran | Mashaal Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2021
I Know Not Where, K Contemporary (project space), Denver, CO The Birds Will Sing, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
All You Had To Do Was Call, Modernism, San Francisco, CA Skeptic, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Fool’s Errand, K Contemporary, Denver, CO
2019
Happy Go Lucky, Galerie Bessiéres, Chatou, France Staring At The Sun, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018
Fool’s Gold, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
2017
Athenaeum (I Can’t Pretend That This Is Poetry), Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA Somewhere To Nowhere, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2016
Everything Is Hilarious And Nothing Is Real, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
2015
The American __tier, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2014
Sweet Rhapsody, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
2010
Can’t Miss Lime, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
GROUP 2022
High Voltage Three, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel (Forthcoming, September 2022) Show Off, Galleri47, Næstved, Denmark Autour de L’insolite, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
2021
Dialogue Autour du Geste Créatif, Galerie Bessiéres, Chatou, France Knotenpunkt, Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg, Germany Memento Mori, Sugarlift, New York City, NY As Of Now III, K Contemporary, Denver, CO
2020
Historic Memory, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA curated by Lauren Nye (two-person) Created In Place, Modernism, San Francisco, CA #ArtFindsUs Billboard Truck Exhibition, K Contemporary, Denver, CO Lavender Mist, McNichols Civic Center, Denver, CO curated by Michael Paglia and Mark Brasuell New Work by Gallery Artists, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
The Western Sublime, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ curated by Christine Brindza As Of Now II, K Contemporary, Denver, CO
GROUP, 2019
CONT.
Le Vrai Visage, Duran | Mashaal Gallery, Montréal, Canada In Response, Governor’s Mansion Pop-Up Exhibition w/ K Contemporary, Denver, CO Mondo Tondo, Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Independent Vision: The Martin Muller Collection, Arkansas Arts Center Museum, Little Rock, AR Coalesce, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO Finalist’s Exhibition, La Pinacothéque, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg Platinum Blend 4, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Spring Group Show, Cordesa Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Resolution, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA Wet, Quidley & Co, Naples, FL
2017
(Dis)Connected, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2016
ONE, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Open Stacks, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO Learning To See Color, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, CO
2015
Project P:ear, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Fresh Brew, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Summer Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA Platinum Blend, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
PLAY, Galerie COA, Montréal, Canada New Visions Of The Old West, Patrajdas Contemporary, Ogden, UT Summer Group Exhibition, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO A Precious Few, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2013
Ten Years Drawn, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA Summertime, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY Word Play, Design Matters, Los Angeles, CA Eye On The Storm, The Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT (traveling exhibition) Eye On The Storm, The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Myers, FL (traveling exhibition) Vol. 3 Group Exhibition, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO
2012
Flayed Parables, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA (two-person) Art On The Edge, Vered Contemporary, East Hampton, NY Inaugural Exhibition Vol. 2, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO
2011
FEED2011 Biennial: Five Artists, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA Summer Party, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Beast, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
2009
29th Faber Birren National Color Exhibition, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT Slide Slam, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
GROUP, 2008
CONT.
Out of the Blue, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA 22nd International Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ Fast Food - A Fast Food Themed Art Show, Frankenart Mart, San Francisco, CA 19th International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Contemporary Art Gallery, New York, NY Emerging Artists 2008, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
FAIRS 2021
Art Miami w/ Duran | Mashaal Gallery, Miami, FL Art Toronto w/ Duran | Mashaal Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2020
Art Miami w/ Duran | Mashaal Gallery, Miami, FL (online) Intersect Aspen w/ K Contemporary, Aspen, CO (online) The San Francisco Art & Antiques Fair w/ Modernism, San Francisco, CA (online)
2019
PULSE Miami w/ K Contemporary, Miami, FL Art Miami w/ Duran | Mashaal Gallery, Miami, FL Art Miami w/ Modernism, Miami, FL Galeristes w/ Galerie Bessiéres, Paris, France Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair w/ K Contemporary, Jackson Hole, WY ZONAMACO México Art Contemporáno w/ Modernism, Mexico City, Mexico Art Palm Springs w/ George Billis Gallery, Palm Springs, CA ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ George Billis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
The San Francisco Art & Antiques Fair w/ Modernism, San Francisco, CA ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ Cordesa Fine Art, San Francisco, CA LA ART Show w/ Cordesa Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Art Miami w/ Modernism, Miami, FL
2016
Art Miami w/ Modernism, Miami, FL
2015
Art Miami w/ Modernism, Miami, FL Art Silicon Valley w/ Modernism, San Mateo, CA
2014
SCOPE Miami w/ Hashimoto Contemporary, Miami, FL PULSE New York w/ Keeler & Co, New York City, NY ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA LA ART Show w/ Spoke Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Texas Contemporary Art Fair w/ Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Houston, TX
2012
ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2011
AQUA Art Miami w/ Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/AWARDS 2020
Haven Foundation Grant, The Haven Foundation, Brewer, ME
2018
The Luxembourg Art Prize finalist, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
2017
Career Advancement Grant, Colorado Creative Industries, Denver, CO
2013
Haven Foundation Grant, The Haven Foundation, Brewer, ME
2012
Artist Fellowship Grant, Artists’ Fellowship Inc., New York, NY
2011
Artist Fellowship Grant, Artists’ Fellowship Inc., New York, NY
2010
Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Best Emerging Artist in Painting, GLAAD OutAuction NYC
2007
Award for Excellence, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Sponsored by Denice Militello The New Haven Paint & Clay Club Prize Award, Sponsored by The New Haven Paint & Clay Club People’s Choice Award, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, NH
2006
Fellowship Grant in Studio Art, Keene State College Art Department, Keene, NH
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ The Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM The Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, NL Google, Inc., Cambridge, MA Perry Lane Hotel, Savannah, GA The Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles, CA PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Works are held in private collections within North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. SELECTED PUBLICATION ARTICLES/REVIEWS Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose Magazine, Forbes, Luxe Magazine, Huffington Post, This Is Colossal, American Art Collector, PPAPER Magazine, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Magazine, Modern In Denver, New American Paintings, DesignBoom, The Advocate, Poets N' Artists, Art Ltd, 5280 Home Magazine, The Jealous Curator, Create! Magazine, Arrested Motion, The Seattle Times, Beautiful Decay, Quiet Lunch Magazine, Out.com, Guernica Magazine, NoTOFU Magazine, M/I/S/C Magazine, Bl!SSS Magazine, Art & Science Journal EDUCATION 2006
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, magna cum laude
2004
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, International Exchange