Kari Cholnoky

Biography

Kari Cholnoky (b. 1988, Stamford, CT) holds an MFA in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and a BA from Dartmouth College. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include True Level at Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Wild Blue Yonder with Nicholas Moenich at Disturb the Neighbors, New York, NY and Gargantua and Pantagruel with Caroline Chandler at Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA. Recent group exhibitions include Wirrwarr at Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, The Collection as Time Machine at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, and They're Made of Meat, curated by Jennifer Coates at Platform, Brooklyn, NY. Cholnoky attended the Worth Advisory Bovina Artist Residency in the summer of 2019, and the Fountainhead Residency in Miami, FL in 2017. Cholnoky has been featured in Maake Magazine, Editorial Magazine, Hyperallergic, and as part of the Habitat series on ArtNews.
Kari Cholnoky (b. 1988, Stamford, CT) holds an MFA in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and a BA from Dartmouth College. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include True Level at Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Wild Blue Yonder with Nicholas Moenich at Disturb the Neighbors, New York, NY and Gargantua and Pantagruel with Caroline Chandler at Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA. Recent group exhibitions include Wirrwarr at Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, The Collection as Time Machine at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, and They're Made of Meat, curated by Jennifer Coates at Platform, Brooklyn, NY. Cholnoky attended the Worth Advisory Bovina Artist Residency in the summer of 2019, and the Fountainhead Residency in Miami, FL in 2017. Cholnoky has been featured in Maake Magazine, Editorial Magazine, Hyperallergic, and as part of the Habitat series on ArtNews.
Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
Cult of the Crimson Queen, New York
February 05 - March 14, 2020


Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2019
Wild Blue Yonder (with Nicholas Moenich), Disturb the Neighbors, NewYork, NY

2018
Gargantua and Pantagruel, (with Caroline Chandler), Left Field Gallery, SLO, CA
True Level, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017
Control Panels, Won Eh, Brooklyn, NY
Kari Cholnoky/Landon O’Brien, Big Medium, Austin, TX

2016
Rabbit Redux, Small Editions, Brooklyn, NY
Kari Cholnoky/Erin Lee Jones, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Semi Lucid Steaks, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI

2015
The Knew You, Roger Williams University, RI

2014
Kari Cholnoky, Mercedes Benz Bank, Berlin, Germany

2012
Vaguely Familiar, INSTINC, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020
Cult of the Crimson Queen, curated by Michelle Segre, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York, NY

2019
An Unknown Power, Dynamo Arts Assocation, Vancouver, BC E/AB Fair with Salad Editions, New York, NY
Body Horror, Bomb Pop Up, Brooklyn, NY
Family Show, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Wirrwarr, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Garden of Earthly Delights, curated by Timothy Bergstrom, Washington Art Association, Washington, CT
They're Made out of Meat, curated by Jennifer Coates, Platform, Brooklyn, NY

2018
All About Frank, curated by Arielle de Saint Phalle and Taylor Roy, Spring Break, New York, NY
Black Room, curated by Emily Davidson and Sam Strand, Spring Break, New York, NY
The Collection as Time Machine, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Kunst4Kids, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
NADA NYC with Safe Gallery, New York, NY
Immortal Jelly, AWHRHWAR, Los Angeles, GA
Small Editions at NYABF, PS1, Queens, NY
Mutants, curated by Caio Twombly, New York, NY
Daddy’s Room, Rockaway Beach, NY

2017
Esurient Eyes, Regina Rex, New York, NY
Cosmic Joke, curated by Jennifer Sullivan, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Holding Hands, Lazy Susan, New York, NY
Shampoo Effect, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, curated by Won Eh, Essex Flowers, NY
Nasty Women, The Cave, Detroit, MI (benefit for Planned Parenthood)

2016
Artists for Women’s Rights, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (benefit for Planned Parenthood)
Shroom Show, curated by Nicholas Moenich, Helper, Brooklyn, NY
Throw Down, curated by @snacks__, Ess Ef Eff, Brooklyn, NY
Mall Rats, curated by Evan Reiser, Et Al Etc, San Francisco, CA First Summer: Part II, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
Water Work, SoHo House, New York, NY
Christmas in July, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Safe Gallery Project Space, NADA, New York, NY
Home Is Where You’re Happy, EMBASSY, Los Angeles, CA
Casino Cabaret, curated by Melissa Brown, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015
L. Quan Healing Arts Center, curated by Barry McGee, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
Epizootics, Alleyoop Projects, New York, NY
First Show, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
Working Women, Marian Graves Mugar Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, NH

2014
Agree to Disagree: A Survey of Contemporary Abstraction, David Klein Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Tools of the Trade, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
CAA/DAM Scholarship Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI

2013
Vox IX, curated by Hilary Harkness and Hunter Braithwaite, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Day Tripper (shown with Alec Soth’s America), Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Color, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2012
Twenty In Their Twenties, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL Introductions, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY