Shows and Publications


(last updated: 23 April 2008)


Upcoming and Current Exhibitions


Retrospective solo: Chris Hipkiss: Drawings, INTUIT (The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art), Chicago, IL (April 23 - August 30)
Group show, featuring new work: Drawings, John Martin Gallery, London, England (July 5 - Aug 2)
Group show: Magische Architektur, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany (March 2 - May 12)
Group show: Chthonic Youth, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY (April 10 - May 10)

Solo Exhibitions


2008
Chris Hipkiss: Drawings, INTUIT (The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art), Chicago, IL

2007
Chris Hipkiss - Lines, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany

2005
Chris Hipkiss, Galerie Susanne Zander, Cologne, Germany
Chris Hipkiss - Supernature, La Galerie Objet Trouvé, Paris, France

2004
Chris Hipkiss - Visionary Drawings, Bibliothèque Municipale, Paulhan, France

2003
Chris Hipkiss - New Drawings, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Chris Hipkiss, England & Co., London, England

2000
Visionary Drawings, England and Co., London, England
Mercury Springtime, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
New Year in Transamerica, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Visionary Drawings, Birmingham MAC, Birmingham, England

1997
Drawings by Chris Hipkiss, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

1996
Chris Hipkiss: Visionary Drawings, Galerie Pecka, Prague, Czech Republic
Artist of the day, Angela Flowers Gallery, London, England

Group Exhibitions


2008
Drawings, John Martin Gallery, London, England
Chthonic Youth, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Magische Architektur, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany
On Line; Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Signs of Other Times; Marcel van Eeden - Chris Hipkiss, Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hating 4 Never, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Mixed Signals, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY

2006
Utopia, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Block Party: An exhibition of drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Un Monde de Bruts, Les Nouveaux Troubadours, Saint Sever du Moustier, France
Exposition Collective, Galerie de l'atelier, Bordeaux, France
Parallel Visions II, The Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
Metamorphosis, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Inner Worlds Outside - touring exhibition curated by John Thompson & Monika Kinley, at:
Fundación "la Caixa", Madrid;
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London;
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2005
Outsider Art, Tate Britain, London, England
Contemporary Landscapes...Crossing Boundaries, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
Visions et Créations dissidentes, Musée de la Création Franches, Bègles, France
Obsessive Drawing, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
Dessins Pointus en noir et blanc et en couleurs, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France
In Another World, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Chthonic, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Outsider kunst; werken op papier van 8 kunstenaars, Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Important Work by Self-Taught Artists, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Drawn/Quartered, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Raw Vision, Mexico Gallery, London, England
Metamorphosis, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Gallery Choices 2004, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery show, England and Co., London, England
Chris Hipkiss and Jean-Pierre Nadau, Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2003
Write On, The Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX
Outsider Art: The Inner World of Self-taught Artists, Bristol-Myers Squibb's Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
The Perfect Game: America Looks at Baseball, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY

2002
Works from the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, England
Le Pluriel des Singuliers III, Galerie d'art du Conseil Général, Aix-en-Provence, France
Hard Core Visionary: Beyond Pathological, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

2001
Madness: Outsider Art meets Regular Art, Herenplaats (TENT), Rotterdam, NL
England and Co., London, England
Noir sur Blanc - Mondes Interieurs, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France
Keeping the Faith, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
The First Ten Years, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Eire
Science and Science Fiction, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Transcendentally Material, Mystically Objective, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Art Singulier, Espace Culturel Clement David, Roquevaire, France
Picturing the Modern Amazon, New Museum, New York, NY
European Self Taught Art: Brut or Naive?, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
Visionary Grace, Greenwich Arts Centre, Greenwich, CT

1999
Summer Group Show: e-scapes - Passion of Place, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
30 Outsiders, Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bodies of Transgression: Hedging the Edge by Self Taught Artists, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Millennial Intentions: Post-20th Century Self Taught Artists, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
New Acquisitions, New Discoveries and New Work, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Art Unsolved: the Musgrave-Kinley Outsider Art Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Eire
Drawings..., Meyerson and Nowinski, Seattle, WA
From the Heart to the Hand, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
The End is Near!: Special Exhibition of Works from AVAM, Hennessey and Ingalls Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA

1997
The MAG Collection, Ferens Art Galery, Kingston-upon-Hull, England
Ingenious Creator, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, England
The End is Near!, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Miniature Paperworks by: Self-Taught Artists, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

1996
Art and Soul: Works by Self Taught Artists, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Sacred Waters, South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
In Pursuit of the Invisible: the Collection of Mickey Cartin, The Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery, The Richmond Art Center, The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT
Summer Group Show Self Taught Artists, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Outsiders and Co., England and Co., London, England
International Works on Paper, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Exhibition of Works from AVAM, Hennessey and Ingalls Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA
Drawing Outside the Lines: Works on Paper by Outsider Artists, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
On the Brink 1900-2000: The Turning of Two Centuries, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
The Widening Gyre, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

1995
A Younger Edge - Anthony Dominguez and Chris Hipkiss, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY

1994
The Outsider, Rona Gallery, London, England

1992
Winter Solstice Exhibition, Sweet Waters Gallery, London, England

Hipkiss is represented in the following collections:


The American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
The Musgrave Kinley Outsider Archive, Dublin, Eire
John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Sheboygan, WI
Moscow Outsider Museum, Moscow, RF
Museum of International Folk Art, Sante Fé, NM

Publications


Le Muscle Carabine, état second (2008), United Dead Artists, France
Le Muscle Carabine (2007), United Dead Artists, France
Laurent Danchin (2006), Art brut; L'instinct créateur, Gallimard, France
Whitechapel Gallery (2006), Inner Worlds Outside, Madrid, Fundación La Caixa; Irish Museum of Modern Art; Whitechapel Gallery, London
McColl Center for Visual Arts (2005), Contemporary Landscapes... Crossing Boundaries, Charlotte, NC
Monika Kinley (2005), Monika's Story: A Personal History of the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Collection, Musgrave Kinley Outsider Trust [note: the section on Hipkiss included in this work is factually incorrect and misleading in its connotations.]
John Maizels, (2004), Raw Vision, London, Mexico Gallery and Raw Vision
Soussan,C, (2003), ‘Chris Hipkiss’, Artension, No. 12, 39-41
England & Co. (2001), Obsessive Visions, London: England and Co.
Gallien,A, Lusardy,M, Pons,L (2001)Noir sur Blanc: Mondes Intérieurs, Travioles/Halle St. Pierre, Paris Martine Lusardy/Halle St. Pierre
England and Co. (2000), Chris Hipkiss: Visionary Drawings, London: England and Co.
Umberger, L (2000), Mercury Springtime: Drawings by Chris Hipkiss, Wisconsin: John Michael Kohler Arts Centre,
Freuh, J, Fierstein, L and Stein, J eds. (2000), Picturing the Modern Amazon, New York: Rizzoli 11 and 58.
Manley, R. et al (1998), ‘Chris Hipkiss’ in: The End is Near!, Los Angeles: Dilettante Press. 92-94.
Marshall, C (1998), Art Unsolved at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, London: Lund Humphries.
Ferens Art Gallery (1997), History - the Mag Collection, Hull: FAG
Yao, J. (1996), In Pursuit of the Invisible: from the collection of Mickey and Janis Cartin, Mass.: Hard Press 43.
England & Co. (1996), Outsiders & Co., London: England and Co.
Mason, A (1994), ‘The Visionary World of Chris Hipkiss’, Raw Vision no.9, 30-33.

Press


"Lackspur für 900 Euro", Rheinische Rundschau, Kultur, 20.April 2007
Debailleur, H.F., Rose, S.J. (2007), ‘Traits Bien’, Libération, 24 March, 31-32.
Kienle, M., Jensen, J. (2006), ‘ Exploring The Obsession’, NY Arts, March.
Russell, J.H. (2006), ‘Outsiders (Art Market)’, The Wall Street Journal, 14 Jan, 2.
Genocchio, B. (2006), ‘The March of the Scary Amazons; A Close Reading’, The New York Times Art Review, 5 Feb, 34.
Naves, M. (2006), ‘Coping Mechanisms’, The New York Observer, 9 Jan, 18.
Rexer, L. (2006), ‘Art and Obsession’, Art on Paper, May-June Vol 10, No.5, 56-63.
Sharp, J. (2006), ‘Slow on the Draw’, Art Review, March, Vol LXII, 82-85.
Anderson, B. (2005), ‘Obsessive Drawing’, Folk Art (Journal of the American Folk Art Museum), Vol 30, No.4, 48-49.
Cotter, H. (2005), ‘The Desire to Draw, Sometimes a Compulsion’, The New York Times, 16 September, E37.
Stevens, M. (2005), ‘Ink-stained Wretches’, New York Magazine, 26 September, 74.
Maschal, R. (2005), ‘Art that holds your feet to the ice’, The Charlotte Observer, 13 November.
Shuster, R. (2005), ‘Visions of Order in an Anxious Universe’, Village Voice, 5-11 October, 78.
UBIK (2001), Arte, France, 16 December.
Taylor, JR (2000), ‘Around the Galleries’, The Times 2, 1 November, 21.
Steward, S (2000), ‘Outsider dealing’, The Observer Life Magazine, 29 October, 28-36.
Windsor, J (2000), ‘Views from the Edge’, The Independent, 25 March, 20-21.
Johnson, K (2000), ‘Visionaries who portray reality from the outside in’ and ‘Review: Chris Hipkiss’, New York Times, January 28, E35 and E37.
Long, L (2000), ‘For Northwest’, January, 47-48.
Art review (1999), ‘Raw Visions’, Art Review, June, 54-55.
Mason, B (1999), ‘Coming in from the Cold’, The Art Newspaper no. 90, March.
Jones, J (1999), ‘Five artists to invest in’, The Observer Life Magazine, 7 February, p7.
Fredericksen, E (1998), ‘Drawing Lessons’, The Stranger, 23 July, p.25.
Kent Messenger (1996), ‘Most walls are too small for Hipkiss’, East Kent Gazette and Times, 3 July, p24.
Opocensky, P (1996), ‘Reportaz psana na prochazce 11’, Atelier (Journal of Contemporary Art), 5/29 February, 1.
Windsor, J (1995), ‘The Outed Outsiders’, The Independent, 1 May.

Grants/Awards


2007  The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc.
2001  The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc.