- Born 1982 - Portland, OR.
- Lives and works in Queens, NY and Portland, OR.
- chris@chrisoh.com
Education
- 2004 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
- 2025 Forthcoming, Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- 2023 Passage, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- 2021 Chris Oh: Landscapes, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
- 2020 Chris Oh: Esprit, solo presentation at Independent, New York, NY
- 2018 Interiors, organized by Fortnight Institute, Sargent's Daughters, New York, NY
- 2016 Chris Oh: PLAYS, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2025 Fleurs du mal, Silke Lindner, New York, NY
- 2025 Lovers, Main Projects, Richmond, VA
- 2025 Penumbra, presented by Newchild Gallery, Frieze No.9 Cork Street, London, UK
- 2025 Spectral Stepping, Snow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2024 On Alchemy, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2024 Monomythology, curated by Tania and Thomas Asbæk, The Hole, New York, NY
- 2024 The Golden Ratio, Soho Revue Gallery, London, UK
- 2024 When We Become Us², Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy
- 2023 Portal, Arusha Gallery, London, UK
- 2023 Pictures Girls Make: Portraitures, curated by Alison M. Gingeras, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
- 2023 Homo Angelicus, curated by Frank Haines, Snow Gallery, New York, NY
- 2022 Now I am a lake, curated by Rose Nestler, Public Gallery, London, UK
- 2022 The Views, curated by Zoe Fisher, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021 In Search of the Miraculous, curated by Jonathan Rider, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
- 2021 Nine Lives, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
- 2021 The Interior, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
- 2021 Desire Encapsulated, Make Room, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021 Balloons Dropping From A Ceiling Fan, curated by Morgan Blair, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA
- 2021 Hunters in the Snow, curated by Fortnight Institute, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
- 2020 Painting is Painting's Food: Art History as Muse, curated by Alison M. Gingeras, South Etna, Montauk, NY
- 2019 GARDEN, Shrine/Sargent's Daughters, New York, NY
- 2019 The Views: Paintings of Windows, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2018 Life Expectancy, curated by Joseph Dolinsky, SSD, New York, NY
- 2018 The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2018 A Tree Falls in the Woods, curated by FMLY Projects, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
- 2017 Timeshare, curated by Eden Deering and Sydney Fishman, Zaha Hadid 520 West 28th Street, New York, NY
- 2017 Another Man's Treasure, Edward Ressle Gallery, New York, NY
- 2017 The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2016 Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
- 2016 Painter Production Parity, Small Editions, Brooklyn, NY
- 2016 Subcurrent, Galerie Manque, Brooklyn, NY
- 2015 Philip H. Ashley & Chris Oh, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2015 Salon Society 2, Salon Society, Brooklyn, NY
- 2015 Days Gone By, Galerie Manque, Brooklyn NY
- 2015 Maybe I'm Amazed, curated by Sorry Archive, Knockdown Center, Maspeth NY
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