B. 1986 Evanston, IL USA
Co-organiser of Kantine (Brussels) together with Perri MacKenzie. Since 2017.
Education
2013
MFA, Piet Zwart Institute. Rotterdam, NL
2009
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago US
Residencies, Fellowships
2021
Starr Fellowship, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2015-2017
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2015
Triangle France, Marseille, FR
Futura, Prague, CZ
Solo and two-person exhibitions
2021
Beacon, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2020
Figuration, Alma Sarif, Brussels, BE
2018
Retreat, Satoshi, Seggiano, IT
2017
Care and Rearing, Fluent, Santander, ES
2015
Find Yourself a Human Activity, Futura, Prague, CZ (with Perri MacKenzie)
CHEW, Rond-Point Projects, Marseille, FR
square shape faint aroma, Lodos, Mexico City, MX
2014
Real Snow, Pracownia Portretu, Lodz, PL (with Perri MacKenzie)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Inspections From Above, Lesage, BE
2018
Porcupine, Jan Van Eyck, Maastricht, NL (cur. Artun Alaska Arasli)
B-Sides, Saloon, Brussels, BE
Apres la pluie, la pluie, After Howl, Brussels, BE
2017
Deep State, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
The Life Intense, w139, Amsterdam, NL (performance)
Jaguar, Fundación Botín, Santander, ES
2016
Project Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2015
Outrage #2, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR (cur. Joel Riff)
Les Drames 3D Grillagés,Triangle France, Marseille, FR
Percussive Hunter, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, TK (cur. Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk)
2014
An Evening in Three Acts, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL (performance)
2013
Alongside::D,A,K,A, Lodos, Mexico City, MX
Nothing Could Be Slow Enough… TENT, Rotterdam, NL (cur. Arnisa Zeqo)
2012
Corso Aperto, Fondazione Antonio Ratti Como, IT (cur. Andrea Lissoni)
Three Artists Walk Into a Bar..., De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, NL
As Curator
2017-
Kantine, Brussels, BE (with Perri MacKenzie)
2016
Whiskers by the Name of Lilacs, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam, NL
2015
Dead Gabber’s Society, Peach, Rotterdam, NL
2014
A Thousand Varied Uses, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid, ES
Public Collections
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, NL
Grants
2017
Working Grant - Established Talent, Mondriaan Fonds
Production grant, Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL Mundo)
2014
Research & Development Grant, CBK Rotterdam
2013
Working Grant - Young Talent, Mondriaan Fonds
Publications/Writing
2020
Qu€$£ions, Le Chauffage Magazine
Perri and Kevin Go Large, Montez Press Radio NYC
2019
“Swallow the Spirit: Michaela Eichwald at dependance” Conceptual Fine Arts
“This is Not a Hard Day: On the work of Monika Stricker” FR David
2018
“Wreal Wrappers Wrinkle” Pfiel Magazine, Montez Press
2012
The Choice is Yours, ed. Annie Ratti and Andrea Lissoni, Mousse Publishing
2011
“86% Pasolini” Supremir Moraleja, ed. Andrew J. Greene and Marion Ramos
Bibliography
2017
“Kevin Gallagher at Fluent, Santander” Mousse Magazine
Larios, Pablo. “Kevin Gallagher” Deep State.
Ter Borg, Lucette, “Nieuwe lichting De Ateliers maakt vooral dystopisch werk” NRC.
2016
Buehler, Melanie. “Visceral Upcycling: Kevin Gallagher, Nancy Lupo, Rebecca Stephany” Metropolis M.
2014
“Artguide Madrid: A Thousand Varied Uses at NoguerasBlanchard” Artforum
2013
Verwoert, Jan. “Faith to Facts: On the work of Kevin Gallagher,” Nothing Could Be Slow Enough
Teaching
2020
Artist talk, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Visiting tutor, LUCA - School of Arts, Brussels, BE
2019
Artist talk, LUCA - School of Arts, Brussels, BE
With Kind Support of the Mondrian Funds.