CHRIS KYSOR

Education

2026 Texoma Gothic, Every Time Institute, Taylor, Texas

2003 Artroom, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

1998 New Paintings, CRP Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

1997 Get Back (M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition), Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

Residencies

1998 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Solo Exhibitions

2001 Visiting Artist Residency, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas

1998 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 Hi-NRG, Every Time Institute, Taylor, TX

Sights + Sounds: The Art of the Album Cover, Every Time Institute, Taylor, TX

2018 Foutch/ Francis/ Kysor/ Mennes, Beaudry Gallery, Dallas, TX

Wicked Summer, Beaudry Gallery, Dallas, TX

2015 Satellite Show, RE Gallery/Peter Makebish Gallery (New York, NY), Dallas

2013 An Evening at Home, Art House, Dallas

2012 Summer Group Show, RO2 Art, Dallas

2009 Strokes, University Art Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas

2005 Surface, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY

2004 Altered States, University of Texas, Dallas

2001 Wall Power, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art

Summer Show, San Droni Rey, Los Angeles

Colorforms, Lawndale Art Center, Houston

Ulterior, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas

Hand…, University of Texas, Dallas

2000 New Work/ New York, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston

Hi-Jinx, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

1999 Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY

Size Matters, Gale Gates, New York, NY

1998 Message to Pretty, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY

Transience and Sentimentality, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Kind of Blue, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston

1998 Mountain Slide, Double Pleasure, NY

1997 Winter Catalog, CRP, New York, NY

1996 Birds and Bees, Esso Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Press

1998 Graham Gund Award, Full Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

1996 Dana Pond Fund Painting Award, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

1994 Juror's Excellence Award, 500X Gallery

1994 Best of Show / Purchase Award, Voertman Annual, University of North Texas

Awards

• Voyage Dallas (2026)

• The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast (2026)

• Do512 (2026)

• Heaven or Holy City / Eyesore (2025)

• Between Two Artists Podcast (2024)

• BrooklynVegan (2023)

• CAMO: Paradise Arcade (2023)

• Pitchfork (2022)

• Far Out Magazine (2022)

• The New York Times

• The Boston Globe

• Dallas Morning News

• Dallas Observer

• Boston Phoenix

• Art Lies

Publications and Projects

1998 American Water — Painting reproduced as the album cover for Silver Jews' American Water (Drag City Records).

2004 Psychology (6th Edition), W. W. Norton & Company — Painting reproduced.

2006 Personality Puzzle, W. W. Norton & Company — Paintings from the Overlapping Silhouette Portraits series reproduced.

David Berman

Silver Jews

indie rock

Album artwork

American Water

Contemporary Painter

Chris Kysor

cover painting

Brooklyn art scene

Rare Book Room studio

1998 album

original painting

contemporary American artist

landscape painting

desert landscape

Drag City Records

Purple Mountains

Stephen Malkmus