BFA, 1995 Kansas City Art Institute
Currently living in Brooklyn.
If you stop what you are doing and look as far away as you can, even if it is just in the other room, or if you are lucky enough to be outside, look as far away as you can. There are so many things/stuff/objects in your way of seeing far into the distance. Those distractions, objects, patterns and the smallest opening that lets you see even further are what my paintings are about. They are about the things in the way of seeing as far as you can. Sometimes these objects in my paintings are from memories, memories of the color of a room or shape of a hill. The combination of the struggle to see in the distance and flashes of memories make up the stories within my paintings. Out of these thoughts comes work that looks almost abstract, but in my eyes the combination of shapes and colors have stories.
Selected exhibitions
Solo & Two person
2010
New Work, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO (Installation Photos)
2006
Works on Paper, Holiday, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Targets and Trophies, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR. With Kim Hamblin
2001
Not Now, Ryman Gallery, Long Island City, NY. With Matt Crane
1999
Red Chair Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Group shows
2011
Affordable Art Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
Max Fish, NY, NY
2010
2010 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
No Plans for Today, Funtimes Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show, Tinlark Gallery, Los Angles, CA
100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA & Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Paper!Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Frest StART, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Swipple & Gold, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Small Enough to Swallow, Williamsburg Mini Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Swipple, Max Fish, New York, NY
ABCyz Benefit Exhibition, Silver Shed, New York, NY
Beyond Bounds, Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
Censor Approved, The Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
Works on Paper, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
2008
Jen Bekman, X Marks the Art, New York, NY
Swipple, Max Fish, New York, NY
Landscape Portrait Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
For Art's Sake, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
A Soft Place to Land, The Outsider's Studio, Livingston Manor, NY
Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2007
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
The Swipple Has Landed!, Max Fish, New York, NY
Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Ill Fitting (27 Sizes), Swipple group show, RC Art Gallery, Ann Harbor, MI
2006
Group Art Show Part II, Echo Curio, LA, CA
Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2005
Two For The See-saw, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC. Curated by Bill Thelen
Paper!Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Ky Anderson, Rachell Sumpter & Megan Whitmarsh, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Homecoming, The Bank, Kansas City, MO
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2003
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Anima/Botanica, Branch Gallery, NY, NY
Selected Bibliography
Elisabeth Kirch, "Paintings set the right tone", Kansas City Star, 2010
Chris Packham, "Ky Anderson's deceptively simple paintings at the Dolphin", The Pitch, 2010
Steve Brisendine, "Spare and Intricate, Silent and Eloquent: Ky Anderson", eReview, 2010
Artists Registries
The Drawing Center
Artist Space
Selected Collections
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
H&R Block, Kansas City, Mo
Private collections around the world