Lives and works in Kansas City, MO
Education
1995 BFA Kansas City Art Institute
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2024
Sanguine, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2023
Shadow Tracking, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022
Time has Width, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2021
Groundswell, with Vicki Sher, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2020
Star School, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2019
Careful Foresters, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
Parkway Plans, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2018
The Lighthouse, Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN
Crested, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
Small Stories. Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2016
The Cave, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Rotation, Nha Minh, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Hover, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
Ky Anderson, Look & Listen, Saint Chamas, France
2013
Cloud Weight, Frosch&Portmann, New York, NY
2012
Ky Anderson, Cabin Gallery, London, UK
2010
New Work, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Pre 2010
Works on Paper, Holiday, Brooklyn, NY
Red Chair Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Group Exhibitions & Fairs
2024
Wavelength, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO
2023
Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Soft Claws, Nha Minh, Brooklyn, NY.
2022
Outside In-Textures and Abstractions, Bam Art Advisory, Larchmont, NY
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Shifting Instinct, The Ekru Project, Kansas City, MO
2021
SOLO by Rooms, BAM Art Advisory, Larchmont, NY
Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
Art in the Yard: Women Artists Breaking Out, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
Coast to Coast, Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN
no rhyme or reason II, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020
The Anniversary Show: 35 Years of Art With Friends, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Art Toronto, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
PAPER GIANTS, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2019
Late Summer Showcase, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Xanadu, Zeitgeist in Nashville, TN
Among Friends, Clemente Soto Velez Center, NY
Green: The Impossible Color, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Trio, Gold/scopophilia, Montclair, NJ.
Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
The Idiosyncratic Pencil Resharpened, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC.
2018
Walking is a Way of Knowing, curated by Janelle Turner, Brooklyn, NY
IN/SIGHT, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
PAPER GIANTS L.A., Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station Santa Monica, CA.
Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
Art on Paper, Sugarlift, New York, NY
The Idiosyncratic Pencil, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
Nothing But Good Live II, PARK, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2017
Utopias Constructed III, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Elemental Abstractions, Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Got it for Cheep, one night shows in various locations all over the world
Spring Fling, Bryant St Gallery, Palo Alto, CA. (two person show)
The Other Side, Atlas, 11 Spring St, Newburgh, NY.
At Home, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
PAPER GIANTS 3, Galleries at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Celebrating 40 years, Highlights From the Collection, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), touring show, various locations all over the world. Curated by Jeffery Cortland Jones.
The Black & White Project, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Yifat Gat.
PAPER GIANTS 2, with Vicki Sher and Meg Lipke, The Volland Store, Alma, KS
Pulse NY, two person booth with Vicki Sher, Uprise Art
2015
FORMAT RAISIN, Galerie Martagon, Malaucène, France
Humble Iterations, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
Art on Paper Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, Miami, FL
Sluice Art Fair, London, UK
Peer Review, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London, London, UK
Little Hands, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Family Ties - Brooklyn | Dallas, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Momenta Art Spring Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
Art on Paper Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NY, NY
Roger Smith Hotel, NY, NY
South of No North East of No West, Lowe Mill, Huntsville, AL
New Work City, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Opening Group Show, Nha Minh, Brooklyn, NY
PAPER GIANTS, with Vicki Sher and Meg Lipke, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
Family Style, Formerly Pocket Utopia, NY, NY
Full House (west), Saint Paul, MN
ART ON SKATEBOARDS, De Buck Gallery, New York, NY
2013
What I like About You-curated by Julie Torres, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
The Big Show 8, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Thanks for the Warning, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2012
A Dialogue in Abstraction, Curating Contemporary, Online Gallery
Cannonball-curated by Vicki Sher, Frosch&Portmann, New York, NY
What's the Point?, Jen Bekman, New York, NY
Dream Continuum, Circuit12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
'five', Gallerie 1/52, La Seyne sur Mer, France
2011
Affordable Art Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, 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
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
You Know What's Real, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
X Marks the Art, Jen Bekman, New York, NY
Landscape Portrait Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
For Art's Sake, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Pre 2007
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Group Art Show Part II, Echo Curio, LA, CA
Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Two For The See-saw, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Paper!Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ky Anderson, Rachell Sumpter & Megan Whitmarsh, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Targets and Trophies, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Anima/Botanica, Branch Gallery, NY, NY
Residencies
2019
Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY
2017
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015
Look&Listen, Saint Chamas, France
Curatorial
2015
Artist-Run, Miami Beach, FL
Embossed, Gallery Molly Krom, NYC
Embossed, Look&Listen, Saint Chamas, France
Visiting artist/Lectures
2022
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2020
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2019
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2017
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Interviews
Sound & Vision, conversation with Brian Alfred
Conor O'Driscoll, Running Towards, interview with Ky Anderson, Discourse
Jessica Meany, Artist Interview with Ky Anderson, Got a Girl Crush
Ahtcast, Artist Interview: Ky Anderson
Valerie Brennan, Interview with Ky Anderson, Studio Critical
Selected Bibliography
2022
KCUR radio interview by Julie Denesha
2020
Eraser Vol 2, artist interviews curated by Brian Edmonds
Dana Self, “Ky Anderson: Star School,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, KC Studio
2019
Meg Lipke, Careful Foresters, Catalog Essay for solo show at Kathryn Markel Fine Art.
2017
Barbara Gallo Farrell, Creative process is a constant drive for artist Ky Anderson, Poughkeepsie Journal
NEXT-Ky Anderson, Farmboy Fine Arts Blog
Edith Newhall, Women in the Abstract, Philadelphia Inquirer
2016
A Conversation Between Artists At PULSE New York Art Fair, Art Report
The Art of Ky Anderson, Design Milk
2015
Sharon Louden, Artist-run @ Satellite in Miami, Two Coats of Paint
Style Carrot, ARTmonday: Ky Anderson’s Contemporary Artwork
2014
Peyton, Cydney, A Common Task, Catalog Essay: Paper Giants
Young, Geoffrey, Catalogue Essay: Paper Giants
2013
Booooooom, Ky Anderson
The Artsy Forager – Lesley Frenz, A Careful Balance: Ky Anderson
Stephen B. MacInnis, Have you met…Ky Anderson?, Painter’s Progress
Brown Paper Bag, Ky Anderson
2011
Juxtapoz Magazine, Paintings by Ky Anderson
Booooooom, Ky Anderson
2010
Elisabeth Kirch, Paintings set the right tone, Kansas City Star, print
Chris Packham, Ky Anderson's deceptively simple paintings at the Dolphin, The Pitch, print
Steve Brisendine, Spare and Intricate, Silent and Eloquent: Ky Anderson, eReview, print