Chris Bors was born in Ithaca, New York and received his MFA from School of Visual Arts. Solo shows include Randall Scott Projects in Washington, D.C. His art has also been exhibited at MoMA PS1, Freight+Volume, Arts+Leisure, Kustera Projects, White Columns, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, Casino Luxembourg in Luxembourg, Bahnwarterhaus in Esslingen, Germany and Bongoût in Berlin. His work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Time Out New York, and the Brooklyn Rail and featured in Vogue Italia, K48 and zingmagazine. He has written for Artforum, ArtReview, and Art in America, among many other publications.
Education
M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
BA, University at Albany, Albany, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Brian Leo Projects, Ackchyually, New York
2018 ADO Projects, American Jesus, Brooklyn, New York
2016 Guttenberg Arts, Kill Your Idols, Guttenberg, New Jersey
2013 Randall Scott Projects, The Youth are Getting Restless, Washington, DC
2009 Envoy Gallery, Forward and Backward Pam and Tommy, New York
2008 Go North, i against i, Beacon, New York
2005 Argo Gallery, America is a mistake, a giant mistake., Nicosia, Cyprus
Haven Arts, Virtual Dumpster Diving, Bronx, New York
2002 Here Art, Quest for Herb, New York
Two Person Exhibitions
2021 Punk Waffel Remix: Chris Bors and Joe Waks, curated by Brian Leo and Lee Wells, IFAC Arts,
The Yard Lower East Side, New York
2001 Meredith Allen and Chris Bors, P.S. 122 Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2023 Microdots in Camelot, curated by Fred Fleisher, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, California
2022 The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York
Make Art Now War, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York
Dark Shadows, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, California
2021 Nothing’s Shocking, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
2020 The Confidence Game, curated by Joe Nanashe and Savannah Spirit, www.theconfidencegame.website
Electoral Electric, curated by Michelle Vitale, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ
General Store, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, California
A Horse Walks Into a Bar, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi, Hampden Gallery, UMass Amherst,
Amherst, Massachusetts
2019 Foodie Fever, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi and Thalia Vrachopoulos, Anya and Andrew
Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, New York (catalog)
Malled & Walled: American Style, curated by Fred Fleisher, Turbine Space, Glarus, Switzerland
2018 The Southwest Brooklyn Biennial, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, New York
Summer of Love, curated by Nick Lawrence, Freight+Volume, New York (catalogue)
Shadowman Meets the Kids, curated by Noah Becker, Contra Studios, New York
2018 Collect Hudson, curated by Fred Fleisher and Michelle Vitale, The Benjamin J. Dineen, III and Dennis C. Hull
Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, New Jersey
Successive Excessive, The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
20 Eyes in My Head, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
2016 The Art of the Narrative, curated by Natalie Kates, Art & Music Lounge at the Hamptons Film Festival,
Monika Olko Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
Beggars Banquet, curated by Noah Becker and Alfredo Martinez, Saloman Arts Gallery, New York
Dumbsh*t Video Art, curated by Stefan Popescu, Brenda May Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Made Here, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, New Jersey
Shifted Memories, curated by Fanny Allié and Ketta Ioannidou, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
Eat Sleep Copy Repeat, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
2015 Your Bad Self, Arts+Leisure, New York (catalogue)
Special Hypocrite, curated by Arielle De Saint Phalle and Michael Valinsky, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
Free Market Economy, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
The Dreams That I Gave Her, curated by Kelli Burton and Yulia Topchiy, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn
2014 Show #13, The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Everything Bad is Good for You, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Show #12, The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
DNA Artists’ Residency Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
By Invitation Only 3, curated by Andrew Gori and Ambre Kelly, Kinz + TIllou Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York
Forced Collaboration II, curated by Jacob Rhodes, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Out There, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
2013 Hello Nasty, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York
2012 Project Room, curated by Tom Sanford, BravinLee programs
Spacegrass, Bloom Projects, New York
Untitled #1, Randall Scott Projects, Washington, DC
Show #2, The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Brucennial 2012, 159 Bleecker Street, New York
2011 Games and Toys With a Twist, Longwood Art Gallery, Hostos Community College, Bronx, New York
Bronx Calling: The 1st AIM Biennial, curated by Wayne Northcross and Jose Ruiz,
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York (catalogue)
2010 Love and Hate, Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus
Painting with Pictures, curated by Asya Geisberg, David Gibson, and Savannah Spirit,
Casita Gallery, Bronx, New York
Art – Athina, with Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Athens, Greece
Jamaica Flux Video Slam, curated by Heng-Gil Han, Jamaica Performing Art Center, Jamaica, New York
I’m Caught Up, curated by Melissa A. Calderón, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, New York
Brucennial 2010: Miseducation, 350 West Broadway, New York
2009 Family Jewels, curated by Conny Becker and Damien Deroubaix, Bahnwärterhaus,
Esslingen, Germany (catalogue)
Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery Satori, New York
The Better Half, curated by David Gibson and Jeffery Rakien Nomura, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery,
The Educational Alliance, New York
The Cursed Chateau, curated by Timothy Hutchings, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indiana
Tone and Temperament, curated by Sophie Landres, Art Currents, New York
2008 Papercut, curated by Julie Fishkin and Matt Lucas, Heist Gallery, New York
Family Jewels, curated by Conny Becker and Damien Deroubaix, Bongout Gallery, Berlin
Old News 4, organized by Jacob Fabricius, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Volume(s), curated by Marc Clement and Kevin Muhlen, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
This One Goes up to 11, curated by Summer Guthery, Hanne Mugaas, Lumi Tan, and Nicholas Weist,
Monkeytown, Brooklyn, New York
2007 Beginnings, curated by Summer Guthery, Lumi Tan, and Nicholas Weist, Whyandwherefore.com
Let’s Bolt, curated by Julie Fishkin, Matt Lucas, and Lumi Tan, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York
Inventory Control, curated by Judith Page, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College,
Oakdale, New York (catalogue)
Artwave Radio, The Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece
2006 Grendel, with Jack the Pelican Presents, Old Green Supermarket, Miami, Florida
Rules of Engagement, curated by Lee Wells, Guerrilla Media Vehicle, Miami, Florida
2005 Sasquatch Society, Sixtyseven, New York
Scärab: The Heavy Metal Art Show, curated by Robert Chaney, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC (catalogue)
Now Playing, curated by Karlos Carcamo, ParaSite, Beacon, New York
2004 Timeless/Timeliness: Aljira Emerge 2003, curated by Dominique Nahas, Aljira, Newark, NJ (catalogue)
The Infinite Fill Show, curated by Cory and Jamie Arcangel, Foxy Production, New York
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows, “Bronco Video Series,” curated by Karlos Carcamo,
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, Queens (catalogue)
One Night Only, curated by Charles Reeve and Helena Reckitt, Garage Projects, Atlanta, Georgia
Scärab: The Heavy Metal Art Show, curated by Robert Chaney, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
Good Humor, organized by Tricia McLaughlin and Sharon Paz, Pullox, Berlin, Germany
Screwball, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003 Mama’s Boy, curated by Jane Harris, White Columns, New York
Works on Paper, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Recession 2003 $99 Show, curated by Tim Thyzel, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York
2002 Heaven Video Series, curated by Doug Lussenhop, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2001 B Hotel, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York
Infinite Jest, Ten in One Gallery, New York
Stromereien Open Air Performance Tage, curated by Harm Lux, Zurich, Switzerland
Impakt 2001, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Videoex Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (catalogue)
Good Humor, organized by Tricia McLaughlin and Sharon Paz, EcommercePartners, New York
The American Living Room Film and Video Salon, curated by Libby Hartle, Here Art, New York
2000 Open Video Call Selections, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
OuterLimits (Elsewhere: Williamsburg), Goliath, Brooklyn, New York
Hot Cam, coordinated by Jennifer Charron, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Bibliography (selected)
2023 Laura van Straaten. “What to See at Frieze New York and Beyond,” W Magazine, May 18.
Sarah Cascone. “‘It’s Like a Potluck’: The Spring Break Art Show Returns With Work by Regular
Participants, Their Friends, and Their Friends’ Friends,” Artnet News, May 11.
2021 Hrag Vartanian. “With a Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric,”
Hyperallergic, September 10.
2020 D. Dominick Lombardi. A Horse Walks Into a Bar, Hampden Gallery, UMass Amherst,
Amherst, Massachusetts (catalog).
Lorraine Heitzman. “Spring/Break, The Art Fair Artists Love,” Art and Cake.
2019 D. Dominick Lombardi, Thalia Vrachopoulos, William Vrachopoulos. “Foodie Fever,” Anya and
Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, New York (catalog)
Praxis Interview Magazine with Brainard Carey, Yale University Radio, September 9.
2018 Lisa Levy. “DLG1820_Did you know artist/writer, Chris Bors trained with Olympic Wrestlers?,”
Dr. Lisa Gives a Shit, Radio Free Brooklyn.
Noah Becker. “Chris Bors: American Jesus,” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May.
Billy McEntee. “Weekly Arts Roundup,” Greenpointers, May 3.
2017 Paul Laster. “Occupying Offices: Independent vs. Spring/Break,” Whitehot Magazine, March.
Carl Gunhouse. “Stuff I Liked at SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2017,” Searching for the Light, March 14.
MC Stevens. “A Weekend Guide to SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2017,” Arcade Project.
Jillian Steinhauer. “ArtRx NYC,” Hyperallergic, January 10.
2016 “Chris Bors Studio Visit with Natalie Kates,” Nataliekates.com.
“Studio Visit: Chris Bors interviewed by Aaron Johnson,” Arcade Project.
“Here Are Some of the Artistic Memes From the Third Presidential Debate That Made Us Laugh,” Artnet News,
October 20.
Linda Yablonsky. “Rites of Spring,” Artforum.com, March 7.
Carl Gunhouse. “What We Do Is Secret,” Kill Your Idols, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, New Jersey (catalogue).
2015 Barbara Kaesbohrer. “Deconstruction of Time, Space, Body and the Narrative Perception of Fictional Film versus
Video Art.” With(Out) Trace: Interdisciplinary Investigations into Time, Space and the Body,
Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Anthony Haden-Guest. “New York’s Fair Shake: Anthony Haden-Guest Goes to Independent and
Spring/Break,” New York Observer, March 15.
2014 Michael Valinksy. “Artist of the Week: Chris Bors,” The Wild Magazine, August 5..
Serena da Conceição. “By Invitation Only at Kinz + Tilou,” Serena da Conceição, May 21.
Kate Messinger. “The Best of Black and White,” The Wild Magazine, May 20.
Ann Binlot, “Armory Week Round Up,” Art Markit, March 10.
Colin C. Jorgensen, “SPRING/BREAK Art Show Is Your Elementary School On Psilocybin,”
Artiholics.com, March 8.
Samantha Katz, “Go Wild at SPRING/BREAK Art Show,” Whitewall Magazine, March 7.
Cait Munro, “SPRING/BREAK Probes Deep Into Our Techno-Creepy Culture,” Artnet News, March 5.
Natalie Hegert, “What Makes the SPRING/BREAK Art Show So Different, So Appealing?,” Artslant, March 5.
2013 Mark Jenkins. “The Youth Are Getting Restless,” The Washington Post, September 13.
Liz Insogna. “Hello Nasty,” The Huffington Post, August 6.
“Psycho slashed: Alfred Hitchcock’s classic in 24 seconds, 60 seconds and 11seconds,” Anorak.co.uk, July 1.
2012 “Legendary DC punks Bad Brains ready new album Into the Future: stream the title track,” Factmag.com,
September 26. (illustration)
Jillian Steinhauer. “Art Rx,” Hyperallergic, September 6.
Aaron Berger. “Spacegrass, Group Show at Bloom Projects in NYC curated by Chris Bors,”
Beautifuldecay.com, August 29.
Mark Jenkins. “From edgy at ‘Untitled No. 1’ to historic at ‘Watergate,’” The Washington Post, July 12.
Robert Foster. “Chris Bors,” Leisure BLAAHG, April 25.
Artur Xexéo. “O filme de Hitchcok em 24 segundos,” Globo.com, April 19.
2011 Gerry Mak. “New Art / Chris Bors,” Lost At E Minor, November 4.
Judy Berman. “Chris Bors’ Hardcore Punk Pseudo-Propaganda Posters,” Flavorwire.com, November 1.
Amir H. Fallah. “Chris Bors’ Hardcore Confrontation Of Violence,” Beautifuldecay.com, November 1.
Rachel Corbett. “Biennials in the Bronx and New Orleans,” Artnet.com, June 27.
Bo Lee. I Love Video, Botheman.com, June 29.
Wayne Northcross, Jose Ruiz, and Christian Viveros-Faune. Bronx Calling: The 1st AIM Biennial,
The Bronx Museum of the Arts. (catalogue)
Jane Sweet. “24 Second Psycho,” Le Journal de Jane, January 17.
Paul Gallagher. “24 Second ‘Psycho’,” Dangerousminds.net, January 15.
2010 Faultline, Journal of Art & Literature, University of California, Irvine (cover and interior illo.).
Heng-Gil Han. Jamaica Flux ‘10, Workspaces & Windows, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning,
Jamaica, New York (catalogue).
Brent Burket. “The Brucennial: Piece By Piece (Part 3 of 5),” Hyperallergic.com, March 17.
Davis, Ben. “X Out,” Artnet.com, February 19.
“Psycho 24,” Chazzw.wordpress.com, February 14.
2009 Terry Smith. What is Contemporary Art?, The University of Chicago Press.
Andreas Baur, Conny Becker. Family Jewels, Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen, Germany (catalogue).
Paddy Johnson. “Damn Those Chateaus! Role Playing Illustration Takes Center Stage at iMOCA,”
Artfagcity.com, July 29.
Stephen Squibb. “Chris Bors at Envoy,” Zine.artcat.com, February 26.
Walter Robinson. “Artnet News: Pam and Tommy in Reprise at Envoy Gallery,” Artnet.com, February 24.
2008 “Art+Auction Heads to Russia,” Artinfo.com, December 18.
Walter Robinson. ”Artnet News: Art Benefits for Obama,” September 30.
Barbara Gallo Farrell. “Punk and pop mix together in edgy works,” Poughkeepsie Journal, April 10.
Elena Bordignon. “Arte,” Vogue Italia, February.
Old News 4, “The Postcard Lovers Project,” curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou and Christopher Marinos,
Pork Salad Press.
2007 Laurel Ptak. “Chris Bors,” iheartphotograph.blogspot.com, September 17.
Benjamin Genocchio. “Material Things, Cataloged,” The New York Times, January 28.
K48, “In Lockdown We Bite!,” No. 6, edited by Scott Hug.
Joe Heaps Nelson. “Don Carroll of Jack the Pelican Presents,” Whitehotmagazine.com.
Judith Page. Inventory Control, The Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College (catalogue).
2006 Jeroen Bosch. “Douglas Gordon / Chris Bors,” Trendbeheer.com, December 12.
V. Voitek. “Size matters?,” new-art.blogspot.com, Wednesday, September 27.
Shifter 08, “Rules & Representations,” Shifter-magazine.com.
2005 Augustine Zenakos. “Inside Art,” TO BHMA, November 5.
Elena Parpa. “Chris Bors,” Phileleftheros, October 16.
Photini Philippidou. “Is America a mistake?,” Seven, October 16–22.
“39 Mavericks 2005,” Razor, May.
Mary Bulkot. “Local Maverick,” Ithaca Times, June 1.
2004 Benjamin Genocchio. “Young and Provocative, Time Is on Their Side,” The New York Times, September 12.
Dominique Nahas. Timeless/Timeliness: Aljira Emerge 2003, Aljira, Newark, New Jersey (catalogue).
Liz Spikol. “Scärab: An Art Exhibition About Heavy Metal,” Philadelphia Weekly, July 14–20.
Scärab, Project Room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (catalogue).
Cheryl Katz. “A Product Of His Time, The Performance Acts of Chris Bors,” PAJ, No. 76, January.
2003 Andrew Maerkle. “Mama’s Boy,” Flavorpill.com, issue 184.
Marina Shiza. “Paper, Means of Creative Expression,” Phileleftheros, June 1.
2002 “A Guide To Dysfunctional Painting – Case Study: Chris Bors,” French Cooking,
curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Zingmagazine, no. 17.
2001 Valentina Tanni. “B Hotel,” ExibArt.com, January 20.
Videoex: Video Und Experimental Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (catalogue).
Lori Ortiz. “Meredith Allen and Chris Bors at PS122,” The Brooklyn Rail, May/June.
Grants, Awards, Residencies
2024 Plop Residency, London, United Kingdom
2018 ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey
2016 Space & Time Artist Residency, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, New Jersey
2014 DNA Artist Residency, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2011 Artist in the Marketplace program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
2008 Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York
2006 Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York
2003 Emerge 2003, Aljira, Newark, New Jersey