Iva Kinnaird
Iva Kinnaird (born Dallas, Texas) is a multimedia and performance artist. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2014 and now lives in Houston. She has exhibited around Texas including solo and 2 person shows at The Reading Room, Dallas (2018), Matchbox Gallery at Rice University, Houston (2018), Art League Houston (2017), and Texas Woman’s University, Denton (2016). She is a recipient of a Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund grant from the Dallas Museum of Art, and has had residencies with Sojourn Montrose in Houston and with Co-Lab Projects
Artist Statement Louie S04E10 B: So you took a chance on being happy, even though you knew that later on you would be sad. L: Yeah. B: And now... you're sad. L: Yeah. B: So... what's the problem? L: I'm too sad.... Look, I liked the feeling of being in love with her. I liked it. But now she's gone and I miss her and it sucks. And I didn't think it was going to be this bad, and I feel like, why even be happy if it's just going to lead to this, you know? It wasn't worth it. B: You know, misery is wasted on the miserable. L: What? B: You know, I'm not entirely sure what your name is, but you are a classic idiot. You think spending time with her, kissing her, having fun with her, you think that's what it was all about? That was love? L: Yeah. B: THIS is love. Missing her, because she's gone. Wanting to die.... You're so lucky. You're like a walking poem. Would you rather be some kind of a fantasy? Some kind of a Disney ride? Is that what you want? Don't you see? This is the good part. This is what you've been digging for all this time. Now you finally have it in your hand, this sweet nugget of love, sweet, sad love, and you want to throw it away. You've got it all wrong. L: I thought this was the bad part. B: No! The bad part is when you forget her, when you don't care about her, when you don't care about anything. The bad part is coming, so enjoy the heartbreak while you can, for God's sakes. Pick up the dog poop, would you please? Lucky sonofabitch. I haven't had my heart broken since Marilyn walked out on me, since I was 35 years old. What I would give to have that feeling again.... You know, I'm not really sure what your name is, but you may be the single most boring person I have ever met. No offense. Give me my dog. Come here. You.... Don't fall down. CV Education The University of Texas at Austin Exhibitions 2018 (Upcoming) TBA, Culture Hole, Dallas, TX Chaos!!!!!!, Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX Loomis (curated by Jesse Morgan Barnett), Thomas Kinkade Gallery, Fort Worth, TX A Two Page Paper on Impasse, The Reading Room, Dallas, TX Oasis, Matchbox Gallery at Rice University, Houston TX Banana Splint, Solar Studios, Rice University, Houston, TX 2017 Screenshots, 3823 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX Art Show!, Art League Houston, TX 2016 Not Like the Other, Performance Art Houston, Instagram Make Time, East/West Galleries, Texas Woman’s University, Denton The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX Substance and Substrate, 500x, Dallas, TX Dimpled, Twisted, and Buried, Fresh Arts, Houston, TX 2015 Debtfair, Art League Houston, TX Aurora Residency Exhibition, Sojourn Montrose of Houston, TX “Summer Party Too” Sponsored by Lone Star Beer, Hello Project Gallery, Houston, TX The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX Typically Esoteric, galleryHomeland, Houston, TX 2012 Basket of Puppies (Performance Art Event), Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX Projects 2017 Recycle Trucks, design for the City’s Recycling Program, Houston, TX 2014 Onsite installation at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX Residencies and Awards 2016 Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund, Dallas Museum of Art 2016 February Bitres, Co-Lab Projects, Austin 2015 Aurora Residency, Sojourn Heights of Houston 2014 Undergraduate Professional Development Travel Grant, University of Texas at Austin 2013 Summer Residency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow 2012 Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin Press 2018 Oasis – Matchbox Gallery “authentic silliness” – Betsy Huete (Glasstire) A Two Page Paper on Impasse – The Reading Room Dallas “the circular nature of human effort” – Jennifer Smart (D Magazine) “we only have 1049days8hours26minutes24seconds left” – Colette Copeland (Eutopia) “finding the personal in the truly ubiquitous” – Danielle Avram (Dallas Morning News) 2016 Make Time – Texas Woman’s University “you’d think they’d have self-immolated by now” – Christina Rees (Glasstire) Top Five Art Events in Texas – Glasstire The Big Show – Lawndale Art Center “quintessentially Houston” – Joelle Jameson (AEQAI) Dimpled, Twisted, and Buried – Fresh Arts “gross” – Betsy Huete (Glasstire) 2015 Typically Esoteric – GalleryHomeland “disaster waiting to happen” – Catherine D. Anspon (Papercity) 2014 You Are Here – Texas Contemporary Art Fair “pathetic” – Bill Davenport (Glasstire) “hardly necessary” – Robert Boyd (The Great God Pan Is Dead) “helpful” – Michael Hardy (On the Town – Houstonia) |