Kyle Thurman (b. 1986, West Chester, PA) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. In 2016 he received an MFA in painting from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. From 2011 to 2012, Thurman studied with Christopher Williams and Peter Doig as a guest student at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf. In 2009 he received his BA in Film Studies and Visual Arts from Columbia University.

Most recently, Thurman was included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta; his work is now included in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Other recent solo and group exhibitions include Central Fine, Miami Beach, FL; The Meeting, New York, NY; Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, Austria; 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA; Off Vendome, New York, NY; The Cleveland Triennial, Cleveland, OH; Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, MO; Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Cookie Butcher, Antwerp, Belgium; Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium; Kostyal, London, England; Benevento, New York, NY; OFFSITE, New York, NY; Bodega, New York, NY; MOCA Tucson, Tucson, AZ; Fluxia Gallery, Milan, Italy; Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY; Dickinson Gallery, New York, NY; Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain; Lisa Cooley and Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY; Room East, New York, NY; Middlemarch, Brussels, Belgium; Nudashank, Baltimore, MA; Shoot the Lobster, Miami, FL; Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium; West Street Gallery, New York NY; Eleven Rivington, New York, NY; Clearing, Brussels, Belgium; M and B Art, Los Angeles, CA; Martos Gallery, New York, NY; Printed Matter, New York, NY; and The Mercantile Fiction Library, New York, NY among others. The artist’s upcoming exhibitions include Central Fine, Miami Beach, FL and Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, Austria.

Kyle Thurman Dream Police (My neck) 2022 Acrylic dispersion, gouache, oil, and watercolor on PVA primed paper and Dibond panel in artist’s frame 49 7/8 x 73 7/8 x 2 7/8 in 126.7 x 187.6 x 7.3 cm Image courtesy the artist and David Lewis.

Kyle Thurman Forest (our shadow) 2022 Gouache, graphite, oil, and watercolor on PVA primed paper and Dibond panel in artist’s frame 49 7/8 x 73 7/8 x 2 7/8 in 126.7 x 187.6 x 7.3 cm. Image courtesy the artist and David Lewis.

Kyle Thurman Crown (model monument, emotion) 2022 with altar by Lesser Miracle Patinated bronze and wood Sculpture Dimensions: 21 1/10 x 21 1/10 x 21 1/10 in 53.6 x 53.6 x 53.6 cm Altar Dimensions: 30 x 70 x 33 in 76.2 x 177.8 x 83.82 cm. Image courtesy the artist and David Lewis.