Kristy Gordon’s work is a frank and intimate reflection of her curiosity about other people, transformations and self-discovery. Her paintings hang in over 500 public and private collections worldwide including the Government of Ontario Art Collection. She has been a full-time, professional painter since 2004, exhibiting her work internationally and earning numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2010, 2013), an Exceptional Merit Award from the Portrait Society of America (2014), and was a finalist for the 2013 Kingston Prize for Canadian portraiture.

She has been widely featured in numerous magazines, art publications, radio and television shows, including International Artist, Fine Art Connoisseur, The Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art and Bravo!’s Star Portraits.

Gordon has seven years of experience teaching and conducting painting workshops throughout North America. She has taught at numerous academies and schools including The Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, The Lake Country Art House, and The Okanagan School of Arts in Penticton and has also substitute taught at the New York Academy of Art. She has lectured at China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, New Century Artists in New York City and the Art of the Portrait in Washington, DC.

She received her MFA degree in Painting from the New York Academy of Art and holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Additionally, she has studied classical drawing and painting at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto and Andreeva Portrait Academy in Santa Fe. She has also studied privately with artists including Yuqi Wang, Odd Nerdrum, Juan Martinez, Jeremy Lipking.

Gordon is represented by Dacia Gallery in New York, Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor and Cube Gallery in Ottawa, Canada. She lives and works in New York City.

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2022
Strangled Planet, Cube Gallery Projects, Fritzi Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2021
Planetary, Langham Cultural Centre, Main Gallery, Kaslo, BC
2017
Journey of Dreams, LIC Arts Open Gallery, NYC
2016
Redux, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2014
Flux, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2013
Beautiful and Dangerous, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2012
Rise, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2009
Recent Paintings, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2008
Recent Paintings, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Guerilla Live, Enriched Bread Artists Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2005
Recent Paintings, Koyman Galleries, Ottawa, ON
2004
Etherlands, Exclusive Art Forms, Lancaster, ON


Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023
Grenning Gallery, PROPHETS: Slonem, Gordon, Astone, Sag Harbor, NY
Belskie Museum of Art, Hope Out of the Darkness, curated by Sheryl Intrator Urman, Fred Spinowitz and Abigail Meyer New Jersey, NY
Grenning Gallery, Exigent Legends, Sag Harbor, NY
2022
Studio Sixty Six Gallery, Figure Figure, Ottawa, ON
Hostetler Gallery, Nantucket, NY
Gallery A, Doritos Ketchup Chips Exhibition, Toronto, ON
Debbie Dickenson Gallery, INFLUENCE, New York, NY
The Church for Ukraine, curated by April Gornik, Sag Harbor, NY
Theatre for a New Audience, New York, NY
Grenning Gallery, Down The Rabbit Hole, Two Person Show with Hunt Slonem, Sag Harbor, NY
2021
Cube Gallery, Great Big Smalls Show, Ottawa, ON
2020
Garvey|Simon, Select 5, NYC
Brassworks Gallery, Street Stories, curated by Jen Brown, Portland, OR
Grenning Gallery, Compte Rendu, NYC
New York Academy of Art, Artists for Artists, NYC
New York Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, NYC
2019
Grenning Gallery, Spring Exhibition, NYC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Uris Center for Education, Fall Copyist Celebration, NYC
Ille Arts, Movie Night Exhibition, curated by Rick Davidman, Amagansett, NY
Garvey|Simon, Board of Artisan Lofts, Representing: Selected Works from Alumni and Faculty of
The New York Academy of Art, curated by Rick Davidman, Kim Power and Elizabeth Garvey, NYC
2018
Wallack Galleries, Figureworks, Ottawa, ON
MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art, Mod Portrait, Barcelona, Spain
IAACC Museum Pablo Serrano, Mod Portrait, Zaragoza, Spain
Flowers Gallery, Summer Exhibition, NYC
Cube Gallery, Great Big Smalls Show, Ottawa, ON
Grenning Gallery, Gems, NYC
2017
Dacia Gallery, Seven Year Anniversary Exhibition and Celebration, NYC
Highline Stages, Single Fare 4, NYC
Salt Spring National Art Prize Exhibition, Salt Spring Island, BC
Dacia Gallery, Spiritus Lumine, NYC
MIM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Customs House Museum, WPW: In Earnest, Clarksville, TN
J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University Art Galleries, WPW: In Earnest, Texas, TN
National Academy Museum, Creative Mischief, NYC
Dacia Gallery, Spiritu Vivae, NYC
Lake Country Art Gallery, Another Conversation, Lake Country, BC
2016
Hui No’Eau Visual Arts Center, Art Affair: Party of the Century, Maui, HI
Cube Gallery, Great Big Smalls Show, Ottawa, ON
Grenning Gallery, Another Look, NYC
Lake Country Art Gallery, Under 100, Lake Country, BC
Kelowna Art Gallery, Drawn Together, BC
Alternator Centre For Contemporary Art, Expressions of Death: Personal Journeys,
Kelowna, BC
National Academy Museum and School, Creative Mischief Faculty Show, NYC
Flowers Gallery, Summer Exhibition, NYC
National Academy Museum, Creative Mischief, NYC
Portrait Society of America, 6x9 Limited Size, Unlimited Talent, Washington, DC
Dacia Gallery, Pictura Fontis, NYC
2015
Grenning Gallery, Gems, Sag Harbor, NY
Bonner David Galleries, Annual Master & Signature Status Members Show & National Juried
Exhibition, American Women Artists, Scottsdale, AZ
Baby Grand, Horror, curated by Gaetanne Lavoie, New York, NY
Fringe Salon, Salon at the Salon, curated by Reese Chamness, New York, NY
Stricoff Fine Art, NYC
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Face It, Brooklyn, NY
Art Market Hamptons, Grenning Gallery booth, Bridgehampton, NY
Cube Gallery, Hidden Gems, Ottawa, ON
Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
Dacia Gallery, Primavera, Dacia Gallery, NYC
Portrait Society of America, 6x9 Limited Size, Unlimited Talent, Atlanta, GA
2014
Hersh Fine Art, Loved and Observed, curated by Diana Corvelle and Manu Saluja,
Long Island, NY
Kamakura Arts, Serendipitous Synergy, curated by Lisa Benson and Reno Oka, Kamakura, Japan
Dacia Gallery, Nunc Veritatem, NYC
Grenning Gallery, Gems of the Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, Figureworks, Ottawa, ON
Grenning Gallery, Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Portrait Society of America, 6x9 Limited Size, Unlimited Talent, Washington, DC
2013
Canadian Consulate, Celebration of Canadian Whiskies, NYC
Times Square Art Center, Dacia Times Square Art Show, Dacia Gallery, NYC
Big Irv’s Gallery, Mythology and Folklore, curated by Jacob Hicks, Brooklyn, NY
Art Gallery of Calgary, The Kingston Prize Exhibition and Awards Ceremony, Calgary, AB
The Kingston Prize Exhibition, Gananoque Fire Hall Theatre, Gananoque, ON
Sotheby’s, Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, NYC
Dacia Gallery,Three Year Anniversary Exhibition and Celebration, , NYC
European House of Arts, Dacia Gallery Universal Art Project, France, Germany and Romania
Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York Academy of Art Seventh Annual Summer Exhibition, NYC
Grenning Gallery, Immerse Yourself, Sag Harbor, NY
New York Academy of Art, Tribeca Ball, NYC
Portrait Society of America, 6x9 Limited Size, Unlimited Talent, Atlanta, GA
New York Academy of Art, From China, NYC
RH Gallery, Single Fare, NYC
2012
New York Academy of Art, Deck the Walls, NYC
Kraine Gallery, Laowai - Foreigner, NYC
Helen McClung Exhibit Gallery, York University, GIFTED: Donations from the Ontario Society of
Artists, curated by Stewart Boden, Toronto, ON
Can Art Center,International Artist Residency Exchange Exhibition, Beijing, China
Shanghai 99 Art Center, Mutual Interests, Shanghai, China
New York Academy of Art, Tribeca Ball, NYC
2011
New York Academy of Art, Deck the Walls, NYC
Greenhouse Gallery, Salon International 2011, San Antonio, TX
Salmagundi Club, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, NYC
Cube Gallery, Trinary, Ottawa, ON
Loch Gallery, Best of the Contemporaries, Toronto, ON
2010
Toronto International Art Fair, Cube Gallery booth, Toronto, ON
Grid Art Gallery, Ten Squared, Nelson, BC
OCAD Florence, In Bocca al Lupo, Florence, Italy
2009
OCAD Florence, Sempre Volta, OCAD, Florence, Italy
Loch Gallery, Exploring the Figure, Toronto, ON
Greenhouse Gallery, Salon International 2009, San Antonio, TX
John B. Aird Gallery, The Canadian Portrait: Today and Tomorrow, Toronto, ON
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Praxis: Beauty and Truth, curated by Gary Roy and Rosa Graci,
Toronto, ON
Cube Gallery, The Canadian Portrait, Ottawa, ON
Artguise Gallery, Artguise 2009 Selection, Ottawa, ON
2008
Andreeva Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Orillia Museum of Art and History, All-Ontario Juried Art Show, Orillia, ON
La Petite Mort Gallery, Puppy Love - The Artist as Dog, curated by Missy Marston, Ottawa, ON
Elmhurst Art Museum, National Art Premier, Elmhurst, IL
La Petite Mort Gallery, Women On Men, curated by Missy Marston Ottawa, ON
2007
Varley Art Gallery, Capturing the Human Spirit Exhibition, Markham, ON
The Kingston Prize Exhibition, Gananoque Fire Hall Theatre, Gananoque, ON
Federation Gallery, Painting on the Edge, Vancouver, BC
Orillia Museum of Art and History, All-Ontario Juried Art Show, Orillia, ON
Cube Gallery, Ontario Society of Artists Members’ Show, Ottawa, ON
Federation Gallery, Human Figure Show, Vancouver, BC
2006
Greenhouse Gallery, Salon International 2006, San Antonio, TX
Federation Gallery, Hyper-Real Show, Vancouver, BC
Federation Gallery, Landscape Show, Vancouver, BC
2005
Loch Gallery, Invitational Figure Exhibition, Toronto, ON
Tutt Street Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Hampton Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2004
The Little Elephant Gallery, Oceanside, NY
Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Members’ Show, Kelowna, BC
2003
Ottawa Art Gallery, Art Rental and Sales, Ottawa, ON
2002-04
Elmwood Art and Home Fair, Ottawa, ON
2002
Mildred Erb Gallery, Painting Our Past, curated by Shelley Anderson and the Nelson Public Art
Gallery Committee, Nelson, BC
1998
Nelson Art Walk, Nelson, BC
1997
Kootenay-Boundary Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Silverton, BC