Kristy Gordon is a Canadian-born artist who immigrated to New York City. Her paintings have been described by Galleries West as “contradictory and enigmatic scenes (that) unravel centuries of power relations and imagine a new future.”
Gordon received a, MFA from The New York Academy of Art in 2013 and a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2011. She is an adjunct Professor at the New York Academy of Art. Her work has been widely exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and China at venues including the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain, the National Academy Museum, NYC and Flowers Gallery, NYC. As a three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, her paintings have won numerous awards and honors. She has received residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China; Shanghai University in China; OCAD University Florence, Italy; and has apprenticed with Odd Nerdrum in Norway and France. Gordon’s work and art writing have been featured in publications, including The Artist’s Magazine, International Artist and Fine Art Connoisseur. She has lectured and done painting demonstrations at venues including China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and Sotheby’s in New York City. Her paintings hang in more than 600 collections worldwide including the Government of Ontario Art Collection, The Clearing House (New York City) and Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History.
Gordon is represented by Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York; Garvey|Simon in New York City; and de Montigny Contemporary in Ottawa, Canada.
EDUCATION
2013 MFA, Painting, New York Academy of Art
2011 BFA, Drawing and Painting, Ontario College of Art and Design
2001 Diploma, Television Animation, Algonquin College
SELECTED TEACHING
Adjunct Professor, Continuing Studies, New York Academy of Art, NYC, 2014-Present
Faculty, New York School of the Arts, NYC, 2017- 2018
Faculty, National Academy Museum and School, NYC, 2015-2017
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2023
Belskie Museum of Art, Second Prize, Hope Out of the Darkness, curated by Sheryl Intrator Urman, Fred Spinowitz and Abigail Meyer New Jersey, NY
2019
Columbia Basin Trust, Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, Major Project Grant, Nelson, BC
2017
Salt Spring National Art Prize, Finalist, Salt Spring Island, BC
2016
The Miracle of The Portrait, Best Portrait Award, Portrait Society of Canada
American Art Awards, 5th Place, Futurism or Futuristic Category,
International Portrait Competition, Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America
2015
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
Signature Status Member, Portrait Society of America
American Women Artists, 3rd Place, Spring Online Juried Show
2014
International Portrait Competition, Exceptional Merit Award, Portrait Society of America
RESIDENCIES
2023 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont, USA
2012 China Residency, New York Academy of Art, Shanghai and Beijing, China
2011 Apprentice to Odd Nerdrum, Norway and France
2010 Florence Program, Ontario College of Art and Design, Italy
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