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Denise Kupferschmidt’s new Window and Cityscape works on paper depict the cycle of the sun as it fades in and out of her urban environment. She uses this repetition, the comfort of a routine, the stability of a normalized existence to speak to current collective feelings of sadness and loss. Kupferschmidt cites science journalist Zoë Schlanger writings on ‘Solastalgia’ (a word coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht to describe the feeling of ‘the pain or sickness caused by the loss or lack of solace and the sense of isolation connected to the present state of one’s home and territory’). Her paintings depict ‘watching the earthly elements of home morph into something that feels remote, while we stay put’. 

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My focus is how I’m changing internally while the world around me changes, and how that changing self moves through an ever-evolving world in linear time. As I progress along the continuum of growth, my sense of self and how I look at the world is gradually and irrevocably altered, and yet life’s constant repetition imprints a template of sameness on each moment. The feelings of stability and familiarity imposed by this repetition are undermined by the strangeness and remoteness of how different our past selves are from who we are now and who we will become. Gradients of color and shadow act like a filmstrip indicating forward momentum, and the progression of time is seen. Focus is not only given to how the world through my eyes changes through time, but also what is empirically happening to the world around me. The doom of our future feels nearer every day and yet the days repeat with a mundane uniformity. Our responsibility as we progress through time is symbolized in footsteps, each step a choice along the path we choose. We can purposefully keep altering ourselves so that we can see the change in addition to the comforting repetition. We can look at the fixed path of our past and the series of small choices that created it and thereby understand our place in time.

I’m trying to capture what it feels like to have lost the stability of being grounded in the present moment because the flow of change is overpowering the familiar sense of repetition in the daily routine.

–Denise Kupferschmidt
July 2020

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Denise Kupferschmidt received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Recent solo exhibitions have been with Halsey McKay Gallery and Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including at BAM. Brooklyn;, Foxy Productions, NY; Eleven Rivington, NY; Nicole Klagsbrun, NY; and Tracey Williams, NY amongst others. She was an organizer of the itinerant group-show series Apartment Show. Her work has been featured on Contemporary Art Daily, Vogue, T Magazine, ArtNet, The L Magazine and TimeOut NY among others. Kupferschmidt is represented by Halsey McKay Gallery.

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Born 1979, Princeton, NJ
Lives and work in Queens, NY

EDUCATION
1999-2002 B.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Solastalgia, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
NADA House, with Halsey McKay Gallery, Governor’s Island, NY
2016  Studio, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Denise Kupferschmidt, NADA Miami Beach, Halsey McKay Gallery, Miami, FL
Magazine, Leftfield Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Room For One, Ace Hotel, New York, NY
2014  Make-up Brush, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2013 Denise Kupferschmidt, NADA New York, Halsey Mckay Gallery, New York, NY
I Won’t Forget You, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012Motifs, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Denise Kupferschmidt, NADA Hudson, Halsey Mckay Gallery
2011Spektr, PACS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 This and That, or Mary Jean in Maputo (My Grandmother’s Cabinet), curated by Lumi Tan, in the Window at 259 10th Avenue
2007 Rites, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Drawings, Teti Gallery, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Woof of the Sun, Ethereal Gauze,  Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2019 Vanishing Act, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2017 Brooklyn Bust, Century Pictures, Brooklyn, NY
2916Record Lines This Summer, curated by Ellie Rines, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Reference/Material, Center for the Arts, Towson University, MD
Summerzcool, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
Super Sketchy, Alleyoop Projects, New York, NY
By Hand, Carrie Sechrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
On View, Vivid Bra, 88 East Broadway Mall, New York, NY
Elemental, Lorimoto, New York, NY
Paper Cuts, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, NY
2015 Double Nickels on the Dime, curated by Benjamin Edmonton, Dagastino & Fiore, New York, NY
AVAF, Denise Kupferschmidt & Shirley Jaffe, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
Denise Kupferschmidt & Gabriel Hartley, Foxy Productions, New York, NY
Organic Situations, Koenig & Clinton, New York, NY
E.1027, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Hunted Projects, Tillburg, Netherlands
2013 Draw Gym, 247365, NY
Chick Lit, Tracey Williams Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
Recent Ruins, Lucien Terras, New York, NY
Selected Works, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 20 Days Later, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Witch Favors, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
ART BLOG ART BLOG presents Leave It To Beavers, Diet Gallery, Miami, FL
Modern Tempo, Foyer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Bad Girls 2012, Interstate Projects, NY
Nudashank at the Dependant Art Fair, New York, NY
2011 Family Show, Good Press, Glasgow, UK
Freestyle, 680 Woodward Ave, Ridgewood, NY
Go Figure, Dodge Gallery, New York, NY
BNV: Brooklyn to Nashville, ZieherSmith Pop-up Gallery, Nashville, KY
Itinerant Ones, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Belief & Understanding, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Spirit of the Signal, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Domestic Goods,Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Price Good Market Inc., St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY
Museums Press Anthology Exhibition, Islington Mill, Salford, UK
Anomolistic Urge, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
Josh Kline, Josh Kolbo, Denise Kupferschmidt, and Joshua Smith, New York Fine Arts at The Dependent Art Fair, New York, NY
Matinee, St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY
One Night Show, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
Cover Version LP, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The NADA Emerging Artist Showcase, with NADA, L Magazine and the Bumble & Bumble Model Project, Bumble & Bumble Headquarters, New York, NY
Tide Pool, Sara Meltzer Gallery/Projects, New York, NY
The Power of Selection, Part 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Sculpture Sabbath, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
An Interdisciplinary Celebration of the Perseids, Custer Observatory, Southhold, NY
Summer Drawing Show, Family Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA
The Power of Selection, Part 2, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
All the Splendors of the Earth, Part II, Cave, Detroit, MI
Metallika, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Staging Ground, The Horticultural Society of New York, New York, NY
Apartment Show: Big Apple, Clifton Benevento, New York, NY
Buddy Systems, Charlie Horse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
James Cameron Reel Worlds; A James Cameron Retrospective, MOMA P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Babin; Cave; Medvedz; Kupferschmidt, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
2009Apartment Show: Happy House, Printed Matter, New York, NY
I Wanna Be Somewhere, Daily Operation, New York, NY
White Nights, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Apartment Show: Hugs ‘N Knishes, at The NADA Emerging Artists Party, with NADA, L Magazine and the Bumble & Bumble Model Project, Bumble & Bumble Headquarters, New York, NY
WORKOUT, OTOM Gym, Brooklyn, NY MayFLOWERS, 401 Broadway, New York, NY Cleopatra’s: TRADE SECRETS, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Personal Abstraction, HKJB, Brooklyn, NY
Everybody, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
Apartment Show: If the Dogs Are Barking, Artists Space, New York, NY
Invisible Somethings, 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York, NY
Coco Loco, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI
Buttress Buttress, Mini Dutch Gallery, Chicago IL
2008Pattern, Hallway/Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Autumn Sweater, Fontanelle Gallery, Portland, OR
Glass Houses, Werkstatte Gallery, New York, NY
2007Innuendo,Art Space MCV/NYC, Brooklyn, NY
WE ARE NEAR, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2006Salon des Dessins, Teti Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005Also Awesome: Unshown Works and Curator’s Picks, Hallway/Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paper Awesome, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004I Heart Dick, 13hundred Gallery, Cleveland OH
2003Russian Doll Show, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Gallery@Green Street, Boston, MA; Space 1026,Philadelphia, PA; New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Denise Kupferschmidt at Halsey Mckay, Contemporary Art Daily, November 23, 2019
Group Show at NADA House, Contemporary Art Daily, July 6, 2019
Steadman, Ryan, Gimme Shelter: Why Artists Are Using Abstraction to Hide their Faces, Observer Arts, 6, 1, 2016.
Hagon, Edvina, Artists: Denise Kupferschmidt, Russh Magazine, January 7, 2016.
Indrisek, Scott, 5 Must See Gallery Shows, ArtInfo, July 31, 2015.
Felsenthal, Julia, Searching for the Architect Eileen Gray: Six Artists in Conversation, Vogue, July 15, 2015.
Gopnik, Blake, At Foxy Productions Denise Kupferschmidt Makes A Vase that Stands for All Others, Arnet, July 27, 2015.
100 Artists To Watch, Modern Painters Magazine, January, 2012.
Russeth, Andrew,The Price Good Market Inc. at St. Cecilia’s Convent, 16 Miles of String, June 13, 2011.
Nathan, Emily, Brooklyn Local/ Review: Matinee, artnet. February 10, 2011.
Doran, Anne, Review: Tide Pool, Time Out New York, January 13-19, 2011.
NADA Emerging Artist Page, The L Magazine, November 24 – December 7, 2010.
O’Neil, Megan, Critic’s Pick: SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, Detroit Metro Times. Thursday, May 27, 2010.
McGarry, Kevin, New Yorkers turning their homes into galleries, Art Review News Blog. December 16, 2009.
Bazaar Gifts: Affordable Art Fairs, New York Times: T Magazine Blog, December 16, 2009.
Green, Penelope,  Is It Art or Their Shoes?, The New York Times. December 9, 2009.
Douglas, Sarah, The Approval Matrix: Week of March 9, 2009, New York Magazine. March 1, 2009.
WEEKEND PICKS: Matt Keegan in New York, ARTINFO.com, March 6, 2009.
Cook, Greg,  A Visual Buffet, The Providence Phoenix, February 25, 2009.
Isé, Claudine, Review: Buttress, Buttress/Mini Dutch Gallery, New City Art, February 23, 2009.
Taylor, Kate, A Serendipitous Art Space, The New York Sun, Arts Blog, Gallery-Going. August 8, 2008.

COLLABORATIONS, OTHER PROJECTS, ETC.
2013 Madewell Totes, a Paddle8 Collaboration for the Bass Museum
Figures, How Things Look, Nieves Independent Publishing House, ed. of 100
Double Dancer, Silkscreen edition of 99, Shandenken Residency Annual Member Gift
Human Drama (curator), Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2012 Motifs, Monograph, published by Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Dionysis, book with Denise Schatz, Miniature Garden, Brooklyn, NY
Kill Your Crude Idols, Mural at The Wild Project via Halsey Mckay Gallery, New York, NY
Kill Your Crude Idols, Permanent mural at Public Assembly, via PACS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009-present Apartment Show, organizer, with Joshua Smith
2011 Video Interview Series, with Jeffrey Tranchell, ongoing
Man With A Mirror, zine, with Museums Press, London
London Crude Idols, risograph print, Museums Press, London
2008 WPS1.org Art Radio, interview with PS1 Curatorial Assistant Kate McNamara
Art Positions Windows, a renegade active sculpture/project in collaboration with Cleopatra’s during Miami Basel, Miami Beach
2005 Knockoffs, Gallery @ Green Street, Boston, MA. April 16 – May 15
2003 Tape Off! , James Hull Gallery, Boston, MA. November 15, 9AM-9AM
Flower Power, Gallery @ Green Street, Boston, MA May 6-10
Greetings From… Northeastern University, Boston, MA