Fawn Krieger (born May 8, 1975) is an American interdisciplinary artist who creates discrete sculptures and immersive multi-media environments individually and sometimes in collaboration with other artists and performers, including
Neal Medlyn ,
[1]
Tracy + the Plastics ,
[2]
Edwin Torres ,
[3] and
Anna Oxygen .
Often working with a mix of industrial and domestic materials, video and performance, Krieger’s work deals with actions around touch, memory, rupture, and transference as grounds for recovery and re-imagination. Sourcing histories and systems of communal values within material culture, Krieger’s work functions as speculative object-theatres and artifacts, recording corporeal and tactile impressions of social impact, exchange, and revolution.
Krieger’s work has been commissioned and installed at numerous venues, including
The Kitchen ,
[4]
Art in General ,
[5] Nice & Fit Gallery, The Moore Space, Von Lintel Gallery, Galerie West,
[6] Soloway Gallery,
[7]
Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University,
[8]
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art ,
[9]
Human Resources Los Angeles ,
[10]
Fleisher-Ollman Gallery ,
[11] and Lambretto ArtProject
[12]
Krieger was born in Port Jefferson, NY, and currently lives in New York City. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
Parsons School of Design , and a Master of Fine Arts from
Bard College ’s
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts .
[13] Krieger's work has been written about in The New York Times,
[14] Sculpture Magazine,
[15] Artforum,
[16] Art in America,
[17] BOMB,
[18] as well as
The Brooklyn Rail ,
[19] and she is the recipient of a
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award,
[20] an Art Matters Foundation Grant,
[21] and a Jerome Foundation grant.
[22] Krieger has taught in the art departments of
Virginia Commonwealth University
[23] and
Adelphi University .
Publications
Krieger, Fawn (2009).
COMPANY (Vol. XV ed.). New York: Art In General. p. 192.
ISBN
1934890154 .
Torres, Edwin (2019).
The Body in Language . Counterpath Press. p. 360.
ISBN
1933996722 .
Boris, Staci (2008).
The New Authentics . Spertus.
ISBN
0935982655 .
References
^ Dillon, Noah (October 22, 2013).
"Art Matters: Two Artists, a Chevy Astro Van and a Statue of Michael Jackson" . No. T Magazine. The New York Times.
^
"Tracy + the Plastics and Fawn Krieger: ROOM" . The Kitchen .
^
"Edwin Torres & Fawn Krieger, Ernesto Gomez, Sean Meehan / "Futopo" by Edwin Torres" . The Poetry Project .
^ Tan, Lumi.
"Matter Out of Place" . The Kitchen .
^ Hernández Chong Cuy, Sofía (August 8, 2008).
"A special kind of COMPANY" .
^
"Exhibitions: "Autonomy Exchange Archive" at West den Haag" . Mousse Magazine. May 2014.
^ Ballard, Thea (February 2016).
"On Our Radar: Fawn Krieger" . Modern Painters.
^ Artner, Alan G. (December 6, 2007).
"New exhibit gives modern focus to Spertus tradition" . Chicago Tribune.
^
"Fawn Krieger" . Portland Institute for Contemporary Art .
^ Tuck, Geoff (September 16, 2011).
"Notes on Looking: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles" (PDF) . Mother's Tankstation Limited.
^ Newhall, Edith (March 11, 2012).
"Galleries: A wide-ranging celebration of 2d-wave feminism" . The Philadelphia Inquirer.
^ Tagliafierro, Marco (September 17, 2009).
"Critics' Picks: Milan" . Artforum.
^
"Fawn Krieger" . Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts . Bard College.
^ Heinrich, Will (January 22, 2021).
"3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now" . The New York Times.
^ Arfiero, Michela (April 25, 2019).
"Fawn Krieger" . No. March - April 2019. Sculpture Magazine.
^ Mandanici, Sabrina (February 2, 2021).
"Critics' Picks: New York" . Artforum.
^ Miller, Leigh Anne.
"Tracy + The Plastics with Fawn Krieger at The Kitchen" . No. June/July 2005. Art in America.
^ Katchadourian, Nina (February 3, 2021).
"The Bakery" . BOMB.
^ Mosfuco, Michela (February 7, 2018).
"To Signify Dreams on the Surface of the Body" . The Brooklyn Rail.
^
"Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Announces Recipients of 2019 Biennial Grants" . ArtfixDaily. May 12, 2020.
^
"Fawn Krieger" . Art Matters .
^
"Fawn Krieger" . Jerome Foundation . Archived from
the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2020-05-16 .
^ Carrigan, Margaret (August 29, 2017).
"The 15 Top Art Schools in the United States" . Artsy.