About us
We are Christian Kuras and Duncan MacKenzie. We have been collaborating on art projects since 2003.
Christian Kuras lives in Manchester, England. His work has been shown and published across Canada, the United States and Europe. And...
...Holy shit it's Duncan MacKenzie! He's an artist, pundit, educator and a founding member/producer of Bad at Sports. His works have appeared in galleries all over the world including Canada, Australia, The United States of America, New Zealand, Estonia and England. His work has been discussed in Flash Art, Art Forum, the New York Times, Time Out and many other venues. He is the author of over 250 interviews and has worked with such people as Rodney Graham, Kerry James Marshall, Francesco Bonami, Luc Tuymans, James Elkins, Julie Ault, Carol Becker, James Rondeau, Jeff Wall, and Gavin Turk. He currently enjoys a posting as an Assistant Professor in Art + Design at Columbia College Chicago.
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Selected solo exhibitions
- 2016
- Set No Path, Waiting Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2015
- Everything is Still Really Interesting, Section 2337, Chicago, IL
- 2013
- Everything You Need, Noxious Sector Projects, Seattle, WA
- 2012
- Diagram and People Like Me, Threewalls Gallery, MDW Art Fair, Chicago, IL
- 2009
- You Beautiful Creature, Material, Memphis TN
- 2008
- Christian Kuras and Duncan MacKenzie, 809, Calgary, AB
Selected group exhibitions
- 2016
- Set No Path, Waiting Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2013
- A Study in Midwestern Appropriation (curated by Michelle Grabner), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 2012
- Field Static, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
- Performa 11, As part of a Philip von Zweck project with Invisible Exports, New York, NY
- Pull the Devil’s Tail, The Ugly Art Room, Brooklyn, NY
- Poor Farm Experiment 3, Poor Farm, Wapaca, WI
- 2010
- Not Just Another Pretty Face 2010, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- Bushwick Schlacht!, 245 Boerum Street, Brooklyn, NY
- The Dead Drop, Media Center at Rice University, Houston, TX
- 2009
- Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- Response and the Art of Criticism, I-Space, Chicago, IL
- 39 Verbs about Industry of the Ordinary, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago IL
- 2008
- Bellwether, Alternator, Kelowna BC
- Bellwether, Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA
- Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Useless Weapon, Green Lantern, Chicago, IL
- 2007
- Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 12 x 12 at the Harwood, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
- The Adventurous Type (Curated by Allison Peters Quinn), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- Impact 5 Print Folio, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, (2008) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, (2009) Colum- bia College, Chicago
- Artist Book/Folio 2, VONZWECK Projects, Chicago, IL
- RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
- Faculty Show, Bill Parks Gallery: American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
- Apple Pie, EXP Gallery, Chicago, IL
- I [Heart] America and American [Hearts] Me, Old Gold, Chicago, IL
- 2006
- RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
- To London With Love, Chicago, icabin, London, UK
- Faculty Show, Bill Parks Gallery: American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
- Masked, Art Ledge, Chicago IL