For any inquiries contact: irrelevantkevin@gmail.com
Statement
Kevin Durkin creates work that centers around an abstract sense of nostalgia and memory. The work resurrects moments that may not have occurred, may never occur, but still feel vaguely familiar, landing somewhere between reality and fantasy. The concept of home, belonging, and solitude, is manipulated and transformed until it feels alien yet recognizable. In his work you might find a place you know, a memory stuck in time, even a sound, or a flash of color that brings you somewhere you’ve felt you’ve been or never been before and are longing to return.
Durkin creates forms and landscapes of places we may have yet to go, but might feel just as comfortable. Having dealt with various forms of loss of the concept of a home, his work comes from the most personal of places, while at the same time bringing the viewer an undeniably universal experience.
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Solo Exhibitions
February 2017 Only Home, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
September 2014 Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
April 2013 Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
July 2022 The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY
June 2022 Tell Me More About Yourself, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
July 2021 Welcome Back to the World!, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
February 2020 Platypus in a Party Hat, 198 Allen St., New York, NY
August 2019 Warm Monument, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
August 2019 Where We’re From, Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
July 2019 Constitution, Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
March 2019 Springtime, Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
April 2018 Kiln Expo 2, The Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
October 2018 Intersection, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
December 2017 Distant Light, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ
October 2017 Intersection, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
December 2016 Index Fine Art Auction, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
March 2012 Message and The Medium, PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA
October 2016 Intersection, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
January 2016 Beneath The Surface, Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ
October 2015 Molting, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
October 2015 Origins, JCTC, Jersey City, NJ
September 2015 Positive Pyramid Show Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, CA
June 2014 New Digs, Index Art Center Newark, NJ
October 2013 The New World is Going To Need Houses Newark, NJ
August 2013 In Search Of..., 27 Mix, Newark, NJ
July 2013 Dark Territories, Skyclad Gallery, Boonton, NJ
October 2012 Transformations, Newark Open Doors, Newark, NJ
October 2012 Jersey City Arts Tour, Jersey City, NJ
September 2012 Stereoscope, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
May 2012 Paterson Art Walk, Paterson, NJ
Press/Media
“The Best New York Art Shows of 2022”
vulture.com Jerry Saltz
December, 2022
“Intaglio prints at the Newark Printshop in ‘Beneath the Surface’”
NJ.com
Dan Bischoff
February, 2016
“Cavity Zine Vol II.”
Jennifer Mehigan
2011
Solo Exhibitions
February 2017 Only Home, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
September 2014 Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
April 2013 Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
July 2022 The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY
June 2022 Tell Me More About Yourself, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
July 2021 Welcome Back to the World!, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
February 2020 Platypus in a Party Hat, 198 Allen St., New York, NY
August 2019 Warm Monument, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
August 2019 Where We’re From, Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
July 2019 Constitution, Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
March 2019 Springtime, Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
April 2018 Kiln Expo 2, The Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
October 2018 Intersection, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
December 2017 Distant Light, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ
October 2017 Intersection, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
December 2016 Index Fine Art Auction, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
March 2012 Message and The Medium, PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA
October 2016 Intersection, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
January 2016 Beneath The Surface, Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ
October 2015 Molting, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
October 2015 Origins, JCTC, Jersey City, NJ
September 2015 Positive Pyramid Show Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, CA
June 2014 New Digs, Index Art Center Newark, NJ
October 2013 The New World is Going To Need Houses Newark, NJ
August 2013 In Search Of..., 27 Mix, Newark, NJ
July 2013 Dark Territories, Skyclad Gallery, Boonton, NJ
October 2012 Transformations, Newark Open Doors, Newark, NJ
October 2012 Jersey City Arts Tour, Jersey City, NJ
September 2012 Stereoscope, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
May 2012 Paterson Art Walk, Paterson, NJ
Press/Media
“The Best New York Art Shows of 2022”
vulture.com Jerry Saltz
December, 2022
“Intaglio prints at the Newark Printshop in ‘Beneath the Surface’”
NJ.com
Dan Bischoff
February, 2016
“Cavity Zine Vol II.”
Jennifer Mehigan
2011
Solo Exhibitions
February 2017 Only Home, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
September 2014 Index Art Center,
Newark, NJ
April 2013 Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
July 2022 The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s,
New York, NY
June 2022 Tell Me More About Yourself,
Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
July 2021 Welcome Back to the World!,
Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
February 2020 Platypus in a Party Hat,
198 Allen St., New York, NY
August 2019 Warm Monument,
The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
August 2019 Where We’re From,
Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
July 2019 Constitution,
Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
March 2019 Springtime,
Con Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
April 2018 Kiln Expo 2, The Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
October 2018 Intersection,
Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
December 2017 Distant Light,
Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ
October 2017 Intersection,
Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
December 2016 Index Fine Art Auction,
Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
March 2012 Message and The Medium, PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA
October 2016 Intersection,
Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
January 2016 Beneath The Surface,
Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ
October 2015 Molting, Gallery Aferro,
Newark, NJ
October 2015 Origins, JCTC, Jersey City, NJ
September 2015 Positive Pyramid Show Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, CA
June 2014 New Digs, Index Art Center
Newark, NJ
October 2013 The New World is Going To Need Houses Newark, NJ
August 2013 In Search Of..., 27 Mix,
Newark, NJ
July 2013 Dark Territories, Skyclad Gallery, Boonton, NJ
October 2012 Transformations, Newark Open Doors, Newark, NJ
October 2012 Jersey City Arts Tour,
Jersey City, NJ
September 2012 Stereoscope, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
May 2012 Paterson Art Walk, Paterson, NJ
Press/Media
“The Best New York Art Shows of 2022”
vulture.com Jerry Saltz
December, 2022
“Intaglio prints at the Newark Printshop in ‘Beneath the Surface’”
NJ.com
Dan Bischoff
February, 2016
“Cavity Zine Vol II.”
Jennifer Mehigan
2011