Christopher Reiger

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Born: 1977, Washington, D.C.
Lives: Queens, NYC

Education
2002 MFA, School of Visual Arts, NYC

1999 BA, Studio Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA


Solo Exhibitions
2006
Mongrel Truth, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions
2008
Gifted, Cerasoli:LeBasse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Last Book, Biblioteca Nacional de la Republica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

David Kiehl Benefit Exhibition, Dieu Donné, New York, NY

Animus Botanica: Boyce Cummings, Christopher Reiger & Amy Ross, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

Year of the Rat, Archibald Arts, New York, NY

Opportunity As Community: Artists Select Artists, Part Two, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY

Splash, Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Flight of the Mechanical Bumble Bee, AHL Foundation, New York, NY

Winter Salon, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

2007
The Blogger Show, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

The Seed Project, Winkleman Gallery/Schroeder Romero Project Space, New
York, NY

8 X 10, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2006
Mad Cow, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY

Summer Group Exhibition, exit (a gallery space), Cleveland, OH

Fabula, Mushroom Arts, New York, NY

2005
Le Petit Prince, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004
The Relevance of Observation, Warner Gallery, O’Brien Arts Center, Middletown, DE

Slice and Dice, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

Drawing Conclusions 2, Rocket-Projects Gallery, Miami, FL

The Truck Stops Here, Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

TRANSMOTION, mobile installation, 5 boroughs of New York, NY

It’s A Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting, SPACES, Cleveland, OH

2003
There’s Got To Be A Morning After, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

Nightlight, Chashama Arts Space, New York, NY

2002
Lost Dog Found, Studio 304, New York, NY

Pictures To Prove It, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York, NY

Just Add Water…, Wooster Gallery, New York, NY


Bibliography
2009
David Cohen, “Christopher Reiger: 13 Questions,” Artworld Digest, January 2009

Claudio Parentela, “Interview with Christopher Reiger,” DIaBEtic DEW555, January 4

2008
“Christopher Reiger,” Flavorpill: New York, No. 447, December 30

“Christopher Reiger,” ArtistADay, December 30

"Christopher Reiger," Phantasmaphile, October 8

Chris Rywalt, “Gallery Slog 2008,” NYC Art, September 27

Brent Burket, “Seeing Through,” Heart As Arena, September 27

“Christopher Reiger,” Flavorpill: Chicago, No. 202, July 29

Jessica Palmer, “Christopher Reiger,” Bioephemera.com, July 30

Olympia Lambert, “What the Flock?,” Oly’s Musings, July 19

2007
Lissa Brennan, “You’ve seen the art, now read the blogs for Digging Pitt’s The Blogger Show,” Pittsburgh City Paper, December 20

Brian Sherwin, “Art Space Talk: Christopher Reiger,” MyArtSpace>Blog,
July 15

2006
James Wagner, "Christopher Reiger at AG Gallery," jameswagner.com, September 21

"The AI Eye: Editor's Picks," Artinfo.com, September 20

Rothman, Marc, "Featured Artist Interview," The Beholder, September 2006

Sorenson, Erik, “Featured Artist Interview,” Scrawled: Voice, Vision and Art, v1n2 February

2004
Strickland, Carol, “Painting Is Back”, The Christian Science Monitor, May 28

Flak Magazine, February 3, (published image and text)

Flavorpill: Cultural Stimuli in San Francisco, No. 103, (published image and text)

Flavorpill: Cultural Stimuli in London, No. 13, (published image and text)


Grants/Awards
LMCC Manhattan Community Arts Fund Award, August 2003

Artists’ Space Independent Project Grant, February 2003


Publications
2008
Annual Guide to the Internet, NY Arts, Vol. 13, Nov/Dec

2007
Special Edition/Seed Issue, Artworld Digest, April 2007

2006
Art For Healing Exhibition Catalog, Mushroom Arts and Korea Village

Unambiguous: A Curated Printed Exhibition, Artworld Digest,
David Cohen, March 2006

2004
The Relevance of Observation,
text by John McGiff and Daniel T. Roach, Jr.

It’s A Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting,
text by Joanne Cohen and Julie Langsam