May 11 – June 8, 2019
Steve Turner is pleased to present The Great Escape, a solo exhibition by New York-based Nick Doyle, that features sculptural works depicting everyday objects including an oversized bottle of Advil; losing lottery tickets; a pressed dress shirt; a pair of Converse shoes; a miniature Chevron sign; a crushed Newport cigarette box; and two air fresheners. Inspired by the idea of the American road trip, Doyle meticulously assembled these works from a multitude of materials–steel, plywood, brass, paper, sandpaper, canvas, chain, tin foil, light bulbs, electrical wire, concrete, and most importantly, denim. Worn by miners, cowboys, hippies, bikers, punks and bad boys, denim represents westward expansion, rugged individualism and a kind of masculinity that Doyle questions with these works. Doyle also created three small kinetic “Executive Toys” in which he examines the underlying pressure and violence of corporate culture. Finally, there is a three-minute music video that combines puppetry and found footage. The main character is a spork dressed in a suit and tie who is on the road singing a song of lament. It ends with some Saguaro cacti singing Amazing Grace against a desert backdrop.
Nick Doyle (b. 1983 Los Angeles) received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute (2005) and an MFA from CUNY Hunter College (2013). He attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2014) and was a resident of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Program (2014 – 17). He has had solo exhibitions at Mrs. Gallery, New York (2018) and Invisible Exports, New York (2014). His work has also been included in group shows at Perrotin, Seoul (2019); Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2018); Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville (2017); Lucien Terras, New York (2016) and Pioneer Works, New York (2016). This is Doyle’s first solo exhibition at Steve Turner.
Born 1983, Los Angeles
Lives and works in New York
Education
2014 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2013 MFA, Hunter College
2005 BFA, Interdisciplinary Arts, San Francisco Art Institute
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019
The Great Escape, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2018
S oft Arrest, Mrs Gallery, Queens, New York
2016
Happiness and Other Forms of Self Delusion, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
2014
Steven, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York
Book Signing (performance), New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, Long Island City
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
No Patience for Monumen
ts, Perrotin, Seoul (Upcoming)
2018
Untitled, (with Steve Turner and Nathalie Karg Gallery) Miami Beach
Inside Out, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
10 Years / 100 Sculptures, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City
Tick Tock: Time in Contemporary Art, Lehman College, The Bronx
Material, Cobb Gallery, London2017 Landing, Sisters of the Presentation, New York
Victory Over the Sun, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville
Face Shifts, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn
Conspiracies Are Things, Abrons Art Center, New York
2016
Scarlet Street, Lucien Terras, New York
Happiness and Other Forms of Self Delusion, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
Re: art show, Phaiser Building, Brooklyn
Spring/Break Art Show, Skylight at Moynihan Station, New York
Rock’n’Roll Nightmare, 41 Cooper Gallery, New York
Love 2016, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2015
Le Cercle, Le Cap, Arles
Made In New York, Blueshift Project, Miami
2014
NADA Art Fair, with Invisible Exports, Miami Beach
Happyland, Skowhegan Performs, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City
2013
Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York
Everything Has It’s Place, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton
No More Rock Stars, Galerie Protégé, New York
2012
The Maze, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn
Alchemy, 7Eleven Gallery, New York
2010
Basement Crew, Colette, Paris
Make Yourself At Home, 7Eleven Gallery, New York
Awards / Grants
2013
C12 Emerging Artist Fellowship
Bibliography
2019
Mee-yoo, Kwon. “Artists take step forward in feminism,” The Korea Times, May 3
2017
“Conspiracies Are Things,”Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, March
2016
Cotter, Holland, Martha Schwendener and Will Heinrich. What to See in New York Galleries This Week,
The New York Times, October 13.
Elbaor, Caroline. “5 Summer Shows To See in Brooklyn Before They Close,” artnet news, August 3
“Spring Break’s Fifth Installment: The Coolest Show this Week,” Whitewall
2014
Johnson, Paddy. “I Love NADA,” Art F City, December 5
“To Do: November 19–December 3, 2014,” New York, November 16
“Top Exhibitions Opening This Week in New York,” Whitewall, October 13
2012
“Art of ‘Alchemy’ Brights Materials To A Higher State,” Huffington Post, January 11
