KRISTIAN GLYNN
Biography
Upcycling with whatever ends up in his studio, Kristian Glynn (b. 1978 Kempsey, NSW Australia) makes art pieces that mostly deal with his daily life and innermost feelings. Combining the seductive portraiture style of Schiele, the biomorphic terror of Bacon, and his own penchant for poetry and heartache, Glynn creates one-off storyboards that speak volumes. Glynn wears his heart on his sleeve, and allows narrative to inform each work—“In my chest I was a child”; “Show off all your dead flowers”; “Today I beg you away”—as much as form and compositional style. If Kafka had been a romantic, his drawings may have resembled these.
CV
Past Exhibitions at Gitler &_____
- And Again Another Crippling Love Story: Part 3 - September 2016 (Solo Exhibition)
- The 4 Sons - April 2016 (Group Exhibition)
- And Again Another Crippling Love Story: Part 2 - June 2015 (Solo Exhibition)
- And Again Another Crippling Love Story - December 2014 (Solo Exhibition)
- The Halloween Show - October 2014 (Group Exhibition)
- 100% Inside Myself All The Time [Pop Up] - November 2012 (Solo Exhibition)
Selected Artworks
He Gave You..., 2016
Mixed Media
11 x 11 in.
Dentist Gross - Socket To Me, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
I Am The Greatest Cocaine Dad, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
Lover From Queenssss, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
Space Om Invasioner, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
K Decay USA, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
D Can't See Easily, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
Rat Palette - Killer Alone, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
Slow Phy Reduction, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
Dalia Never Came Back, 2015 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Acrylic on paper
16 x 12 in.
Sleeping Mariyln, 2014 [private collection LA, CA]
Acrylic on paper
32 x 23 1/2 in.
To Think About You and Chew, 2014
Acrylic on paper
20 x 13 3/4 in.
Can't You See Me Bleeding For You, 2014
Acrylic on paper
23 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.
The Colours Of John, 2014 [private collection Queens, NY]
Acrylic on paper
11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
You Smell Lonely, 2014
Acrylic on paper
11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Sick Andy, 2014
Acrylic on paper
11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
She 1963, 2014
Watercolor, pencil on paper
10 x 14 in.
Snapped Flowers and Dead Petals 2014 [private collection Toronto, Canada]
Acrylic on paper
23 1/2 x 33 in.
Together We Made Clouds, 2014
Acrylic on paper
11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
P.Q. Painting "Sunset Vagina" With Coffee, 2014
Acrylic on paper
11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Love Found Junk (Gag, Puff, Stink), 2014 [corporate collection Toronto, Canada]
Acrylic on card
13 3/4 x 11 in.
Ha ' That Kid's Got Love Wedged in His Head, 2013
Acrylic on paper
16 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.
My Own Head Fuck, 2014
Acrylic on paper
27 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.
Head Butt the Last Remaining Air Between Us, 2014
Acrylic on paper
27 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.
Kitten Lump, 2014 [private collection NY, NY]
Watercolor on paper
9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
Dumb Cowboy, 2014
Acrylic on paper
9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
Discover Love, 2014 [private collection Miami, FL]
Acrylic on paper
16 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
HHH, 2014Hip Hop Ice Cream Drips On He
Acrylic on paper
16 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.
Great Apes Study the Jukebox, 2013
Acrylic on card
7 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.
Dead Portrait, 2014
Acrylic on paper
16 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.
And Again a Crippling Love Story, 2014
Acrylic on paper
9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
Butterfly Hips 2014, 2014 [private collection NY, NY]
Acrylic on paper
15 x 22 in.
When You Were Younger You Were A Hunter, 2014
Graphite, Acrylic on paper
27 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.
Think Lonely the Only, 2013
Mixed Media
16 x 16 in.
Turned on Love Black Out, 2012
Mixed Media
16 x 16 in.
So When You Stole My Heart… Yr Hands I Cut Off, 2011 [private collection NJ, USA]
Mixed Media
13 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.
Anxiety Disguise, 2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
4 3/4 x 5 in.
[detail]
Still Just A Hippie On A Rock, 2012 [private collection Long Island, NY]
Mixed Media
6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in
You & Your Pony Misled, 2012
Mixed Media
6 5/8 in (diameter)
This Is Our Heart Showing Off The World We Want To Live In, 2012
Mixed Media
11 x 11 3/4 in
Murmur I Hate....Can You Finally Fuck Off, 2012
Mixed Media
3 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.
The Doctor Loves the Duck, 2012
Mixed Media
6 1/2 x 3 in
This Wonderful Sadness, 2012 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
4 1/2 x 4 3/8 in
Remember The Time I Had A Hole In My Head, 2012
Mixed Media
4 3/8 in. (diameter)
So Come And Open Our Holes, 2012
Mixed Media
Play Dead Around Myself, 2012
Mixed Media
10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
People Full-Time Fucking People, 2012
Mixed Media
8 3/8 x 9 1/2 in
Own Everyday Prayer, 2012
Mixed Media
4 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.
One-I'm More Afraid Than You, 2012
Mixed Media
5 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.
Old Gum Liftin' Playtime Cavity Kid, 2012
Mixed Media
Old Gum Liftin' Playtime Cavity Kid (Detail 2), 2012
Old Gum Liftin' Playtime Cavity Kid (Detail 1), 2012
Oily T, 2012
Mixed Media
3 5/8 x 7 in.
Dislocated Kissss, 2012 [private collection LA, CA]
Mixed Media
6 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.
No Time For Cold Pigs...Play Pretty For The People, 2012
Mixed Media
4 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.
For Me Please Believe, 2012
I Could Never Love Ahead Like You, 2012
Mixed Media
5 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.
I Don't Like You Around Myself, 2012
Mixed Media
5 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.
Black Shadows, 2012
Mixed Media
13 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.
Kicks For Kids, 2011-2012 [various private collections]
Mixed Media
Love Your Gangsta Heart, 2012
Mixed Media
4 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Attempting Alonesomend, 2012
Mixed Media
7 1/4 x 9 in.
Father's Skin, 2012
Mixed Media
12 x 12 1/4 in.
Believe In Weak Beliefs, 2012
Mixed Media
3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.
Hear No Thoughts But One, 2012
Mixed Media
4 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.
Error Sucker, 2012
Mixed Media
4 1/2 in. (diameter)
Have Courage....Spit On His Face, 2012
Mixed Media
6 3/4 in. (diameter)
Latest Blind Dark King, 2011-2012
Mixed Media
7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
He & The Scratch, 2012
Mixed Media
3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.
For You, 2012
Mixed Media
7 1/8 in. (diameter)
Our Welcome Out, 2011/2012
Mixed Media
16 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Little Dream Existence, 2011-2012
Mixed Media
Songs Based On Fear, 2011/2012 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
Inverted Rainbows, 2011
Mixed Media
3 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.
Love In Your Hair, 2011 [private collection Detroit, MI]
Mixed Media
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Self Disaster Poem 2011
Mixed Media
8 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.
Stomach Offerings, 2011
Mixed Media
7 1/2 x 8 3/8 in
That Girl This Child, 2011
Mixed Media
Yr Deaf Comeback, 2011
Mixed Media
7 x 11 3/8 in
Blind Goodbye, 2011
Mixed Media
She Don't Care No More, 2011
Mixed Media
2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.
Nothing Left But Your Poison, 2011
Mixed Media
You Rot, 2011
Mixed Media
3 5/8 x 4 7/8 in
Your Hip-Hop Smells Like Shit, 2011
Mixed Media
4 5/8 x 5 1/4 in
You Need Noise, 2011 [private collection Florence, Italy]
Mixed Media
3 3/8 x 4 in
I'm Still In Love With Your Skull, 2011
Mixed Media
4 1/4 in. (diameter)
You Or Broken Offerings, 2011 [private collection NJ, USA]
Mixed Media
8 5/8 x 8 5/8 in
Song #5 Purge, 2011
Mixed Media
6 3/4 x 4 3/4
Friends Endless Farewells, 2011
Mixed Media
6 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.
No Playground, 2011
Mixed Media
6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Salmon Ditch, 2011
Mixed Media
3 x 5 1/2 in.
Displaying Our Old Holes, 2011 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Mixed Media
7 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.
New and Boo, 2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
6 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Not Done Anything Whatsoever Chasing Permanent Condition, 2011
Mixed Media
8 x 12 in.
Portrait Of You Pretending To Be You, 2011
Mixed Media
5 1/4 x 6 1/2 in
Nest Broken, 2011
Mixed Media
6 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Our 86' Virtual Transmissions Somewhere Between 08' & 09', 2011
Mixed Media
6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Phantom Limbs Within, 2011
Mixed Media
3 1/4 x 3 5/8 in
Moving Into You, 2011 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Mixed Media
7 1/2 x 10 in.
Fuck You And Those Songs To Ache In, 2011
Mixed Media
7 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.
Goodbye And Forever, 2010-2011 [private collection Brooklyn, NY]
Mixed Media
Rags On Her Hips, 2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
1 3/4 x 6 3/4 in
Can't See You....But Still I Try, 2011 [private collection Germany]
Mixed Media
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.
Curdled World, 2010-2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
??
100% Inside Myself All The Time, 2011 [private collection NJ, USA]
Mixed Media
8 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.
100% Inside Myself All The Time (Detail), 2011
Mixed Media
8 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.
![These Bitches Share Rainbows, 2010/2011 [private collection NY, NY]Mixed Media](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52459c2fe4b061467a13fa60/1436122896185-DCLJUBAD4L6C0JXGDIW6/image-asset.jpeg)
These Bitches Share Rainbows, 2010/2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
He Likes Disco,She Likes Ice Cream, 2010/2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
She Makes Me Grumpy…And I'm Happy Smurf!, 2010/2011 [private collection Tel Aviv, Israel]
Mixed Media
When She Hides, She Smiles(Inside, Outside), 2010/2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
Shine Like You Should Burn, 2010/2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
The Witch Is Dead For Now, 2010/2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
This Rose Grows Outta Poison, 2010/2011 [private collection NY, NY]
Mixed Media
Half In Love, 2011
Mixed Media
3 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.