Installation view of "Brad Kahlhamer: In the Window," Venus Over Manhattan, New York, 2024.
Brad Kahlhamer, "[Catcher]," 2022-2024. Mixed media, wire and bells; 29 x 29 1/2 x 4 in (73.7 x 74.9 x 10.2 cm)
Brad Kahlhamer, "Star Crawler," 2022-2024. Mixed media, wire and bells; 36 x 20 x 3 in (91.4 x 50.8 x 7.6 cm)
Brad Kahlhamer, "[Catcher]," 2022-2024. Mixed media, wire and bells; 42 x 18 1/2 x 3 in (106.7 x 47 x 7.6 cm)
Brad Kahlhamer, "Ugh Junior," 2024. Mixed media, wire and bells; 44 x 23 x 4 in (111.8 x 58.4 x 10.2 cm)
Brad Kahlhamer, "Tucson Motel 57 MPH," 1994-1996. Oil on canvas; 50 x 44 in (127 x 111.8 cm)
Brad Kahlhamer, Survival Chandelier, 2009, Mixed media sculpture, 52 x 28 x 30 in (132.1 x 71.1 x 76.2 cm)
Brad Kahlhamer at Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, downtown Crosby St., New York, NY. 1997. Image courtesy of the artist's website.
Brad Kahlhamer (b. 1956, Tucson, AZ) is a multidisciplinary artist who creates monumental paintings and intricate sculptures. His creative practice reflects the multitudinous nature of his personal identity. Kahlhamer is of indigenous descent, adopted by German parents, and came of age in the bustling world of the 1980s and 90s New York art scene. At once a careful draftsman and an underground punk musician, Kahlhamer straddles many creative stratospheres. Kahlhamer’s work has been the subject of numerous solo presentations, including recent exhibitions at Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris; Garth Greenan Gallery, New York; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson; and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale. His work is held in the permanent collections of many public institutions including the Denver Art Museum, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among many others. He currently lives and works between New York City, New York; and Mesa, Arizona.
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition includes work from over 200 prominent and emerging figures, including Brad Kahlhammer, Nancy Grossman and Josiah McElheny.
Brad Kahlhamer is featured in The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, a landmark group show celebrating the borough's rich artistic diversity
Brad Kahlhamer at Venus Over Manhattan
For Independent 20th Century, Venus Over Manhattan will dedicate a solo presentation to renowned multimedia artist Brad Kahlhamer, marking his gallery debut and setting the stage for a 2025 solo exhibition.
You really see the importance of color in the paintings, drawings and small sculptural figures — all, in this booth, from the 1990s or 2000s — of Brad Kahlhamer.
NEW YORK, NY.- Venus Over Manhattan announced its representation of multidisciplinary artist Brad Kahlhamer. Born of Native American descent in Tucson and adopted by German American parents, Kahlhamer’s practice engages with the complexity of identity and the confluences of cultural experience.
Three City University of New York (CUNY) art galleries—the Shirley Fiterman Art Center at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC); the Lehman College Art Gallery and the Hall of Fame Art Gallery at Bronx Community College (BCC)—are co-presenting an exhibition, “Incandescence,” that traces the motif of the chandelier in contemporary art, as it provokes questions related to consumerism, populism and more.
Gallery to present solo exhibition of Kahlhamer's work at Independent 20th Century, opening on September 5th.
With work by Black and Indigenous artists and women Surrealists, this year's fair will offer art lovers and collectors ample opportunities for discovery.
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