Akeroyd Collection
Artists
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
b. 1968, California, 1967, Seattle, USA; live and work in New York, USA.
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy collaborate as digital media artists. Their work spans different mediums, including film, video, installation, and generative software. By integrating new technologies into their work, they explore the impact of these tools on both individual experiences and collective culture. The McCoys are influenced by the perspectives of renowned media theorist Lev Manovich, whose ideas shape their artistic practice. Their art delves into the intersection of personal experiences, new technology, mass media, and global commerce. Through interactive media, film, performance, and installation, they examine and challenge established genres, such as cinema, science fiction, and television narratives. Their artistic output takes various forms, including sculptural objects, net art, robotic movies, and live performances. One notable aspect of the McCoys' body of work is their database pieces. In these projects, they deconstruct series of films or TV shows, breaking them down into individual shots. They then categorize these shots using a unique classification system they have devised. This approach allows them to explore the underlying structures and patterns within visual storytelling.
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's recent solo projects include Broker, Postmasters Gallery, New York (2016); Priests of the Temple, Rowe Art Gallery, Charlotte (2015); All Exit, Johansson Projects, Oakland (2014); Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, The Electronic Gallery, Salisbury (2014); Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, (2014); Twenty One Twelve, Postmasters Gallery, New York (2012); Abu Dhabi is Love Forever, Teaching Gallery, HVCC, Troy (2012); The Family Show, The Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading (2009); Traffic, Visualize, Carlew (2008); and Tiny, Funny, Big and Sad, British Film Institute Galleries Southbank, London (2007). Group exhibitions include Design and Violence, The Science Gallery, Dublin (2016); Wave/Particle Ronald Feldman, New York (2015); thingworld, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2014); ParaReal, 601 Artspace, New York (2013); Hors Piste, Pompidou Center, Paris (2013); and Automatic Update, curated from the collection by Barbara London, Museum of Modern Art (2007).
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Exhibitions
Fabricator, after the first activation, RYAN LEE Gallery, New York, US (solo)
CLEANER, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Inhabiting the World We Made, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA (solo)
Broker, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)
Directed Dreaming, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Design and Violence, The Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (group)
Signal to Code: 50 Years of Media Art in the Goldsen Archive, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA (group)
Priests of the Temple, Rowe Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA (solo)
The Scary, New Media Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (group)
Wave/Particle, Ronald Feldman, New York, NY, USA (group)
All Exit, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA, USA (solo)
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, The Electronic Gallery, Salisbury, MD, USA (solo)
thingworld, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (group)
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, USA (solo)
HEIMsuchung: Uncanny Spaces in Contemporary Aty, KunstMuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (group)
Hors Piste, Pompidou Center, Paris, France (group)
Twenty One Twelve, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)
Abu Dhabi is Love Forever, Teaching Gallery, HVCC, Troy, NY, USA (solo)
Northwest Passing, Project Space, Seattle, WA, USA (solo)
The Index, EMPAC, Troy, NY, USA (solo)
art.ware, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong (group)
Installation View (curatorial project), 601Artspace, New York, NY, USA (solo)
Installation View (curatorial project), Collectorspace, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
Abu Dhabi is Love Forever, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)
The Architecture of Fear, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium (group)
The Family Show, The Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA, USA (solo)
Constant World: The Work of Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, 21c Museum, Louisville, KY, USA (solo)
Show Me, Johanssen Projects, Oakland, CA, USA (solo)
Constant World, Beall Center for Art and Technology, touring to 21c, Louisville, KY, USA (solo)
Traffic, Visualize, Carlew, Ireland (solo)
The Allure of the Literal, University Art Museum, SUNY Albany, NY, USA (solo)
Holy Fire art of the digital age, iMAL Center for Digital Cultures and Technology, Brussels, Belgium
Tiny, Funny, Big and Sad, British Film Institute Galleries Southbank, London, UK (solo)
Automatic Update, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (group)
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Galerie Guy Bartschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Special Things/Scary Things, Fringe exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
Stop Motion, Edith Russ Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany (solo)
New York, Interrupted, pkm Gallery, Beijing, China (group)
Image is a Projection, Galeria Mille Eventi, Milan, Italy (solo)
Soft Rains, The Joseloff Gallery, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (solo)
Night Sites, Kunstverein Hanover, Hanover, Germany (group)
Identita & Nomadismo, Palazzo delle Pappesse, Centro di Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy (group)
Soft Rains, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Learning to Watch, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain (solo)
Special Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA (group)
Eternal Return, Galerie Guy Bartschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Soft Rains, FACT Liverpool, UK (solo)
Stardust, San Jose State University Art Gallery San Jose, CA, USA (solo)
We Like To Watch, Van Laere Contemporary Art Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Love and Terror, Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio (solo)
We like To Watch, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)
Pink Light, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)
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Awards
Turner Theatrical Grant (in collaboration with Angela Dufresne and RISD)
Headlands Center for the Arts Studio Residency, Sausalito, CA
Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY
Harpo Foundation, Headlands Center for the Arts Fellowship and Residency, Sausalito, CA
Visual Artist of the Year, Wired Rave Award, Wired Magazine, San Francisco, CA
Critics Choice Award, Rotterdam Film Festival
New Media Art Fellowship, Colbert Foundation, New York, NY
Finishing Funds Grant, Experimental Television Center, Owego, NY
Net Art Commission/Residency, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
New York Foundation for the Arts Computer Arts Grant recipient, New York, NY
"World Views" Thundergulch Artist in Residence, New York, NY
"Emerging Artist/Emergent Media" Grant, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
HarvestWorks Artist in Residence, New York, NY
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