Faris McReynolds (born 1977, Dallas, Texas) is a Los Angeles-based artist and musician. His paintings have been shown in solo exhibitions around the world and have been featured in Details, Art Papers, Flash Art Magazine, Tema Celeste, and ArtWeek.
McReynolds grew up in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, the son of an Indian mother and an American father. He spent his childhood between Texas and Mumbai, and appeared in the 1985 Bollywood movie Shahadat, when he was eight. From 1990–1998, he played bass guitar in Dallas based skate-punk band Family Values. During that time, they toured the American southwest. He started publicly showing his paintings in 1998, and in 2000, he received his BFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.Night Driving with Faris McReynolds 2016CDS DIGEST Faris McReynolds 2013All Music One Finger Riot, Fly by LifeLA Artstream: Interviews with Los Angeles artists, actors and musicians (Faris McReynolds)LA Artstream: Faris McReynolds Creative Current Interviews with Los Angeles artists, actors and musicians
Selected solo exhibitions 2013 Six New Paintings, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, US Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Artist Biography: Faris McReynolds Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Faris McReynolds: Six New Paintings 2011 Oil Studies 2006-2010, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, US Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Faris McReynolds: Oil Studies 2006–2010 2010 Toxic Mimics, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Art Agenda Announcements Tim Van Laere Gallery presents Faris McReynolds, March 8, 2010 Tim Van Laere Gallery Faris McReynolds 11 March – 24 April 2010 Art Daily Tim Van Laere Gallery Presents Paintings by Faris McReynolds 2010 California/West Coast USA: Faris McReynolds, Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium 2009 The Primitive Electric, Roberts Projects, Culver City, US Roberts & Tilton Press Release: Faris McReynolds The Primitive Electric October 17 – November 14, 2009 Daily Serving Faris McReynolds, by Edy Pickens 2008 Plastic Palace, Goff + Rosenthal, Chelsea, US 2008 Dreamland, Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Min Min Press Release Opening Reception on November 14, 2008 2008 Ironic Heroics, Goff + Rosenthal, Chelsea, US 2007 Sight Unseen, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, US Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Faris McReynolds: Sight Unseen 2007 The Beautiful Mob, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Tim Van Laere Gallery Faris McReynolds 15 March – 21 April, 2007 2007 Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Art Beat The Haphazard versus the Delicate: Two Painters exhibiting in Roppongi, MELANEY LEE, June 27, 2007 Tokyo Art Beat Gallery Min Min Press Release May 18, 2007 – June 20, 2007 2007 Plastic Palace, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany Plastic Palace Press Release Berlin – 15 November 2007 – 5 January 2008 Faris McReynolds – Plastic Palace 2006 Oh, Dead Air Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US Roberts & Tilton Press Release: Faris McReynolds Oh Dead Air March 18 – April 15, 2006 2006 Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan <Tokyo Art Beat Gallery Min Min Press Release March 28, 2006 – April 15, 2006 2006 Perugi Arte Contemporea, Padova, Italy 2005 Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan The Japan Times, "Roppongi's art gallery boom", MONTY DIPIETRO, May 18, 2005 2004 It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US 2004 Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan 2003 There is no There There, Perugi Arte Contemporea, Padova, Italy FINO AL 21.II.2004 SHIRLEY TSE / FARIS MC REYNOLDS PADOVA, PERUGI ARTECONTEMPORANEA, by Alfredo Sigolo 2003 Modern Blues, Marvelli Gallery, New York, US Artnet Rays of Light, by Jerry Saltz 2002 Whispering Bad News, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US 2001 The Promise of Maybe, Practice Space, Los Angeles, US
Selected group exhibitions 2020 Human is a Five Letter Word, Galerie Droste, Wuppertal, Germanyartsy press release 2019 Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House (plus Cat house), Serious Topics, Inglewood, USArtillery Magazine, SERIOUS TOPICS: : DREAMHOUSE VS. PUNK HOUSE (PLUS CAT HOUSE)Whitehot Magazine, DOLLHOUSE FUNHOUSE: “Dreamhouse vs. Punk House (+ Cat House)ADF Magazine, Dreamhouse vs Punk House! Plus Cat House: An Interview with Kristen Calabrese STRETCHER OPTIONS "STRETCH — YOUR — OPTIONS" Serious TopicsThe Art Newspaper, Honey I shrunk the art: the ultimate alternative biennial opens in Los Angeles: Dollhouse-sized paintings and installations replace big artistic statements and egos 2015 An Odyssey: 10 Years of the Torrance Art Museum, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, US 2015 Contemporary Constructions with emphasis on the German impact on Contemporary Art, California Center for the Arts Escondido, Main Gallery Exhibition, Escondido, US 2015 Presence: Selections from the Matthew and Iris Strauss Family Foundation Collection, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, USArts Alive – SDSU Downtown Gallery Presents Presence: Selections from the Matthew and Iris Strauss Family Foundation Collection 2015 Three Day Weekend: Party in Back, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USThree Day Weekend: Party in Back November 20 — December 19, 2015 2015 Up to & Including the Horizon, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, USOchi Projects Up to & Including the Horizon June 11 – July 25, 2015 2014 Game Changer 2: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture from the Matthew & Iris Strauss Family Foundation, University of San Diego (USD), Exhibit Hall – Student Life Pavilion 2013 Interiors: Faris McReynolds & Claudia Parducci, Nye + Brown, Los Angeles, USNye Brown Facebook EventArtsyIssuu, Interiors: Faris McReynolds & Claudia Parducci Digital Catalog 2009 Summer Exhibition, Goff + Rosenthal, New York, US 2009 Miami Basel Art Fair, Exhibited Miami Basel Art Fair December 2009, Miami, US 2008 Drawings and Other Works On Paper, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2008 Macrocosm, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, USRoberts & Tilton Press Release: Macrocosm September 6 – October 4, 2008 2008 Silent Films & Bedroom Paintings, curated by Adam Lerner, The Lab at Belmar, Colorado, USBoulder Daily Camera Art Guide: Paintings by Stephen Batura, Jeffrey Keith, Faris McReynolds, Amy Metier, Maggie Michael, Frank T. Martinez and David Reed; and film from the British Film Institute, the George Eastman House, the Library of Congress and the Netherlands Film Museum, Colorado, US May 16, 2008 2007 Some Kind of Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USMarc Selwyn Fine Art PRESS RELEASE: SOME KIND OF PORTRAIT Curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala June 30 through July 28, 2007 2007 Torrance Art Museum, Main Gallery, curator Kristina Newhouse, Torrance, USEasy Reader: Local art, Here, there, everywhere, Bondo Wyszpolski January 25, 2007 2006 Do Not Stack, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USRoberts & Tilton Press Release: Do Not Stack December 2–22, 2006 2006 Inaugural Exhibition, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany Berlin Daily – Art in Berlin, New York gallery Goff + Rosenthal opens new premises in Berlin, September 1, 2006 2006 Sea Change Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USRoberts & Tilton Press Release: Sea Change September 9 – October 14, 2006 2006 Dig for Fire Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Tim Van Laere Gallery, Dig for Fire 29 June – 29 July 2006 Ellen De Meutter, Bojan Fajfric, Edward Lipski, Faris McReynolds, Peter Rogiers, Ed Templeton, Henk Visch, Franz West 2005 Untitled Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USRoberts & Tilton Press Release: Untitled April 30 – May 28, 2005 2005 Syzygy, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, US 2005 The Earth as Seen from the Moon, Galleria Cesare Manzo Pescara, Italy, curated by Marco Atlavill 2005 Pacific Lives, curated by Dean Anes, Richard Yancey Gallery, New York, New York PACIFIC LINES Doug Crocco, Chris Finley, Andrew Hahn, Portia Hein, Faris McReynolds, Casey Jex Smith, Scott Waterman July 7 – August 26, 2005 Faris McReynolds, Untitled (Huddle), 2005Faris McReynolds, The Motorcade, 2005 2005 LA Times, curated by Dean Anes, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2004 Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USRoberts & Tilton Press Release Eye of the Needle October 23 – November 17, 2004 2002 London is Balling, Bartwells Institute, London, England 2002 Necessary Fictions, DeChiara Gallery, New York, USNecessary Fictions DE CHIARA GALLERY, NEW YORK Press Release 2001 That Championship Season, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, USBlum & Poe Press Release: THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON December 13, 2001 — January 26, 2002 2001 Sometimes it's Dark, Practice Space, Los Angeles, US 2001 Snow, Practice Space, Los Angeles, US 2001 3, 1335 Willow, Los Angeles, US 2001 Phoenicia, Shaolin Temple, Los Angeles, US 2001 I Like to Watch, Practice Space, US 2000 Rose & Croix, Apt C, Burbank, US 2000 Random, Miller Durazo, Los Angeles, US 1999 The Touch, Action Space, Los Angeles, US
Selected public collections Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington Courage at Our Core: Art and Action, Progressive Insurance Headquarters, Mayfield, OH
Selected bibliography 2020 "See More of Dakota Johnson's Home: Dakota Johnson turns to Pierce & Ward to craft a dreamy refuge from the bustle of L.A.", Architectural Digest 2009 Dambrot, Shana Nys. Rock n Roll Issue, THE Magazine 2008 Chandler, Mary Voelz. "Art of creative coupling: Lab at Belmar pairs film, painting in perception test." 2008 Rocky Mountain News July 3, 2008: Art & Architecture 2008 Scantlen, Seth. Face Forward: Portraiture in Contemporary Art. New York: VisualFieldPress, 2008 2007 Dambrot, Shana Nys. Entertain Us! A Selection of Paintings by Faris McReynolds. 2007 Poels, Anne-Marie. "Faris McReynolds 'The Beautiful Mob'." Art March 29, 2007: 28 2007 Farber, Jim. "It Figures." Rave! March 2, 2007: R19-R20 2007 Utter, Douglas Max. "Lost and Found In Space." The Cleveland Free Times, Vol. 14, Issue 44, February 21, 2007 2007 Wyszpolski, Bondo. "Here, There, Everywhere." Easy Reader January 25, 2007: 37 2006 Wood, Eve. "Faris McReynolds." art US July–September 2006: 6 2006 Zellen, Jody. "Faris McReynolds: Los Angeles." Art Papers July/August 2006: 62–63 2006 Worman, Alex. "Faris McReynolds: Roberts & Tilton." Flash Art Volume XXXIX, Number 248, 2006 Mary–June 2006: 24–26 2006 Campagnola, Sonia. "Focus Los Angeles: A Survey of Contemporary Los Angeles Art." Flash Art, 2006 January–February 2006: 72 2005 Kim, Souri. Details May 2005 2005 Japan Times, March 2005 2004 Dambrot, Shana Nys. Tema Celeste September 2004 Shana Nys Dambrot's CV 2002 Wood, Eve. Tema Celeste September–October 2002: 68–69 2002 Wood, Eve. Artweek Volume 33, Issue 6 July–August 2002 2002 New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition-in-Print Number 43: 124–25 New American Paintings, Artist: Faris McReynolds, 2002, Pacific Coast, Issue #43
Music 1990-1998: Dallas based skate-punk band Family Values 2007-2010: LA based band, The ExDetectives 2009–Present: Solo project, One Finger RiotOwl Magazine, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS: “The Lawn” by ExDetectives, June 15, 2012, Trina N. Green The Aquarian ExDetectives: Farthest Star, Review, Jakub Lipczyk, February 11, 2013 Punk Globe, Ginger CoyoteThe Wild Magazine, Katie ChowPress Release: Magnet Magazine MP3 AT 3PM: ONE FINGER RIOT, July 15, 2014 Nylon premiere: one finger riot “the sea”, CHRISTIAN LAVERY JULY 02, 2014
In 2011, he started the record label Post Planetary and released Archer Black's, Forgiveness is a Weapon.Post Planetary SoundcloudArcher Black Forgiveness is a Weapon Press ReleaseArcher Black "Onward & Down" SingleMovement Magazine New L.A.-based Post Planetary record label launches with three album releases scheduled for early 2012, December 22, 2011 Archer Black – Onward and Down Released on Post Planetary
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