Faris McReynolds explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Selected solo exhibitions

• 2013 Six New Paintings, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, US ^{[6] [7]}
• 2011 Oil Studies 2006-2010, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, US ^[8]
• 2010 Toxic Mimics, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium ^{[9] [10] [11]}
• 2010 California/West Coast USA: Faris McReynolds, Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium
• 2009 The Primitive Electric, Roberts Projects, Culver City, US ^{[12] [13]}
• 2008 Plastic Palace, Goff + Rosenthal, Chelsea, US ^[14]
• 2008 Dreamland, Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan ^{[15] [16]}
• 2008 Ironic Heroics, Goff + Rosenthal, Chelsea, US
• 2007 Sight Unseen, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, US ^[17]
• 2007 The Beautiful Mob, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium ^[18]
• 2007 Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan ^{[19] [20]}
• 2007 Plastic Palace, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany ^[21]
• 2006 Oh, Dead Air Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US ^[22]
• 2006 Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan ^[23]
• 2006 Perugi Arte Contemporea, Padova, Italy
• 2005 Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan ^[24]
• 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 ^[25]
• 2003 Modern Blues, Marvelli Gallery, New York, US ^[26]
• 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, Germany US^[27]
• 2019 Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House (plus Cat house), Serious Topics, Inglewood, US^{[28] [29] [30] [31] [32]}
• 2015 An Odyssey: 10 Years of the Torrance Art Museum, Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, US ^[33]
• 2015 Contemporary Constructions with emphasis on the German impact on Contemporary Art, California Center for the Arts Escondido, Main Gallery Exhibition, Escondido, US ^[34]
• 2015 Presence: Selections from the Matthew and Iris Strauss Family Foundation Collection, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, US^{[35] [36]}
• 2015 Three Day Weekend: Party in Back, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US ^[37]
• 2015 Up to & Including the Horizon, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, US ^{[38] [39]}
• 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^[40]
• 2013 Interiors: Faris McReynolds & Claudia Parducci, Nye + Brown, Los Angeles, US ^{[41] [42] [43]}
• 2009 Summer Exhibition, Goff + Rosenthal, New York, US
• 2009 Miami Basel Art Fair, Exhibited Miami Basel Art Fair December 2009, Miami, US^[44]
• 2008 Drawings and Other Works On Paper, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2008 Macrocosm, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, US ^[45]
• 2008 Silent Films & Bedroom Paintings,curated by Adam Lerner, The Lab at Belmar, Colorado, US ^[46]
• 2007 Some Kind of Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, US ^[47]
• 2007 Torrance Art Museum, Main Gallery, curator Kristina Newhouse, Torrance, US ^[48]
• 2006 Do Not Stack, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US ^[49]
• 2006 Inaugural Exhibition, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany ^[50]
• 2006 Sea Change Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US ^[51]
• 2006 Dig for Fire Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium ^[52]
• 2005 Untitled Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US ^[53]
• 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 ^{[54] [55] [56]}
• 2005 LA Times, curated by Dean Anes, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
• 2004 Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, US ^[57]
• 2002 London is Balling, Bartwells Institute, London, England
• 2002 Necessary Fictions, DeChiara Gallery, New York, US ^[58]
• 2001 That Championship Season, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, US ^[59]
• 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 ^[60]
• 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 ^[61]

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.^{[62] [63]}
• 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 ^[64]
• 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 ^[65]

Music

• 1990-1998: Dallas based skate-punk band Family Values
• 2007-2010: LA based band, The ExDetectives
• 2009-Present: Solo project, One Finger Riot^{[66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71]}

In 2011, he started the record label Post Planetary and released Archer Black's, Forgiveness is a Weapon.^{[72] [73] [74] [75] [76]}

Album covers

• 2019 Young Hunting, True Believers ^[77]
• 2018 One Finger Riot, Wrecked Hex: 2013-2018
• 2015 One Finger Riot, Come Drag Me Down
• 2014 One Finger Riot, The Sea
• 2013 Young Hunting, Hazel
• 2013 ExDetectives, Farthest Star
• 2012 ExDetectives, The Lawn (single)
• 2012 ExDetectives, Take my Forever (album)
• 2010 Young Hunting, 7" ^[78]

References

1. http://lacarchive.com/kchung/archive/program/24642 Night Driving with Faris McReynolds 2016
2. http://lacarchive.com/kchung/archive/program/5808 CDS DIGEST Faris McReynolds 2013
3. https://www.allmusic.com/album/fly-by-life-mw0002459482 All Music One Finger Riot, Fly by Life
4. LA Artstream: Interviews with Los Angeles artists, actors and musicians (Faris McReynolds)http://www.laartstream.com/current/faris-mcreynolds/
5. LA Artstream: Faris McReynolds Creative CurrentInterviews with Los Angeles artists, actors and musicians https://www.laartstream.com/current/faris-mcreynolds/
6. Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Artist Biography: Faris McReynolds http://www.shaheengallery.com/artists/view/128
7. Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Faris McReynolds: Six New Paintings http://www.shaheengallery.com/exhibitions/view/54
8. Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Faris McReynolds: Oil Studies 2006-2010 http://www.shaheengallery.com/exhibitions/view/42
9. Art Agenda Announcements Tim Van Laere Gallery presents Faris McReynolds, March 8, 2010 https://www.art-agenda.com/announcements/188595/n-a
10. Tim Van Laere Gallery Faris McReynolds11 March - 24 April 2010 https://www.timvanlaeregallery.com/fm-exh2010
11. http://artdaily.com/news/36730/Tim-Van-Laere-Gallery-Presents-Paintings-by-Faris-McReynolds#.XIS4l9Uvwy4 Art Daily Tim Van Laere Gallery Presents Paintings by Faris McReynolds
12. Roberts & Tilton Press Release: Faris McReynoldsThe Primitive Electric October 17 - November 14, 2009 http://robertsprojectsla.com/pdf/McReynoldsPrimitiveElectricPR2009Final.pdf
13. https://www.dailyserving.com/page/392/ Daily Serving Faris McReynolds, by Edy Pickens
14. https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Faris-McReynolds/A51321869157FA08
15. https://kitamocchi.com/2008/10/22/10062/
16. http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2008/8958.en Gallery Min Min Press Release Opening Reception on November 14, 2008
17. Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Faris McReynolds: Sight Unseen http://www.shaheengallery.com/exhibitions/view/23
18. https://www.timvanlaeregallery.com/fm-exh2007 Tim Van Laere Gallery Faris McReynolds 15 March - 21 April, 2007
19. Tokyo Art Beat The Haphazard versus the Delicate: Two Painters exhibiting in Roppongi, MELANEY LEE, June 27, 2007 http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/tablog/entries.en/2007/06/the_haphazard_versus_the_delic.html
20. Tokyo Art Beat Gallery Min Min Press Release May 18, 2007 – June 20, 2007 http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2007/86D4
21. Plastic Palace Press Release Berlin - 15 November 2007 – 5 January 2008 Faris McReynolds - Plastic Palace http://archivelikeyou.com/en/node/11404
22. Roberts & Tilton Press Release: Faris McReynolds Oh Dead AirMarch 18 - April 15, 2006 http://robertsprojectsla.com/pdf/McReynolds_pr_2006.pdf
23. https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2006/DE3E
24. The Japan Times, "Roppongi's art gallery boom", MONTY DIPIETRO, May 18, 2005 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2005/05/18/arts/roppongis-art-gallery-boom/#.XIQr0dUvwy4
25. FINO AL 21.II.2004SHIRLEY TSE / FARIS MC REYNOLDSPADOVA, PERUGI ARTECONTEMPORANEA, by Alfredo Sigolo http://www.exibart.com/notizia.asp?IDNotizia=9069&IDCategoria=59
26. http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/saltz/saltz1-21-03.asp Artnet Rays of Light, by Jerry Saltz
27. https://www.artsy.net/show/galerie-droste-human-is-a-five-letter-word-groupshow/info artsy press release
28. Artillery Magazine, SERIOUS TOPICS: : DREAMHOUSE VS. PUNK HOUSE (PLUS CAT HOUSE)https://artillerymag.com/serious-topics-dreamhouse-vs-punk-house-plus-cat-house/
29. Whitehot Magazine, DOLLHOUSE FUNHOUSE: “Dreamhouse vs. Punk House (+ Cat House)https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/punk-house-cat-house-/4242
30. ADF Magazine, Dreamhouse vs Punk House! Plus Cat House: An Interview with Kristen Calabrese https://www.adfwebmagazine.jp/en/art/dreamhouse-vs-punk-house-plus-cat-house/
31. https://stretcheroptions.com/serious-topics/ STRETCHER OPTIONS "STRETCH — YOUR — OPTIONS" Serious Topics
32. The 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 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/honey-i-shrunk-the-art-the-ultimate-alternative-biennial-opens-in-los-angeles
33. https://www.torranceartmuseum.com/calendar/2015/6/13/an-odyssey-10-years-of-the-torrance-art-museum
34. https://straussfamilyfoundation.org/paintings/potato-eaters-2/
35. Arts Alive - SDSU Downtown Gallery Presents Presence: Selections from the Matthew and Iris Strauss Family Foundation Collection https://artsalive.sdsu.edu/press/sdsu-downtown-gallery-presents-presence/
36. https://straussfamilyfoundation.org/paintings/potato-eaters-2/
37. https://www.blumandpoe.com/exhibitions/three-day-weekend-party-back Three Day Weekend: Party in Back November 20 — December 19, 2015
38. Ochi Projects Up to & Including the HorizonJune 11 - July 25, 2015 https://www.ochiprojects.com/portfolio_page/horizons/
39. Web site: 16 JUL Q&A Faris McReynolds . 2019-03-10 . 2019-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331042651/https://www.ochiprojects.com/qa-faris-mcreynolds/ . dead .
40. https://straussfamilyfoundation.org/paintings/potato-eaters-2/
41. https://www.facebook.com/nyeandbrown/photos/oa.434315559978577/191890457601641/?type=3&theater Nye Brown Facebook Event
42. https://www.artsy.net/artist/claudia-parducci/cv Artsy
43. Issuu, Interiors: Faris McReynolds & Claudia Parducci Digital Catalog https://issuu.com/kylelamar/docs/interiors_digitalcatalog_email
44. https://straussfamilyfoundation.org/paintings/potato-eaters-2/
45. Roberts & Tilton Press Release: Macrocosm September 6 – October 4, 2008 http://robertsprojectsla.com/pdf/Macrocosm_PR_September2008.pdf
46. Boulder 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 http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13096866
47. Marc Selwyn Fine Art PRESS RELEASE: SOME KIND OF PORTRAIT Curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala June 30 through July 28, 2007 http://www.marcselwynfineart.com/press-release/kind-portrait-curated-simon-watson-craig-hensala/
48. Easy Reader: Local art, Here, there, everywhere, Bondo Wyszpolski January 25, 2007 http://archive.easyreadernews.com/story.php?StoryID=20030737&IssuePath=
49. Roberts & Tilton Press Release: Do Not StackDecember 2–22, 2006 http://robertsprojectsla.com/pdf/DoNotStack2006.pdf
50. Berlin Daily - Art in Berlin, New York gallery Goff + Rosenthal opens new premises in Berlin, September 1, 2006 http://www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeld.php?id=1119
51. Roberts & Tilton Press Release: Sea ChangeSeptember 9 - October 14, 2006 http://robertsprojectsla.com/pdf/SeaChange_2006.pdf
52. 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 https://www.timvanlaeregallery.com/2006-exh-dff
53. Roberts & Tilton Press Release: UntitledApril 30 - May 28, 2005 http://robertsprojectsla.com/pdf/Untitled_2005.pdf
54. PACIFIC LINESDoug Crocco, Chris Finley, Andrew Hahn, Portia Hein, Faris McReynolds, Casey Jex Smith, Scott WatermanJuly 7 – August 26, 2005 http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/exhibitions
55. http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/exhibitions/pacific-lines?view=slider#3 Faris McReynolds, Untitled (Huddle), 2005
56. http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/exhibitions/pacific-lines?view=slider#4 Faris McReynolds, The Motorcade, 2005
57. Roberts & Tilton Press Release Eye of the NeedleOctober 23 - November 17, 2004 http://robertsprojectsla.com/pdf/EyeoftheNeedle_2004.pdf
58. http://1995-2015.undo.net/it/mostra/9912 Necessary Fictions DE CHIARA GALLERY, NEW YORK Press Release
59. Blum & Poe Press Release: THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONDecember 13, 2001 — January 26, 2002 https://www.blumandpoe.com/exhibitions/championship-season#images
60. https://ocma.art/mcreynolds-faris/the-comedian-2005/
61. https://www.progressive.com/about/art/education/courage-at-our-core/
62. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001X6RF26
63. https://www.biblio.com/book/entertain-us-selection-paintings-faris-mcreynolds/d/1117802572
64. http://www.sndx.net/cv-by-year.html Shana Nys Dambrot's CV
65. New American Paintings, Artist: Faris McReynolds, 2002, Pacific Coast, Issue #43 https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/artists/faris-mcreynolds
66. Owl Magazine, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS: “The Lawn” by ExDetectives, June 15, 2012, Trina N. Green http://www.theowlmag.com/discovery/you-gotta-see-this-the-lawn-by-exdetectives/
67. The Aquarian ExDetectives: Farthest Star, Review, Jakub Lipczyk, February 11, 2013 https://www.theaquarian.com/2013/02/11/exdetectives-farthest-star/
68. https://www.punkglobe.com/onefingerriotreview0312.php Punk Globe, Ginger Coyote
69. http://thewildmagazine.com/blog/one-finger-riot-premieres-give-me-a-drug-that-works-forever/ The Wild Magazine, Katie Chow
70. Press Release: Magnet Magazine MP3 AT 3PM: ONE FINGER RIOT, July 15, 2014 http://magnetmagazine.com/2014/07/15/mp3-at-3pm-one-finger-riot/
71. Nylon premiere: one finger riot “the sea”, CHRISTIAN LAVERY JULY 02, 2014 https://nylon.com/articles/premiere-one-finger-riot-the-sea
72. https://soundcloud.com/postplanetary Post Planetary Soundcloud
73. http://fanaticpromotion.blogspot.com/2011/11/debut-single-by-archer-black-out-now.html Archer Black Forgiveness is a Weapon Press Release
74. https://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/sets/archer-black-onward-down Archer Black "Onward & Down" Single
75. Movement Magazine New L.A.-based Post Planetary record label launches with three album releases scheduled for early 2012, December 22, 2011 http://movementnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-la-based-post-planetary-record.html
76. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xQctsxA-RQ Archer Black - Onward and Down Released on Post Planetary
77. https://www.gold-robot.com/ongoing/grr056-young-hunting---true-believers/ Gold Robot Records
78. https://younghunting.bandcamp.com/album/7 Young Hunting Bandcamp

External links

• ExDetectives, Song - "Chase It Away"
• ExDetectives, Song - "Second Chance"
• Family Values, Strung Out and The Vandals Concern Flyer, The Engine Room August 21, 1995
• Faris McReynolds' drawing featured on HBO's Doll & Em
• Faris McReynolds' painting featured on HBO's Doll & Em
• One Finger Riot, Music Video - "Fever"
• One Finger Riot, Music Video - "Give Me a Drug That Works Forever"
• One Finger Riot, Song - "Miles"