Leidy Churchman Explained

Leidy Churchman (born 1979 in Villanova, PA) is an American painter who lives and works in New York.

Early life and education

Churchman received their M.F.A. from Columbia University in 2010 and B.A. from Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2002. From 2011 to 2012, they were a resident artist at Rijksakademie van Beeldende in Amsterdam.^[1] The artist's work has been reviewed in the New York Times and Artforum.^{[2] [3]}

Career

Churchman first presented their work publicly in 2002 through queer feminist journal and art collective LTTR, which also included artists K8 Hardy, Every Ocean Hughs (then Emily Roysdon), and Ginger Brooks.^[4]

Crocodile, Churchman's first US museum exhibition at Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College, surveyed more than sixty oil paintings dating from 2010 to 2019. The accompanying catalogue, co-published by Dancing Foxes Press and CCS Bard, features essays by Ruba Katrib, Arnisa Zeqo and Alex Kitnick, as well as an interview between Churchman and curator Lauren Cornell.^[5] Churchman's work has been the subject of institutional exhibitions at Kölnischer Kunstverein (2017) and Boston University Art Gallery, and was also included in the important group exhibitions One day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2018–19); Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon at the New Museum, New York (2017–18); Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age at Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2015), and Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York (2010).^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Churchman's work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and Mumok, among others.^{[12] [13]}

Churchman's work is represented by Matthew Marks Gallery.^[14]

They are concerned with the question of how images are perceived and processed in the present age, when visual stimuli display an omnipresence.

In addition, during the period from 2011 till 2012, Churchman acted as a resident artist at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. Currently, they live and work in New York City.

In 2022, Churchman participated in the 2022 Whitney Biennial titled "Quiet as It's Kept" curated by Adrienne Edwards and David Breslin.^[15]

Achievements

• Leidy Churchman is a well-known painter who is known for their works that explore the question of how images are perceived and processed in the modern world.
• Leidy is a recipient of the Hampshire College Threshold Grant for Continued Study. Their works are kept in the collections of different museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and Mumok.

Exhibitions

• Good Afternoon!, Sunday Gallery, New York (2009)^[16]
• Painting Treatments, Horton Gallery, Berlin (2010)^[17]
• Black Green Black, Silberkuppe Galerie, Berlin (2012)^[18]
• Lazy River, Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery (2013)^[19]
• A Fruit Stare, Silberkuppe Galerie, Berlin (2014)^[20]
• The Meal of the Lion, Murray Guy, New York (2015)^[21]
• Permanent Culture, Art Basel: Statements, Murray Guy (2016)^[22]
• Lost Horizons, Rodeo, London (2016)^[23]
• Free Delivery, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2017)^[24]
• Kindly Bent to Ease Us, Mary Boone Gallery, New York (2017)^[25]
• For The Moon There is The Cloud, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Los Angeles (2018)^[26]
• Snowlion, Rodeo, Piraeus, Greece (2018)^[27]
• Crocodile, Hessel Museum of Art and CCS at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson (2019)^[28]
• Earth Bound, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (2020)^[29]
• The Between is Ringing, Rodeo, London (2021)^[30]
• FOCUS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2021)^[31]
• New You, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (2022)^[32]

Views

Leidy Churchman explores the way images are perceived and processed in modern times. Within this context, they produce paintings, based on pre-existing images from the "extraordinary junkyard' of visual formulations. Thus, the artist copies the works of other artists and uses logos, book covers or advertisements as sources or makes references to Far Eastern religions or art, related to folklore. For this reason, the pictorial universe, that confronts viewers in Churchman's presentations, often seems familiar, even if the paintings differ from their sources to a greater or lesser extent.

Collections

Churchman's work can be found in a number of institutions, including:

• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York^[33]
• Hessel Museum of Art and CCS at Bard College, New York^[34]
• Mumok, Austria^[35]
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario^[36]
• Siftung Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland^[37]
• Rollins Museum of Art, Florida^[38]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Residents 2011: Leidy Churchman. July 31, 2019. rijksakademie.nl.
2. Web site: Smith. Roberta. May 21, 2015. Review: Leidy Churchman, ‘The Meal of the Lion’. July 31, 2019. The New York Times.
3. Web site: Perlson. Hili. Leidy Churchman: SILBERKUPPE. July 31, 2019. Artform.
4. Marcus. Daniel. October 2019. I Of The Storm. Artforum. 58. 2. 171–179.
5. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Crocodile. ccs.bard.edu. July 31, 2019.
6. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Free Delivery. koelnischerkunstverein.de. July 31, 2019.
7. Web site: Lazy River: Leidy Churchman. bu.edu. July 31, 2019.
8. Web site: One day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art. moca.org. July 31, 2019.
9. Web site: Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon. newmuseum.org. July 31, 2019.
10. Web site: Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age. museum-brandhorst.de. July 31, 2019.
11. Web site: Greater New York. momaps1.org. July 31, 2019.
12. Web site: Leidy Churchman. July 31, 2019. whitney.org.
13. Web site: Leidy Churchman. July 31, 2019. Mumok.at.
14. Web site: Artists Matthew Marks Gallery. 2021-06-05. Artists Matthew Marks Gallery.
15. News: Mitter . Siddhartha . 2022-01-25 . Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-01-25 . 0362-4331.
16. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Good Afternoon!. July 1, 2022.
17. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Painting Treatments. July 1, 2022.
18. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Black Green Black . Contemporary Art Library . July 1, 2022.
19. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Lazy River . Boston University Art Galleries . July 1, 2022.
20. Web site: Leidy Churchman: A Fruit Stare . Contemporary Art Library . July 1, 2022.
21. Web site: Leidy Churchman: The Meal of the Lion . GalleriesNow . July 1, 2022.
22. Web site: Art Basel Statements, Leidy Churchman: Permanent Culture . Murray Guy . July 1, 2022.
23. Web site: Murray Guy presents: Leidy Churchman: Lost Horizons . GalleriesNow . July 1, 2022.
24. Web site: Leidy Churchman does Free Delivery . Phaidon . July 1, 2022.
25. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Kindly Bent to Ease Us . Mary Boone Gallery . July 1, 2022.
26. Web site: Leidy Churchman: For The Moon There is The Cloud . Contemporary Art Library . July 1, 2022.
27. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Snowlion . Rodeo Gallery . July 1, 2022.
28. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Crocodile . CCS Bard . July 1, 2022.
29. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Earth Bound . Matthew Marks Gallery . July 1, 2022.
30. Web site: Leidy Churchman: The Between is Ringing . Rodeo Gallery . July 1, 2022.
31. Web site: FOCUS: Leidy Churchman . The Modern . July 1, 2022.
32. Web site: Leidy Churchman: New You . Matthew Marks Gallery . July 1, 2022.
33. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Tallest Residential Tower in the Western Hemisphere . Whitney Museum of American Art . July 1, 2022.
34. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Earth Bound (Card 21 of the Secret Dakini Oracle) . CCS Bard . July 1, 2022.
35. Web site: Leidy Churchman . Mumok . July 1, 2022.
36. Web site: Leidy Churchman: Disappearing Acts . National Gallery of Canada . July 1, 2022.
37. Web site: Leidy Churchman (*1979) . Sifting Kunsthalle Bern . July 1, 2022.
38. Web site: Recent Acquisitions . Rollins Museum of Art . July 1, 2022.