Kaifan Wang
Venus Rising from the Waves, 2025
oil, oil stick, and acrylic on canvas, framed
78 3/4 x 59 in. (200 x 150 cm.)
framed: 79 7/8 x 60 1/4 in. (203 x 153 cm.)
Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX, Booth F22
April 11-13, 2025 (Preview Gala — April 10, 2025)
Alexander Berggruen is pleased to announce our participation in the Dallas Art Fair. Please visit us at at Booth F22 in the Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX. We will be exhibiting works by:
Ted Gahl
Paul Kremer
Vicente Matte
Kevin McNamee-Tweed
Alexandria Mento
Azadeh Nia
Kaifan Wang
Show Dates & Times
Thursday, April 10: 12:00 pm-4:00 pm, 5:00 pm-9:00 pm
Friday, April 11: 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Saturday, April 12: 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Sunday, April 13: 11:00 am- 5:00 pm
Location:
Booth F22
Fashion Industry Gallery
1807 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
For additional information and images, please contact the gallery at info@alexanderberggruen.com. You can also find more information about the fair on the Dallas Art Fair website.
Ted Gahl (b. 1983, Connecticut) received a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. Gahl has been an artist-in-residence at Tilleard Projects Residency, Lamu, Kenya, Africa; and Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL. The artist has exhibited internationally at: Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; MAMOTH, London, UK; Harkawik, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY; Galleri Jacob Bjørn, Aarhus, Denmark; Towards, Toronto, Canada; Zach Feur, New York, NY; Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Ceysson Benetiere, New York, NY; The Peninsula School, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine; and Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA, among many others. His work has been featured in publications including: Ocula, The New York Times, Artinfo, Time Out London, Artnews, Artsy, and Huffington Post, among many others. Gahl’s work is included in the public collections of The RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and Hall Collection, Reading, Vermont. Gahl is a 2022 Pollock-Krasner Grant Recipient. He lives and works in Connecticut and Brooklyn, NY.
Paul Kremer (b. 1971, Chicago, IL) is an American artist known for his unique minimalist abstractions, which utilize traditional methods of painting with acrylics and gouache on canvas to create heavily formal compositions softened by the texture of their permeable support. Kremer’s work oscillates between digitally printed meditations on the internet and massive color field abstractions. Kremer is also known for having invented the now cult-followed social media account “Great Art in Ugly Rooms,” an internet phenomenon that presents shockingly realistic photo renderings of masterworks in laundromats, public restrooms, discount stores, and the like. For a span of twenty years, Kremer owned a graphic design studio and worked with renowned clients including Lou Reed, Tom Waits, PBS, and National Geographic. During this time, Kremer also co-founded the art collective “I Love You Baby,” a group of artists that held all-night painting parties from the 90s to the mid-aughts. A self-taught artist, Kremer’s works have garnered global recognition, being held in numerous collections and showcased in both solo and group exhibitions worldwide. He has been included in publications such as The New York Times, Interview Magazine, and Whitelies Magazine. His work is included in the collection of Birmingham Museum of Art, AL. Kremer lives and works in Houston, Texas. Alexander Berggruen represents the artist.
Vicente Matte (b. 1987, Chile) received his BA from Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, CL and studied at Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Hamburg, DE. Matte’s work has been exhibited at Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral GAM, Santiago, CL; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, CL; Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, CL; Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY; Centro Cultural Matta, Buenos Aires, ARG; Beers London Gallery, London, UK; Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; Galería Patricia Ready, Santiago, CL; Galería The Intuitive Machine, Santiago, CL; Tappeto Volante, New York, NY; Fundación Cultural de Providencia, Santiago, CL; MAMOTH Contemporary, London, UK; Underdonk Gallery, New York, NY; and Gallerie Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK. He lives and works in Santiago, CL.
Kevin McNamee-Tweed (b. 1984, Stanford, CA) has held solo exhibitions at Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Institute of Contemporary Art, Chattanooga, TN; The Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX; and The Menil Collection, Houston, TX. He received an MA and MFA from University of Iowa and a BFA from New York University. His work is included in the public collections of Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Institute of Contemporary Art, Chattanooga, TN; Museum Lucien de Gheus, Poperinge, Belgium; and The Bunker, West Palm Beach, FL. His work has also been shown at Museum Lucien de Gheus, Poperinge, Belgium; Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium; Dutton Gallery, New York, NY; Cob Gallery, London, UK; Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA; L21 Gallery, Mallorca, Spain; Harper’s, New York, NY; among many others. He is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies including the Ella Fountain Pratt Award, the Mildred Pelzer Grant, the Wilhelm and Jane Bodine Fellowship, The Iowa Arts Fellowship, and the Montello Foundation Fellowship. Reviews of his work have appeared in Artforum, Art in America, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Artnet, Glasstire, Le Monde, and Hyperallergic, among others. McNamee-Tweed has published extensively, including monographs, collaborative projects, and artist’s books. The artist lives and works in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
Alexandria Mento (b. 1989, Bethlehem, PA) received an MFA in painting at Yale University, New Haven, CT and a BFA sculpture and painting from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Her work has been exhibited at Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; Hunter Dunbar Projects, New York, NY; Jack Siebert Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Next to Nothing, New York, NY; Diane Rosenstein, Los Angeles, CA; ArtSpace, New Haven, CT; and Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL, among others. She was awarded the Ralph Mayer Prize in 2018. Mento lives and works in Queens, NY.
Azadeh Nia (b. 1988, Tehran, Iran) received an MFA from the University of The Arts London and a BA from University of Science And Culture in Tehran, Iran. Her work has been exhibited at Fridman Gallery, New York, NY; Hashimoto Contemporary, New York, NY; Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; Gallery Fritz, Santa Fe, NM; Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM; and Simons Contemporary, London, UK. Nia was an artist in residence at Silver Arts Projects, New York, NY. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Kaifan Wang (b. 1996, Hohhot, China) received the title of Meisterschüler i.e. M.A. from Berlin University of the Arts, DE. He was featured in “Influential 2023: Forbes China Contemporary Young Artists.” The artist will hold forthcoming solo shows at GNYP Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium and Kiang Malingue x 14th Taipei Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan. Wang was awarded the Ivan Juritz Prize 2022, held by King’s College London and Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto, IT. Institutions that have shown his work include: Museum Kampa, Prague, CZ; Shanghai Yuz Museum, CN; Seoul Songwon Art Center, SK; Berlin Wilhelm Hallen #3, DE; HVB KunstCUBE B2, Berlin, DE; Taicang HISMOON, CN; Shanghai Himalaya Museum, CN; Potsdam FLUXUS+ Museum, DE; and Inner Mongolia Art Museum, Hohhot, CN. His work has been exhibited at Alexander Berggruen, NY; GNYP Gallery, Antwerp, BE and Berlin, DE; Perrotin, Shanghai, CN; Commune Gallery, Vienna, Austria; BLUM, Los Angeles, CA; and Unit London, London, UK, among other galleries. Artist residencies include GNYP Gallery Artist Studio, Antwerp, BE and Mahler & LeWitt Studios (former studios of Anna Mahler and Sol LeWitt), Spoleto, IT. The artist lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
At New York gallery Alexander Berggruen’s booth, visitors flocked to petite, wall-based ceramics by Kevin McNamee-Tweed, irresistibly charming due to their whimsy and tactility (most had sold midway through VIP day).
Paul Kremer (b. 1971, Chicago, IL) is an American artist known for his unique minimalist abstractions, which utilize traditional methods of painting with acrylics on canvas to create heavily formal compositions softened by the texture of their permeable support. Kremer’s work oscillates between digitally printed meditations on the internet and massive color field abstractions. Kremer is also known for having invented the now cult-followed social media account “Great Art in Ugly Rooms,” and internet phenomenon that presents shockingly realistic photo renderings of masterworks in laundromats, public restrooms, discount stores, and the like.
