Christopher Aque
New York, NY
Born 1987
EDUCATION
2016
Hunter College, New York, Master of Fine Art
2012
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2009
University of Chicago, Chicago, Bachelor of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
(forthcoming solo), Regards, Chicago
2021
A void, Sweetwater, Berlin
Liste, solo presentation with Sweetwater, Berlin
2018
Christopher Aque, Sweetwater, Berlin
Frame, solo presentation with Regards, Frieze New York
Idling, Regards, Chicago
2015
I am, etc., Regards, Chicago
2012
Homonyms (for Misfits and Outcasts), Peregrine Program, Chicago
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
International Waters, New York (forthcoming)
Some of It Falls from the Belt and Lands on the Walkway Beside the Conveyor, Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
2020
Maison Dakota, Super Dakota, Brussels
2019
The Comedies of the Status Quo, Kate Werble Gallery, New York
2018
Call Me Mr. Benson (Ian Giles with Christopher Aque, and others), OCDChinatown, New York
Not and edge, but a hinge, Abrons Arts Center, New York
2017
Ice Wine, curated by John-Elio Reitman and Margaret Kross, Rzeplinski, Brooklyn, NY
2016
In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New, curated by Olga Dekalo, SculptureCenter, New York
What came of picking flowers?, Motel, Brooklyn, NY
A Place Where He Is Meant to Be Lost, The Third Policeman, Brooklyn, NY
Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition, 205 Hudson Street Gallery, New York
2014
Murmurs, Regards, Chicago
White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York
2013
Canon Fodder, curated by Craig Drennen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Street Trash, organized by Virginia Overton, Aaron Suggs, and Motoko Fukuyama, Memphis, TN
Taken, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Made-up Shrimp Hardly Enlightens Some Double Kisses, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2011
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Original Jokes About The Suburban and The Poor Farm by Artists Who Have Exhibited There, organized by Michelle Grabner, Green Gallery, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
Two Fold, curated by Colleen Asper and Ethan Greenbaum, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
2009
BIG FUN, DOVA temporary, Chicago
CURATORIAL
No One, Brooklyn, NY (ongoing project)
2013
Every Act, a Repetition, Laurel Gitlen, New York
Silhouettes, curated with Anissa Mack, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Broken Umbrellas, Laurel Gitlen, New York
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS
2008
Summer Arts Fellowship, University of Chicago
PUBLICATIONS
2015
Ten: Park McArthur Interviews Christopher Aque, Regards, Chicago
2014
“Drawing a Blank” in John Zappas: Figured Spot, (Brooklyn, NY: Primetime).
2012
Chatter by Evie, artist book with No One, Brooklyn, NY: No One, 68 pages.
Contributor, Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?, ed. Michelle Grabner, Wassaic, WI: Poor Farm Press.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Philipp Hindahl, “Tidbits: Christopher Aque,” Mousse, January
2021
Carlos Kong, “Body as Void,” (review) Texte zur Kunst, December.
Jeppe Ugelvig, “Christopher Aque at Sweetwater, Berlin,” (review) Artforum Critics’ Picks, 22 October.
Isabella Zamboni, “Gallery Weekend Berlin 2021,” (review) Spike, 21 September
2019
Symons Sutcliffe, Alexandra, Critics’ Picks: Christopher Aque, Artforum, January
2018
Elbaor, Caroline, “In Conversation with Christopher Aque”, isthisit?, issue 05, August
Filchak, Ryan, “Navigating Desire Between Connection and Anonymity, A Review of Christopher Aque at Regards”, Newcity, April 18
2016
Dekalo, Olga, “Freud, that’s kidstuff”, exhibition essay for In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New, SculptureCenter.
2014
Toale, Erin, Review: Murmurs/Regards, Newcity Art, August, 9.
2013
Hebert, Todd, Canon Fodder, BURNAWAY, November 12.
Featured Artist: Christopher Aque, SculptureCenter tumblr, October 27.
Schwartz, Chip, Practice examines appropriation and ownership with ‘Taken’, Knight Arts, April 16.
2012
Wall, Georgia, Christopher Aque at Peregrine Program, Chicago Artist Writers, November 2.
Smith, Harrison, Fall Art Preview 2012, Newcity Art, August 28.