David Kennedy Cutler

Interviews by Brainard Carey

David Kennedy Cutler (b. 1979, Sandgate, VT) is an artist, writer and performer who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His practice addresses traces of domesticity; he presents material objects as witnesses of unseen labor and hidden objects. He observes, transfers, and transforms recognizable every day and artistic materials to create installations, paintings, and performances. Cutler received his BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2001. He has had solo exhibitions at Derek Eller Gallery (NYC), Halsey McKay Gallery (East Hampton, NY), Essex Flowers (NYC), The Centre for Contemporary Art (Tallinn, Estonia) and Nice & Fit (Berlin, Germany). Cutler has performed in various spaces in New York including Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Essex Flowers, Printed Matter, Halsey McKay, Derek Eller Gallery, and Flag Art Foundation, and internationally at the Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, among others. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Wellin Museum at Hamilton College and The RISD Museum, and his artist’s books are included in the libraries of the Whitney Museum and the Brooklyn Museum. He has been reviewed and featured in The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, The New Yorker and Modern Painter, among others. Cutler is represented by Derek Eller Gallery, NY and Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton. Currently on view is a two person show, Hedge, with Mosieur Zohore. David Kennedy Cutler, Late Shift, 2023 Inkjet transfer, acrylic, and permalac on canvas, armature wire 88 x 69 x 3.5 inches (223.5 x 175.3 x 8.9 cm) David Kennedy Cutler, Barricade, 2023 Inkjet transfer, acrylic, and permalac on canvas, armature wire 82.75 x 64.5 inches (210.2 x 163.8 cm) David Kennedy Cutler, Balthazar, 2023 Inkjet transfer, acrylic, and permalac on canvas, armature wire and wood 39.5 x 20.5 x 20 inches (100.3 x 52.1 x 50.8 cm)