King Farish

King was born in Oklahoma City, OK. and is a Brooklyn based artist.

He spent his first 16 years in Alabama and is a self-taught artist.  He started with street photography in Chicago in 2000.

Over the next few years he shot in cities such as Baltimore, Detroit, London and New York.  He started making paintings in 2003. 

Residencies  

2011

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Group Shows

2011

S.I.N. - Collaborative installation, SCOPE, Miami

Reformation, Skowhegan Group Show, Skowhegan, ME

Curated by Michael Ruglio-Misurell and Kyla Chevrier

TEXT ME!: Word and Image in Visual Art, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung NJ

"Blah, Blah, Blah", Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

2009

Works on Paper, Clareo Partners, Chicago, IL

2007

Three person show, President’s Gallery, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL

Curator: Joyce Owens

2006

Silent Auction, Clareo Partners, Chicago, IL

Partial funds raised provided art supplies and instruction for ORR High School in Chicago, IL

 You’re a Great Beauty, Baltazar Castillo Studio, Chicago, IL

 Red Hook Open Studios, Coffee Park Artists Collective, Brooklyn, NY

2004

Toledo Friends of Photography 7^th Biennial Exhibition, University of Toledo, Center for the Visual Arts, Toledo, OH

Juror: Albert Chong

2003

Abstraction 2003, The Stage Gallery, Long Island, NY

Westmorland Art Nationals, 29^th Annual Exhibition, Youngwood, PA

Received Black and White Photography Award

Around the Coyote - Curators Choice Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2002

Photo National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

Juror: Theresa Mulligan - Curator of Photography at the George Eastman House

Bibliography

2010

THE ARTPOINT

KING FARISH: AN ART OF SKIN AND BONE

February 5, 2010

Interview by Philip Clark

http://theartpoint.blogspot.com

2003

Places Magazine, Photography of the Modern Nomad