Kyle Austin Dunn

Instagram: @kkyleddunn

Website: http://www.kyleaustindunn.com

Bio: Kyle Austin Dunn (born 1987 in Daytona Beach, FL) is a visual artist based in Oakland, California. His work has been exhibited at Galleria Nicola Pedana in Caserta, Italy, Galerie Robertson Arès in Montreal, Canada, First Amendment Gallery in San Francisco, CA, Hap Gallery in Portland, OR, and the Headlands Center for the Arts among others in the US and abroad. He has attended residencies at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA and the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL. His work has been in featured in New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Issue #145 and online with Booooom (Artist Spotlight: 07/25/2022). Kyle has an MFA in Studio Art from the University of California at Davis and a BFA in Drawing from the University of Florida. He is creatively inspired by the enigmatic influences that guide our conditioning.

Statement: Kyle Austin Dunn probes at ideas of consciousness and identity- how these variables are influenced, distorted, and conflated by immaterial fabrications and impressions. His viewpoint is that common cognitive biases are overlooked and underestimated subjects for consideration- institutions of thought which determine so much of our shared reality but are examined far too inadequately. Using optically activating patterns, his paintings suggest that the psychology of perception has clues for exploring and challenging preconceptions. The resulting work often teeters compulsively under a dubious rubric, suspending judgement while agitating for an emotive response, one that can flex and warp in an instant.