Shawn Huckins is known for both his brilliant humor and technical skill as a painter. In his most notable series to date, ‘The American Revolution Revolution’ and ‘The American ___tier,’ Huckins satirizes social media, asking whether the devolution of language in the face of technological advancement weakens our ability to empathize and connect to one another in a meaningful way. By layering early American portraiture and landscape with text taken directly from the internet, Huckins confronts the priorities of our society in comparison to simpler times. What would George Washington post on Facebook? How would Lewis and Clark communicate their progress westward via Twitter?

Huckins’ works are meticulously hand-painted, including the letters. The portraits, landscapes and pastoral scenes are sourced from public domain records and museum collections of classic American paintings.

A New Hampshire native, Huckins now lives and works in Denver, Colorado. His work has been displayed in private and public collections across the country, including the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, MA and the Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver. Huckins has received grants from the Haven Foundation of Maine, Artists’ Fellowship Inc. of New York City, and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, among others. His work has been featured in notable publications such as Forbes, Hi-Fructose Magazine, Huffington Post, New American Paintings, The Jealous Curator, and The Advocate. 5280 Magazine named Huckins as one of five artists to collect now in 2015.
Huckins studied at Keene State College in New Hampshire and The University of Wollongong in Australia and received his BA in Studio Arts in 2006.

SOLO

2020 TBD, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR (Forthcoming, October 2020) TBD, K Contemporary, Denver, CO (Forthcoming, June 2020)

2019 TBD, Galerie Bessieres, Chatou, France (Forthcoming, October 2019) Staring At The Sun, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA (Forthcoming, June 2019)

2018 Fool’s Gold, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

2017 Athenaeum (I Can’t Pretend That This Is Poetry), Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA Somewhere To Nowhere, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO

2016 Everything Is Hilarious And Nothing Is Real, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

2015 The American __tier, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO

2014 Sweet Rhapsody, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO

2010 Can’t Miss Lime, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

GROUP

2019 The Western Sublime, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (Forthcoming, October 2019) Mondo Tondo, Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Independent Vision: The Martin Muller Collection, Arkansas Arts Center Museum, Little Rock, AR Coalesce, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO Finalist’s Exhibition, La Pinacothéque, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg Platinum Blend 4, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Spring Group Show, Cordesa Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Resolution, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA Wet, Quidley & Co, Naples, FL

2017 (Dis)Connected, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2016 ONE, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR

Open Stacks, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO Learning To See Color, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, CO

2015 Project P:ear, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Fresh Brew, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR Summer Group Exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA Platinum Blend, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014 PLAY, Galerie COA, Montréal, Canada New Visions Of The Old West, Patrajdas Contemporary, Ogden, UT Summer Group Exhibition, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO A Precious Few, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

GROUP, cont.

2013 Ten Years Drawn, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA Summertime, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY Word Play, Design Matters, Los Angeles, CA Eye On The Storm, The Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT (traveling exhibition) Eye On The Storm, The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Myers, FL (traveling exhibition) Vol. 3 Group Exhibition, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO

2012 Flayed Parables, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA (Two-Person Exhibition) Art On The Edge, Vered Contemporary, East Hampton, NY Inaugural Exhibition Vol. 2, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO 2011 FEED2011 Biennial: Five Artists, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

Summer Party, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Beast, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY

2009 29th Faber Birren National Color Exhibition, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT Slide Slam, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2008 Out of the Blue, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA 22nd International Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ Fast Food - A Fast Food Themed Art Show, Frankenart Mart, San Francisco, CA 19th International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Contemporary Art Gallery, New York, NY Emerging Artists 2008, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY

FAIRS

2019 ZONAMACO México Art Contemporáno w/ Modernism, Mexico City, Mexico Art Palm Springs w/ George Billis Gallery, Palm Springs, CA ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ George Billis Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018 The San Francisco Art & Antiques Fair w/ Modernism, San Francisco, CA ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ Cordesa Fine Art, San Francisco, CA LA ART Show w/ Cordesa Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2017 Art Miami w/ Modernism, Miami, FL

2016 Art Miami w/ Modernism, Miami, FL

2015 Art Miami w/ Modernism, Miami, FL

Art Silicon Valley w/ Modernism, San Mateo, CA

2014 SCOPE Miami w/ Hashimoto Contemporary, Miami, FL PULSE New York w/ Keeler & Co, New York City, NY ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA LA ART Show w/ Spoke Art, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Texas Contemporary Art Fair w/ Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Houston, TX

2012 ArtMRKT San Francisco w/ Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

2011 AQUA Art Miami w/ Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL

FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/AWARDS

2018 The Luxembourg Art Prize finalist, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

2017 Career Advancement Grant, Colorado Creative Industries, Denver, CO

2013 Haven Foundation Grant, The Haven Foundation, Brewer, ME

2012 Artist Fellowship Grant, Artists’ Fellowship Inc., New York, NY

2011 Artist Fellowship Grant, Artists’ Fellowship Inc., New York, NY

2010 Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Best Emerging Artist in Painting, GLAAD OutAuction NYC

2007 Award for Excellence, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Sponsored by Denice Militello The New Haven Paint & Clay Club Prize Award, Sponsored by The New Haven Paint & Clay Club People’s Choice Award, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, NH

2006 Fellowship Grant in Studio Art, Keene State College Art Department, Keene, NH People’s Choice Commendation Award, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, NH

SELECTED PUBLICATION ARTICLES/REVIEWS

Hi-Fructose Magazine, Forbes, Luxe Magazine, Huffington Post, This Is Colossal, American Art Collector, PPAPER Magazine, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Magazine, Modern In Denver, New American Paintings, DesignBoom, The Advocate, Poets N' Artists, Art Ltd, 5280 Home Magazine, The Jealous Curator, Arrested Motion, The Seattle Times, Beautiful Decay, Quiet Lunch Magazine, Out.com, Guernica Magazine, NoTOFU Magazine, M/I/S/C Magazine, Bl!SSS Magazine, Art & Science Journal

REPRESENTATION

Modernism, San Francisco, CA

Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

K Contemporary, Denver, CO

Galerie Bessières, Chatou, France

EDUCATION

2006 Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, magna cum laude

2004 University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, International Exchange