Drawing upon his years of Friday nights cooking in familial kitchens and a nourished upbringing along the bakery and jerk shop-lined cross-streets of Crown Heights, Kemar Keanu Wynter’s abstract works are a generous stew of language and pigment. Layers of luscious, gestural strokes draw the viewer into fields of color which frequently operate with coded references to his histories; one, storied and generations-long in the Antilles and another budding and burgeoning in the Five Boroughs. Through this interplay of motif and materiality, the viewer’s own tethers to comfort, history and home are brought into focus.
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Outside Exhibition
Kemar Keanu Wynter at Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space
-figur, a solo show of Kemar Keanu Wynter's recent paintings, is on view at Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space in New York. The exhibition is on view through February 1, 2025.
press
Kemar Keanu Wynter in Galerie
Kemar Keanu Wynter is featured in Galerie as one of the publication's emerging artists. From the article: "Galerie’s list of emerging artists shines a spotlight on the rising stars who are making waves around the world with their unique visions, mastery of materials, fascinating processes, and powerful messages." Read the article online here.
catalog for purchase
Kemar Keanu Wynter Rücken-, 2024
8.5 x 8.5 inches, 36 pages, soft cover, full color catalog of the Kemar Keanu Wynter 2024 exhibition Rücken- at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.
Outside Exhibition
Kemar Keanu Wynter at COMA
Kemar Keanu Wynter has a painting included in To Dust You Shall Return, a group show at COMA in New South Whales, Australia. The show, looks at the folly of man and our underestimation of nature with inspiration taken from the dust storms that damaged the American and Canadian prairies in the 1930s, and biblical references to retribution and ritual. To Dust You Shall Return is up through December 14.
review
Kemar Keanu Wynter Shares a Soulful Meal of Art
Rücken-, Kemar Keanu Wynter’s solo show at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, was reviewed for Hyperallergic by AX Mina.
Interview
Kemar Keanu Wynter Featured on Cerebral Women Podcast
Phyllis Hollis interviews Kemar Keanu Wynter for her podcast Cerebral Women. Kemar discusses the first steps he took in the direction of becoming an artist, the materials in his studio, and the importance of food in his personal relationships.
review
review
Kemar Keanu Wynter’s Fall 2024 solo show, Rücken-, was reviewed by Amber Jamilla Musser for The Brooklyn Rail.
review
New York Forever: 5 Painting Shows That Prove the City and Its Artists Can Thrive No Matter What
Kemar Keanu Wynter’s Fall 2024 solo show, Rücken-, was reviewed by Sara Roffino for Cultured Magazine.
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Postcards
Edition No.14 of KLAUSGALLERY.CLOUD presents a body of work by artist Kemar Keanu Wynter made during his residencies at ARoS Kunstmuseum in Aarhus, Denmark and Art Quarter Budapest in Budafok.
Editions
Kemar Keanu Wynter - Toner Prints
Kemar Keanu Wynter has produced two prints in conjunction with his solo show Heralds at Klaus Gallery. Semé: Lozengy I (2023) and Semé: Fusiliy I (2023) (both edition of 50) are now available on our website and at the gallery.
Press
For Brooklyn Artist Kemar Wynter, Caribbean Food Is a Way Home
In this interview with Bon Appétit, Kemar Keanu Wynter shares on the subject of food as a core fixture of his practice and personal life.
