Field Kallop’s recent paintings are an exploration of geometry, dimensionality, color and pattern. Her application of thin washes of paint to the canvas generates a colorful grid that serves as an underpainting. This armature gives way to the creation of the geometric forms and complex patterns that interact energetically with the layers of paint beneath. This accumulation of color and form is systematic and precise, harmonious and balanced. These paintings reveal Kallop’s long-standing interest in math and science, as well as her affection for a wide variety of artistic traditions such as tantra drawing, textile practices and modernist painting. Kallop is particularly inspired by the work of abstract painters Emma Kunz, Hilma af Klint and Agnes Martin. She believes in the spiritual power of art, and hopes that in today’s turbulent world her paintings will offer a quiet moment of calm introspection.

Born
1982 New York, NY

Education
2011    MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2004   BA, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2003   Art History Advanced Studies Program, La Sorbonne, Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions

2022
Circles, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2021
Solo Presentation at Marfa Invitational, Voltz Clarke Gallery, Marfa, TX

2019
Reflections in Order, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2015    
The Melody of Structures, Tremaine Gallery, Lakeville, CT

2013
A Sum of Harmonies, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Partnership with The Art Production Fund, Las Vegas, NV

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
In Her World, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2018
Different Shapes, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2014    
Sargent’s Daughters, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
Dazed and Confused, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Home Spun, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

2013
Glitter and Folds, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Multiple / Universal, Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Paper, Mirror, Torn, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

2012    
Do or Dye, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Howling at the Moon, Simon Dickinson, New York, NY
A la Fortune du Pot, Race Brook Lodge, Sheffield, MA
Without Ceremony, 208 Bowery, New York, NY

2011
Draw the Line, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
Small Crowd, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
New Contemporaries 2011, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Second Year Selections, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
We Care A Lot, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI

2010    
RISD Painting Department Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University, Boston, MA
20 Painters, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Awards, Honors and Residencies
2014    
Artist in Residence, The Andy Warhol Preserve, Montauk, NY

2013
Artist in Residence, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Partnership with The Art Production Fund, Las Vegas, NV

2011    
Graduate Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2009
Awards Program Nominee, Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

2004
Art and Archeology Senior Thesis Prize, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ