Artist Statement
Kevin Driscoll (b.1987) is an artist originally from Boston, Massachusetts, who currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Driscoll’s practice revolves around the use of various construction techniques and architectural details as a way to rearticulate the physical world. Within his research, he aims to constantly learn, acquire new skills and become more familiar with materials and techniques that allow him to translate his ideas into physical works of art.
Using his practice as a means of self reflection, his works often acknowledge the idea of emotional history embedded within materials and the unique associations they present for each viewer. His work celebrates the complexity of past and experience, in turn, leading us to reflect on our own journeys, injecting his works with our own meaning.
By using common materials familiar to all viewers, Driscoll questions the morals of art and the importance put on seemingly useless objects as they compare to their functional counterparts seen throughout our cities as temporary inconveniences. Through this exploration, he seeks to highlight various details that are both essential and absurd in our built environment.
Exhibitions
2024
CICA Museum, 'Breath 2024' - Gimpo, South Korea
Kunstraum Bethanien, 'Recycling Narratives' - Berlin, Germany
2023
Studio Schwitalla, ‘Local Dystopias in The Global Utopia’ - Berlin, Germany
GLUE, Markbarkeitsstudien - Berlin, Germany
LagerLager; What they carry - Berlin, Germany
Berlin Art Week: Salon Karl Marx Buchhandlung; Words unsaid - Berlin, German
Zönotéka; Architectonic Approximations - Berlin, Germany
Backhaus Projects; Why tho ?, Berlin, Germany
Open Tiny; Exhibitionism, Berlin, Germany
48h Neukölln; I’m Running Out Off Time, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Biesenbach; ART MATTERS 7: online group show, Cologne, Germany
2022
M3 Gallery; A Room Full of Srangers, Berlin, Germany
M3 Gallery; Friends, Berlin, Germany
2021
GlogauAIR; Perceived Space (Installation), Berlin, Germany
2020
WAC Poblenou Urban District Festival (with Sonia Toneu), Barcelona, Spain
GlogauAIR; Perceived Space (VR Experience), Berlin, Germany
2019
48h Neukölln; JosephJoseph, Berlin, Germany
So & So Studio; Delusionism, Berlin, Germany
Macut Gallery; The 21. Salon of Architecture Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
2018
BDA Galerie Berlin; Infrastructure, Berlin, Germany
Residencies
2020
Guest Resident; GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2018
RE:EASA, Layered Exploration, (Guerilla Space-making Interventions), Rijeka, Croatia
Public Projects
2018
RE:EASA, Layered Exploration, (Guerilla Space-making Interventions), Rijeka, Croatia
2012
World Institute for the Abolition of War (symbolic structure for inspiring political engagement w/ Krzysztof Wodiczko), Paris, France
2008
Parti Wall, Hanging Green (five-story installation with Young Architects Boston collaboration), Boston, USA
2006
People’s Environmental Center and Gardens (community center rebuild following Hurricane Katrina), New Orleans, USA
Publications
2023
Midnight Chef; Untitled (Reflections) & Between Paper and the Built World, (Issue No. 1)
2020
Die Leere Mitte No. 5; The High Life of Small Urban Spaces (Nr. 24494980)
Tristitrojka #6; reMAP, (ISSN 2303-5412)
Delusionism 01; Various works, (ISBN 978-1-716-65507-4)
2019
Wentworth Architecture Review VI; #YES we FAIL (WAr 15/16, pg. 96-97)
2018
100 Working Spaces; Der Individualist (Ausgabe 2018, pg. 72)
2011
Rune Art Journal at MIT; Idiosyncratic Space (Issue 32, 2011)
Awards
2019
Big SEE interior Design Award; Casa MAC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bauwelt; Bauwelt Preis 2019 - Das erste Haus (Honorable Mention), Berlin, Germany
2006
Boston Globe; Scholastic Art Award (two selected works), Boston, USA