Marc Hundley
Marc Hundley (b. 1971, Toronto, Canada) makes paintings and prints that resemble band posters and enigmatic advertisements.
He recycles fragments of culture, appropriate images, and words from other artists, poets, or musicians, reflecting his taste, which is multi-faceted and romantic. Often, he makes posters or fold-out ephemera which he gives out for free, turning fine art into democratic object. His work often offers text from music, literature, or poetry that have inspired the artist. Beyond the cultural referents of Hundley’s quotations, each of the works correlate to a personal moment, place, or feeling.
Artist: Studio
"I like it when a writer or a musician addresses the reader or listener, especially if they say what they want to be to the listener. Like in Jane Eyre when Charlotte Bronte turns from the description of a character to the audience to say, 'oh, romantic reader, forgive me for telling the plain truth.'"
Artworks
Marc Hundley,
St. Sebastian in... (a proud and lofty fight),
2024,
Acrylic on canvas, artist's frame,
41 × 31 in (104.14 × 78.74 cm)
Marc Hundley,
They thought he would fight fiercely,
2023,
74 ¼x 146 ½ × 2 in (188.595 × 372.11 × 5.08 cm)
Acrylic on canvas, artist's frame
Marc Hundley,
That's Us,
2023,
40 × 30 ¼ in (101.6 × 76.835 cm)
Acrylic on card, artist's frame
Marc Hundley,
Nature,
2023,
74 ¼ × 146 ½ × 2 in (188.595 × 372.11 × 5.08 cm)
Acrylic on canvas, artist's frame
Marc Hundley,
Friends,
2023,
50 × 38 in (127 × 96.52 cm)
Acrylic on canvas, artist's frame
Marc Hundley,
The Narcissus of Pompeii,
2023,
74 ¼ × 146 ½ × 2 in (188.595 × 372.11 × 5.08 cm)
Acrylic on canvas, artist's frame
Marc Hundley,
La Couronne d’Or,
2023,
48 × 60 in (121.92 × 152.4 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
Marc Hundley,
And Right Now (for Janet),
2023,
16 ½ × 24 ½ in (41.91 × 62.23 cm)
Acrylic on card, artist's frame
Marc Hundley,
Pansies (for Bill),
2023,
68 × 80 in (172.72 × 203.2 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
Marc Hundley,
The hand that takes,
2019,
30 × 24 in (76.2 × 60.96 cm)
Xerox print mounted to board
Marc Hundley,
Your Eyes,
2020,
22 ¾ × 16 ¾ in (57.785 × 42.545 cm)
Xerox Print, Photo courtesy of Ratio 3
Marc Hundley,
I AM,
2019,
67 ½ × 48 in (171.45 × 121.92 cm)
Acrylic on canvas, mounted to board
Marc Hundley,
Crickets (For Robin Christopher Hundley),
2019,
29 ½ × 24 in (74.93 × 60.96 cm)
Xerox print mounted to board
Marc Hundley,
please don't leave me (for alex),
2016,
18 × 12 in (45.72 × 30.48 cm)
Xerox print
Marc Hundley,
what can we do,
2016,
18 × 12 in (45.72 × 30.48 cm)
Xerox print
Marc Hundley,
body's in trouble,
2016,
10 ½ × 8 in (26.67 × 20.32 cm)
Xerox print
Marc Hundley,
hey moon,
2016,
17 × 11 in (43.18 × 27.94 cm)
Xerox print
Marc Hundley,
universal soldier,
2016,
17 × 11 in (43.18 × 27.94 cm)
Xerox print
Marc Hundley,
disposable boyfriends,
2016,
48 × 36 in (121.92 × 91.44 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
Installation Views
Installation view, Once there was a tree, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK, 2024
Installation view, Once there was a tree, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK, 2024
Installation view, The Vanity of Human Greatness, Canada, New York, 2023
Installation view, The Vanity of Human Greatness, Canada, New York, 2023
Installation view, I Wish It Were Raining, Installation View, Ratio 3, San Francisco, 2020
Installation view, UNDER THE NET, Canada, 2019
Installation view, UNDER THE NET, Canada, 2019
Exhibitions
Publications
The Voyage Out, Marc Hundley, 2023
Marc Hundley
The Voyage Out, 2023
To Sing for You, Marc Hundley, 2021
Marc Hundley
To Sing for You, 2021
Weaverbird & Other Birds, Marc Hundley, 2010
Marc Hundley
Weaverbird & Other Birds, 2010
Press
Chris Black "Artist Marc Hundley Recommends Finding Success After 40." GQ October 5, 2023
Na Kim "Infinite Dictionaries: A Conversation with Marc Hundley." The Paris Review July 27, 2022
Minya Quirk "At Home With Marc Hundley." Afternoon Light July 25, 2022
"How to... With Marc Hundley." More or Less October 7, 2020
Gabrielle Leung "Helmut Lang Taps Artist Marc Hundley for Limited-Edition, Hand-Stenciled Pieces." Hypebeast November 5, 2019
Sara Roffino "Rafael de Cárdenas Selects His Picks at Object & Thing." Cultured April 30, 2019
Alex Hawgood "Beached Goods: Marc Hundley's Water Island Inspired Designs." PIN-UP January 1, 2018
Casey Lesser "The Very Best of Frieze New York." Artsy May 5, 2017
Will Heinrich "A Fatigue-Free Guide to Frieze New York." The New York Times May 4, 2017
Olivia Laing "You Are Welcome: Trying to Make Sense of It All." Frieze Magazine August 14, 2016
Scott Indrisek "Marc Hundley Explains His Solo Show at Team Gallery." BlackBook September 18, 2013
"Marc Hundley, ‘The Waves, the Body Alone’." TimeOut August 27, 2013
Sinsia Mackovic "Marc Hundley." The Heavy Mental September 2011
Sam Parker "Marc Hundley." The Last Magazine October 5, 2011
Kathleen Massara "Nostalgia Is Alive For Marc Hundley." The L Magazine September 28, 2011
Yale Breslin "Marc Hundley : Joan Baez is Alive." DAZED Digital September 19, 2011
Ken Miller "Marc Hundley Puts the Dic in Dictionary." Interview Magazine May 19, 2011
Elizabeth Kley "Marc Hundley, "Joan Baez is Alive"." Time Out New York October 2011 pg. 33
CV
Marc Hundley
b. 1971, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in New York, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Once there was a tree, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2023
The Vanity of Human Greatness, CANADA, New York, NY
2020
I Wish It Were Raining, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
In Another Country, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2019
Under The Net, CANADA, New York, NY
2017
Island, 23 Washington Square North, New York, NY
Circus of Sour, Teen Party, Brooklyn, NY
2016
New Music, CANADA, New York, NY
2015
I Love Coming Home, MKG127, Toronto, Canada
2013
The Waves, The Body Alone, Team Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Team Gallery, New York, NY
Joan Baez is Alive, Art Since The Summer Of ’69, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Dictionary, Art Since the Summer of ’69, New York, NY (In Collaboration with Rainoff)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Canada on Paper, CANADA East Hampton, East Hampton, NY
Local Objects, International Objects, Brooklyn, NY
2022
The Deep End, CANADA East Hampton, East Hampton, NY
Space Forgets You, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2021
La Boîte-en-Valise, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium
I Know Where I'm Going: Who Can I Be Now, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Lost Weekend, Yvon Lambert and Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2020
We Fight To Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Via dell’Inferno, Herald St at Galleria Spazia, Bologna, Italy
2019
CANADA b/w Drag City, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, IL
2018
Use Your Illusion, Herald St., London, United Kingdom
A Page from My Intimate Journal (part I), Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY
Tell Him What We Said, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
I Am A Scientist, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Working/Not Working, organized by Matt Connors, CANADA, New York, NY
Christian Holstad: Sessions, Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Anniversary Show, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Girls in Trees, curated by Rebecca Godfrey, Instar Lodge, Germantown, NY
2015
Tiger Tiger, Salon 94, New York, NY
Rio, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium
2014
House Party, Kate MacGarry, London, United Kingdom
Joyride, Marlborough, New York, NY
2013
Signs and Messages II, Kate MacGarry, London, United Kingdom
Turns - Possibilities of Performance, Galerie Allen, Paris, France
The Cat Show, curated by Rhonda Lieberman, White Columns, New York, NY
2012
Matt Connors & Marc Hundley, Herald St, London, United Kingdom
Marc Hundley & Ross Knight, Frieze Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Bootleg T-Shirt Show, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY
Bulletin Boards, curated by Matthew Higgs, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Look here, upon this picture, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
*95 (In Paris, the Outsiders are Officially In): Ian Hundley, Marc Hundley, Nick Relph, Neon Parc, Melbourne, Australia
I Sent My Love A Red, Red Rose, Team Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Sweat (curated by Fabienne Stephan and Marilyn Minter), Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
A Song for Those in Search of What They Came For, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Matt Connors, Marc Hundley, Michael Stickrod, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Be In, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
2002
The First Show, Rivington Arms, New York, NY