LOT 06

VINCENT DERMODY

VASE

His creations are inspired by everything from

horror movies and comic books through to

children’s television shows, poetry, and thrift

stores. Artist Vincent Dermody has engaged

in painting, photography and performance.

His work took on a new beginning after a solo

show in 2003, at which he buried his old self

and corrected his family name, which had been

mistakenly misspelled when his father first

arrived in the states from Ireland. Since 2014,

Dermody has dedicated himself to developing

his so-called “Memory Jug”, propelled by ideas

on healing and magical thinking.

Dermody was born in 1973 in Chicago, Illinois. He

received his MFA from the University of Illinois

at Chicago in 2008 and obtained a BFA from

the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, IL in

1996. Recent shows include ‘What Burns Never

Returns’ at the Mountain Gallery in Brooklyn, NY

in 2018 (Solo) and ‘(Untitled Show)’, curated by

Michael Bauer at the Norma Mangione Gallery in

Turin, Italy in 2018 (Group).

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