Keil Borrman

UPDATE

2011-07-20T06:26:00.000-07:00

Work has progressed on what is now called A Market. Two events have been held at the Watermill Center in the Hamptons bringing farmers and community members together to "think tank" the project to assure its usefulness to those whose participation it seeks. The project now has three parts with a 4th on the horizon.
The Market: a farmer organized market place dispersed through the Watermill Center's site and schedule
The Smokehouse(s): a group of 5 smokehouses in Sullivan County, NY free for use
The Bunker: A concrete structure set below the freeze-line at the Poor farm in rural Wisconsin where Kimchi and Miso paste will ferment, pickles and charcutterie will age and be stored to be made useful by groups involved in the project.

Through the developments around A Market a re-invigorated painting practice has cropped up. A Market will both provide source material for structuring paintings and allow for painting to escape the need to "re-perform modernism" or be defined in any critical capacity.

Back in December I worked with Thor Audio and Spiral Groove in presenting A Stereo as part of Arcadian Night, a night of performance and video at the Raceback Lodge in the Berkshires. The show was curated by Andrea Hill and Kalika Farmer. I built custom furniture for a collection of amazing stereo equipment and spent the night listening to my record collection, guests of the show were free to listen along. The show provided an opportunity for Thor Audio to meet with and educate an audience totally foreign to what they do and how extreme an experience a stereo can provide.

This past weekend, July 16th, 2011, I sat-in as guest chef at Mildred's Lane with the dinner A History of Foie Gras and it's Ethics. The dinner featured an all duck menu and a lively discussion of the ethics, issues and history of foie gras.

2010-08-17T05:25:00.000-07:00

Work began on what will be a project that develops over several years at the Poor Farm in Wisconsin.
The Bunker will house pickles, seeds and will have pits for fermenting Kimchi and Miso. Farmers, local to the Poor Farm, will grow many of materials needed for production and pickles will come from Art and sustainable farming throughout the country.
The bunker will be outfitted to sustain most forms of calamitous event, natural or not, and in producing the structure and stocking it's shelves will Bunker will function as a site among a network of sites for gathering and sharing information.

see an album from the first phase of the Bunker's development by following the link below

Bunker Phase 1: Kimchi

"summer school" was in attendance the week leading up to the opening of the Poor Farm this summer and participation from them was key to getting the 10' hole dug. Phase 1 was completed by burying 5 gallons of Kimchi in the hole to ferment for the next year. At 10' the Kimchi is resting within the area that will form the entry to the Bunker when completed.

Next summer Phase 2 will commence with the exhumation of the Kimchi and the trench for the Bunker. Stew and pancakes will be made to feed those involved.

If you would like to develop a pickle for the Bunker please feel free to contact me

Post Katrina New Orleans Cuisine: Take One!

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Unsustainable2: Tuna

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Unsustainable2: Tuna

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articles

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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E0D91239F934A25757C0A96F9C8B63

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/art/73234/die-starung-at-scaramouche-art-review

CV

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Keil L. Borrman
203/644.2004 • keil.schmeil@gmail.com • keilborrman.com

Biography:
Lives and works in New York Born April 1, 1981 Willoughby, Ohio
Education:
Columbia University School of Arts Master of Fine Arts NY, NY May 2008

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Bachelor of Fine Arts Chicago, IL May 2004

Associated Independent Colleges of Art and Design: NY, NY Fall 2002
New York Studio Program

Residencies:
Denniston Hill
Artist in residence March-June 2010

Exhibitions/projects:
Solo :
A Market
In development
The Watermill Center
Watermill, NY

A Bunker
Continuing and Permanent
The Poor Farm
Little Wolf, WI

Ham and Revolution: A dinner to Accompany Painting Production
May 2010
Denniston Hill

Social Violence Dinner
March 10th 2010
Raphael Castoriano Residence

Post Katrina New Orleans Cuisine: TAKE ONE
November 29th 2009
Abramovic residence

Unsustainable 2: Tuna
September 17th 2009
Abramovic Residence

Keil Borrman : I have not Painted in a Year. I have been Listening to My Stereo Oak Park, IL July-September 2009
The Suburban

June 12th Dinner NY,NY June 12th 2008
Abramovic Residence

Boston Tea Party/Jane Austen Birthday Dinner NY, NY December 2008
Chris Mao Residence and Corner of 12th and Broadway

CO2008 (unsolicited participant) NY, NY October 2008
Chambers Fine Art

Unsustainable One: COD NY, NY September 2008
Keil Borrman Residence

Paella NY, NY September 2008
Chris Mao Residence

Group:
Arcadian Night w/Thor Audio and Spiral Groove
December 18th, 2010
The Barn Space
Sheffield, MA

Brown Paper Wrapped Packages Auction
October 30, 2010
Mildred's Lane
Beach Lake, PA

The Great Poor Farm Experiment 2
August 2010- July 2011
The Poor Farm
Little Wolf, WI

One Acre Plot
May 31st
Majestic farm
Mountaindale, NY

Gold In Braddock
May 1st-June 5th
Unsmoke System
Pittsburgh

Mother
March 2010
NYU Steinhardt: Commons Gallery

The Practice of Joy before Death; It Just Wouldn’t be a Party Without You! NY, NY Feb-April 2009
Scaramouche Gallery

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council “Swing Space” Open studio NY, NY January 2009
Die Storung At the Swing Sapce

2008 Columbia University MFA Thesis Exhibition NY, NY May 2008
Fischer Landau Center for Art

2008 Valentine’s Day Show NY, NY February 2008
410 West 127th Street 2nd floor

2007 Valentine’s Day Show NY, NY February 2007
410 West 127th Street 2nd floor

Space Makers: The Suburban Political Poster Project Munich, De Fall 2004
Lothringer Dreizen Munich

Scool of the Art Institute of Chicago 2004 BFA Show Chicago, IL Spring 2004
Gallery 2

2004 Valentine’s Day Show Chicago, IL February 2004
Wash-it-off Space

2003 Valentines Day Show Chicago, IL February 2003
Lunt Space

Curatorial and Group Projects:
Bunker/Sauna
(planned for The Great Poor Farm Experiment)

Center for Agonic Pluralism
(planned for Denniston Hill)

Keil Borrman : I have not Painted in a Year. I have been Listening to My Stereo Oak Park, IL July 2009
The Suburban

The Practice of Joy before Death; It Just Wouldn’t be a Party Without You! NY, NY Feb-April 2009
Scaramouche Gallery

Architecture and Porn NY, NY January 2009
Panel discussion Moderated by Johann Burton with Kara Walker, Paul Pfeifer and Dana Hoey

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council “Swing Space” Open studio NY, NY January 2009
Die Storung At the Swing Sapce

Die Storung NY, NY Spring 2008 (con’t)

The Sandwich Project (Artist Sandwiches) NY, NY Fall 2007 (con’t)
The Sandwich Project (Public Grille @ Mads’ Bar)

Valentine’s Day Shows NY, NY & Chicago, IL 2003 - 2008

Gregory Amenoff Coronation Show and Sale NY, NY October 2007
W/ The Jacques Chiracs
410 West 127th Street 2nd floor

X-Mas Sweater Party NY, NY December 2007

The Gentrification Show NY, NY March 2006
Carlitos Café y Galeria

Smallest Witnesses: Drawings from the Children of Darfur NY, NY September 2005
Courtesy of Human Rights Watch
Carlitos Café y Galeria

Publications:
CAN I COME OVER TO YOUR HOUSE: Upcoming 2009
The First Ten Years of The Suburban
with essays by Michelle Grabner, Annika Marie, and Michael Newman

Die Stroung Volume Two February 2009

Counter Catalog May 2008

Die Storung: Volume one: The Gamer May 2008

Press:
Holland Cotter, The Practice of Joy before Death; It Just Wouldn’t be a Party Without You! [ART IN REVIEW] April 17, 2009

Anne Doran, Art Review Time Out New York / Issue 706 : Apr 9–15, 2009

Teaching Experience:
Visiting Artist/Critic NYU Drawing Class with Professor Alex Jovanovich April 2009

Visiting Artist/Critic NYU Photography Class with Professor Allison Somers March 2009

Teaching Assistant to Paula Wilson’s Drawing Class Columbia University Fall 2007

Teaching Assistant/studio critic to Senior Projects Class Columbia University Fall 2007

Teaching Assistant to Noah Fischer’s Drawing Class Columbia University Spring 2007

Work Experience:
Preparator/Registrar, Chambers Fine Art NY, NY July 2008- May 2009

Preparator, New Museum of Contemporary Art Summer 2008

Freelance Metal Fabrication and wood work Fall 2007 – presen

Artist Assistant, Helene Brandt, sculptor Summer 2007- present

Fellow, Le Roy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University Fall 2007- present

Freelance Installation NY, NY July 2006- present

Teaching Assistant, Coleytown Elementary School Westport, CT Fall 2005 - May 2006

Associate Curator Art for Change and Carlito’s Café y Galeria NY, NY July 2005 - February 2006

Artist Assistant Julie Mehretu Studio NY, NY June 2005 - August 2006

Chef and Kitchen Manager, Walker’s By the Shore Long Beach, CA Fall 2004 - March 2005

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Welcome

2009-05-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

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such as...

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Images of work...
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statements!

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A blog statement can always be re-written, as it is not fixed
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