Kristy Gordon is a Canadian-born artist based in New York City. Her paintings have been described by Galleries West as “contradictory and enigmatic scenes (that) unravel centuries of power relations and imagine a new future.” Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Uris Center in New York City; the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona and the National Academy Museum in New York City.

Gordon earned her BFA from OCAD University (2011) and MFA from the New York Academy of Art (2013), where she now teaches as an adjunct professor. She is a three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, and her paintings have been recognized with numerous awards and honors. Residencies have taken her to the Vermont Studio Center, Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Shanghai University, and Florence, Italy, and she has apprenticed with Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum.

Her work has appeared in Hyperallergic, Vogue, and Fine Art Connoisseur, among others. Kristy has done live paintings at weddings, Sotheby’s auctions, VIP events for Van Cleef & Arpels, Shopify, and high-profile galas. Her paintings are held in over 600 private and public collections worldwide, including the Government of Ontario Art Collection, The Clearing House (New York City), and the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History.

She is represented by Garvey|Simon (New York City), Blumka Contemporary