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Darren Waterston Art

American, b. 1965
Darren Waterston has been exhibiting his paintings, works on paper, and installations in the U.S. and abroad since the early 1990s. Recent exhibition highlights include: Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre: Whistler’s Peacock Room Reimagined at Victoria and Albert Museum (2020); Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre at The Smithsonian Institution’s Freer/Sackler Galleries (2016); Uncertain Beauty at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (2014); Forest Eater at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (2011); and Splendid Grief: The Afterlife of Leland Stanford Jr. (2009), an installation at The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, CA. In 2007 CHARTA published a monograph on the artist, “Darren Waterston: Representing the Invisible”, and in 2013 Prestel published a collaboration between the artist and poet Mark Doty, “A Swarm, A Flock, a Host: A Compendium of Creatures.” “Darren Waterston: Filthy Lucre,” was published by Skira Rizzoli in association with MASS MoCA and the Freer/Sackler in 2014. In 2020 Victoria and Albert Museum published “Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre: Whistler’s Peacock Room Reimagined.” Waterston’s artwork is included in numerous permanent collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; New York Public Library, New York City; The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He graduated with a BFA from the Otis Art Institute in 1988, having previously studied at the Akademie der Künste and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste,both in Germany. Waterston currently lives and works in Kinderhook, New York.
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Artist: Darren Waterston
Low Humm
Low Humm

Low Humm

By Darren Waterston

Located in San Francisco, CA

Darren Waterston b. 1965 Low Humm, 2024 Watercolor and gouache on rag paper 29 1/4 x 22 inches (74.3 x 55.9 cm) Framed: 36 1/4 x 29 inches From the 2024 exhibition at Berggruen Gall...

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2010s Darren Waterston Art

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Butterfly
Butterfly

Butterfly

By Darren Waterston

Located in Fairfield, CT

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Darren Waterston (born 1965) is an American artist who is mainly known for his ethereal paintings. Etching monotype with hand work an...

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Moth
Moth

Moth

By Darren Waterston

Located in Fairfield, CT

​Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Darren Waterston (born 1965) is an American artist who is mainly known for his ethereal paintings. Etching monotype with hand work ...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Darren Waterston Art

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Whirl
Whirl

Whirl

By Darren Waterston

Located in Fairfield, CT

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Darren Waterston (born 1965) is an American artist who is mainly known for his ethereal paintings. Etching monotype with hand work a...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Darren Waterston Art

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