Notes of: two becoming one, marble, flesh, dark ground coffee, skin on skin, ancient and immediate

Painting rendered in the home of interior designer Hollie Bowden in North London, over Nénuphar Table designed by French artist and designer Hubert Le Gall. Photography by Lesley Lau.

Brian DeGraw (b.1974, Meriden, Connecticut) lives and works in New York. He has recently presented solo exhibitions at James Fuentes, Los Angeles (2024), and New York (2022, 2011, 2007); Soccer Club Club, Chicago (2023); Wish-Less, Tokyo, Japan (2019), and Allen & Eldridge, New York (2015). He most recently presented a two-person exhibition alongside Maria Naveriani at Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany (2024). His work has been included in group exhibitions at Polina Berlin Gallery, New York (2024); Pace Gallery, New York (2023, 2022); Gallery Artbeat, Tbilisi, Georgia (2023); Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, France (2023), amongst others. His work has been presented in institutional exhibitions at The Jewish Museum, New York (2015); Macro Future Museum, Rome, Italy (2009); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (in the 2008 Whitney Biennial); Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (2007); and Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece (2007, 2006). DeGraw’s work resides in the public and private collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Dakis Joannou Collection; Agnés B Collection; Zabludowicz Collection; LAC Collection; Madeira Corporate Services Collection; and Ragnarock Museum, Roskilde, Denmark. DeGraw is a founding member of the experimental music group Gang Gang Dance. Notable performances with Gang Gang Dance include The Museum of Modern Art: Judson Dance Theater; 88 Boadrum; Sydney Opera House; Pitti Uomo; Brandt Foundation; and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in collaboration with Alice Coltrane.