Christa Toole’s work explores the subjects of space, energy and transformation. Using paint, thread, wax and other materials in her work, the work evokes the concept of the transmutation of energy. What can at once refer to the micro levels of biology can also represent the macro levels of space and both of their infinite complexities. The subject matter simultaneously highlights the similarities in form of the two and underscores the persistent yet intricate laws of the universe. Energy is a constant in all levels. Energy moves from one realm into another, its properties may change but the force remains invariable.
Christa Toole was chosen as a winner of the National Juried Competition curated by Tricia Yunjoo Paik, Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Modern Art at Phoenix Gallery in 2006. She has exhibited her work at many galleries and art fairs in New York City and around the world including Art Basel Miami, Cue Gallery, Artists Space, NurtureArt, Zone Chelsea, Galerie Scherer8 (Berlin, Germany), Palazzo Gotico (Piacenza, Italy) and the Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art among others.
Instagram: @christatoole
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Superfine Art Fair NYC - 202 Broome St, NYC
2021
All Media: Irvine Fine Arts Center, 14321 Yale, Irvine, CA 92604
2020
ABSTRACTIONS / METAPHORS: Dacia Gallery 621 E 11th St, New York, NY 10009
Open Show: Los Angeles Art Association Gallery 825, 825 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069
2019
Solo show: Phoenix gallery phoenix-gallery.com
2018
COLOR 2018: BWAC 481 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Mini Show: HIVE Art Space 126 E King St, York, PA 17403
2017
Dark and Scary: Greenpoint Gallery 390 McGuiness Blvd. Brooklyn, NY 11222
In Defense of Life: A Benefit Exhibition for the NRDC and SCAR. Blackburn 20/20 Gallery 329 W 39th St New York, NY 10018
Interregnum: Greenkill Gallery 229 Greenkill Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401
Solo show: Phoenix gallery phoenix-gallery.com
2016
Minerals: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
2015
Echo: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
2014
We Are Here Group Show: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
syn.the.sis: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
2013
Symbiosis: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
2012
September Group Show: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
2011
Anti-Matter: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
2010
Event Horizon: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
Open Ground: Fountain Art Fair, Pier 66 NYC
Governor’s Island Art Fair: Governor’s Island, New York, NY.
2009
Governor’s Island Art Fair: Governor’s Island, New York, NY.
Pool Art Fair: Wyndham Hotel, 37 West 24th St, New York, NY.
2008
Art Basel: Fountain Art Fair, 2505 North Miami Ave, Miami, FL.
Level Zero: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
Open Ground East: Nuevo Estilo, 108 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY.
2007
Waste Not: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
Nurturing the New: NURTUREart, 910 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY.
Ten Artists: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
The Seed Project: Rare Gallery, 521 W 26th St, New York, NY.
2006
National Juried Exhibition: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY.
Friends Invite Friends: Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave, New York, NY
Night of 1000 Drawings: Artists Space, 38 Greene St, New York, NY.
Nurturing the Edge: Cue Foundation, 511 w 25th St., New York, NY.
2005
Night of 1000 Drawings: Artists Space, 38 Greene St, New York, NY.
Studio LoDo/Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art, 15 East Jackson, Phoenix, AZ.
Nurturing the Edge: Spike Gallery: 547 W 20th St, New York, NY.
Williamsburg Wedding: Galerie Scherer8, Schererstraße, Berlin, Germany.
2004
Surfeit: ZONEchelsea, Center for the Arts, 601 W 26th St. New York, NY.
Liminal: Open Ground, 252 Grand St, Williamsburg, NY.
NURTUREart: 475 Keap St, Williamsburg, NY.
Open Season: Open Ground, 252 Grand St, Williamsburg, NY.
2003
Exquisite: Naked Duck Gallery, 66 Jackson St, Williamsburg, NY.
Between Waking and Sleeping: Fluxcore Artspace, 340 Grand St, Williamsburg, NY.
Wish You Were Here: A.I.R. Gallery, 511 W 25th St, New York, NY.
2002
Generations III: A.I.R. Gallery, 40 Wooster St., NY, NY.
Reactions: Exit Art, 548 Broadway, New York, NY.
Body in Motion, Bedlam in Mind: Galapagos, 70 N 6th St. Williamsburg, NY.
EDUCATION
Vassar College BA, Studio Art 1993
Rhode Island School of Design 1990