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Boyle Heights 



Derek Paul Jack Boyle (b. 1985, Cambridge MA) received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI and his BA from Emerson College in Boston, MA. Boyle's work has been featured in the New York Times, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, It’s Nice That, VICE Creators Project, Elephant Magazine, and WYNC/NPR's Radiolab. Recent exhibitions include: Nostos, Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles; Replica, Insect Gallery, Los Angeles; All the Small Things, Steve Turner, Los Angeles; Unease (solo), SMART OBJECTS, Los Angeles; Can’t Fix Broken (duo w/ Mitra Saboury), Alter Space, San Francisco; You Catch More Flies with Arsenic Than Honey, Club Pro, Los Angeles; Thin Places, SMART OBJECTS, Landers, CA; Los Angeles; Wwwest, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York; Plainly to Propound, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles; and recent fairs including NADA Miami and Felix LA. Boyle is represented by SMART OBJECTS in Los Angeles.



Solo and Two-person Exhibitions

Ulterior @ SMART OBJECTS, 2023 - Los Angeles, CA

Outs @ SMART OBJECTS, 2019 - Los Angeles, CA

Den @ SMART OBJECTS, 2016 - Los Angeles, CA

Unease @ SMART OBJECTS, Los Angeles, CA

Can't Fix Broken @ Alter Space, 2015 - San Francisco, CA

Roleplay @ SMART OBJECTS, 2015 - Los Angeles, CA

Obstacles @ SMART OBJECTS, 2014 - Los Angeles, CA



Select Group Exhibitions


Abstract With Figure @ James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
Essential Goods @ Fisher Parish Gallery, New York, NY
NOSTOS @ Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Verhandlungsbasis @ GALERIENHAUS 3.0, Stuttgart, Germany
Replica @ Insect Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
After Exit @ SMART OBJECTS Landers, Landers, CA
All The Small Things @ Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
Thin Places @ SMART OBJECTS Landers, Landers, CA
You Catch More Flies With Arsenic Than Honey @ Club Pro, Los Angeles, CA
Please Have Enough Acid In The Dish @ M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Stage 2 @ 9800 S. Sepulveda, Los Angeles, CA
Reed Arts Week @ Reed College, Portland, OR
WWWEST @ Johannes Vogt, New York, NY
Plainly To Propound @ Gavlak Gallery, Hollywood, CA


Fairs


Felix LA 2019
NADA Miami 2018
ALAC 2016


Press

Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles
It's Nice That
LA Weekly
ArtNet
The Creators Project: Vice
Elephant Magazine
Dazed
Adhoc
Artslant
Artsy


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© Derek Paul Jack Boyle 2025