Over the past three decades, Ted Kincaid has redefined the boundaries between painting and photography, systematically dismantling the idea of an “objective” photographic record. His works oscillate between photographs so fantastical they resemble paintings and painted works so precise they feel photographic. In essence, his paintings are shaped by photography, and his photographs are haunted by painting.
Kincaid is a restless explorer of process, moving seamlessly between archaic photographic techniques, hand drawing, printmaking, ceramic murals, and digital interventions. His subject matter is drawn voraciously from the world around him—poetry, politics, death, sexuality, humor, climate change, and the brute power of nature are all woven into his images.
In 2020, Kincaid co-founded Anderson+Kincaid, a collaborative partnership with fellow artist Scott Anderson. Together, they create projects that extend beyond traditional studio practice, encompassing video, sound, installation, and performance. The collaboration enables both artists to realize works that challenge conventional exhibition formats, engaging audiences in immersive and emotionally charged experiences across traditional and non-traditional spaces. Recent projects include major video installations for One Arts Plaza in Dallas and The Commodore Perry Estate / Auberge Resorts in Austin; full art enhancements for Oak Lawn Place, one of the nation’s first LGBTQ+ affirming senior living centers; and the Resource Center’s new consolidated health and social services campus, both in Dallas.
Widely recognized as one of North Texas’ most respected contemporary artists, Kincaid’s work has been reviewed in ARTFORUM and is represented in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts, San Antonio, the Columbus Museum, L’Associazione Fotografica Imago in Arezzo, Italy, and the Georgia Museum of Art, where he had his first solo museum exhibition in 2018.
His work also appears in major corporate and foundation collections, including American Airlines, Microsoft, Canon, Toyota, Fidelity, JP Morgan Chase, Pfizer, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the Perot Foundation, and the U.S. State Department.
Kincaid has been commissioned for numerous large-scale projects, among them a two-story canvas anchoring Dallas’ Omni Convention Center Hotel, a mosaic for DFW International Airport, a 25 x 46-foot ceramic mural for Cypress Waters, and cover art for a special double issue of Neiman Marcus’ The Book.