Chris Dorland

Discover Chris Dorland: Future Ruins, the first monograph on the acclaimed artist, featuring a major essay by renowned art historian Robert Hobbs. Published by Hirmer in Spring 2026, this volume delves into Dorland's fusion of digital media and painting, exploring themes of technological decay and post-capitalist aesthetics.


Explore the radical vision of Chris Dorland in his debut monograph, Future Ruins. With a groundbreaking essay by art historian Robert Hobbs, this richly illustrated volume captures Dorland’s hybrid process—blending digital distortion, surveillance aesthetics, and glitch technologies into a singular, cinematic language. A vital document of a practice at the edge of image culture and collapse.