Education Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (MFA) Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (BFA) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (National Exchange) Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions 2011 Watered Down Kegs Of Rum, The Art Gallery @ The University of West Florida, Pensacola FL Six Flags, Seed Space, Nashville TN. Catalog essay by Mark Scala, Curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN 2010 The Aesthetic Beauty of Platonic Aberrations, The Renaissance Center, Dickson TN The Aesthetic Beauty of Platonic Aberrations, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore MD An Easily Distinguishable Set Of Characteristics Suggesting A Type Of Relationship Between Individuals, A Clean Poorly Lighted Space, University of Wisconsin-Stout WI CoCA Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA (two person, catalog) 2006 God Is Canadian, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA 2004 Opening, Flat International, Richmond VA ** 2001 Do Not Play On or Around, Make Space, Madison WI Selected Group Exhibitions 2012 Marc DePuechredon Gallery, Basel, Switzerland 2011 End To End, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York NY See You On The Flip Side, AC Institute, New York NY Stomping Grounds, Threesquared Gallery, Nashville TN 23 Years Without War SInce 1000 AD, Gallery F, Nashville TN 2010 Calling 615, Tempus Projects, Tampa FL Yet Another Roadside Attraction, LED Billboard Project, Interstate 195, Richmond VA Right To Assemble, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville TN Caseworks, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis TN Five+5, Twist Gallery, Nashville TN 2009 Internal Compasses, SPACES, Cleveland OH Memento Mori: Contemporary Manifestations, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead KY (curated by Eleanor Heartney) New Waves 2009, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach VA 2008 JFA 2008, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James NY (curated by Tina Kukielski - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York) Bare Bear, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX (three person) 26th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX (curated by Dr. Alison Nordström, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York) Here and Now, Special Project for Transformer Gallery, Washington DC New Waves 2008, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, (curated by Anne Surak, Project 4 Gallery, Wash. DC) 2007 Young Sculptors Competition, Miami University, Oxford OH (curated by Mary Ceruti, Sculpture Center, Queens NY) God Is Canadian, ArtwaveRadio, Athens Biennial Radio, Athens, Greece Time Based Media Invitational, Artspace, Raleigh NC More Fresh Meat, Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY Hello, and Welcome..., new media audio Installation, ArtDC, Washington DC ** The Utter Project (remixed), Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington DE ** Center of the Artworld/Universe, SoundScope Special Project, Scope Art fair, New York NY ** 2006 The Utter Project, SoundScope Special Project, Scope Art fair, Miami FL ** The Land Rover Project, SoundScope Special Project, Scope Art fair, Miami FL ** SoundScope, Special Project at Scope Art fair, Easthampton NY ** 4th International Student Triennial, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey Nova Art Fair, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, Chicago IL 2005 Radius 250, ArtSpace, Richmond VA, (curated by John Ravenal, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) MFA Biennial, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE Exchange Rate, Skylab, Columbus OH Sweet Substitute, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA 2004 Open House:Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York NY (catalog) Top Shelf, Barrel Factory, Richmond VA (curated by Lisa Schroeder, SchroederRomero Gallery, New York NY) 2003 Take Out, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York NY Exit Biennial: TheReconstruction, Exit Art, New York NY 2002 Collaborations, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York NY Momenta Art Benefit, Momenta/White Columns, Brooklyn/NYC NY 2001 Love or Money, Dieu Donné Paper Mill, New York NY Art Heals, Eyebeam Atelier, New York NY 2000 Landescape, Dieu Donné Paper Mill, New York NY Alternative Processes, Williamsburg Art Center, Brooklyn NY Untitled, Western Gallery, Bellingham WA 1999 Art Auction & Benefit, Dieu Donné Paper Mill, New York NY Chunk 3, Jorgensen Gallery, New York NY Coaxial, Sixtyseven Gallery, Brooklyn NY Babel, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn NY Bibliography 2011 Mark Scala, catalog essay, Six Flags, Seed Space, Nashville TN Urban Intervention, Bluecanvas Magazine, Issue #10, Los Angeles CA 2010 Selected Works, Postal 7600.com, Issue 2, Buenos Aires, Argentina Rachel Bubis, The Nashville Interview, ArtArtZine.com, Nashville TN. October Kaite Sukowlski, Spotlight, Nashville Arts Magazine, Nashville TN. June Sara Estes, Strange Cocktail, nashvillecritical.com, Nashville TN, Mar 2 2009 Jess Van Nostrand, The Mystique of the Unfamiliar, Catalog Essay, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA Betsy DeJulio, New Waves And Lakes, PortfolioWeekly.com, Hampton Roads VA, Feb 2 2008 VagaBox, 24 Feet of Rolling Aesthetics, URGE Magazine, Richmond VA, Summer Maura Judkis, Closed Call, Washington City Paper, Washington DC, May 20 Carrie Nieman Culpepper, Ones To Watch, R Home, Richmond VA, February 2007 Amy White, Time Based Media Invitational, Indy, Raleigh NC, October 24 Theodore Bouloukos, interview, Vernissage.tv, Basel, Switzerland, March 26 Ron Shipmon, Art Attack, Washington Life, Washington DC, April Gae Savannah, Top Ten New York, NYArts Magazine.com, New York NY, March 1 Danielle Maestretti, From The Stacks, Utne Reader.com, Minneapolis MN, Januaru 12 Carrie Nieman Culpepper, Art Beat: Talking Art, Style Weekly, Richmond VA, January 3 2006 Catherine Krudy, Alternative Art Publications, Artkrush.com, New York NY, Dec 27 Margery Gordon, Art Basel Miami: Scope Takes Things Outside, ArtInfo.com, Dec 8 Cecilia Dean, Visionaire at Art Basel, Part 4, Vmagazine.com, Dec 12 Paulette Roberts-Pullen, In Search of Inspiration, Style Weekly, Richmond, VA. May 12 Steve Rockwell, Something Stirring in Richmond, D’art International, Toronto, Canada, Spring/Summer Derek Coté, Dear Mom, Daily Constitutional, Richmond, VA. Summer 2, Winter 3 2005 Derek Coté, Manifestoe, Daily Constitutional, Richmond VA. Winter 1 2003 Roberta Smith, A Space Reborn, With a Show That’s Never Finished, New York Times, New York NY. May 8 2001 Derek Coté, review of A.V.A.F.S., Zing Magazine, New York NY. Summer 2000 Matt Levine, After the End of Art..., Indie Planet.com, New York NY. April/May Ward Shelley, Mob Rule, A Small Space in Chelsea, NyArts Magazine, New York NY Nov 1999 Review of Conceptualisticationism, The New Yorker, New York NY. Dec 20 Ester Partegas, Williamsburg, Disco 2000, Barcelona Spain, Fall Carol Kino, Babel, Time Out New York, New York NY. Feb 11 Dominique Nahas, Babel, Review Magazine, New York NY. Feb 1 Susan Hamburger, Babel, Waterfront Week, Brooklyn NY. Feb 11 Distinctions & Fellowships 2011 Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE Public Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 2010 Public Lecture, Artist Forum at The Frist Center for The Arts, Nashville TN Tennessee Arts Commission, Professional Development Support Grant, Nashville TN Arctic Center Expedition, Finalist, The Farm Foundation, New York NY Artist Talk, The Renaissance Center, Dickson TN Public Lecture, Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME Public Lecture, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL 2009 New Waves 2009, Juror Prize, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach VA 2008 Canada Council for the Arts, Inter-Arts Grant, Ottawa Canada Visiting Artist/Lecture, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX New Waves 2008, Juror Prize, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach VA Visiting Artist/Lecture, University of Houston, Houston TX 2007 Young Sculptor’s Competition, Juror Prize, Miami University, Oxford OH Visiting Artist/Lecture, Miami University, Oxford OH Scope Emerging Artist Award & Grant, Scope Art Foundation, New York NY 2006 Professional Artist Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA Scope Emerging Artist Award & Grant, Scope Art Foundation, New York NY Visiting Artist/Lecture, Western Washington Univ., Bellingham WA 2005 Research & Travel Grant (22 Hideouts), Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond VA 2004 William Clopton Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond VA 2001 Artist in Residence, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (Brittingham Fund Grant, Anonymous Fund Grant) Visiting Artist/Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI Publications 2008 Dear Mom, Derek Coté, Daily Constitutional, Richmond, VA. Summer 6 2007 Dear Mom, Derek Coté, Daily Constitutional, Richmond, VA. Winter 5 Dear Mom, Derek Coté, Daily Constitutional, Richmond, VA. Summer 4 2006 Dear Mom, Derek Coté, Daily Constitutional, Richmond, VA. Winter 3 Dear Mom, Derek Coté, Daily Constitutional, Richmond, VA. Summer 2, 2005 Manifestoe, Derek Coté, Daily Constitutional, Richmond VA. Winter 1 2001 Review of Jeremiah Teipen’s curated exhibition A.V.A.F.S., Zing Magazine, New York NY. Summer Exhibitions Curated 2006 ‘For A(n) Relation(s)’, ADA Gallery, Richmond VA ** 1999 ‘Conceptualisticationism’, Sixtyseven Gallery, Brooklyn NY Related Projects 2005-2008 Editor/Art Director – Daily Constitutional, Richmond VA 1998-2000 Co-Founding Director – Sixtyseven Gallery, New York NY ** collaboration with John Henry Blatter Born Québec, Canada - Lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee. sculpture + installation media contact + links documentary cv + statement On a conceptual level, much of the work I am currently engaged in revolves around personal place, identity, and impermanence. I have crossed North America by car five times and have seen 46 of the 50 contiguous states, and most Canadian Provinces in the process, making me a sort of visual sociologist/anthropologist. As a result, much of my studio practice has been steered into a direction that repositions experience and history by exploiting visual and semiotic relationships, images, objects and architecture. Over the years, travel and exploration has become an essential part of my creative research -- every conversation, image, and interaction is analyzed and processed in search of ways to integrate into my work. It is perhaps because of this unending process that my work tends to span various media from wood and cardboard to photography and sound. Rather than working in any one specific medium, I prefer to allow content to dictate materials. This allows for the inherent quality and language of different media to perform in their most efficient way. In the process of research and production, identity is often questioned due to a nagging uncertainty about my own personal place in the order of things. Since the age of twelve, I have lived in the U.S. as a Canadian with French and Cree ancestry. Thus I have become intimately familiar with notions of alienation, exploitation, assimilation, and conformation -- concepts I find revolting yet intriguing in terms of how they can be both manipulative and manipulated to influence power and culture. While many of these ideas are explored in my work, I strive to maintain an objective perspective that allows multiple entry points into the work On a more practical level, I tend to work with modular elements in order to lend certain flexibility to creating environments that respond specifically to individual spaces. These elements are often fabricated to reiterate content in an artificial way, (i.e. real wood masked with wood-grained contact paper) creating a secondary, or artificial relationship that falls short of authentic – similar to experiencing a postcard. While the overall image reads as a narrative, the details reveal nuances, allowing the work to appear frank on a macro level and complex on a micro level. Creative Statement