Donald Fodness
Gallery
Representation: Plus Gallery; Denver, Colorado
Education:
2010: MFA Painting.
University of Colorado; Boulder, CO
2004: BA
History of Art. University
of Illinois; Urbana-Champaign, IL
Teaching Experience:
2012-2014: University of Denver/ Affiliate Faculty; Denver, CO
2011-2014: Metro State College of
Denver/Affiliate Faculty;
Denver,CO
2010-2012: Rocky Mountain
College of Art and Design/Affiliate
Faculty; Denver, CO
Solo Exhibitions:
“Luvrz B H8rz” Rude Gallery at Rocky Mountain College
of Art and Design; 2014. Curated by Cortney Stell.
“The
Manifold People” Yardartyard, Denver,
Colorado; 2013. Curated by William Rumley.
“The Void is too Large If You Can Read This” Plus
Gallery, Denver, Colorado; 2013. Solo
“Shut Your Face Off” (As the Flying OHNO Twins with
Alvin Gregorio) Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado;
2010-2011. Curated by Petra Sertic.
“Defunked/Refunked” Norlin Library, Boulder, Colorado;
2009.
Group Exhibitions:
“RE_Figuration” University
of
Toledo CVA, Toledo, Ohio; 2014. Curated by Greg Jones (upcoming)
"Super Human" Plus Gallery, Denver, Colorado; 2014. Curated by Ivar Zeile and Nicki Maggiore. (upcoming)
“An Invisible Boundary”
Redline,
Denver, Colorado; 2013. Curated by Carmen Winant.
“Home/Land”
Dar
al-Kalima College, Bethlehem, Palestine; 2013. Curated by George Rivera.
“The Ironic Object” Redline, Denver, Colorado; 2013.
Curated by Lanny DeVuono.
"Diptych America:
Private Spaces/Public Places"
Central Academy of Fine Arts (Building Seven,
Seventh Floor Gallery) Beijing , China 2013. Curated by George Rivera.
“Material Engagements”
Redline, Denver, Colorado; 2012. Curated by Harmony Hammond.
“High Tech, Low Tech,
and Who Cares” (A collaborative installation with Alvin Gregorio) Tugboat
Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska; 2012. Curated by Michael Burton.
“Brace for Impact”
Eggman and Walrus, Santa Fe, New Mexico; 2012. Curated by Evan Glassman.
“Apocalypse How” Plus
Gallery, Denver, Colorado; 2012.
“AU Exchange” Redline,
Denver, Colorado; 2011. Curated by Cortney Stell.
“Big Draw Little Draw”
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado; 2011.
“Blink!” Denver Art
Museum, Denver, Colorado; 2011. Curated by Jill Desmond.
“Ice Breaker 2.0” Ice
Cube Gallery, Denver, Colorado; 2011. Curated by Tricia Robson.
“Shut Your Face Off”
(A collaborative installation with Alvin Gregorio) Boulder Museum of
Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado; 2010-2011. Curated by Petra Sertic.
“Street Art San Juan”
El Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico; 2010. Curated by Alexis Figueroa.
“Stumbled Upon”
UMC Gallery, Boulder, Colorado; 2010. Curated by Amber Cobb.
“Objectophilia”
Capsule (in conjunction with the Biennial of the Americas and the MCA Denver),
Denver, Colorado; 2010. Curated by Lauri Lynx Murphy.
“Xiao Shan Xiao” Hunan
Province Art Museum, Kai Feng, China; 2010.
“MFA 2010” CU Art
Museum, Boulder, Colorado; 2010.
“IKNEWAMAN’S Light
Show!” Marxhousen Gallery at Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska; 2010.
Curated by Mathew Weedman.
“In the House of Your
Tomorrows-Collaborations with Alvin Gregorio” Vertigo Art Space, Denver,
Colorado; 2009.
“Defunked/Refunked”
Norlin Library, Boulder, Colorado; 2009.
“DMB Ideas” Vertigo
Art Space, Denver, Colorado; 2009.
"Twirling Dali’s
Moustache” Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, Colorado; 2009.
“Next” BECA Gallery,
New Orleans, Louisiana; 2009.
“Decadence and
Assemblage” Vertigo Art Space, Denver, Colorado; 2009.
“Shall We Begin” IAO
Projects, Salt Lake City, Utah; 2008-2009.
“The Worlds Smallest
Art Fair” Anna Kustera Gallery, Chelsea, New York; 2008.
“33-Drawings…” Emporio
Peroni, Condado, Puerto Rico; 2007-2008. Curator: Alexis Figueroa.
“Heckle and Jeckle,”
performance, Salt Lake City, Utah; 2006.
“Documentation of
Cuculidea” Burton Barr Public Library, Phoenix, Arizona; 2006.
“Cuculidae,” A
Temporary Public Art Commission, Phoenix, Arizona; 2006.
“Trading Voices,” Arvada
Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado; 2005. Jurors: Marilyn A Zeitlin and
Dianne Perry Vanderlip.
“The Best of the West,”
Icon, Phoenix, Arizona; 2005. Juror: David Cook.
“Drawing From
Perception V,” Wright State University Art Gallery, Dayton, Ohio; 2004. Juror:
Charles Cajori.
“The Wall,” performance,
Champaign, Illinois; 2004.
“North American
Sculpture Exhibition,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado; 2002. Juror:
Donald Lipski.
Bibliography:
“Matching Peyton
Manning jerseys, but personalities of their own” by Ray Rinaldi. Denver Post.
January, 2014.
“Two Headed Monsters”, by Susan Froyd. Westword.
January, 2014.
“Donald Fodness: The Void is Too Large…”. Review by
Michael Paglia. art ltd. Sept/Oct 2013.
“The Scheme of Things”
by Susan Froyd. Westword. September, 2013.
“The Arts in Denver: 10 People to Watch in 2013” by
Susan Froyd. Westword. January, 2013.
“Functional Art in the Shape of Odd-Looking Furniture”,
edited by Lavinia. Yahoo! Homes, posted October 2012.
<http://homes.yahoo.com/news/functional-art-shape-odd-looking-furniture-donald-fodness-090423863.html>
“Evaporating Ice Cubes Become 8 Bit Mario Cloud
Animation”, The Creators Project by Holmes, Kevin. Posted October 2012.
<http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/evaporating-ice-cubes-become-8-bit-mario-cloud-animation> “Studio Visit”, edited by Zevitas, Steven. Open
Studios Press ,2012. Vol. 17. Reproduction p. 70-71.
“Best Museum Exhibit- Blink!”, Westord
Best of
Denver Awards; March, 2012.
“Surreal Oddities”, by Baugher, Krystal
Fawn.
Boulder Weekly; November, 2011.
“Fresh Art at Miami and Denver Airports”,
by
Baskas, Harriet. Posted August 2011. http://stuckattheairport.com/2011/08/06/fresh-art-at-miami-and-denver-airports/
“Alternating Currents”, by Paglia, Michael.
Westword; April, 2011.
“A dazzling new exhibit”, by Ellingboe,
Sonya.
The Castle Rock News Press; March, 2011.
“CU-Boulder Faculty take part in electronic
Denver Art Museum Exhibition”, by Klickstien, Mathew. Colorado Daily; March,
2011.
“Oneness through Chaos”, by Ware, Marisa.
Boulder Weekly; October, 2010.
New American Paintings 15 years, edited by Lee,
Jessica. Open Studios Press; February, 2010. Reproduction page 89.
New American Paintings #72, edited by Lee,
Jessica. Open Studios Press; October, 2007. Reproduction page 57.
Found Polaroids, Bitner, Jason. Quack!Media;
2006.
“Temporary Projects on Display Downtown”,
edited
by Wilkison, Kristin. The Arizona Republic, March, 25, 2006. p.B-4.
“Best of the Mod, Mod West,” Mc Near, Clay.
Phoenix New Times; November, 2005. Vol. 36, no. 44; p. 44. Reproduction.
“Artist’s
Corner,” interviewed by Richardson, Katie. Buzz, August, 2004, p. 8.
MyARTSPACE>Blog
; interviewed by Sherwin, Brian.
myartspace.com. March, 2008.
Residencies::
Redline. Denver, Colorado. 2011-2013.
Lectures and
Presentations:
“Provisional
Painting” (panelist)
Ice Cube Gallery; November, 2013.
Visiting Artist (w/ Alvin Gregorio) at The
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Department of Art and Art History; Ocotber,
2012.
“Shelter”
(Panelist) for the Smithsonian exhibition “Design for the Other 90%” at
Redline; July, 2011.
“Blink!
Light, Sound & the Moving Image Lecture” at the Denver Art Museum; March,
2011.
“Dali and Me” for the “Twirling Dali’s
Moustache” exhibit at the Loveland Art Museum; January, 2010.
Web
Interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrc8QZJQciY
http://vimeo.com/76760230
http://vimeo.com/39612213
The Untitled Art Show; Interviewed
by Mike Keen
and Erik Isaac, Episode 107. March, 2011. < http://untitledartshow.com/?p=1671>
The
Untitled Art Show; Interviewed by Mike Keen
and Erik Isaac, Episode 29. July, 2009. http://untitledartshow.com/?s=dmb
Art
Related Professional Activities:
Board
of Directors Art Plant.
Denver, Colorado 2012-2014
Member
of Artnauts collective.
2012-2014.
Member
of FOHNO Twins. 2009-2014.
Member
of DMB Collective. 2009-2014.
Founded
of the Visiting Critic
Program at Redline. Denver, Colorado 2013.
Exhibition
Committee, Redline.
Denver, Colorado 2011-2013
Board
of Directors, Redline. Denver,
Colorado 2012.
Owner,
Co-Founder, and Co-operator
of Showpen Residency- A live, work, and exhibition space for artists in the
heart of Denver’s Santa Fe Art District
