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"Slate Bed 1,"
acrylic and airbrush on Yupo, 30" x 49" |
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STATEMENT: |
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My paintings explore relationships between partners, parents and
children, friends, people and nature. Traditional ideas about
femininity and motherhood are questioned as women in this work bounce
back and forth between getting it done and becoming undone. The
figures are in motion, wild and oddly shaped, sometimes with claw-like
hands or nipples protruding through their clothes. These portrayals of
what it feels like to be a woman contrast the ways in which women have
been portrayed in the past. Piles of bodies at work or play are bound
up together. They support each other and crowd each other in a
landscape; the kind of landscape one sees outside the car window while
driving out of town down the interstate. Glazes, drips, sprays, veils,
slashes and daubs build up things like pine trees, transformers,
grass, skulls, stars, underpants, houseplants, dishes, flying bugs,
fire hydrants, and bodies with too many hands, feet, knees and elbows.
I use anxious mark making, exaggerated body language, and warped
perspective to mirror a rushing world distorted by apprehension. These
paintings underscore the inherent emotional conflict of parenting
young children and the fragility of comfort and happiness in America
today. |
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RESUME |
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Awards: |
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2020 |
The Satellite Fund, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, and The Warhol
Foundation – New York, NY
The Hopper Prize Short List |
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2019 |
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award |
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2017 |
Bring em Back, Zygote Press – Cleveland, OH |
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2015 |
David Bown, 10th Semiannual Competition, Honorable Mention
– New York, NY
MOCA Cleveland, Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Curator Awardee, Naomi
Beckwith, MCA Chicago, IL |
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2014 |
David Bown, 7th Semiannual Competition, Honorable Mention, New York,
NY |
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2013 |
Ohio Portfolio, The Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award |
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2012 |
William & Dorothy Yeck Award Winner, juried by Irene Hofmann, Heistand Galleries, Miami U, Oxford, OH |
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2011 |
Fellowship, Financial Aid, and Visual Artist Residency, The Vermont
Studio Center – Johnson, VT Artist in Residence, Zygote Press,
Cleveland, OH |
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2009 |
Summer Quarter Grant, Working Artist Org.
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2008 |
Second Place FInalist, 9th Annual National Young Painters Competition,
juried award by Peter Plagens, Heistand Galleries, Miami University,
Oxford, OH |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions: |
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2020 |
Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN "Beast" Red Arrow
Gallery, Nashville, TN |
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2019 |
"Out of the Woods Into the Weeds," McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown
State University, OH |
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2017 |
“Candyland” Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Dana Oldfather, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
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2016 |
"Sweet, Sweet Sweet: New Paintings," Zg
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2013 |
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
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2012 |
William & Dorothy Yeck Award Winner Exhibition, Heistand Galleries,
Miami University, Oxford, OH |
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2011 |
“Give Us a Fence and Some Room to Run”, AIR Exhibition, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
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2010 |
“Rising Above”, eo Art Lab, Chester, CT
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“We
Are Mountains”, William Rupnik Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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2006 |
“Florescence” solo exhibition, E Gordon Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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Selected Two Person &
Group Exhibitions: |
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2020 |
Zg Winter Group Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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University Hospital, Cleveland, OH |
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2019 |
"Tightly Unwound" Gallery W at American Greetings Corporate
Headquarters, Westlake, OH |
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Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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2018 |
“Fathom Five”, Progressive Main Campus, Mayfield, OH |
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Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY |
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“Drawn Together,” Heights Art, Cleveland Heights, OH |
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2017 |
“Echoes,” Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY |
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Colors Lines Layers", CASS Contemporary, Tampa, FL |
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"The Para-Natural World," Zg Gallery , Chicago, IL |
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Art Palm Beach, Miami, FIL |
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2016 |
Miami Project, Miami Beach, FL |
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Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX |
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"Natural Tendencies," Coburn Gallery, Center for the Arts, Ashland
University, Ashland, OH |
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"Vox XII: News and Weather", Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA |
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2015 |
Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, OH |
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2014 |
ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH |
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Quarter Art, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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2013 |
Out with the Old, Summer Group Exhibition, Library Street Collective,
Detroit , MI |
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NE Ohio Abstract Artists, Curated by Martin Ball, Kent State Downtown
Gallery, Kent, OH |
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NOADA ARTExpo, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH |
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“Hold the Wall: Trends in Contemporary Painting”, Curated by Dan
Tranberg, CSU Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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“Contemporaries 2013”, The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH
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2012 |
12 x 12, juried by Rebecca Wilson, Director, Saatchi Gallery,
Online |
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“White Christmas” Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
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“Ohio Governor’s Office & Residence Exhibition”, Columbus, OH
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2011 |
“Sweet & Dangerous,” Dana Oldfather & Anthony Bartholomew, Survival
Kit Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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"12th
Annual National Young Painters - Finalist Exhibition", juried by Irene
Hoffman, Heistand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH |
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“ArtPrize Grand Rapids” Women’s City Club Exhibition Center, Grand
Rapids, MI |
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“Ohio
Governor’s Office & Residence Exhibition” Columbus, OH |
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“Synesthesia” eo art lab, Chester, CT |
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“Intersections” Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH |
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“Annual Paint Snob Exhibition”, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro,
AR |
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2010 |
“The
Ties That Bind”, eo art lab, Chester, CT |
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“Affordable Art Fair”, with eo art lab, New York, NY |
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"Common Purpose", eo art lab, Chester, CT |
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"2nd
Anniversary Show", POVevolving Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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“App
to the Future”, Spaces Gallery VIP Invitational Cleveland, OH
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“Annual Benefit Exhibition”, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
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“Shared Response”, eo Art Lab, Chester, CT |
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“The
Expanding Gesture”, Cleveland Clinic Art Exhibition Space, Cleveland,
OH |
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“11th
Annual National Young Painters Competition” jury; Raphaela Platow,
Heistand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH |
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2009 |
“Give
and Take”, eo Art Lab, Chester, CT |
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“Frigid Art”, Asterisk Gallery,
Cleveland, OH |
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“Erie
Prom”, VIP Invitational Benefit Exhibition, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland,
OH |
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2008 |
“Exurbs: A Collective Environment” The Bonfoey
Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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Gallery Artists, The
Bennett Street Gallery – Atlanta, GA |
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“85th Annual Spring Show”,
juried by David Hickey, Erie Art Museum – Erie, PA |
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“9th Annual National Young
Painters – Finalist Exhibition” juried by Peter Plagens, Heistand
Galleries, Miami University – Oxford, OH |
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2007 |
Gallery Artists,
Convergence Gallery – Santa Fe, NM |
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2006 |
“Sayonara” Closing Gallery
Show, E Gordon Gallery – Cleveland, OH |
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Selected
Bibliography: |
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2020 |
Dana Oldfather,
Hopper Prize Journal Into Contemporary Art, March 31, 2020 |
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ArtMaze Magazine, Winter Iss. 16,
juried by Scott Ogden of Shrine NYC, London, UK – January, 202 |
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2019 |
Studio Visit Artist,
I Like Your Work Podcast,
Season 2, Episode 14 with Robert Gamblin, Dec. 6, 2019“Dana Oldfather
is Out of the Woods”, Brittany Hudak,
CAN Journal – Fall Quarter,
20190INPA
9 Manifest Painting Annual, 2019
Artist/Artist, Rebecca Cross,
CAN Journal – Spring Quarter,
2019 |
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2018 |
Create! Magazine,
blog interview
– September 12, 2018,
Issue 11
2018 |
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A
View From the Easel,
Hyperallergic
– February 23, 2018 |
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2017 |
Anniversary Issue,
ArtMaze Magazine, October 2017 |
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Makers
CAN Journal Blog, Brittany M
Hudak |
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Indulging
in Departures from Reality, by Chris Miller, Newcity Art,
February 20, 2017 |
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100 Best 2016,
Creative Quarterly Annual Book,
April 2017 |
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Featured Artist,
The Art of Spray by Lori
Zimmer, January 2017 |
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2016 |
I Want Candy,
by Joe Nolan, Number: Inc - November 13, 2016 |
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A Beautiful Mind: Cerebral Musings
Profound Pictures with Universal Appeal,
by Michael C. Butz, |
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Cleveland Canvas, Fall/Winter 2016, p20. |
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Artist Spotlight: Booooooom Art!,
October 21,2016 |
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Sugar, a New Abstract Series Debuts, Red
Arrow Gallery,
by C. Acree, Nashville Arts Mag., 9/2018 |
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Creative Quarterly 43,
The Journal of Art and Design , New York, NY, Summer 2016 |
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So
Sweet by Douglas Max Utter, CAN Journal, July 13, 2016 |
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2015 |
Cheerful and Radiant, but Carefully Orchestrated by Kelly Reaves, New
City, June 6, 2015 |
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Artist to Know - Fall Arts Feature,
Cleveland Magazine |
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2014 |
Featured Artist, Pipin & Pearl, online
blog – January 2 |
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Absolut 2140 3rd Book, ROJO Projects – Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2013 |
Dana Oldfather, The Quiet Painter, by
Joseph Clark, Scene Magazine People Issue - August 14 |
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Cleveland Connection Blurs Lines, by Josh Usmani, Cool Cleveland –
August 7 |
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Dana
Oldfather Talks Painting and Critiquing Others’ Paintings, by Joseph
Clark, Scene Magazine – July 29 |
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The
Pleasure of Seeing by Lane Cooper, artHOPPER - June 12, 2013
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CSU
Gallery Show Curated by Dan Tranberg Shows How Painters Strive For
Wall Power, Steve Litt, The Plain Dealer – May 31, 2013
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Cover
Art & Featured Artist, CAN Journal – Summer Quarter, 2013
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Around
Noon, IdeaStream 90.3, Live Radio Interview with Dee Perry – March 28,
2013 |
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Butler
Institute of American Art Exhibition by Cleveland Artist Includes
Massive Abstract Work, The V indicator February 26, 2013
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Dana Oldfather Brings Fresh New Work to
Campus District, Campus District Observer – February, 2013 |
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Interview,
Eye Likey Blogspot – Janurary, 2013 |
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2012 |
ART Milk, Dana Oldfather & Alyson Fox,
New Dinnerware with Ink Dish – November 26, 2012 |
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Sweet
Station – November, 2012 |
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100
Critics 100 Days, Critic’s Choice, Saatchi Online – August, 2012
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Featured Artist, The Meadow, Art and Literature Journal, May 2012
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ART
Milk, Featured Artist – Janurary 23, 2012 |
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2011 |
Women’s City Center Exhibition Review,
by Joseph Becherer, The Grand Rapids Press, Sept. 29, 2011 |
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Featured Artist, Beautiful Decay, November 17, 2011 |
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Featured Artist, Superstition Review,
Arizona State University |
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Cover and interior art, Interrupture,
Poetry and Art Journal, October, 2011 |
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The Medium is the Message by Joseph
Clark, Scene Magazine, Cleveland, OH, Sept. 7, 2011 Book 6,
Beautiful Decay |
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Dana
Oldfather, Artist a Day, Contemporary Art Blog featured on iGoogle,
March 5, 2011 |
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2010 |
The
Abstracted Plane, Scene Magazine, Michael Gill, Cleveland, OH,
November 17, 2010 |
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Rising Above, Dana Oldfather, color
photo in metro, The New York Times, New York, NY, October 17, 2010
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Design Firm Turns Dinnerware Into Works
of Art, The New York Times, New York, NY, September 9, 2010 |
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Fairest of the Fair, The Columbus
Dispatch, Columbus, OH, August 1, 2010 |
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Cover Art, The Meadow, Art and
Literature Journal, Reno, NV, May 2010 |
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Mountaintime, Scene Magazine, Douglas
Max Utter, April 28, 2010, p23. |
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Featured Artist, Beautiful Decay,
Contemporary Art Mag Official Blog, Los Angeles, February 23, 2010
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15 illustrators/artists to watch, Boss
Style, Boston Contemporary Style Blog, February 10, 2010 |
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2009 |
Critic’s Pick, Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Online Art News, August 14,
2009 |
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Cover Artwork, Redivider, Art and
Culture Journal, Boston, MA, Fall 2009 Issue |
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Best
of the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus Dispatch Review,
August 2, 2009. |
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Blanket Magazine, Downloadable Online
Art Zine, Issue 17: The Consumer Issue, August, 2009. |
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Sideswiped, Douglas Max Utter, Scene
Magazine, Cleveland, OH July 22-28, 2009, p 26 |
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Opening Night: 19 @ Asterisk Gallery, Hello My Name is Art, Cleveland
Art Blog, July 7, 2009 |
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Cover Artwork, Cleveland Magazine’s
Gallery Guide, Cleveland, OH, May, 2009. |
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Messy Magazine, Issue 3 – The Happiest
Life, pgs 3, 7 and 26. |
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Dana
Oldfather, A Romance in Lower Mathematics, Hello My Name is Art,
Cleveland Art Blog, Feb 4, 2009 |
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Studio Visit Magazine, Issue 5, Open
Studios Press, Boston, MA, p. 126 and 127. |
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2008 |
Capsule Reviews Exurbs: A Collected
Environment, Theresa Bembnister, Scene Magazine, April 2, 2008 |
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Muse, A Quarterly Journal by the Lit,
Premier Issue, Cleveland, OH, January, 2008, pg. 10 |
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Miami Displays Winning Work, Sara
Pearce, Cincinnati Enquirer, January 24, 2008, Life Section
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2007 |
Come Closer, Zachary Lewis, Scene
Magazine, Cleveland, OH April 25, 2007 |
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Gallery Owner Returns with Show That
Focuses on Taking ‘Closer’ Look, Dan Tranberg, Friday! The Plain
Dealer, April 27, 2007, p. T21 |
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2006 |
Florescence, Zachary Lewis, Scene
Magazine, May 24 – 30, 2006, p. 25 |
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Artist’s New Work Focuses on Women, Dan
Tranberg, Friday! The Plain Dealer, May 19, 2006 p.T29 |
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Cover and Featured Artist of the Month,
Epitome Magazine, Cleveland, OH, May, 2006 p.14-15 |
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No Vacancies, Tim Vickers, Cleveland
Magazine, March, 2006, p.22 |
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Art Exhibits, Brooke Willis, Northern
Ohio Live, February, 2006, p.13 |
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2005 |
Shedding Sweetness and
Light on our Society’s Heavy Subjects, Dan Tranberg, Friday! The Plain
Dealer, August 5, 2005, p49 |
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2004 |
Being Creative, Dana Oldfather, Being
Magazine Vol. 1, Issue 2, p20. |
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2003 |
Living, Working, Creating, Builders
Exchange, The Magazine, December, p15. |
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Public and Private Collections: |
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American Campus Communities, Austin, TX
American Greetings, Cleveland, OH
Aria Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
The Cleveland Cavaliers Arena, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Artists’ Foundation, Cleveland, OH
The Cosmopolitan , Las Vegas, NV
Eaton Corporate Headquarters, Cleveland, OH
E7 Design, Austin, TX
First Energy, Cleveland, OH
The Gates Group, Cleveland, OH
Hilton Hotel, Cleveland, OH
Hyatt Hotel, Cambridge, MA
The Intercontinental Hotel, Cleveland, OH
Jones Day, Cleveland, OH |
Marriott Hotel, various cities, USA
MGM Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Miami University, Oxford, OH
National Polymer Research Center, Univ. of Akron, OH
Oatey Company, Cleveland, OH
Ohio Desk, Cleveland, OH
Omega Laboratories, Mogadore, OH
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
The Progressive Insurance Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
Rockwell Automation, Beachwood, OH
Sacred Pepper, Tampa, FL
Stinson Leonard St, Kansas City, MO
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Vdara Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, NV
Wendy’s Corporation, Dayton, OH
Westin Hotel, Cleveland, OH
Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH |
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