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This is a loose collection of images from the past two decades of my art pratice. Each image is a beginning, middle, or end of a larger story–notes from an archive of works that span and intersect realms of historical research/interrogation, sculpture, book arts, video art, site-based installation, embodied performance. I also often collaborate with other artists and designers in the production of websites, exhibition catalogs, artist books, video and sound production and editing, and curation.
There will be a separate page on the books and catalogs I have prodcued, as well as clips from videos, forthcoming...
In early 2013, I co-founded SEDIMENT, an alternative contemporary art space in Richmond, Virginia. SEDIMENT ran for seven years until covid and real estate investment compelled the sunset. Through Sediment, I organized over sixty events including art exhibitions, fairs, music and performance events alongside key members and co-curators. Sediment’s website was pirated in early 2022 before the birth of my human child, so the .org site is a farce. I am in the process of rebuilding the archive of the gallery to honor the history and artists who exhibited and contributed.
I am also the mother of a buoyant child and the attendant to the plants and creatures of the land I now occupy–formerly seized from Powhatan Confederacy of Algonquian native peoples who stewarded the land for generations before me.
-Richmond, Virginia
USA
CV
Education
University of California San Diego
Masters of Fine Arts, 2011
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture
Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2011
Selected Exhibitions
Faculty Exhibition, University of Richmond, Keller Gallery, Jan. 2022
InLight 2014 Monroe Park, Richmond VA, Hosted by 1708 Gallery, Curated by Denise Markonish, Nov. 21, 2014
Remains to Be Seen White Box, Portland, University of Oregon, Feb. 7th -Mar. 23rd 2013
Strange Glue: Collage at 100, Thompson Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2012
The Natural Number, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, 2012
S.I.N. Strength In Numbers, collaborative performance installation, SCOPE, Miami, Nov. 29th-De. 3rd, 2011
Y53K, Artifact Gallery, Univ. of California, San Diego, 2011
And Forth (Or Until One Falls), ArtLabs, San Diego Arts Fair, Sept. 3rd, 300 Block of 15th Street, San Diego CA, 2011
Twelve, A Ship in the Woods, Del Mar, CA, 2011
Drawn to Nature, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville TN, 2011
Drawing Expanse, Space4Art, San Diego CA, 2011
Fifth Season, Space4Art, San Diego CA, 2011
Jackrabbits and the Crow: On Dwelling and Passing, solo exhibition, Andrews Gallery, San Diego CA, 2011
Mapping the Desert, Deserting the Map, co-organized by Sweeney Art Gallery and the Univ. of CA Institute for Research in the Arts, 29 Palms CA , 2010
MFA 2010, University Art Gallery, Univ. of California, San Diego, 2010
Ellipsis, Pendergrast Gallery, Univ. of California, San Diego, 2010
Hippopotamus, Visual Arts Gallery, Univ. of California, San Diego, 2010
Satellite Ensemble II, AgitProp, San Diego, CA & Lui Velzquez, Tijuana, 2009
Dark Tower, CompactSpace, Los Angeles, CA , 2009
The Fucking Trainwreck, Visual Arts Gallery, Univ. of California, San Diego, 2009
Reclamation/Apocalyption, Visual Arts Gallery, Univ. of CA, San Diego, 2009
Satellite Ensemble, AgitProp and Kava Lounge, San Diego CA , 2008
Richmond Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, organized by Artspace, Richmond VA , 2006
Duped! Experimental Media Series, organized by Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 2006
Selected Awards/Honors and Residencies
Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Fine Arts Adjunct Faculty Research Grant x2
Columbus State University River Fellow Artist in Residence
Art342 Resident
Mapping the Desert Project Grant, University of California, Riverside
Russell Grant, University of California, San Diego
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University
Lauren A. Woods Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship
John Roos Memorial Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University Dean's Office of the School of the Arts Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University Dean's Office International Travel Grant
Bibliography
Skowhegan Tarot, Justice/Adjustment card design for Limited edition publication by coordinated by the SPACE/LAUNCH, Limited edition publication by coordinated by the Skowhegan Alliance, edited by artists Ester Partegás (F '09), Sreshta Rit Premnath (A '09, founder, Shifter Magazine), Birgit Rathsmann (A '04), Adam Shecter (A '06), and Roger White (A '05, co-founder, Paper Monument). Release: December 13th, 2014.
"Art Review San Diego: Drawing Expanse" by Kevin Freitas, BlogCriticsCulture, 15Jul2011
"Desert Jackrabbit Homesteads Inspire Artists", Radio Interview with Kim Stringfellow, These Days, KPBS 89.5FM, 29Nov2010
"Art Show 'Out There' In Local Desert", by Mark Muckenfuss, The Press Enterprise, 9Mar2010
"UCSD Artists Welcome Visitors to Their World", by Natalie Fischer, Union Tribune, 3Apr2009
Selected Curatorial Work
SEDIMENT; founder and director of artist-run art gallery in Richmond, Virginia; January 2014-present
S.I.N. Strength In Numbers: collaborative performance installation, SCOPE, Miami, November 29th-December 3rd 2011; co-curator of time-based media
Space4Art non-profit gallery, San Diego CA; gallery committee member; 2010-2012
Satellite Ensemble II: AgitProp, San Diego CA & Lui Velzquez, Tijuana, 2009; organizer of multi-site exhibition
Satellite Ensemble I: AgitProp and Kava Lounge: San Diego, CA, 2008; organizer of multi-site exhibition and production of catalog
Panels and Lectures/Presentations
1708 Gallery's Assembler facilitator for the exhibition, The Bottom Needs A Shadow, December 6th, 2014
Remains to Be Seen: University of Oregon, Portland, February 2013
River Fellow Visiting Artist Lecture: Columbus State University, GA, July 2012
Visiting Artist Lecture: University of Colorado, Boulder, March 2012
Exhibiting artists panel discussion: Fifth Season, Space4Art, San Diego, CA , May 2011
Self-Published Catalogs and Artists Books
Titles Variable : Monroe Park Story Cloud, collection of story submissions, booklet, Edition of 100. 2014
Fifth Season. exhibition catalog, edition of 50. 2011
Jackrabbits and the Crow: On Dwelling and Passing artists book, edition of 100. 2011
Of the Ways artists book, edition of 100. 2011
Piñata Façades artists book, edition of 100. 2010
In-Between Spaces artists book, edition of 20. 2007
Exhibition Catalogs and Artist Book Design Commissions
Squid Dreams, 54-page book of sketches by Bonnie Staley for the exhibition, Pin Outs at Sediment. February 2015
Heterotopia, 40-page catalog and graphic design materials for curated group exhibition at the University Art Gallery of the University of California, San Diego. 2012.
Indeterminate Length, 80-page hardcover exhibition catalog. Published by artist Mike Calway-Fagen and writer/critic Rujeko Hockley with funding support from the Univ. of California, San Diego, the Tennessee Arts Commission and 60 Kickstarter contributors. 2012.
Satellite Ensemble I, 35-page catalog for group exhibition with individual block-print cover pages. 2008.
Current Academic Employment
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts
Instructor in Kinetic Imaging
Academic Advisor for Communication Arts and Kinetic Imagining
Previous Academic Employment
Instructor, Visual and Media Arts Practice, University of Richmond
Artist-Teacher, Visual Arts, Vermont College of Fine Arts Low-Residency MFA Program
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Sculpture and Post-Studio Practice
University of Colorado, Boulder
Spring 2012-Fall 2013