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KEN FANDELL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006
Links Hall (Chicago, IL) an incomplete map of everything
Three Seasons (Chicago, IL) 5,000,000 Tons of Pure Energy (per second)
Version Fest (Chicago, IL) New Trends in Chicago Photography
2005
The Planets, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (solo)
The Planets, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Some Durations and Distances, Gallery Saintogne, Missoula, MT (solo)
It's Hard and I could Use Some Help, San Hose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA (solo)
In the Neighborhood of Infinity, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Bevy , Revolution, Detroit, MI
Into the Midst, Mixture Contemporary, Houston, TX
Fake Snow (screening), Magic Lantern Cinema, Providence, RI
Still Things Fall From the Sky, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
2004
The World, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
From Upand Down and Still Somehow, BodyBuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Uncovered: Recent Acquisitions from the Artists' Book Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The Great Indoors, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Out of Place Two, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Note*Think*Process, Central Michigan Univeersity/University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Occurrences: the performative space of video (traveling exhibition), Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Occurrences: the performative space of video (traveling exhibition), Gallerie Soleil, Lexington, KY
About the House, Howard House, Seattle, WA
PSEUDONONYMOUS, 1506 Projects, Seattle, WA
Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
subvisuals, Dreizehnzwei, Vienna, Austria
2003
Acts of Futility, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
There Goes My Hero, University of Northumbria Gallery, Newcastle, England
Red Square Film and Video Festival, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
More Oscillations Between Infinity and Proximity (girlfriends, sneakers, basketball, pizza, martinis, the sky, inspiration and my place in the cosmos), (solo), Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Escape Vehicles, Dupreau Gallery, Chicago, IL
Oops, I did it again, 1926 Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL
Three Skies, (solo) Howard House, Seattle, WA
A Clearing (curated by Michael Wilson)Cover-Up, London, England
ever, ever, and ever (almost) (solo), Revolution, Detroit, MI
Coming to Terms with the Everyday, Indiana Univeristy/SoFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Can You Repeat the Question?, University of Southern California/F-Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
The Body Present: Effigies, Decoys, and Other Equivalents, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Finales, Revisions, and Asides, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sitting on My Porch as the Sun Goes Down in the Year 2000, Suite 106, New York, NY
Tasty Dog, Atelier Top 25, Krems, Austria
The start. Or the end. I think., farm , Missoula, MT
Limited Edition Portfolio (20 artists projects in edition of 100 + an opening exhibition of works), 8.5x11, Chicago, IL
Project: Ken Fandell, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Sculpture in Chicago Now II, Columbia College, Chicago, IL)
About The Mind (Not Everything You Always Wanted To Know), Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2001
SOUND VIDEO IMAGES OBJECTS, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL
Under the Impression That When You Were Walking Forward You Would End Up Further Onward, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
In Through the Outdoors, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Group Show of Gallery Artists, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lifelike: Alternative Realities in Recent Photography, Rockford Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2000
Bad Directions, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Techno - Residium, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
1999
Lost Horizons: California Landscapes, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fact or Fiction, Red Chair Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Depth of Field, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998
9251/2 Tularosa (Los Angeles, CA) Ordinary Magic
DePaul University Art Gallery (Chicago, IL) Baywatch
Well (solo) Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA)
Ron Breeden Gallery (Orange, CA) Square Pegs
1997
Collision (San Francisco, CA) Shebang
San Francisco Art Commission (San Francisco, CA) Switch-Stance
PUSH Artspace (San Francisco, CA) SHOVE
TBA Space (Chicago, IL) Distractions
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery (New York, NY) RoadShow‘97
DiLeia Contemporary (Cincinnati, OH) Redundant Redundant
1996
Center for Documentary Studies/DoubleTake Books (traveling exhibit/various locations) 25andUnder
Four Walls (San Francisco, CA) Inter-Galactic
Ten in One (Chicago, IL) They Might Be Giants
Randolph Street Gallery (Chicago, IL) Profiles
New Langton Arts (San Francisco, CA) Glow
Gallery 400 (Chicago, IL) Whoosh
Four Walls (San Francisco, CA) Blue Lagoon
Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL) Tag (about play)
Helen Lindhurst Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) Custom Complex
1995
Seigfred Gallery (Athens, OH) Xenophobia-As Adrian Piper Observed "It’s a Personal Problem"
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006
Artforum International (New York, NY) Ken Fandell
Art in America (New York, NY) Ken Fandell
2005
Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) Things Fall
Seattle Weekly (Seattle, WA) Visual Arts Pick
Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) Flat Objects Gain Fresh Dimension
Chicago Magazine (Chicago, IL) Studio City
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Things fall into place for "Sky" group show
Missoula Independent Magazine (Missoula, MT) Ambitious Art
Art Access (Seattle, WA) Partners
Pioneer Press (Evanston, IL) The sky is falling in Evanston
TimeOut Chicago (Chicago, IL) Things fall from the Sky
2004
artUS (Los Angeles, CA) Ken Fandell
Chicago Tonight (television program - Chicago, IL) ArtBeat: Ken Fandell
The Detroiter (Detroit, MI) Breaking Space and Time
Dialogue (Columbus, OH) Coming to Terms with the Everyday
Mouth to Mouth (Chicago, IL) CoverStory
Chicago READER (Chicago, IL) Seamsters
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Ken Fandell
The Falter (Vienna, Austria) Picks
2003
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) The Skies the Limit
C Magazine (Toronto, ON) Art Chicago 2003
New City (Chicago, IL) Eye Exam/Space Travel
ArtNet (internet publication/New York, NY) A Tale of Two Fairs
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) Artists Respond to Bio-Technology
2002
Chicago SunTimes (Chicago, IL) The Body Present at the MCA
Journal of Mundane Behavior (internet publication/Fullerton, CA) Volume 3, Number 2
Artkrush (internet publication/Boston, MA) News
The Art Newspaper (international) Steady Sales
Pioneer Press (Glenview, IL) SRO
Chicago Arts & Entertainment (Kenilworth, IL) Ken Fandell gives a show of hands at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Where Chicago (Chicago, IL) Destination Art
2001
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) Outdoors
SF Gate (San Francisco, CA) In Through the Outdoors
New Art Examiner (Chicago, IL) I've Got This Friend
NewCity (Chicago, IL) Art
10x10 (Chicago, IL) Fold
FlashArt (Milan, Italy) Sound Video Images Objects
1999
LUMPEN (Chicago, IL) There’s Two Kinds of People in this World
Chicago READER (Chicago, IL) Distancing Techniques
NewCity (Chicago, IL) Depth of Field/Peter Miller Gallery
1998
ArtWeek (San Jose, CA) Ken Fandell,…at Southern Exposure
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) Postmodern Humor at Southern Exposure
Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) Raw Talents
WorldArt (Sydney, Australia) Twentyfive and Under/Review
1997
Self Magazine (New York, NY) Unsentimental Journey
SPEAK (San Francisco, CA) Twentyfive
Everybody’s News (Cincinnati, OH) The Art of Endurance
NewCity (Chicago, IL) Artbeat: Under Developed Photographers
1996
DoubleTake Books/Center for Documentary Studies (Duke University, NC) 25andUnder
Bay Times (San Francisco, CA) Longing for the Sublime
ArtWeek (San Jose, CA) "Glow" at New Langton Arts
1994
ZYZZYVA (the last word: west coast writers & artists) (San Francisco, CA) Entitled
1993
RayGun (Santa Monica, CA) contributing photographer for three issues
EDUCATION
8/94-5/96
University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Received Master of Fine Arts degree with emphasis in photography and new genres. Graduated with honors.
1/91-5/93
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Received Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with emphasis in photography and the history of photography.
9/89-6/90
University of California at Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Completed first year of undergraduate study with emphasis in philosophy.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Microsoft Collection
The LaSalle Bank Collection
Collection of Peter Norton, Santa Monica
The Government of the United States of America (The US Embassy in Bulgaria)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
8/01- present
Teach a variety of classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level, serve on various committees throughout the school, and help facilitate and design the updating of the photography department’s curriculum.
Visiting Artist
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
9/01-12/01
Conducted graduate advising, served on critique panels, and lectured as part of a one term appointment.
Visiting Artist
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
8/00-8/01
One year full-time appointment teaching 6 undergraduate classes in the school’s photography department, meeting independently with graduate students throughout the school, and serving on a variety of departmental and interdisciplinary graduate critique panels. Undergraduate classes include introductory photography, introductory digital imaging, advanced digital imaging, and concept based theme classes. Also consulting in regards to the reformatting of the school’s photography curriculum to better integrate digital components.
Instructor
Photography Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
1/01-5/01
8/94-12/95
Design and implement curriculum for introductory photography courses concentrating on basic familiarity with the camera, studio, and laboratory as well as the social, cultural, critical, and aesthetic consideration of the medium.
"Boot Camp" Instructor
Digital Pond, San Francisco, CA
6/97-6/98
Designed and implemented training for new employees and non-production employees on basics of downloading digital files, preparing files for output (on a variety of devices), and outputting of files (involving operation of a number of different large format inkjet printers).
Instructor
New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
8/95-10/95
Conducted eight – week course with diverse age group of students on the basics of 35mm camera use (including compositional issues, technical problems, and presentation formats) in high school’s continuing studies program.
Lead Artist/Instructor
Gallery 37, Chicago, IL
6/95-8/95
Led group of 30 Chicago high school students through two - month intensive unique work/study program in alternative photographic processes.
RELATED ACTIVITIES
2003
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)
Presented work and ideas in a lecture to the visual and fine arts department.
Panelist
Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Will participate on panel discussing new modes of artistic inquiry and presentation made possible by continual advances in digital technology. Other panelist include David Adamson, founder of the Computer Department at the Corcoran School of Art and Dominic Molon, Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Visiting Artist
Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Lectured on work on the Microsoft campus to a diverse audience of Microsoft employees and members of the Seattle art world.
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
University of Washington at Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Conducted critiques with undergraduate students and led a graduate seminar in foundations education.
2002
Guest Curator
Bodybulider and Sportsman Gallery (Chicago, IL)
Curated exhibiton of artists working with text, including Kay Rosen, Joseph Grigley, and Stephanie Brooks, called "Just What It Says."
Juror
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Member of 3 person jury (with artist Stephanie Broooks and editor/write/curator Katherine Hixson) selecting work for exhibition "Reconfiguring Pop" at the Art Institute's Gallery 2.
2001
Curator
University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Conducted studio visits and co-curated graduate student exhibition in conjunction with 2001 CAA conference.
2000
Panelist
Gallery 312 (Chicago, IL)
Member of 5 artist panel discussing issues of artistic direction and production in regards to the exhibit "Bad Directions."
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
The Dwight School (New York, NY)
Conducted individual critiques with students and presented work in a lecture to the visual and fine arts department’s students and faculty.
1997
Curator
SF Art Commission (San Francisco, CA)
"Better" Co-curated group exhibition exploring our American obsession with improving...everything.
Curatorial Board Member
PUSH Artspace (San Francisco, CA)
Worked with five person curatorial board in selecting artists and programs for gallery’s 1997 schedule.
1995-1996
Curriculum Designer
Gallery 37, Chicago, IL
4/96-6/96
Designed curriculum (including studio and academic projects) for unique two month intensive work/study program consisting of 30 Chicago high school students. Class focused on documentation of public art in Chicago.
Curatorial Board Member
Gallery 400 (Chicago, IL)
Worked with five person curatorial board in selecting artists and programs for gallery’s 1996-97 schedule.
Curator
New Works Gallery (Chicago, IL)
"Wish You Were There (Don’t You)" Coordinated all aspects of group show (from conception to closing party) dealing with artists and their social lives.
Curator
New Works Gallery (Chicago, IL)
"Fly Over Country" Solo exhibit of Chicago based photographer Robert Clarke Davis. Showed work from a series of landscapes produced in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Curator
New Works Gallery (Chicago, IL)
"Some of You Who Are Now Reading These Words Will Journey Out Into That Sea of Dead Ships, Missing Planes, Doomed Men, And Destroyed Hopes And Vanish...Forever Lost" Invitational group exhibition of artists dealing with ideas of success and failure.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Production Artist
The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA
11/98-8/2000
Created and manipulated a variety of types of digital files for both print and multimedia production. Worked closely with designers, management and printers to ensure smooth flow from creative concept to actual production.
Imaging and Print Expert
Muse [X] Editions/EPS Graphics / A and I Labs, Los Angeles, CA
8/98-12/99
Worked with artists and designers in creation, manipulation, and preparation of images for output at two firms that specialize in fine art publishing and printing. Artists published include Doug Aitken, John Baldessari, Uta Barth, Peter Halley, Sharon Lockhart, James Welling, and Andrea Zittel.
Digital Imaging Specialist
Digital Pond, San Francisco, CA
8/96-8/98
Designed and prepared digital files for a variety of output devices. Clients ranged from independent artists to large commercial corporations. Also responsible for maintenance and repairs of output devices, workflow within printing department, and development of protocols and standards for output.
Creative Staff Assistant
Art Services Department, Leo Burnett Co., Chicago, IL
8/90-10/93
Worked with creative staff to assemble advertising presentations and new campaign pitches. Duties ranged from layout design for presentations (including images as well as actual products) to mounting and framing of finished pieces for corporate offices.