______________________________________________________ Education2006 Master of Fine Arts, Texas Tech University 2000 Firefighter and EMT Certification, Amarillo College ________________________________________________________________________ Teaching Experience2008 – 2010 High School Chemistry Teacher, Estacado High School 2007 – 2008 Adjunct Instructor, Texas Tech University 2006 – 2007 Adjunct Instructor, Texas Tech University 2003 – 2006 Teacher of Record, Texas Tech University. 2001 – 2009 “Super Saturdays” Community Youth Education Program: 2003 – 2006 “Shake Hands with Your Future” Summer Camp: ________________________________________________________________________ 2010 Art work selected for SANOFI’s Library Conference and Exhibition: 2009 Review and Image - Sculpture Magazine: International Sculpture Center: January/February. Written by Jane Durrell 2008 Honorable Mention: Texas National 2008 – 2008 Centennial Exhibitions Committee member, curator, and catalogue director: 2008 Commission: Lubbock Avalanche Journal Newspaper Box Exhibition 2008 Art Donation: 5” x 7” Texas Tech School of Art Scholarship Fundraiser 2008 Art Donation: Boots & Pearls Benefit Gala benefiting the UMC Foundation 2008 Stray Dog Art Project: Art Clinic for people engaged in alcohol 2007 Best of Show: Wheels, National Juried Show. Gallery North: 2007 Commission: Dragonfly Sculpture – Lubbock Arts Alliance 2003 Chancellors Scholarship Award: School of Art: Texas Tech University 2002 Merit Scholarship Award: 16th Juried Art Student Competition ________________________________________________________________________ Solo Exhibitions 2009 Oh, Solo Exhibition. Louise Underwood Center for the Arts – LHUCA: 2007 Rowd, Solo Exhibition. Art Depot Gallery: Lubbock, Texas 2006 The Media, The Shredder, The Participant, MFA Solo Exhibition. Icehouse 2003 2 hp motor, Solo Exhibition, Space 1110: Lubbock, Texas ______________________________________________________________________________ Juried Exhibitions2010 RE: (rebound, recycled, repurposed, reused), National Juried Exhibition. 2009 Le Livre est une Oeuvre D’Art, International Juried Exhibition. 2009 Third Coast National, National Juried Exhibition. K Space Contemporary 2009 Alchemy: Object Transformed, National Juried Exhibition. Hollingsworth Gallery Palm Coast, Florida 2009 Texas National 2009, National Juried Exhibition. The Art Center 2009 Image and Word, National Juried Exhibition: The Art Center 2008 Projections: A Survey of Wall-based Sculpture, International Juried Exhibition. Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center: Cincinnati, Ohio 2008 Translations – Art inspired by the written word, National Juried Exhibition 2008 Juried Art Show Rodeo, National Juried Exhibition: Gilrose Studios 2008 Texas National 2008, National Juried Exhibition. The Art Center 2007 16th Annual Juried Art Competition, National Juried Exhibition. Breckenridge Fine Arts Center: Breckenridge, Texas Juror: George Hallmark 2007 Metal Arts 2007, National Juried Exhibition. Ellen Noel Art Museum 2007 Wheels, National Juried Exhibition. Gallery North: Bloomington, Indiana 2007 Texas National 2007, National Juried Exhibition. The Art Center
________________________________________________________________________ Group Exhibitions2010 Persistent Breach, Select Group Exhibition. Shirley Pogue Art Gallery: 2009 Mercurial Imagination, Select Group Exhibition: Ira M. Taylor Memorial Art Gallery: Hardin Simmons University: Abilene, Texas 2009 So Say We All, Sort Of… Culture Laboratory, Select Group Exhibition 2009 No. 3 – What you do after No.2, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery 2008 Innovation by Limitation, Group Exhibition: Nau Haus Gallery: 2008 No. 2 – At your doorstep, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery in Conjunction with Waypoint Gallery: Marfa, Texas 2008 The Man Show, Group Exhibition, Hard Tops Art Gallery: Lubbock, Texas 2008 U - Turn, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery: San Antonio Contemporary Art Month: San Antonio, Texas 2008 40th Anniversary Lubbock Area School of Art Alumni Exhibition, School of Art: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 2008 The New Wave, Curated Group Exhibition in Conjunction with the Centennial Celebration of Art in Lubbock, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas 2008 Door to Door, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery: Slaton Arts on the Square, Slaton, Texas 2008 On the Road Again, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas 2008 Monochrome: The Study of Orange, Fain Fine Arts Center 2007 Drive-In Theatre, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery:Houston, Texas 2007 Orange and Blue: Studies in Monochrome, Nancy Fyfe Cardozer Gallery 2007 Maiden Voyage, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery:Marfa, Texas 2007 Turn the Crank, Art Depot Annex, Collaborative Installation/Performance, 2007 Bombastic Interpretations, Collaborative Installation. Art Depot Annex 2006 Grudge Match: Bastards of Printmaking Vs. Dirty Printmakers, Slingshot Gallery, 2006 Texas Tech Annual Faculty Exhibition. Landmark Arts. Texas Tech University 2006 Response, Collaborative Exhibition. Art Depot Gallery: Lubbock, Texas 2006 Desolate Horizons, Curated Exhibition. aAlice! Gallery: Kansas City, Missouri 2006 Monochrome: The Study of Orange, Curated Exhibition. LHUCA 2005 Occurrence, Result, Outcome, Collaborative Installation, Icehouse 2005 Open House and Reception, Texas Tech Collaborative Exhibition: Marfa, Texas 2005 Way out West, Williams Tower Exhibition: Curator: Sally Sprout 2005 Ohhhhh, Five Man Productions, Space 1110: Lubbock, Texas 2005 Whether Underground, Collaborative Installation, Main Street Space: 2005 Big Ass Show, Tree Grace Mills Gallery: Lubbock, Texas 2004 Sculptural Entourage, Texas Sculpture Network, TTU Student Chapter 2004 The School of Art at Texas Tech University, MFA Group Exhibition, 2004 Open House and Reception, Texas Tech Collaborative Exhibition: Marfa, Texas 2003 Anything Art, Texas Tech University 16th Annual Student Competition 2003 Summation, Collaborative Exhibition: Lubbock, Texas 2003 Saviors, Five Man Productions, Wheeler Brother's Studios: Lubbock, Texas 2002 Ulterior Motifs III, Wheeler Brother's Studios: Lubbock, Texas
________________________________________________________________________ 2009 A Two Man Romance, Dual reading. Chad Plunket and Jonathan Whitfill. 2008 Just one page – Only one page, Semi-random vertical reading. Ryder Jon 2007 Performance Art Night, Performance and video art, sound, and music. 2007 Engine, Engine, Engine, Performance – Random vertical reading with guitar accompaniment. Bohemian Art Show. J & B Coffee, Lubbock, Texas 2006 Machismo : Minute by Minute. Performance. Genderland. Louise Hopkins 2006 Yes/No, Performance. Icehouse. Louise Hopkins Underwood Center 2005 The Gallon Challenge – Milk + Stomach, Performance. Sara Waters' Studios 2005 Wrapping Chris Federick, Collaborative Performance. Christopher's: 2005 The Media. The Shredder. The Participant, Installation/Performance. 2004 Morse Code Alphabet Referee, Performance. "The Erotic Incarnations 2003 Red Tool Box Piece, Ambulatory Performance. Month of October. 2003 Word, Installation/Performance. Alternative Space, Texas Tech University 2003 Ogerd Al Eneh, Performance. Quad Area, Texas Tech University |