Galen Gibson-Cornell

Statement

I am a visual artist working at the intersection of printmaking, photography, and urban commentary. Through long-term engagement with specific cities such as Berlin, Germany; Budapest, Hungary; or Venice, Italy; I examine printed posters pasted on city walls, and the anonymous passers-by who might rip, tear, over-paste, scribble, or otherwise retaliate against them. I interact with these poster surfaces by methodically photographing specific sites, collecting poster detritus and other ephemera, and deconstructing them in my studio. I have a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin, and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Hungary in 2013/2014. I am now living and working between Madison, Wisconsin, and Berlin, Germany.

GlogauAIR Project

During the Glogau Artist in Residency program I would like to focus my attention on the urban discourse surrounding poster and street-bill advertising in Berlin.

CV Summary

b. 1987, United States

Education and Fellowships

• 2013-2014 Fellowship to Budapest, Hungary MFA
• 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison MA
• 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison BFA (Valedictorian)
• 2009 Truman State University French Language Certificate
• 2007 Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France

Selected Exhibitions

• Solo
• 2015 Face(ted), School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• 2014 Citt à Invisibili, Scuola In ternazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
• Csak Választasi Kampány Céljára, Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
• 2013 Invisible Cities, MFA Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
• 2012 Ruin Pub, Gallery 1308, Madison, WI
• Viventes Mortua, Overture Center Gallery, Madison, WI
• Dazzling Junk, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• 2011 Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• 2010 Inkubator Press Gallery, Kansas City, MO
• Group
• 2015 Beyond Printmaking 4, Landmark Arts, Gallery of the Texas Tech School of Art, Lubbock, TX
• 2014 Abstract in Black, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany
• Pretty Vacant, with Seize International, KEK Projekt Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• Working Title, MAGMA Contemporary Art Space, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
• Three Points of View, Bródy Studios Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• 2013 Invisible Cities:Rome – Budapest, 7×8 Curator’s booth, Budapest Art Market, Budapest, Hungary
• MARNsalonIV, Mandel Creative Studio , Milwaukee, WI
• Fresh Hot Press, Cityside Plaza Condos, Milwaukee, WI
• 23rd Annual Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, WI
• 2012 44 Presidents by 44 Artists, Traveling Exhibition, Madison, WI
• 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
• VIP MFA Art Fair, Online Exhibition
• SGC International Members Traveling Exhibition, Diboll Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
• 2nd Annual Big 10 Print Exchange, Southern Graphics Council Conference, New Orleans, LA
• UW-Oshkosh Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI 2
• 2011 International Presidents Network of Universities and Colleges of Art – Student Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
• Fresh Hot Prints: Fresh Hot Press Member Show, 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
• Regional Juried Exhibition 8, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
• The Exchange, 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• Faith or Justice, Red Gym Gallery, Madison, WI
• Social Justice, Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY
• UW-Oshkosh Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI

Curated Exhibitions

• 2015 Wisconsin – Firenze Exchange, School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• Invisible Cities: Art as Political Subtlety in Central/Eastern Europe , School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• 2014 Exchange: International Fulbright Exhibition, Staycation Museum, Berlin, Germany

Artist Talks and Demonstrations

• 2014 Galen Gibson – Cornell, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
• Nem Mi Voltunk! (It Wasn’t Us!), Chimera Project, Budapest, Hungary
• Budapest (Re)Imagined, Third Euroacademia International Conference: ReIn venting Eastern Europe, Berlin, Germany
• Nagyvárosok Falai (City Walls), Third Zsolnay Festival , Pécs, Hungary
• 2013 Art Into Action, 7×8 Curators panel discussion, Budapest Art Market, Budapest, Hungary
• The Unique Print, Demonstration at Southern Graphics Council conference, Milwaukee, WI
• Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
• 2011 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
• University of Wisconsin -Platteville, Department of Art- Printmaking demonstration, Plattesville, WI
• Capitol Lakes Gallery, Madison, WI
• Lithography Workshop, Instructor, Arts Incubator, Kansas City, MO

Residencies and Publications

• 2015 Invisible Cities: Authentic Embodied, 7×8 Curators Magazine (Spring/Summer)
• 2014 Oct. – Dec. Artist Coordinator in Residence, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
• Power of posters turned into art form, Budapest Times, June 27. Written by Eszter Jókay

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