Paintings, Drawings, Paintthings, Etc.
David E. Kearns
MFA: Studio Art, Johnson State College, Johnson VT, 2009
BA: Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1997
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Learning to Dowse, Anchor House Gallery, Northampton, MA.
How To Look For Pictures, studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2019
Framing Devices, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2018
FUTURES&PASTS, Songs For Presidents, Ridgewood, NY.
2015
THE VISITORS, Vermont Studio Center Gallery II, Johnson, VT.
The Usual Subjects, For the Birds, ThisFriday Or NextFriday, Brooklyn, NY.
2012
Travels with SEAMUS, Queens Museum of Art at the Bulova Center, Queens, NY.
2011
Painting Groucho’s Duck, 222 Shelby Street Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Out of the Woods, Vermont Studio Center Gallery II, Johnson, VT.
Quill Pen Drawings, Vermont Studio Center Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT.
2010
Drawings and Paintings, 2009-2010, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
2009
Drawings and Paintings, 2007-2009, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
RERUNS, Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT.
Chicken Paintings, Community College of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Two-Person and Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Grey Magic, studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Picnic, studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Looky Here 2022, Looky Here, Greenfield, MA.
2021
Light & Graphite, studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA.
PAINTINGS, Looky Here, Greenfield, MA. Two-person show with Julia Shirar.
Massachusetts, studio e, Seattle, WA. Two-person show with Cat Clifford.
Looky Here 2021, Looky Here, Greenfield, MA.
2020
Looky Here Community Show, Looky Here, Greenfield, MA.
2019
TREE, Vashon Art Center, Vashon Island, WA. Organized by studio e Gallery.
2018
Unibomber or Thoreau, sff, Crown Heights, NY. Two-person show with Joseph Norderer
2014
Failing to Levitate, Contributor, with Juli Shirar, to WMYN 87.9, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY.
2013
Mystery Achievement, Shamrock Hotel Studios, Dallas, TX.
2012
Take Shelter in the World, Stone Gallery, Boston University. Organized by Dushko Petrovich.
Queens International 2012, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY.
2010
We Pictured You Reading This, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, South Carolina.
Homespun, curated by Dustin London, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
2009
The Audio Show, Petzl Gallery, New York, NY (audio collaboration with painter Roger White).
2008
Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University 808 Gallery, Boston, MA.
In the Zone II, curated by Denise Markonish, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT.
2006
Breaking Boundaries, SEABA Gallery, Burlington, VT
2000
Firehouse First 50, Firehouse Center for Visual Art, Burlington, VT
Writing Bibliography
“Why I swore off ART SCHOOL, 1997-2006”; essay, Draw It With Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment. New York: Paper Monument Communication, LLC, 2012.
“A New England Diary”, essay with illustration, Paper Monument, no. 1, Fall 2007.
Bibliography
DRAWING & PAINTING, Self-published color xerox zine, 2019.
The Usual Subjects, For the Birds. Self-published color xerox zine, 2015.
Three Points Make a Triangle, exhibition catalog for the 2012 Queens International
at the Queens Museum, April 2012.
On the Beach/In the West. Self-published pair of xerox zines with hand screen-printed covers, 2011.
Teaching
Spring 2010: Advanced Painting, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
Fall 2009: Drawing I, Johnson State College
Fall 2008: Advanced Drawing, Johnson State College
Fall 2007: Drawing I, Johnson State College
Residencies and Awards
Artist-in-Residence, Firehouse Center for Visual Art, Burlington, VT, November-December, 2008
Art of Action Project, Vermont Arts Council Honorarium, Fall 2008
Dedalus Foundation Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, May 2008
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