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CHRIS DACRE /// RESUME      email: chrisdacre ››› gmail
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CURRENTLY RESIDES: Bloomington, IN › USA


SOLO* & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2012      WAR is FUN! * 1308 Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI [upcoming in November]
2011      WAR is FUN! * Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
2010      Twice Removed* Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico-Gallup, Gallup, NM  
2009      Abort Mission* Artopia, Georgetown- Seattle, WA
              Shot Down?* Sanford and Son, Tacoma, WA
2008      WAR is FUN!* Sound Transit: STart on Broadway Public Art Project, Seattle, WA
              Air Traffic: Control, Installation with Tomiko Jones, The Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007      WAR is FUN!* Della Brown Taylor Art Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV
              WAR is FUN!* LuLuBell Toy Bodega and Gallery, Tucson, AZ
              PAX Attack, with Matt Sesow, Old Dominion University Gallery, Norfolk, VA  
2005      Observations and Intereactions* Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
              LIFE* Kachina Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004      The Beginning of the End?* Kachina Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2002      Winter Windows Space One Eleven Gallery, Birmingham, AL     


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012     P_Stop, Perm Museum of Modern Art Public Art Bus Stop Project, Perm, Russia
             Indiana University Faculty Exhibition, Grunwald Art Gallery, Bloomington, IN  
             State of the State: A Contemporary Survey of American Printmaking, SGC Conference, New Orleans, LA & Venice, Italy
2011      Anchor Graphics: Surveying the Collection, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
              NIU 2nd Triennial Printmaking Invitational (with John Hitchcock, Tim Dooley and Aaron Wilson) Jack Olson Gallery, Northen Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2010      Cultural Baggage, Printmaking Portfolio, Mid-America Print Conference, Minneapolis, MN  
              From All Directions
, Invitational Printmaking Portfolio, University of Colorado Special Collection, Proyecto'ace Print Collection- Buenos Aires, Argentina,
                        St. Lawrence University Brush Gallery Permanent Collection, Canton, NY     
              Print, Printed, Printing, Invitational Exhibition, Donnelly Art Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM              
              States of the State
, Invitational Printmaking Portfolio, Dirty Printmakers of America. New Orleans, LA and Venice, Italy
              Your Days Are Numbered, Invitational Printmaking Portfolio, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2009      RE:, Florence Quater Gallery- The Art Center Design College, Tucson, AZ  
              Satisfaction Town, Invitational group installation at Southern Graphics Conference, Chicago, IL             
              Bennington Print Exchange
, USDAN Gallery Bennington College, Bennington, VT + Southern Graphics Conference, Chicago, IL
2007      Residencias, El Levante, Rosario, Argentina
              Salon de Refuses,
Dinnerware Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
              ADDRESSING IRAQ: MAIL-ART ABOUT THE WAR,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
              Print Zero Studio: Print Exchange V
, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; Shev Shoon Arts Center, Seattle, WA; Gallery 214, Portland, OR;
                        Print Walls Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rainbow Bldg. Gallery, University of Miami, FL; Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami-Dade College;
                        Pratt Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA; CFA Main Stage Cases, SUNY-Buffalo, NY; Roennebaeksholm Arts Culture Center, Naestved, Denmark
               Ideas of Home and Travel, International Printmaking Exchange and Exhibition, University of Arizona and Aberystwyth School of Art, Ireland 
               A Half Mile From Home, Printmaking Exchange and Exhibition, Bemidji State University, MN
2006      Translations: an international exchange between United States and Chinese Printmakers, Printmaking Portfolio.
                        The Boston Printmakers Association permanent collection, Art Institute of Boston, Miami University of Ohio, University of Arizona,
                        University of Hawaii– Hilo, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
              Save The Date, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
              Bringing It All Home, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
              MFA Thesis Exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
              Mimesis 11, Kachina Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
              Home (_____) Home, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ               
              Dry Heat, Printmaking Portfolio University of Arizona Alumni, ArtSpace Collective Gallery, Oshkosh, WI & University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2005      Marginalia, Juried Exchange Portfolio, Purdue University, Reuff Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
              You Are Beautiful Exhibition and Street Installation , Treehouse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
              Save The Date, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
              Projekt 30 Gallery September and November Online Exhibitions, New York, NY
              Mission Accomplished?, 36 Chambers Gallery, Tucson, AZ
              Annual Juried Show 2005, Studio Hub Gallery, Phoenix, AZ               
              7th Annual Mixed Media International Juried Online Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
              4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual,
National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
              The Artcard,
Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates
              Looking at Nature in Our Changing World, International Printmaking Portfolion and exhibition between U.S. and New Zealand.
                       Southern Graphics Council Conference. Madison, WI
2004      Connections, International Printmaking Portfolio - Brazilian American Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
              Pita, Fremont House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
              Connections, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
              In America Now, Dan O'Mellveny Gallery, Hollywood, CA
              Mark Making and Multiples, Kachina Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
              Mimesis 10, Gallery 410, Tucson, AZ
              Art and Propaganda, (juried) Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ               
              Symbiosis
, Printmaking Portfolio
              Changing Minds/Reading Minds, Printmaking Portfolio and Exhibition, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Rutgers University, NJ
2003      The Jolly Roger Mail Art Troop, Tucson, AZ
              undr grnd, Fremont House Gallery, Tucson, AZ               
              Three Schools
, Printmaking Portfolio/Exhibition- Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, University of Arizona and University of Minnesota - Morris, MN
2001      Birmingham Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL


ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2011      Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
2009      Anchor Graphics at Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
              Meany Middle School, Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
2007      El Levante, Rosario, Argentina


AWARDS

2011      $10,000 Project Residency Award, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
2010      Puffin Foundation Ltd. Artist Project Grant, Teaneck, NJ
2009      4Culture Individual Artist Project Grant, Seattle, WA
2008      Sound Transit: STart on Broadway Public Art Grant, Seattle, WA
2007      Professional Development Grant, Recipient, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2006      Tucson Pima Arts Council Mini Travel Grant, Recipient, TPAC, Tucson, AZ
              Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005      College Art Association Graduate Student Travel Grant, Recipient, College Art Association, New York, NY
              Professional Development Grant, Recipient, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
              Anne Moreton Memorial Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004      Haldeman Scholarship, Recipient, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
              Medici Scholars Grant, Recipient, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ


EDUCATION
2006      University of Arizona, Tucson, Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art / Printmaking
2001      University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design (cum laude)
1995      US Air Force Reserves, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX, EMT Technical School, Honor Graduate
1989      US Air Force, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX, Security Police Technical School


CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

2011-12 Visiting Assistant Professor, Printmaking, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2011      Visiting Assistant Professor, Experimental Media- Master of Arts in Studio and Theory Program. Drury University, Springfield, MO