Duston Spear: Recent Work




			Duston Spear in her Bedford, NY studio

	DUSTON SPEAR – SELECTED BIOGRAPHY: Education Awards One-Person Painting Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections 3 Women in Black Project Performance: Direction and Collaborations Teaching Committees, Panels and Lectures Media Education: New York University, M.A., 1998 New York University, B.A., 1989 Parsons School of Design, Certificate, 1976 Awards: New York Foundation for the Arts Sponsorship, 1994 – 2000 Art Matters Fellowship, 1996 Creative Time Competition, 1997
	One-person Painting Exhibitions: Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, NY, 2005 Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2003 The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, N.C., 1996 'Battledress: 3 Women in Black', curated by Thomas Kochheiser McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1998 Kathleen Meyer Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1983 Selected Group Shows: Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY, 2004 'Paper Works', curated by Jane Dickson Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2004 'Gallery Artists' SHG, Fairfield, CT, 2004 'Uncommon Portraits', curated by Deborah Frizzell Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 2001 'Narration, emblem and sequence in contemporary art' Laurie Seeman Fine Arts, Nyack, N.Y., 1998 'What's in a Dress?', paintings and photographs Weatherspoon Art Gallery, 1996–1997 'Works on Paper' McIntosh Gallery, 1995 'Works on Paper' Franklin Furnace, New York, 1994 'Sea Changes', fax art Grey Art Gallery, New York, 1994 Washington Square Windows installation InterArt Center, New York, 1993 'The Rag Trade', curated by Saul Ostrow Lafayette Express, New York, 1993 'Take-Out Art' Tweed Gallery, New York, 1993 'Women's Lives' Webster Hall, New York, 1993 'Group for Cover', site specific wall sculpture Michael Walls Gallery, New York, 1992 'Artists Relief Portfolio', woodblock prints de Serpenti Gallery, Rome, Italy, 1993 'Gallery Artists' McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1992 'Ten Year Anniversary', paintings Cooper-Seeman Fine Arts, New York, 1992 'Works on Paper', monoprints Meisel Gallery, New York, 1986 'Four Currents', paintings, curated by Peter Frank Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, 1984 'New Acquisitions' Katheleen Meyer Gallery, 1983 'Opening Exhibition' Soho Center, New York, 1982 'Four Artists', paintings
	Public Collections: Art Services, Inc., New York The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. The Coca-Cola Collection, Atlanta, GA Delta Airlines, Altanta, GA The High Museum, Atlanta, GA Jova/Daniels/Busby, Atlanta, GA The Metropolitan Museum, New York The New York Public Library, New York The Special Collections of the University of North Carolina Library The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C. Worrell Newspapers, Bristol, TN
	'3 Women in Black' Project: An Artists New Works Project, sponsored in part by the New York Foundation for the Arts. The original costumes, papers and artist's books are in the Special Collections of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, cataloged as 'Duston Spear Collection, Fall 2002'. The following exhibits and events are associated with the projects: Thais Mazur Women in Black Dance Project, San Francisco, CA, March 1999 A collaboration supported in part by a grant from the Creative Work Fund Soho Arts Festival, New York, September 1996 In conjunction with American Opera Projects Happy Hill Community, Winston-Salem, N.C., April 1996 'Living in the Shadows' St Augustine College, Raleigh, N.C., April 1996 'Black on Black' Drew University, Madison, N.J., March-April 1996 Collaboration with photographer Hope Herman Wurmfeld The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., January 1996 Public lecture: 'Accessorizing for the Revolution' College Art Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 1995 The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, February 1995 Belgrade Town Center, Belgrade, Serbia, August 1994 International Peace Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia, 1994 Grey Art Gallery, New York, 1994 Washington Square Windows installation InterArt Center, New York, 1993 'The Rag Trade', curated by Saul Ostrow Video: Battledress (Denise Petrizzo, director of photography and editor) Experimental Television Award, New York State Council for the Arts, 1995 Women in Film Foundation Award, 1996 Beijing Media Wall, 1995 Collection of the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 1994 Zine: Battledress: 3 Women in Black (24 pages, published by 3 Women in Black © 1993). Sponsored in part by the Women's Action Coalition. In the collection of: Grey Art Gallery, NYU Women's Art Museum, Leeds, England New York Public Library University of California, Special Collections
	Performance: Direction and Collaborations: 'Women in Black', San Francisco, Thais Mazur, Choreographer, 1999 'That Big Yellow Braid', proposed public sculpture with Creative Time, Inc. Summer 1997 'Help me Hannah’, Dance Concert, The Weatherspoon Gallery, Marsha Paladan, choreographer MC: 'Angry Women at the Fez', Wordstock at the Fez, November 1994 Director: 'Poet Nation', 6 poets , CBGB Annex, Fez Cafe, 1994 Director: Evert Eden’s 'Growing Up Racist', one person performance, Nyrorican Poets Cafe, June 1993 Sets and costumes:'The History of Three Sisters', DTW Convergence Dance Company, St. Mark’s on the Bowery, Choreographer: Diane Guzumba, June 1990 Teaching: Higher Education for Women in Prison, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Studio Arts, 2002 - present Pace University, Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing, Spring 2002-present University Settlement House, New York, Creative Time collaboration , Summer 1997 University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Visiting Artist in Residence, Jan.- May, 1996: Parsons School of Design, 'Artist as Activist', seminar/studio course, 1994
	Committees, Panels and Lectures: College Art Association, Committee on Women in the Arts, 2000 - 2003 Panelist, New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Fellowships, 1998 Sava Television, November, 1997 'New York from Japan' (lecture) Drew University, Madison, N.J., March, 1996 'Accessorizing for the Revolution' (lecture) MALS Center, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C., April, 1996 'The Art of Social Change' (lecture) Artists Talk Series, The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, N.C., Jan, 1996 'Battledress: Paintings to Protest' (video lecture series) Artists Talk on Art Series, New York March 1994 'Cross Generations of Feminists' College Art Association Conference, New York, 1994 Chair, 'Artists as Activists' panel Media: Cultural Democracy, Spring 1996 'Atrocities in Bosnia; 3WIB at C.A.A', by DeAnn Gould News and Record, Greensboro, February, 1996 'Duston Spear' Winston Salem Journal, February, 1996 'Duston Spear and Nigel Rolfe: Performance Art at the Weatherspoon', by Tom Patterson College Art Association Newsletter, Spring, 1995 '3 Women in Black' (photograph) San Antonio Express, January, 1995 'C.A.A.' MS Magazine, May/June, 1994 'Artwatch: 3 Women in Black', by Lisa Kocaurek Manhattan Cable Television, April–July, 1994 '3 Women in Black' (interview) 'Judith Sloan Show', WBAI radio, New York, April, 1994 '3 Women in Black' (interview) 'Good Day New York: Choice Segment', Fox Television, October, 1993 Paper Magazine, November, 1993 'The Rag Trade' Village Voice, October, 1993 'Scene and Heard', by Robert Atkins(photograph) Cosmopolitan Magazine, March, 1993 'The New Activists', by Louise Bernikow Art and Understanding Magazine, Summer, 1993 'My Wedding Dress Then' (photographic essay) Sassy Magazine, September, 1992 'Voices for Choice', by Marjorie New York Times Magazine, June, 1990 'Moms Take the Rap' (painting) Residencies: American Academy in Rome , Spring 2005, 2006 Cummington Arts Colony, Summer 1992