Brian D Collier |
Education M.F.A., 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.F.A. Cum Laude, 1993, Sculpture, State University of New York at Buffalo Areas of Specialization: Sculpture, Interdisciplinary Art, Eco/Environmental Art, Social Practice |
Solo Exhibitions 2008 Very Small Objects: The Topeka, Kansas Collection, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS 2006 2005 2004 Very Small Objects: A New System of Classification , CSPS Gallery, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA 2003 2001 Rock Collecting Project , Galería Raúl Martínez , Cuban Book Institute, Palacio del Segundo Cabo, Havana, Cuba |
Selected Group Exhibitions 2009 2008 New, Three, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO Conducting Mobility, greenmuseum.org, online exhibition, Curated by Claude Willey and Ryan Griffis Locate|Navigate, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO 2007 Weather Report: Art & Climate Change, Curated by Lucy Lippard, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO Collected, Opensource Art, Champaign, IL MFA 2007, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL SRNE, Various Projects, part of the MFA group exhibition curated by Deke Weaver, I-Space Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 EARTH , Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH 2005 Elements of Scale , Washington University, St. Louis, MO Collier, Eichron, Picard , The Green Lantern, Around the Coyote Fall Festival, Chicago, IL The Bird Show, Artist Invitational , California State University Fullerton, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA Huge Detail ( Two person show) , McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL 2004 International Environmental Art Exhibition , Hartman Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL 2003 Art of the Encyclopedic , Curated by Paul Vanouse, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, NY 2002 2001 2000 1999 Mixed Media , Period Gallery, Omaha, NE 1998 |
Additional Professional Activities Curatorial Board Member, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO Gallery Representation: Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL |
Grants and Awards ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, 2008-2009, Kansas City, MO Faculty Development Grant, 2008-2009, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Faculty Development Grant, 2007-2008, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Special Assistance Grant, 2003-2004, Illinois Arts Council, A State Agency Individual Artist Grant, 2003, City of Bloomington Cultural District Commission, Bloomington, IL Winner, Sixth Annual Emerging Artists Competition, 2001, Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art (CEPA), Buffalo, NY New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Special Opportunity Stipend, Given in cooperation with the Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County, 2000-2001 Brodie Fellowship, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Brodie Materials Grant, awarded in 2004, 2005, and 2006, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Departmental Nominee, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign |
Teaching 2007-Present 2005-2007 |
Invitational Artist Lectures, Panels, and Performances 2008 Artist Lecture, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO Performance/Lecture, “Teach the Starlings,” Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO Performance/Guided Tour, “Locating, Identifying, and Teaching Starlings in Kansas City,” In conjunction with the exhibition, “Teach the Starlings in Kansas City,” Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO Gallery Talk, Locate|Navigate, La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, MO Artist Lecture, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 2007 Video Screening/Lecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 2006 Performance/Lecture, "Teach the Starlings," Image Studio Class, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Artist Lecture, MFA Seminar, "Collecting and the Archive," Illinois State University, Normal, IL Performance/Lecture, "Teach the Starlings," College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN Artist Lecture, Visiting Artist Seminar, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 2004 Artist Lecture, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO 2001 |
Selected Bibliography and Publications "They Practice What They Teach," by Nick Malewski. The Kansas City Star. Thursday, September 2008. 33-34. “Global Warnings,” by Suzaan Boettger. Art in America , June/July 2008. 154-161, 206-207 : 161, 207. “Wings of Change: Training Birds for Continent-wide Sound Installation,” by Jessica Owings. Review, June 2008. 20-23. “Animal Imagery Showing Up in Contemporary Art,” by Alice Thorson. The Kansas City Star. Sunday, May 4, 2008. “The Artists in Locate | Navigate Find Their Way Everywhere,” by Dana Self. The Pitch , February 28, 2008 . Weather Report: Art and Climate Change. Published for the exhibition curated by Lucy Lippard. Ed. Kirsten Gerdes. Essays by Lucy Lippard, Stephanie Smith, and Andrew C.Revkin. Bouler Museum of Contemporary Art in collaboration with EcoArts. 2007. “Brian Collier.” 36-37. "Looking for Inspiration in the Melting Ice," by Claire Dederer. The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, Sunday, September 23, 2007. 35. Say It Isn't So : Naturwissenschaften im Vissier der Kunst / Art Trains its Sights on the Natural Sciences. Ed. Peter Friese, Guido Boulboulle, and Susanne Wittzgall. In English and German. Weserberg: Museum fur moderne Kunst, 2007. "Mocking Bard," by Rachel McCrystal. Orion: Nature / Culture / Place 26.4, July / August 2007. 8-10. "Atmospheric Art: EcoArts' "Weather Report" project brings together art, science and environmental activism,". by Vince Darcangelo. Boulder Daily Camera, Friday section, Sept. 14, 2007. "Schieffelin!" by Kevin Sharp. Published by The College of St. Catherine for the exhibition Teach the Starlings , 2006 "Birds of a Feather Talk Together," by Bonnie Obremski, The Berkshire Eagle , June 25, 2006 , Section B, 1 & 5. Selections from "The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects," by Brian Collier Mandorla: New Writing from the Americas 8, 2005. 178-185. "Brian Collier: Probing the Overlooked," by Steve Arney, The Pantagraph , Features, October 10, 2004. "Worlds of Information: Art of the Encyclopedic," by Kristin Gallagher, Afterimage , July/August 2003. 13. "Time in a Bottle," by Fred Camper, Chicago Reader , March 21, 2003. Section one, 20 & 23. "Know It All," by Richard Huntington, The Buffalo News , "Gusto," March 21, 2003. "Obscure and Compulsive at the Carnegie," Artvoice , March 13, 2003. "Art of the Encyclopedic," Exhibition Catalog, Paul Vanouse, Curator "Two Projects," by Kristin Gallagher, Art Papers Magazine , May/June 2002. 44. "Diggin' in the Dirt," "How Many Cubic Inches Does It Take to Make a Planet?," "What's in the Water?...or.When was the Water Ever Water?," three interconnected reviews by Kristin Gallagher, Verdure No. 5/6 , February 2002. 146-148.
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