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Chris Dacre
Nevada City, California
Email: chrisdacre@gmail.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017    MAN UP!, Marketview Arts Gallery, York, PA
2015    What Lies Beneath Lies, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            Crossing the Delaware Line, Visual Arts Building Gallery, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
            OH YEAH! Eleanor Prest Reese Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
2014    Beyond Imagination, Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2013    *tbd. Content Currently Unavailable… Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH
            From Here On Out… Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University–Mansfield, OH
2012    Up & Coming, Gallery 1308, University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI
2011    WAR is FUN!, Sharadin Art Gallery Artist-in-Residence, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, PA
2010    Twice Removed, Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico-Gallup, NM
2009    Abort Mission, Artopia, Georgetown, Seattle, WA
            Shot Down, Sanford & Son, Tacoma, WA
2008    WAR is FUN!, Sound Transit: STart on Broadway Public Art Project - Sound Transit, Seattle, WA
2007    WAR is FUN!, Della Brown Taylor Art Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV     
            WAR is FUN!, LuLuBell Toy Bodega, 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

COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATIONS
2014    You Get What You Pay For, with Tomiko Jones, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO
            Prints on WAR! with Steven Knapp, Printmaking Showcase Gallery, University of Colorado- Boulder, CO
2012    It’s Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas, with Tomiko Jones, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008    Air Traffic: control, with Tomiko Jones, The Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023    Faculty Exhibition, Sierra College, The Lobby Gallery, Grass Valley, CA
2017    Commemorative Plate Show, Calico Gallery, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
            Man UP! Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
            Man UP! Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
2016    Past Tense – Future Tense, Desai Matta Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
           
Dreamscapes: The Ebb and Flow of Time and Possibility, MK Gallery, Portland State University, OR
2015    Under the Guillotine: James Gillray and Contemporary Counterparts, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
               Contemporary counterparts are: Molly Crabapple, Chris Dacre & Deb Sokolow
            Capitol Hill Art Invasion II, Puggelli Art Studio, Seattle, WA
            Tucson National Print Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2014    7th Bienal Do Douro, International Printmaking Biennial, Douro Museum, Portugal
            Interlude/Influence: Faculty and Alumni Exhibition,
Abroms Engel Institute for the Visual Arts- Carol and Jack Odess Gallery,                   University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
            Between images and words, Theater of the Arts, Brooklyn, NY  
            Print, Printed, Printing, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2013    Mythology, University of Colorado – Boulder &
Rākai Māori Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand          
            Environments, Print Portfolio, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, UC–Boulder, CO
               Monash University, Gippsland, Australia, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland    
            Project:Postcard, New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
            Global Print 2013, Lamego Museum, Douro, Portugal
2012    MART After 5, Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO
            Devotion, Bloomington Clay Art Center Gallery, Bloomington, IN         
            Circus-Circus, Print Portfolio, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, UC–Boulder, CO
               Monash University, Gippsland, Australia, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland                
            Leftovers III, University of Colorado – Boulder &
Wharepuke Gallery, Kerikeri, New Zealand            
            After The Gator Fest! Invitational Printmaking Portfolio & Exhibitions, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, Cork                                     Printmakers, Ireland, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 
            Reclamation, Invitational Printmaking Portfolio, Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
           
П_Stop, Perm Museum of Modern Art Public Art Bus Stop Project, Perm, Russia
            Transparency, Invitational Printmaking Portfolio/Exhibition, University of Colorado – Boulder, CO        
            25th Faculty Exhibition, Indiana University- Bloomington, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
            State of the State: A Contemporary Survey of American Printmaking, DPA - SGC New Orleans, LA & University of Ca’                              Foscari,Venice, Italy,
University of Dundee Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee, Scotland
2011    Anchor Graphics: Surveying the Collection. Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
            NIU 2nd Triennial Printmaking Invitational, Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
            50 Places, Printmaking Portfolio, UC- Boulder, CO, University of Akron, OH, University of Miami, FL, Denver Art Museum,                   CO, North Dakota State University, Renaissance Gallery, Fargo, ND
2010    Cultural Baggage, Mid-America Print Conference, Minneapolis, MN
            From All Directions, University of Colorado- Boulder, Proyecto’ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St.                  Lawrence University, Canton, NY
            Your Days Are Numbered, Printmaking Portfolio/Exhibition, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2009    Re:, Invitational group exhibition, The Florence Quater Gallery at The Art Center, Tucson, AZ
            Satisfaction Town, Invitational group installation at Southern Graphics Conference, Chicago, IL  
            Bennington Print Exchange, Southern Graphics, Chicago, IL  & USDAN Gallery Bennington College, VT
2007    Residencias, El Levante, Rosario, Argentina
            PAX Attack, Exhibition with Matt Sesow, Old Dominion University Gallery, Norfolk, VA           
            Print Zero Studio: Print Exchange V, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; Shev Shoon Arts Center, Seattle, WA; 214,                             Portland, OR; Print Walls Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rainbow Bldg. Gallery, University of Miami, FL;                           Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami-College; Pratt Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA; CFA Main Stage Cases, SUNY-Buffalo, NY;                   Roennebaeksholm Arts & Culture Center, Naestved, Denmark
            Salon de Refuses, Dinnerware Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
            ADDRESSING IRAQ: MAIL-ART ABOUT THE WAR, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
            Ideas of Home and Travel, University of Arizona and Aberystwyth School of Art, Ireland
            A Half-mile From Home, University of Arizona & Bemidji State University, MN
2006    Save The Date, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ 
            Bringing It All Home, w/ Raina Benoit and Karyn Hunt, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
            WAR is FUN!, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson
            Mimesis 11, Kachina Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson
            Home (_____) Home, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
            Translations: an international exchange between United States and Chinese Printmakers,
Art Institute of Boston, Miami                            University of Ohio, University of Arizona, and University of Hawaii– Hilo, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
             Dry Heat, University of Arizona Alumni, ArtSpace, Oshkosh & University of Wisconsin-Parkside, WI
2005    4th Annual Lessedra Mini Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
            You Are Beautiful, Street Installation around LA, Treehouse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
            Annual Juried Show 2005, Studio Hub Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
            The Artcard, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2005    Marginalia, Juried Exchange Portfolio, Purdue University, Reuff Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
            Looking at Nature in Our Changing World, U.S. and New Zealand Printmakers, SGC, Madison, WI
2004    Pita, Fremont House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
            Connections, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
            In America Now, Dan O’Mellveny Gallery, Hollywood, CA
            Mimesis 10, Gallery 410, Tucson, AZ
            Art and Propaganda, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            Changing Minds/Reading Minds, Southern Graphics Conference, Rutgers University, NJ
2003    undr grnd , Fremont House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
            The Jolly Roger Mail Art Troop, Tucson, AZ
            Three Schools, University of Arizona, University of Minnesota- Morris, MN and Xavier University, OH
2001    Birmingham Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
            Museu do Douro, Peso da Regua, Portugal
            Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
            Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
            Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
            Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
            Portland State University, Archives, Portland, OR
            Proyecto’ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
            National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
            Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
            University of Arizona Special Collections, Tucson, AZ
            University of Colorado- Boulder, Special Collections, Boulder, CO
            Pacific Northwest College of Art, Archives, Portland, OR          
            Donnelly Library, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
            Anchor Graphics at Columbia College, Special Collections, Chicago, IL
           
Zayed University, Special Collections, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
            The Boston Printmakers Association, Boston, MA
            Brazilian American Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
           
St. Lawrence University, Fine Arts Noble Center, Canton, NY
            Cork Printmakers, Special Collections, Cork, Ireland
            Indiana University, Printmaking Archives, Bloomington, IN
            Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
            The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
            Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2017     Artist-in-Residence, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
2016     Artist-in-Residence, Tracteur Bleu, Moulis-en-Médoc, France
2014     Artist-In-Residence, Print Zero Studios, Seattle, WA
2013     Artist-in-Residence, University of Colorado, Printmaking Department, Boulder, CO
2011     Artist-In-Residence, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
2010     Artist-In-Residence, Meany Middle School – Seattle Public School System, Seattle, WA
2009     Artist-In-Residence, Anchor Graphics at Columbia City College, Chicago, IL
2008     Artist-In-Residence, The Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007     Artist-In-Residence, El Levante, Rosario, Argentina

GRANTS
2017     Creative Impact Award, Cultural Alliance of York County, York, PA
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     Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant, Phoenix, AZ
2006     Tucson Pima Arts Council Mini Travel Grant, Tucson, AZ

EDUCATION
2006     University of Arizona, Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking/Studio Art, Tucson, AZ
2001     University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design, Birmingham, AL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Visiting Artist Gigs, Workshops, Artist Lectures and more.
2023    Artist Lecture/Relief Printmaking Workshop, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2019    Workshop, Screen Printing, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
2018    Workshop, Screen Printing, West York Police Department with Disadvantaged Youth, West York, PA
2017    Workshop, Screen Printing/Sewing, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
2016    Workshop, Screen Printing, Semeru Art Gallery, Malang, Indonesia
            Artist Lecture/Screen Printing Workshop, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
            Artist Lecture, Mike Arcega’s Sculpture class, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
            Preparator, Desai Matta Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2015    Visiting Artist, University of Wyoming, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Laramie, WY
            Visiting Artist, IUPUI – Herron School of Art and Design, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Indianapolis, IN
2014    Panelist, Mid-America Print Council Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
            Visiting Artist, University of Kentucky, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Lexington, KY
            Artist Lecture, Southern Graphics Conference, San Francisco State University, CA
            Printmaking Demonstration, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Month-of-Printmaking, Denver, CO
            Artist Lecture, University of Colorado – Boulder, Month-of-Printmaking, Boulder, CO
2013    Artist Lecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
            Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Visiting Artist Lecture Series & Screenprinting Workshop, Athens, OH
            Artist Lecture, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
            Visiting Artist Workshop, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
            Gallery Talk, The Ohio State University branch in Mansfield, OH
            Artist Lecture and Workshop, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI
2011    Artist Lecture, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
            Artist Lecture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
            Artist Presentation, PechaKucha at the Historic Firestation #2, Springfield, MO
2010    Visiting Artist with Tomiko Jones, LV Press, Tucson, AZ
            Artist Lecture, University of New Mexico-Gallup, NM
            Artist Lecture, Drury University, Springfield, MO
            Artist Presentation, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Philadelphia, PA
            Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
2008    Artist Assistant/Woodshop Fabrication, SITE Santa Fe, Biannual “Lucky Number 7”, Santa Fe, NM
2007    Gallery Talk, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
            Gallery Talk, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV 
            Work/Studio Exchange - Custodian and Maintenance, Lucky Street Warehouse Studios, Tucson, AZ
2006    Artist Presentation, College Art Association Conference, “Arts Exchange”, Boston, MA
            Artist Presentation, Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
            Artist Lecture, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
            Artist Lecture, University of Alabama at Huntsville, AL
            Gallery Talk, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005    Artist Presentation, College Art Association Conference, “Arts Exchange”, Atlanta, GA
            Visiting Artist, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
            Visiting Artist Lecture & Lithography Workshop, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
2003    Preparator, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
            Preparator, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL


PUBLICATIONS
2018    West York Police Chief: Let’s empower kids with creativity, York Daily Record, Jan. 22, Matt Millsaps
2017    Man Up!, York Daily Record, Nov. 27, Paul Kuehnel, York, PA
            Veteran using art to start conversation about violence, FOX 43, Nov. 25, Jossie Carbonare
            ‘Man Up’ at Marketview Arts explores war through art, York Dispatch, Nov. 29, Dawn J. Sagert
            Man Up!, Hyperallergic Art Blog, 01/10/17, Matt Stromberg
            
Artists Tackle Stale Ideas Of Masculinity That Restrict People Of All Genders, Huffington Post, 01/11/17,                                                Priscilla Frank
2016    Power Washer, Interview: Chris Dacre, Ed. 2, Independent Art ‘Zine, Brooklyn, NY and Manchester, NH
            James Gillray: Shocking satire two centuries old, The Denver Post, 01/08/2016, Ray Mark Rinaldi
             CVA votes for political satire and caricatures, both old and new, Westword, 02/18/2016, Mike Paglia
2013     Exhibition, lecture to explore military conflicts through multiple mediums, The Post, Sept. 5, Meryl                                                           Gottlieb, Athens, OH
             From Here On Out…,  Printeresting.org- Printmaking Blog. Feb. 18, Josh Dannin, Philadelphia, PA
             From Here On Out…, Frontpage of Mansfield News Journal, Ohio, Feb. 12 edition. Jason J. Moylet,
2012     4th Annual Devotion Group Art Show Brings Out Devoted Fans, IndianaPublicMedia.org, Nov. 6, MKatic
             Devotion: Annual art show extended due to positive response, Indiana Daily Student, Nov. 14, M. Holland
             
Plus Ça Change: Fine Arts Faculty Show at Grunwald Gallery, Indiana Public Radio, Jan 31, Yael Ksander
             This is how green one can be with cardboard, Mar. 28, EcoFriend.com, Anupam Jolly
             Faculty members showcase art for students, IDS,
Jan. 16, Courtney Stiehl, Bloomington, IN
2011     Sharadin's 'War Is Fun' emerges a bold satire, Reading Eagle, Feb. 20, Ron Schira, Reading, PA         
             WAR is FUN! Printeresting.org- Printmaking Blog. Apr. 25, Amze Emmons, Philadelphia, PA
             WAR is GREAT! Chris Dacre Mini Interview, FecalFace.com Feb. 9, Trippe, San Francisco, CA

2009     Artists at Artopia: Who & Where, Seattle Weekly,  Jun. 24, Seattle, WA
             
What Is Happening Here?, Anchor Graphics at Columbia College, Summer Vol. 3 No. 2, Chicago, IL
2008     Tucson’s noisy skies the focus of Air Traffic: Control,
Tucson Citizen,  Jul. 31, Polly Higgins, Tucson, AZ
             A Eulogy for Doomed Architecture. Capitol Hill Times. Oct. 3, Steven Vroom, Seattle, WA
             STart on Broadway: A Photo Essay- Temporary Art Installation Keeps Blocks Being Prepped for Demolition Alive, Oct. 13,                     WorldChanging.com, Sarah Kuck
2006     Mini Interview. Hoboeye.com- Online Arts Journal. Jan. 1, Vol 1.1, Brad Bunkers
2005     
Think onion: It's all about the layers, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Aug. 25, Susan Bonicillo, Tucson, AZ
2004     Repent, UA; the end is exhibited near, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Apr. 15, Nathan Tafoya, Tucson, AZ

TEACHING/PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
2024    Adjunct Faculty, American River College, Sacramento, CA 
- now   •2-Dimensional Design and Drawing- online 

2020    Adjunct Faculty, Sierra College, Grass Valley, CA
- now  •Printmaking, Sculpture, 3-Dimensional Design and Drawing- online and on-ground.


2017    Adjunct Faculty, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
            •Screen Printing and Relief Printmaking- beginning and advanced classes.


2014    Adjunct Faculty, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
            •BFA Professional Development Seminar- Students conducted an artist talk, created a CV, creative research and discuss options                for their artistic future after graduation.
            •4D Foundations course for non-art majors with a concentration on photographic and video  editing in Photoshop, creating an                    audio composition from field recordings and edited with Garage Band and Adobe Audition, created animated GIF’s,                                maintaining a personal Blog site (Tumblr) and collaborated on a final off-site performance project with a randomly chosen                      classmate that was captured on video, then edited and presented to the class.


2011    Visiting Assistant Professor Printmaking Department, Indiana University, Head of Screen Printing, Bloomington, IN
-13       •Beginning to advanced levels of Screen Printing 
            •BFA and MFA Professional Development Seminars 
            •Thesis committee member for BFA/MFA Printmaking students and MFA students from Ceramics, Sculpture and Photography
            •Weekly individual critiques with BFA/MFA Printmaking students
            •Multiple Independent Studies with students from Printmaking, Graphic Design and non-art majors.
            •Managed Digital Lab and Graduate Student Assistants.
            •New hire committee member for Printmaking Department.
            •In-studio critiques with students from Sculpture, Digital Media, Graphic Design, Photography, Ceramics and Painting.


2011    Visiting Professor, Drury University, Experimental Media, Master of Arts in Studio Art and Theory, Low-Residency Summer       -13      Program, Springfield, MO
            •Instructed 3rd cohort in preparation for their thesis exhibition focusing on individual projects
            •Collaboratively taught 3D and Experimental Media with Tomiko Jones, installation and video.


2009     Full-time Faculty, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
-11       •Head of Printmaking Department
            •Multiple Independent Studies with students from Graphic Design, Painting and Printmaking.
            •Professional Development Seminar for MFA Graduate Students.
            •Collaboratively combined courses with Photography in hybrid Printmaking/Photography processes.  

            •Printmaking at all levels- Relief, Lithography, Intaglio, Screenprinting, Non-Toxic Alternative Processes- monoprinting,                          collagraphs and cross-disciplinary individual projects for advanced art majors.
            •Introduction to Graphic Design- basics of graphic design, Illustrator/Photoshop.
            •Art Appreciation course for non-art majors.
            •Conducted individual Studio Critiques with MFA Graduate students from Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Graphic Design                    and Ceramics departments.
            •Figure Drawing.
            •Beginning/Intermediate Drawing courses that focused on Color Theory, Still-life and Perspective Drawing.


2007    Workshop Instructor with University of Arizona Museum, 1-day Printmaking Workshop, Tohono O'odham
            Nation Middle School, Sells, AZ
            •Worked with 5th and 6th grade Native American students taught process of hand printing woodblocks they carved.

            Studio Assistant, Barbara Rogers Studio, Tucson, AZ
            •Worked with artist creating a series of monoprints and collagraphs.
            Studio Assistant, Barbara Penn, Tucson, AZ
            •Worked with artist on Photoshop tutorials and scanning original artwork.

2006    Adjunct Instructor, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            •Non-figurative Experimental Drawing course that focused on a variety of non-traditional exercises.

            Instructor-of-Record, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            •
Stone and Aluminum Plate Photographic Lithography.

2005    Instructor-of-Record, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            •Color Theory and Foundation Design Basics.
            •Papermaking and Printmaking course with Professor Derek Cracco. Final project: handmade book.
            •Non-toxic Alternative Methods to Printmaking- Photoshop, Solar Plates, Monotype and Collagraphs.
2004    Instructor-of-Record, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            •Color Theory and the Elements of Design.

            Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            •
Woodblock, Intaglio and Stone Lithography (I taught Lithography section).

2003    Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
            •
Color Theory and Elements of Design.

2002    Studio Assistant, Derek Cracco, Birmingham, AL
-03       •Digital transfers onto mixed-media panels.

2002    Teaching Assistant, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
            •Lithography, Digital and Monotype Printmaking processes.


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