Ding Ren
Born in 1983, Wuhan, China, Ding Ren lives and works in Washington, D.C. She is a M.F.A. in Studio Art candidate at George Washington University. She received her B.F.A. in Photography and Art History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2005. She has shown in the U.S. and, in particular, the D.C. area.
Education
2007 – Present M.F.A. candidate in Studio Art, The George Washington University (G.W.U.), expected graduation: May 2009
2005 B.A. Photography & Art History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (U.M.B.C.)
Exhibitions/Performances
2008, More Than Just, Classroom 102 Gallery, G.W.U., Washington, D.C., juried by Anne Collins Goodyear
2008, Inspiration, though, is contagious and multiform, Classroom 102 Gallery, G.W.U., Washington, D.C.
curated by Jeff Anderson & Bibi Obler
2008, Quart Bag: A Community Art Show, Civilan Art Projects, Washington, D.C.
2008, To Say The Least, Boiler Gallery, Washington, D.C., curated by Faye Gleisser (Curator's Essay)
2008, 1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
2008, Midway, Artscape 2008, Baltimore, MD (performance project with Bible Kiss Bible. Pictures)
2008, Art-O-Sound, Artomatic 2008, Washington, D.C. (performance for Scion Lounge sponsored by the Pink Line Project)
2008, Conversations, M.A./M.F.A. Collaboration, Smith Hall Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2008, Annual Awards Show, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, juried by Victoria Reis
2008, How Many Walls Are There?, Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2007, Paper or Plastic, Smith Hall Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2007, Potluck, Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2007, 1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2007, Reenactments, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007, Locus Issue 2 Release Party, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Bible Kiss Bible performance)
2006, Snackshop 5000: The Vending Machine Show , The Neuberger Museum at SUNY Purchase College
2006, Locus Issue 1 Release Party, The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Bible Kiss Bible performance)
2005, Staff Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2005, Visions, Dreams, and Other Inventions, Community College of Baltimore County Art Gallery, curated by Archie Veal
2005, Senior Exit Exhibition, UMBC Center for Art and Visual Culture, Baltimore, MD
2005, Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2004, Artscape Hall of Portraits, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004, Constructed Environments, Commons Gallery, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
2004, 99 Square Pegs, Ladyfest*East Variety Show Benefit, NYC
2004, Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2003, e_motion, Castelo de S.Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal, curated by Joana Linda
2003, Hyperbole, Hallspace Gallery, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
Bibliography
2008, The Rising Stars, DC Modern Luxury Magazine, December 2008, pg. 107
2008, Capps, Kriston, Best Art Blogger: Isabel Manalo, Washington City Paper's Best of DC
2008, Gleisser, Faye, Paper for Thought, Conversations Exhibition Catalog, G.W.U.
2008, White, Rachel, One Way Out? Ephemera and Exit Strategies, How Many Walls Are There? Exhibition Brochure, G.W.U.
2007, McLeod, Deborah, Critical Paths, Baltimore City Paper, 5/30. p. 38 (read here)
2007, MAP Threeway: Jarrett Min Davis, Rob Sparrow Jones, and Cara Ober weigh in on Critics Picks,
2007, Mini-Curated Micro Books: Playground Adventures, Baltimore Book Festival, edited by Jack Livingston
2007, Locus Magazine, Issue 1: Small is Beautiful, p. 42
2005, LINK: Baltimore Literary Arts Journal, Issue 10: Cut, p. 85
2005, Bartleby: UMBC Creative Arts Journal, Volume 25, p. 3
2005, McNatt, Glenn, Artscape 2005: Formalized Boredom, Baltimore Sun, 6/18
2004, UMBC Retriever, Volume 29, Issue 8
2004, Ruby Mag, Issue 3 (http://www.ruby-mag.com.ar)
Publications
2008 Urbanite, Issue #46
2008, Locus Magazine, Issue 4, p. 54
2008, Urbanite, Issue #45, p. 99
2007, RADAR Redux, Essay on WACK! exhibit at National Museum of Women in the Arts
2007 Locus Magazine, Issue 3
2007 Urbanite, Issue 38
2007 21st Annual Critics Residency Catalog, Maryland Art Place, 5 essays, edited by Eleanor Heartney and Irving Sandler
2007 Urbanite, Issue 33
2006 EXCHANGE Catalog, Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran exhibition essay
2004 – 2005 RADAR Review, Issues 10, 11, 12, 13
Curator
August 2005, Turning the Page #1, Co-Curated group show with Ingrid Nuss, WPA\C, Washington, DC
Featured artists: Edda Jakab, Christopher Saah, & Nicolas F. Shi
July 2005, Formalized Boredom, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore, MD
Featured artists: Jan-Michael Casison, Adeye Deresse, Arthur Soontornsaratool, Shin-Yi Wang, & Andy Moon Wilson
2004 U.M.B.C. 4th Floor Photo Gallery
Scholarships, Awards & Honors
2007 - Present Fine Arts Fellow & Graduate Teaching Assistant, George Washington University
2005 Recognition of Academic Excellence in the Arts, U.M.B.C.
2004 UMBC Alumni Association Scholarship
2002 Yager/CAPS Scholarship, Achievement in U.M.B.C. photo
2001 - 2005 Linehan Artist Scholar, U.M.B.C.
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Glenn Shrum
Spanning the fields of design and art practice, Glenn Shrum’s work with light places him at the center of converging professional disciplines. Originally trained as an architect, Shrum received a Masters of Fine Arts in Studio Art with an emphasis on lighting installations and light art history in 2008. In addition to his professional design activity as principal of Flux Studio (http://www.fluxstudio.net/), and his responsibilities as US Coordinator of the Professional Lighting Designers' Association, Shrum has been a member of the faculty Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland since 2001.
Education
2008 M.F.A. in Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art
1993 B.A. in Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2008 LED Lighting Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Lighting Research Center, Professional Development Course
Solo exhibitions
2008 Interstice: MICA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2007 Line-Plane-Volume: Gateway Building Construction Site, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2006 Second Light: An Installation, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Kunst Vault, Silver Spring, Maryland
2005, Trespass, Spare Room Gallery (Collaborative Installation with Lynn Silverman), Baltimore, Maryland
Group exhibitions
2007-2008 Timeplace, Baltimore, Maryland
2007 Inverse Square MICA Faculty Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2006 Window Treatment: MICA M.F.A .Student Exhibition, Fox Building, Baltimore, Maryland
2004 Hide: MICA Faculty Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2002 Weighted Base: MICA Faculty Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2001, Square Composition: Out of Order, Maryland Art Place (MAP), Baltimore, Maryland
Curator
2006, InkLight, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (Co-Curated with Pepe Coronado), Silver Spring, Maryland
Awards
2007 National AIA Educational Design Excellence Award
2007 AIA Maryland Honor Award
2006 AIA Baltimore Design Award
2006 AIA Virginia Society Inform Award
2004 AIA Baltimore Design Award
2004 IIDA Illumination Design Merit Award East Central Region
2004 AIA Maryland Merit Award
2003 Society for Environmental Graphic Design Merit Award
2003 AIA Baltimore Associates Award
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Elena Volkova
Born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine, Elena Volkova moved to the U.S. in 1994, where she earned two degrees from the Maryland Institute College of Art: a Master of Fine Art (M.F.A.) in Studio Arts as well as a Bachelor of Fine Art (B.F.A.) in Photography.
Elena’s work has been exhibited in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia, Illinois and Virginia. She had a solo exhibition of photographs and drawings at the Paperwork Gallery in Baltimore, titled Waterlines in 2008. This exhibition addressed the ephemeral nature of water and presented fleeting images of waves, clouds, and snow. Airscapes, an exhibit in 2008 at Flashpoint gallery in D.C., presented a collection of large-scale prints of barely perceptible images of clouds.
Elena's current body of work focuses on the idea of legibility and the limited amount of information required for a viewer to identify a subject. It also addresses the viewer's awareness of boundaries and their interaction with an art space.
Elena has received several recognitions and awards for her work, including the Janis Meyer Traveling Fellowship, which allowed her to photograph remote areas of Russia in 2003.
Volkova resides in Baltimore, Maryland, where she is an adjunct photography professor at Goucher College and teaches art at Seton Keough High School
Education
2007 M.F.A. in Studio Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art
2002 B.F.A. in Photography, minor in Art History, Maryland Institute College of Art
Exhibitions
Solo and 2-person Shows
2007 Airscapes, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, MICA, Baltimore
2007 Seascapes, The Project Room, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Solovki. Images from Solovetski Islands, Russia, MICA Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003 Halted Spaces, Angelfalls Studios, Baltimore, MD
Juried
2006 Places We Call Home, Northwest Cultural Council
2005 Unlocked: Open Exhibition, Arts Council of Fairfax County, VA
2004 International Photography Competition, juried by Philip Brookman, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2003 Double Exposure Exhibition, SOHO Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2003 International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2002 New Images, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Group
2007 Small Wonders, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2007 Quintessence, Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007 Jolly Cowboy, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2007 MICA 9 in Philly, The Felicity “Bebe” R. Benoliel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Discovering the Native Landscapes of the Mid-Atlantic, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD
2005 Contemporary Russian Artists, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005 Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2005 The Big Show, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2004 Inward Gazes: Creating Pieces of the Identity Puzzle, curated by Cara Ober, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Towson, MD
2004 Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD 2004 Annual Group Exhibition, MOCA, Washington, DC
2002 Book Arts Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Awards and Recognitions
2006 Third Place:, Places We Call Home, NCC, Rolling Meadows, IL
2003 Jean Meyer Traveling Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art
2003 First Place, Double Exposure Exhibition, SOHO Photo, New York, NY
2003 First Place, International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Press Coverage
2004 Inward Gazes: Creating Pieces of the Identity Puzzle, reviewed by Glenn McNatt, Baltimore Sun, November 2004
2004 Solovki, VSE Magazine, November 2004 |
