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GERALD
MEAD

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artist, Gerald Mead
Born 1962
Lives and works in Buffalo, NY

EDUCATION
2008
  University at Buffalo, MFA Visual Studies
1986   
Buffalo State College, BS Design
1985   Buffalo State College,  BA Psychology 


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013

Gerald Mead: Constructed Elements, Exhibit A, Corning NY


2011
20-Year Timeline: Collages by Gerald Mead, Carnegie Art Center
North Tonawanda, NY


2010    
Gerald Mead: Assembled Meanings, Exhibit A, Corning, NY 
Microcosmic Archive: A History of Nichols by Gerald Mead, Nichols School Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2008    
Gerald Mead: New Assemblages, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
Continuum: The MacKrell Collage Archive Project, UB Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY,  (also traveled to Fredonia State College, Fredonia, NY and the Springville Center for the Arts, Springville, NY)

2006    
Small, smaller & smallest: Recent Work by Gerald Mead, Insite Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

2004
30 Square Inches, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
Gerald Mead (inch by inch): A 15-year Survey, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY

2002   
micro-illuminations: New Work by Gerald Mead, Daemen College, Amherst, NY

2001    
Assemblages, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY 
Gerald Mead: Works from the Charles Rand Penney Collection, Olean Public Gallery, Olean, NY  (also traveled to the Kenan Center, Lockport, NY)
1999    
Epic Minutiae, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY

1997    
Gerald Mead: Travellages, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 
Models of Exactness, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1996    
Obsessive Collage, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY


SELECTED TWO and THREE PERSON 

2006
Gerald Mead & Emily Watson, Houghton Gallery at 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY


2003    
Trilogies XI: The Work of Three Artists, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY  (three-person)


1993    
Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY (three-person)

1992    
Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk NY, Mixed Metaphors (three-person)


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013

ECHO Art Fair, presented by Exhibit A, Buffalo NY
Forward, Exhibit A, Corning NY


2012

Western NY Members of the National Collage Society, Meibohm Fine Arts, E. Aurora, NY
The Dream, Houghton Gallery at 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
Visual AIDS: Postcards from the Edge, Cheim and Read, New York, NY

2011
Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Exhibit A, Corning, NY
Buffalo on the Bowery, Charles Banks Gallery, New York, NY (curated)
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY (invitational)
Aperture: Photography from the Permanent Collection, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, Lewiston, NY (curated)
ECHO: Art Fair, Central Terminal, Buffalo, NY (juried)

2010 
Buffalo Artist Exchange Exhibition, Ural State Academy Of Architecture And Arts, 
Ekaterinburg, Russia  (curated)
Connections: Art Committee Invitational, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY  
Curiousier and Curiousier, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY  (curated)
New Works Celebrating Niagara, Niagara Arts & Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY  (invitational)

2009   
Buffalo Artist Exchange Exhibition, University of Moscow, Sterlitamak, Russia  (curated)
Re-Use/Re-Order, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN  (invitational)
Visual Aids: Postcards From The Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY 

2008    
International Small Works Show, Limestone Art Gallery, Fayetteville, NY, 20/20  (juried)
On The Walls: From Buffalo, Gallery 435, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (invitational)
6 X 6 X 2008, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY,
Group Show 1, Designosaurus Gallery, Kenmore, NY (invitational)

2007    
Visual Aids: Postcards From The Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, 
Miniature Art Exhibit, School of The Arts, Lewiston, NY
In Focus: Highlights From The Castellani’s Photography Collection, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY (curated)
Addressing Iraq,University Of Florida Art Gallery, Gainesville, Fl
Converge II, Rochester Institute Of Technology, Rochester, NY  (invitational)
Rebooted: Life After E-Junk, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
The Fate Of The Art: The Hand Printed Book In The 21st Century
University Of California, Berkeley, CA (symposium)

2006    
Visual Aids: Postcards From The Edge, Sikkema Jenkins Gallery, New York, NY, 
Night Of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY, 
University At Buffalo Exchange Exhibition, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, Fredonia State College, Fredonia, NY 
Area Artist Collection: Curator’s Choice, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY,(curated)
The Thing Itself: Artists, Objects And Ideas, Wyoming County Arts Council Gallery, Perry, NY  (curated)
Upstate Invitational, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY,
Buffalo Artists, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY  (curated)

2005    
Summer Views, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, (curated)
Go Figure, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY,  (invitational)

2003    
The Luminous Image VI, Collaborative Concepts Gallery, Beacon, NY  (invitational)

2002    
Monroe County and Vicinity Biennial, Brockport State College, Brockport, NY  (invitational)

2001   
Buffalo Sister City Exchange Exhibition, Galeria Fotografii Miastra Rzeszowa, Rzeszow, Poland
Upstate Invitational, Oswego State University, Oswego, NY 

2000    
Regional 2000, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY   (juried)      
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Carnegie Art Museum, Pittsburgh, PA  (curated)

1998    
Altars, El Museo Fransico Oller Y Diego Rivera, Buffalo, NY  (invitational)
Toast, Here, New York, NY  (invitational)

1997    
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institution, NY, The 40th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art (juried)
World in a Match Box ’97, Liverpool Visionfeor, Liverpool, England  (also traveled to Grand Central Art, Melbourne, Australia)

1995    
Miniature Exhibition, Deep Space, New York, NY  (invitational)
72nd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie PA  (juried)

1994  
Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY  (juried)
 

SELECTED HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

2010    Silver Addy Award from Advertising Club of Buffalo
Listed in Who’s Who in America

2007    Fine Arts Merit Award from Creative Quarterly Competition
Received Community Leader Award in Arts from The National Federation for Just Communities of   Western New York
Dean’s Fellowship, University at Buffalo (also 2006)

2006    Third Place Award from National Collage Exhibition, Impact Gallery

2005    Listed in National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals 
Pathfinder Award from Business First and Buffalo Alliance for Education

2004    Appointed to Buffalo Arts Commission

2002    Received Alumni Awards from Buffalo State College and Erie Community College 

2001    Listed in Who’s Who in American Art
Visiting Artist, SUNY College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Selected for Leadership Buffalo (Class of 2001)

2000    New York Foundation for the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend

1997    Gold Medal Award from Buffalo Society of Artists Annual Juried Exhibition 
New York State Council on the Arts, Decentralization/County Initiative Program Grant

1993    First Place Award from Annual Carnegie Art Center National Exhibition  


SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY                                           
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
Buffalo State College
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY             
Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, Niagara Falls NY
Charles Rand Penney Collection, Lockport NY
City of Buffalo
Dowd Fine Art Gallery at SUNY Cortland, Cortland NY   
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Buffalo Division), Buffalo, NY
George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester NY
Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction, Fort Worth, TX
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
University at Buffalo


ARTWORK PUBLISHED IN BOOKS AND PERIODICALS

2010    Yellow Edenwald Field, Issue 6, Buffalo: Buffalo Ochre Papers

2009    Color Work Book, Third Edition, Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall

2008    Photographic Possibilities, Third Edition, Boston: Focal Press

2007    Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Arts & Design, Issue 10, New York: 3x3 Magazine

2001    Photographic Possibilities, Second Edition, Boston: Focal Press

2000    Herd About Buffalo, Buffalo: Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

Exploring Color Photography, Third Edition, Boston: McGraw Hill 

 

 

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