Resume of Chris Wildrick

chris.wildrick at gmail.com

EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2007
• Curated group show, performance, and residency (scheduled): CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
2006
• Live Action (invitational group show curated by Mike Schuh): White Flag Projects, St.
Louis, MO.
• Presidential Portraits: Some of the Facts About All of the Presidents of the United States
of America (invitational solo show): University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN.
• GROUPGROUP (invitational group show curated by Derrick Buisch): Common Wealth
Gallery, Madison, WI.
• Intimate and Epic (scheduled invitational small group performance event which is part of
Celebrate Illinois and sponsored by Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; curated by
Sara Schnadt and Mark Jeffrey): Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL.
• Pun Intended (curated 3-person show): Unit B, San Antonio, TX.
• MiniPrint 12 (group print portfolio and show): Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
• Experimental Kitten (charity group print portfolio curated by Diana Baumbach benefitting
the Humane Society), Murphysboro, IL.
• WSIU Fantasy Auction (invitational charity auction benefitting local NPR affiliate): SIUC
Student Center, Carbondale, IL.
• Go Forth and Multiply (group show): Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
2005
• Dark Gallery (curated small group show): CAC, Las Vegas, NV.
• I’m a Winner (group show): i2i Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
• Illinois Arts Week Exhibition (show of recipients of Illinois Arts Council awards):
Carbondale Civic Center, Carbondale, IL.
• Unreal Tournament (group show/competition organized by Whitecouch): Downtown
Gallery at the University of Knoxville, KY.
• SIUC School of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition (group show): Dancing Dog Gallery,
• Combined Faculty Exhibition (group show): University Museum, Carbondale, IL.Paducah,
KY.
• MiniPrint 11 (group print portfolio and show): Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
2004
• Duo Duo (curated solo show): The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
• Minor Urbanisms (curated small group show): The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
• Prima Facie (curated solo show): New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New
Harmony, IN.
• Performance and Photography: Shoot (juried small group show): Dazibao, centre de
photographies actuelles, Montreal, Quebec. (A two-part exhibition which also included Vito
Acconci and General Idea.)
• Inaugural Mudd (curated group show): Mudd Gallery, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI.
• Artboat 2 (invitational group show sponsored by Bridge magazine): Anita Dee II yacht,
Chicago, IL.
• Version>04: invisibleNetworks (juried group show): Version International Arts
Festival/Convergence, Chicago, IL. www.versionfest.org.
• Faculty 5 (curated small group show): Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
• 52 Words 52 Images (curated small group show): Administrative Building, Mitchell
Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL.
• 52 Words 52 Images (small group show): Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
• Combined Faculty Exhibition (group show): University Museum, Carbondale, IL.
• MiniPrint 10 (group print portfolio and show): Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
2003
• Here & There (solo installation): Public interactive project including billboard and internet
site, in Chicago and Carbondale, IL. Funded by a Seed Grant from ORDA (see below).
• MiniPrint 9 (group print portfolio and show): Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
• Philadelphia Fringe Festival (juried group show): Philadelphia, PA.
• Digital Frontiers (group show): Maiden Alley Cinema Gallery, Paducah, KY.
• The Great Escape (curated small group show): CAC, Las Vegas, NV.
• Combined Faculty Exhibition (group show): University Museum, Carbondale, IL.
2002
• Stray Show (invitational group show and convention): TBA-affiliated temporary space,
Chicago, IL.
• Fourth 7a*11d International Performance Arts Festival (juried group show): Toronto, ON.
• Combined Faculty Exhibition (group show): SIUC University Museum, Carbondale, IL.
• MiniPrint 8 (group print portfolio and show): Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
• Works 2 (group show): Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
• 28th Juried Show (juried by Hugh M. Davies, Director of the Museum of Contemporary
Art, San Diego): Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA.
• Second Annual *Group Exhibition (curated group show): Asterisk*Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
• Public Process (juried small group show): SPACES, Cleveland, OH.
• Philadelphia Fringe Festival (juried group show): Philadelphia, PA.
2001
• AvantGardeArama (juried group show): PS122, New York, NY.
• Dissentia's Steal This Show (juried group show): Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA.
• Yeah (2-person show): Suburban, Minneapolis, MN.
• Cultural Studies (curated 2-person show): 16 Beaver Street Gallery, New York, NY.
• New Genre Festival (juried group show): Living ArtSpace, Tulsa, OK.
2000
• Philadelphia Fringe Festival (juried group show): Philadelphia, PA.
• SLOP Traveling Show (juried group show): OH, WI, WV.
• Texas National 2000 (group show juried by The Art Guys): SFA Gallery, Nacogdoches,
TX.
• AntEye Social (juried group show): Barrymore Theater, Madison, WI.
1999
• Wisconsin Triennial (juried group show): Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.
• The Last Cleveland Performance Art Festival (juried group show): Cleveland Public
Theater, Cleveland, OH.
• Texas Supermarket (juried group show): Dishman Art Gallery, Beaumont, TX.
• Supermarket 2 (juried group show): Slop World Headquarters, Kansas City, MO.
• Have You Seen Me Before? (solo [M.F.A.] show): 7th-Floor Gallery, Madison, WI.
• Some Thing to That Effect (3-person collaborative show): Buzz, Madison, WI.

CONFERENCE & VISITING ARTIST PRESENTATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2006
• Presidential Portraits and So On (invited visiting artist lecture): University of Tennessee
at Martin, Martin, TN.
2005
• Preternatural Paleontological Palmistry (invited visiting artist: performance, lecture):
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI.
• “Collaboration Mania” (co-chair of panel): Voyage ‘05, FATE, Columbus, OH.
2004
• 2funBasTards Talk Shop (panel presentation, video): Interplay, MACAA, University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN.
• Skin & Bones (and horns and wings and feathers and spots and scales and teeth)
(performance and artists’ round table participant): Community/Performance, Bryant
College, Smithfield, RI.
2003
• “The Art and the Performance of Performance Art” (individual paper presentation):
Performing the World 2, Montauk, NY.
1999
• 2funBasTards Say Hey, Ho (guest lecture, performance): Art 208--Current Directions in
Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2006
• Process, Performance, and Projection 4, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
2005
• Process, Performance, and Projection 3, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
• Apropos, Upside Downtown, Carbondale, IL.
2004
• Artists’ Books, Rosetta Stone Book Store, Carbondale, IL.
2003
• Process, Performance, and Projection 2, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL.
• Process and Performance, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL.

AWARDS, GRANTS, & FELLOWSHIPS
• Artists Fellowship Award: Illinois Arts Council (based on artistic success and potential),
$7,000 (2005).
• Faculty Seed Grant: SIUC Office of Research Development and Administration (based on
the project’s research potential, used for Here & There, see above), $5,000 (2003-4).
• WARF Fellowship: University of Wisconsin-Madison (university-wide fellowship for
graduate students based on academics), $14,500 plus one year’s tuition (1996-7).

PRESS
• Judith Cottrell, “Chris Wildrick at Unit B,” VOA: Voices of America Magazine (San
Antonio, TX: vol. 14, issue 2, 2006), 46
• ‘Boutman, “May See-Saws,” ‘Bout What I Sees (salvadorcastillo.wordpress.com/tag/
san-antonio: 6/22/06).
• Dan R. Goddard, "Contemporary Artists Use Humor and Satire for Views on Americana,"
San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX: 6/18/06).
• France Choiniere and Michele Theriault, eds., Point and Shoot: Performance and
Photography (Montreal, QC: Les Editions Dazibao, 2005), 20-21.
• Chuck Twardy, “Installation Included,” Las Vegas Weekly (Las Vegas, NV: 10/13/05).
• William Ford, “Art in Motion Show at the Glove,” Daily Egyptian (Carbondale, IL:
1/28/05), 5.
• Thomas Jonsson, “Minor Urbanisms,” Spur (Calgary, AB: Rise issue, Fall 2004), 19-20.
• A.B. Thompson, “Stampede Relief Can Be Found at Local Galleries,” FFWD Weekly
(Calgary, AB: 7/15/04).
• Radio roundtable discussion, Jenny Conway (90.0 FM CJSW, Calgary, AB: 7/5/04).
• Nancy Tousley, “Critic’s Pick,” Calgary Herald (Calgary, AB: 7/1/04), E8.
• Michel Hellman, “La Photographie Comme Outil Integral-2,” Le Devoir (Montreal, QC:
4/21/04), E7.
• Jerome Delgado, “Images Vivantes,” La Presse (Montreal, QC: 4/29/04), LP232.
• Jane Huh, “Vergette Gallery Opens Fifty-Two Words Later,” Daily Egyptian (Carbondale, IL: 2/18/04), 11.
• Andrea Zimmermann, “Art Exhibit Gives 52 Words a New Meaning,” Daily Egyptian
(Carbondale, IL: 2/13/04), 4.
• Ashley Richardson, “SIUC Museum Hosts Annual Combined Faculty Art Exhibit,” Daily
Egyptian (Carbondale, IL: 1/20/04), 8.
• Jerry Bradley, “Process, Performance and Projection at Glove Factory,” Flipside
(Carbondale, IL: 12/4/03), 8.
• Gary Gangi, “Surplus Gallery Offers Unique Artistry,” Daily Egyptian Pulse (Carbondale,
IL: 12/4/03), 12.
• Television report, 6:00 and 10:00 News (WSIL ABC-3 Harrisburg, IL: 10/1/03).
• Lori Hill, “Natural Selections,” Philadelphia City Paper (Philadelphia, PA: 8/28/03), 26.
• Radio interview, The Paul Kircher Show (860 AM WWDB Philadelphia, PA: 8/30/03).
• Richard Hillary, “Tree Critic's Quest Takes Him to Philadelphia,” The Express-Times
(Easton, PA: 9/7/03), B-7.
• Natalie Durante, “Escape Artists,” Las Vegas City Life (Las Vegas, NV: 1/24/03), 33.
• Gregory Crosby, “Subversive Kitsch,” The Mercury (Las Vegas, NV: 1/16/03), 42.
• Chuck Twardy, “Escape Plans,” Las Vegas Weekly (Las Vegas, NV: 1/16/03),
www.lasvegasweekly.com.
• Geoffrey Ritter, “Glove Factory to Play Host to Art Show,” Daily Egyptian Pulse
(Carbondale, IL: 1/16/03), 8.
• Violet Phillips, "Fringe Members Email Highlight of the Day" (Philadelphia: 9/1/02).
• Douglas Max Utter, “Mourning Becomes Eclectic,” Cleveland Free Times (Cleveland,
OH: 1/9/02), 18.
• Amy Bracken Sparks, “Processing in Public,” Public Process Catalog (Cleveland, OH:
2002), 3-4, 12-13.
• Karen Auble, Gallery highlight, Cleveland Free Times (Cleveland, OH: 1/2/02), 34-35.
• James D. Watts, Jr., “Oops! That's Art,” Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK: 10/3/01), D3-4.
• Gretchen Collins, “One Wild & Crazy Show,” Urban Tulsa Weekly (Tulsa, OK: 10/4/01),
9-11.
• Sara Krajewski, “Slop Art at the Pump House Regional Arts Center,” New Art Examiner
(Chicago, IL: 4/01), 59-60.
• Douglas J. Keating, “Sheep Races,” Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA: 9/5/00), F1.
• PRI interview, World Cafe (88.5 WXPN Philadelphia, PA: 9/5/00).
• Radio interview, 8 O’Clock Buzz (89.9 WORT Madison, WI: 10/15/99).
• NPR interview, Infohio (90.3 WCPN Cleveland, OH: 4/19/99).
• Cindy Barber, “Performance Art Excites, Challenges Its Audience,” The Plain Dealer
(Cleveland, OH: 4/20/99), 1E, 6E.
• Patricia Briggs, “Same Place, Next Year,” CityPages (Minneapolis, MN: 10/7/98),
citypages.com.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Assistant Professor: School of Art & Design, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
Carbondale, IL (Fall 2002-Present).
• Gallery Educator: Guggenheim Las Vegas and Guggenheim Hermitage, Las Vegas, NV
(Fall 2001-Spring 2002).
• Assistant Teacher: Frances W. Parker and Francis Xavier Warde schools, Chicago, IL (Fall
2000-Spring 2001).

EDUCATION
• MFA: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fall 1996-Spring 1999). Art Department
Nominee for Judson Award in the Creative Arts (1998).
• BA: Williams College, Williamstown, MA (Fall 1991-Spring 1995). Cum Laude; Honors
in Art; Class of 1960 Scholar (1994-5); National Merit Scholar Finalist (1991).

AFFILIATIONS
• FATE: National association of visual arts foundations educators (Winter 2003-Present).
• Paleontological Association: National association of paleontologists (Winter 2002-Fall 2005).
• Earl: Cofounder of performance, video, and book duo (Spring 1999-Present).
• College Art Association: National association of visual arts professionals (Winter 1999-
Present).
• 2funBasTards: Cofounder of performance, installation, and video group (Fall 1997-
Present).