david.szafranski@gmail.com
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005 10 Paintings. Jim Haynes Gallery, Paris,
France.
1999 I'm
Not Supposed to Play With Boys. Cité
Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
1995 Watch
Mr. Szafranski Turn Red. Gray Matters, Dallas,
Texas.
1993 Mr.
Szafranski and His Show of 1001 Illusions. Gray
Matters, Dallas, Texas.
1992 Prepare
to Pay. Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas.
1991 Recent
Work. N. No. 0 Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1989 Recent
Work. Connection Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 - 2010
Re-Seeing
the Contemporary Collection, Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, Texas.
Trish Nickell &
David Szafranski, New Paintings, Gallerie Trois
Freres, Paris, France.
Premier Exhibition,
Dorothy's Gallery, Paris, France.
BYTE SIZE,
homeroom, Munich, Germany
1995 - 1999
post-hypnotic,
University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal,
Illinois.
Static, Eugene
Binder Gallery, New York, NY.
Art Patterns,
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas.
Post-Pop, Post-Pictures,
The Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Illinois.
Reconstructedness,
Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas; Diverseworks, Houston, Texas.
Das Pop. Donna
Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Literally Abstract.
CRCA Gallery, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,
Texas.
The Home Show.
Art Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio, San
Antonio, Texas.
Thread Bare.
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem,
NC.
Skew: The Unruly Grid.
Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois.
1990 -1994
New Works Fellowships:
Northern Telecom. City Gallery of Contemporary
Art, Raleigh, NC.
Essentials. The
Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas.
Tad Griffin, Tom
Moody, John Pomara, David Szafranski. Eugene Binder
Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Texas Art Celebration
'94. 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston, Texas.
Recent Acquisitions.
Contemporary Art Museum, Ghent, Belgium.
The Return of the
Cadavre Exquis. The Drawing Center, New York, NY.
The Next Best Show.
Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas.
Urban/Suburban.
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas.
Texas Art Celebration
'92. 1600 Smith, Houston, Texas.
Art in the Metroplex '92.
Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas.
Mystery and Intrigue.
Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
Art in the Metroplex '91.
Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas.
A Question of Private
Boundaries. 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
32nd Invitational.
Longview Museum, Longview, Texas.
Industrial Materials.
William Campbell Contemporary Art, Ft. Worth, Texas.
Gray Matters @ Gray
Matters. Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas.
New Works: Jimmie
Hudson, David Lamb, David Szafranski, and Kevin Young.
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
Texas Art Celebration
'90. Assistance League of Houston, 1600 Smith in
Cullen Center Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Pivotal Signals.
Hickory Street Annex Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bazelly,
Laëtitia |
Les
Sens Cachés de Szafranski, Cimaise Ceci est un
Magazine d'Art, No. 28, Mars, Avril, Mai, 2008. |
Camper,
Fred |
Aiming
Low. Chicago READER, September 12, 1997.
Unlocking the Grid,
Chicago READER, November 16, 1995 |
Colpitt,
Frances |
The Home Show.
Exhibition catalog essay, UTSA, San Antonio, July,
1995.
Report
from Texas: Going Against the Grain. Art in
America, April, 1995. |
Davenport,
Bill |
Reconstructedness.
Public News, Houston, Texas, November 20, 1996. |
Edwards,
Cheryl |
Static,
Eugene Binder Gallery, Long Island City, Fall 1998. |
Emenhiser,
Karen |
Art
on View. Detour, May, 1991.
David
Szafranski, Recent Work. Downtown Dallas News,
August 5, 1989.
Honey, I shrunk
the ids. Dallas Observer, June 11, 1992. |
Goldman,
Saundra |
Gray Matters @ Gray
Matters. Art Papers, March-April, 1992. |
Henderson,
Michael |
Reconstructedness:
reconstructions of ideas and containers of time.
Gray Matters essay, March, 1996.
Diverseworks exhibition catalog, November, 1996. |
Isola,
Marina |
Small differences.
theMet, October 6, 1994.
Seven
Artists to Buy Now. D Magazine, March 1996. |
Johnson,
Patricia C |
Glassell
shows minimalism's softer edges. Houston
Chronical, February 17, 1994. |
Jarmusch,
Ann |
David Szafranski at N.
No. 0 Gallery, Dallas Times Herald, August
12, 1989. |
Kutner,
Janet |
An
artist who brushes aside convention. Dallas
Morning News, June 15, 1993.
Artists
recycle discards for varied effects. Dallas
Morning News, December 4, 1994.
At the edge of
local art. Dallas Morning News, September
25, 1990.
Four different
languages. Dallas Morning News, March 19,
1994.
Gray Matters @
Gray Matters. Dallas Morning News,
September 22, 1991.
It's not just the
art that's hot. Dallas Morning News, July
19, 1990.
Making the case
for abstract art. Dallas Morning News,
March 4, 1994.
Mystery cloaks
intriguing show. Dallas Morning News,
October 24, 1991.
Rebel
Art. Dallas Morning News, January 20, 1990.
Urban/Suburban.
GUIDE, Dallas Morning News, June 12, 1992.
Young at Art.
Dallas Morning News, August 24 1989. |
Miller,
Donald
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Second Trance: New
wave of Hypnotic art swims and shimmers at Napes
Museum of Art, Naples Daily News,
April 8, 2001
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Mitchell,
Charles D
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David
Szafranski at Gray Matters, Art in America,
October, 1993.
David
Szafranki's work defies easy assumptions.
Dallas Morning News, February 29, 1992.
Mixed-up media.
Dallas Observer, July 20, 1989.
1,100
Watts of light. Dallas Observer, August 7,
1989.
Risky Business.
Dallas Observer, September 5, 1991. |
Moody,
Tom
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Controversial
Boon. Dallas Morning News, May 29, 1990.
David
Szafranski, Trish Nickell, Jimmie Hudson. Art
Papers, May-June, 1991.
Static.
Catalog Essay, Eugene Binder Gallery, 1998.
David Szafranski Reinvents the Square,
Catalog Essay, New Works Fellowship:Northern
Telecom, 1994.
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Odom,
Michael |
Tad Griffin, Tom
Moody, John Pomara, David Szafranski.
The New Art Examiner, Summer, 1994. |
Sime, Tom |
Postal Modernism.
Dallas Observer, November 21, 1991. |
Smith,
Courtney |
Post-Pop,
Post-Pictures. Catalog essay, Smart Museum
of Art, The University of Chicago, 1998. |
Tyson,
Janet
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Critics Choice.
STAR TIME, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, March 13, 1992.
Excellence is a
trait possessed by a few. Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram, August 12, 1990.
Hot ideas, but
some half-baked. Ft. Worth Star-Telegram,
July 22, 1990.
Industrious
artists use materials well. Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram, May 11, 1991.
Public or Private.
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, March 30, 1991.
David
Szafranski at Gray Matters. Gray Matters
essay, May 21, 1993. |
Ullrich,
Polly
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The Workmanship of
Risk: The Re-Emergence of Handcraft in
Postmodern Art, New York Art
Examiner, April, 1998.
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EDUCATION
1981 B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
1989 M.F.A., University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
GRANTS & AWARDS
1991 Fifth Avenue Foundation Award, Art in the Metroplex,
TCU, Ft. Worth, Texas.
1993 Northern Telecom Fellowship, City Gallery of
Contemporary Art, Raleigh, North Carolina.
1994 Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA Fellowship Award,
Painting and Works on Paper.
LECTURES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS
1995
Alternative Media Sites and Visions, Panel Discussion,
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
1995 McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Artist Lecture Series.
ARTIST STATEMENTS
A
Short Commentary on 10,000 Things.
RESIDENCIES
1999-2000 Cité
Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas.
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium.
WEBSITE
http://www.davidszafranski.com
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