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Brian D Collier

Education

M.F.A., 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.F.A. Cum Laude, 1993, Sculpture, State University of New York at Buffalo

Solo Exhibitions 

Upcoming for 2011
“Bird Shift: The Anthropogenic Ornithology of North America,” a series of projects for the University of Colorado Natural History Museum, Boulder, CO

2010
The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN, “The New Birds of New Harmony”

2008
Reimagining the Environment at The University of Kansas: A Society for a Re-Natural Environment Project, Kansas Union Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Teach the Starlings in Kansas City, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2007

The Highway Expedition , Rowland Contemporary Chicago, IL

Very Small Objects: The Topeka, Kansas Collection, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS

 2006
Teach the Starlings , The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

2005
The Collier Classification System , Stevenson Union Gallery, Southern Oregon University,
Ashland, OR

2004
I'll Have a Starling , The Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO

Very Small Objects: A New System of Classification , CSPS Gallery, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA

2003
Earth and Water, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001
Two Projects , CEPA Gallery (Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art), Buffalo, NY

Rock Collecting Project , Galería Raúl Martínez , Cuban Book Institute, Palacio del Segundo Cabo, Havana, Cuba

Selected Group Exhibitions

Upcoming for 2011
Schuylkill Environmental Education Center, “Animal Animus,” Philadelphia, PA

2010
United Nation Environment Program Exhibition, Bohemian National Hall Gallery, New York, NY, “Subtantialis Corporis Mixti”

ArtSites Gallery, Riverhead, NY, “Bird Shift”

The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Weseyan University, Middletown, CT, “Connectivity Lost”

McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL, “The Backyard”

2009
Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation Action, Cynthia Wood Mitchell Center for the Arts and Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX, A three day symposium. My participation includes a site-specific sculptural work installed on campus two months before the event.

Troubles in Paradise, Missouri State University Art & Design Gallery, Springfield, MO.

2008
Feeling the Heat: Artists, Scientists, and Climate Change, Deutsche Bank 60 Wall Gallery, New York, NY

Biodiversity is, KU Natural History Museum, Lawrence, KS

New, Three, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO

Conducting Mobility, greenmuseum.org, online exhibition, Curated by Claude Willey and Ryan Griffis

Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO

Locate|Navigate, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO

2007
Say it is't so, Curated by Peter Friese, Guido Boulboullé, Susanne Witzgall
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Weather Report: Art & Climate Change, Curated by Lucy Lippard, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

Collected, Opensource Art, Champaign, IL

MFA 2007, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL

SRNE, Various Projects, part of the MFA group exhibition curated by Deke Weaver, I-Space Gallery, Chicago, IL

2006
Back to Nature , Contemporary Art Center, North Adams, MA

EARTH , Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

2005
Mind in Matter: Constructions of the Built Environment , OPENSOURCE Art, Champaign, IL

Elements of Scale , Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Collier, Eichron, Picard , The Green Lantern, Around the Coyote Fall Festival, Chicago, IL

The Bird Show, Artist Invitational , California State University Fullerton, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA

Huge Detail ( Two person show) , McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL

2004
Lucky Thirteen , Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL

International Environmental Art Exhibition , Hartman Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

2003
Artists Defend Democracy , Curated by Troy West and Claudia Flynn, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI

Art of the Encyclopedic , Curated by Paul Vanouse, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, NY

2002
Ejercicios/Laboratorios ( Three person show) , Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba

2001
Artists Defend the Environment , Curated by Troy West and Claudia Flynn, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI

2000
Blockbuster , Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

1999
Small Works Exhibition , Leftbank Gallery, L.L.C, Salt Lake City, UT

Mixed Media , Period Gallery, Omaha, NE

1998
Grand Opening Show , Peepshow Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Grants and Awards

Individual Artist Project Grant, 2011 Illinois Art Council (IAC) , A State Agency

ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, 2008-2009, Kansas City, MO

Faculty Development Grant, 2008-2009, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Faculty Development Grant, 2007-2008, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Special Assistance Grant, 2003-2004, Illinois Arts Council (IAC) , A State Agency

Individual Artist Grant, 2003, City of Bloomington Cultural District Commission, Bloomington, IL

Winner, Sixth Annual Emerging Artists Competition, 2001, Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art (CEPA), Buffalo, NY

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Special Opportunity Stipend, Given in cooperation with the Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County, 2000-2001  

Brodie Fellowship, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brodie Materials Grant, awarded in 2004, 2005, and 2006, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Departmental Nominee, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

Invitational Artist Lectures, Panels, and Performances

2011
Performative Presentation, "On the Impact of Flying Carp," Singing Bird Nature Center, Rock Island, IL, sponsored by the University of Iowa

Artist Lecture, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT

2010
Artist Lecture, The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO

Presentation, "Interpreting Science with Art," Café Scientifique, Boulder, CO

Multimedia Presentation, "Exploiting Unintentional Greening," Portland State University, Open Engagement Conference, Portland, OR

Panel Member, “Headlines: Artists Inspired by Environmental News,” Moderated by Linda Weintraub, Portland State University, Open Engagement Conference, Portland, OR

Multimedia Presentation, “On the Impact of Flying Carp,” Links Hall, Chicago, IL

Multimedia Presentation, “The New Birds of New Harmony,” New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN

Multimedia Presentation, “ Noticing, Naming and Displaying Very Small Objects,” Historic New Harmony, New Harmony, IN, part of The Art of Science lecture series

Multimedia Presentation, “On the Impact of Flying Carp,” La Esquina, Kansas City, MO

Multimedia Presentation, “Exploiting Unintentional Greening,” McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

Presentation, Ecocriticism Graduate Seminar, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Artist Lecture, ArtSites Gallery, Riverhead, NY

Artist Lecture, Southern Indiana University, Evansville, IN

Artist Lecture, Webster University, St. Louis, MO

Artist Lecture, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Artist Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2009
Performance/Lecture, “ The New Parrots of North America, ” Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Performance/Lecture, “Teach the Starlings,” in conjunction with the exhibition, “Troubles in Paradise,” at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Multi-media Presentation, “The SRNE presents: The Anthropogenic Ornithology of North America,” created for “Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action” symposium, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Performance/Guided Tour, “The New Parrots of North America,” created for “Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action” symposium, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2008
Performance/Lecture, “Python Invasion,” Kansas City Pecha Kucha #1, Bar Natasha, Kansas City, MO

Artist Lecture, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

Performance/Lecture, “Teach the Starlings,” Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Performance/Guided Tour, “Locating, Identifying, and Teaching Starlings in Kansas City,” In conjunction with the exhibition, “Teach the Starlings in Kansas City,” Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Gallery Talk, Locate|Navigate, La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Artist Lecture, Washburn University, Topeka, KS

2007
Symposium Panel Member, in conjunction with the exhibition "Collected," Opensource Art, Champaign, IL

Video Screening/Lecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

2006
Video Screening/Lecture, Moving Image Class, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Performance/Lecture, "Teach the Starlings," Image Studio Class, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Artist Lecture, MFA Seminar, "Collecting and the Archive," Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Performance/Lecture, "Teach the Starlings," College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

Artist Lecture, Visiting Artist Seminar, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2004
Symposium Panel member, In conjunction with the exhibition "Millennium Artists," Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL

Artist Lecture, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO

 2001
Artist Lecture, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Media Appearances: Radio, TV, Documentary

WGNU Radio , Boulder, CO. Interviewed on the “How on Earth” program. November 9, 2010.

WNPR Radio , Connecticut. September 10, 2010.

HOI-19, NBC Peoria , interviewed about my role in facilitating the exhibition and public discussion at The McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington, IL of “ArtWork” a newspaper and series of public discussions by Temporary Services. 2010.

WGLT Radio , Bloomington/Normal, IL. Interviewed by Laura Kennedy about my “Teach the Starlings” project. Won the Edward R. Murrow Awards for broadcast excellence. 2009.

KTKA 49 News (ABC) , Topeka, KS. A piece on my exhibition at the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery in Topeka, KS. 2007.

“The Curators, Part 2: The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects” a short documentary about the project produced by Cloudal Partners and The Museum of Online Museums. 2010. http://www.coudal.com/moom/curators2.php

Published Catalogs and Publications

Say It Isn't So : Naturwissenschaften im Vissier der Kunst / Art Trains its Sights on the Natural Sciences . Ed. Peter Friese, Guido Boulboulle, and Susanne Wittzgall. In English and German. Weserberg: Museum fur moderne Kunst, 2007.
*“In the Laboratory of Doubt: Six Chapters on the Subject of Art and Science / Im Laboratorium des Zweifels: Sechs Kapitel zum Thema Kunst und Wissenschaft”: Section III, 22-25. By Peter Friese.
*“Kunstlerinnen und Kunstler, Artists” / “Brian Collier.” 116-121.

Weather Report: Art and Climate Change. Ed. Kirsten Gerdes. Essays by Lucy Lippard, Stephanie Smith and Andrew C. Rivkin. Published by The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Selections from “The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects,” by Brian Collier, Mandorla: New Writing from the Americas #8 , 2005. 178-185.

Selected Bibliography and Publications

“ Water: Social Issues and Contemporary Art Education ” by Angela Cornelius, Ernie Sherow, and B. Stephen Carpenter. Art Education , November 2010, Volume 63, No. 6. 26-27.

“Nature in the City,” Domus , February 2010.

"Brian Collier at Paragraph," review by Alice Thorson. Art in America. October 2008. 198.

"They Practice What They Teach," by Nick Malewski. The Kansas City Star. Thursday, September 2008. 33-34.

“Global Warnings,” by Suzaan Boettger. Art in America , June/July 2008. 154-161, 206-207 .

“6 Kansas City Artists” WhereGuestbook (Fall 2008 - Fall 2009): 26-31.

“Wing of Change: Training Birds for Continent-wide Sound Installation,” by Jessica Owings. Review , June 2008. 20-23.

“The Artists in ‘locate | navigate' find their way everywhere,” by Dana Self, The Pitch , February 28, 2008

“Animal Imagery Showing Up in Contemporary Art,” by Alice Thorson. The Kansas City Star. Sunday, May 4, 2008.

"Looking for Inspiration in the Melting Ice," by Claire Dederer. The New York Times , Arts & Leisure, Sunday Entertainment Section, September 23, 2007. 35.

“Mocking Bard,” by Rachel McCrystal. Orion: Nature / Culture / Place 26.4, July / August 2007. 8-10.

"Atmospheric Art: EcoArts' "Weather Report" project brings together art, science and environmental activism," by Vince Darcangelo. Boulder Daily Camera , Friday section, Sept. 14, 2007.

“Schieffelin!” by Kevin Sharp. Published by The College of St. Catherine for the exhibition, “Teach the Starlings,” 2006

“Birds of a Feather Talk Together,” by Bonnie Obremski, The Berkshire Eagle , June 25, 2006 , Section B, 1&5.

“Brian Collier: Probing the Overlooked,” by Steve Arney, The Pantagraph , Features, October 10, 2004.

“The Details are in the Details,” by Rob Cline, Little Village , Vol. 4 Issue 35, March 2004.

“Worlds of Information: Art of the Encyclopedic,” by Kristin Gallagher, Afterimage , July/August 2003. 13.

“Time in a Bottle,” by Fred Camper, Chicago Reader , March 21, 2003. Section one, 20 & 23.

“Know It All,” by Richard Huntington, The Buffalo News , “Gusto,” March 21, 2003.

“Obscure and Compulsive at the Carnegie,” Artvoice , March 13, 2003.

“Catalogued Art in ‘Encyclopedic',” by Barbara Tucker, Night and Day , February 13, 2003.

“Art of the Encyclopedic,” Exhibition Catalog , Paul Vanouse, Curator

“Two Projects,” by Kristin Gallagher, Art Papers Magazine , May/June 2002. 44.

“Diggin' in the Dirt,” “How Many Cubic Inches Does It Take to Make a Planet?,” “What's in the Water?...or…When was the Water Ever Water?,” three interconnected reviews by Kristin Gallagher, Verdure No. 5/6 , February 2002. 146-148.

“Artists Make a Stand for the Environment,” by Bill Rodriguez, The Providence Phoenix , September 17, 2001.

Teaching

2010
Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2007-2009
Instructor, Interdisciplinary Art Department & Sculpture Department
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2005-2007
Teaching Assistant, School of Art & Design
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Beginning Sculpture (Instructor of Record)
Intermediate Studio 2
Intermediate Painting 2
Making and Meaning (Instructor of Record)

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